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England Cricket 2023

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,734
    Broad delivers a "try playing that" ball to Head that he plays as misses
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,734
    Broad delivers a "try playing that" ball to Head that he plays as misses
    Times three
  • ProperCharlton
    ProperCharlton Posts: 2,254
    Aussies need 199. We need 7 wickets. Game on.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,903
    LenGlover said:
    Leuth said:
    Jacks? God help us 
    As the 2nd spinner in a side who needs to be able to bay then I don't see we have too many better options than him.
    Dawson? 
    I had Dawson above him in my list. But I still thinks Jacks makes that squad as the next best option for that role.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Such a shame about yesterday being a rest day for England but not Australia.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited July 2023
    Give us Head 🧐🤦🏻‍♂️
    And Smith.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,734
    edited July 2023
    It is staggering to believe that this is Anderson's 4th match and 8th innings respectively in this Series but he has yet to get more than two wickets and one wicket respectively in any of them. Until today hopefully. 
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,670
    Leuth said:
    I'll say it one last time: if Jimmy can't do it with this ball, in these conditions, then I think we know what he is 
    Player's are allowed to have an off series
  • ProperCharlton
    ProperCharlton Posts: 2,254
    Jimmy needs to sort it out
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,442
    edited July 2023
    There's a very fine line between being great and not great in Elite sport.
    Jimmy has clearly fallen below his own high standards. He has to ask himself why that is and does he have the body to get back to where he would like?
    At 41 years old I would suggest it's going to be an uphill struggle.
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  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,308
    Leuth said:
    I'll say it one last time: if Jimmy can't do it with this ball, in these conditions, then I think we know what he is 
    Player's are allowed to have an off series
    Not aged 41, and not over 5 Tests
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited July 2023
    Leuth said:
    I'll say it one last time: if Jimmy can't do it with this ball, in these conditions, then I think we know what he is 
    Player's are allowed to have an off series

    At 21 and 31 yes.
    But at 41when the conditions seem to favour his bowling over the years ?
    I stick to mitigation and he didn't get the prep in when he had the groin problem.
    Then it's the selectors call.
    Still time to grab a couple of wickets but ASAP.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,156
    Odds swinging back to the Aussies?
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,670
    Odds swinging back to the Aussies?
    I'd have it bang 50/50 atm
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,933
    edited July 2023
    All of a sudden it looks the Aussies have the finish line in sight. Oh well.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,927
    edited July 2023
    Australia 53% now, England 18%, Draw 29% presumably with rain possible!
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,734
    1-1
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,670
    Absolute joke 
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,873
    He was in control of that?
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    FFS
    That's why Ben Stokes said no.
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  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,873
    Looking at it from behind, correct decision, his hand hit his knee and the ball popped out
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,927
    Why did he review it?
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,734
    Leuth said:
    I'll say it one last time: if Jimmy can't do it with this ball, in these conditions, then I think we know what he is 
    Player's are allowed to have an off series
    They are and the way of McCullum/Stokes doing things is to select on potential/class whatever a player's form. But bowlers aren't normally afforded that level of opportunity when things just simply aren't working. When a bowler has taken just 5 wickets at 85 each (and you also have a front line spinner with just 6 wickets at 68), you do rather become dependent on the three other main bowlers performing in each and every game if you are going to win a game. Equally, it's not as if we didn't have alternatives in the shape of Tongue or Robinson who have between them 15 wickets at 29 apiece.

    Broad has stated that the reason he wants to bow out right now is because of the desire to do so when he isn't on a downward slope. For that reason, I do hope that Anderson is still with us in a year's time, that he does have a glorious summer and that he makes the decision to go out at that time. Because he deserves to.  
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,670
    Yeah the more I watch it. It’s not out. Absolutely idiotic from Stokes 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited July 2023
    I'm so pleased that wasn't Jonny Bairstow as he would be called all the cnuts under the sun.
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,360
    Can't remember an ashes series with so many weird moments. 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,141
    bellend stokes 
    look how cool I am 
    fuck off hold on to it 
    you know you fucked up cos you stopped celebrating you twat 
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,509
    Stokes coming out in sympathy with his mate Bairstow there.
  • ProperCharlton
    ProperCharlton Posts: 2,254
    Not out. Silly mistake by Stokes. Might've lost the Ashes
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,734
    I'm not sure why we lost the review though. You don't lose one if there is a question as to whether a catch is grounded and this is a similar issue - was the catch a completed one?