*Official* Fifth Test at the SCG

[91Jmay]

Happy for big Boyd. Should have played much earlier on tour instead of the useless Tremlett (I picked him in my 1st Test side FTR). Good to have a bowler with pace in the side.

 

[grecian]

HMM, well I did want changes but they did rather revolve on us having a back-up spinner, and actually we've dropped our only likely one. Maybe KP will spin a few.

Rankin, I'm not a fan, but he's nearly 30 now, and we have had him stinking up A team squads for donkeys-years, so I guess we've got to give him a go. Be interesting to see how Borthwick and Ballance go though.

The make-up of the side just looks short on everything, spin, batting, 'keeping, and even seam-bowling, but ho-hum.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English/Kiwi/Saffie/Zim/Irish Dead.....

 

[Cabinet96]

Reckon Eng will win with either Anderson or Broad taking a bagful

Well it's not going to be anyone else is it.

 

[GIMH]

HMM, well I did want changes but they did rather revolve on us having a back-up spinner, and actually we've dropped our only likely one. Maybe KP will spin a few.

Rankin, I'm not a fan, but he's nearly 30 now, and we have had him stinking up A team squads for donkeys-years, so I guess we've got to give him a go. Be interesting to see how Borthwick and Ballance go though.

The make-up of the side just looks short on everything, spin, batting, 'keeping, and even seam-bowling, but ho-hum.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English/Kiwi/Saffie/Zim/Irish Dead.....

Seeing as we've had the foreigner thing rubbed in our faces for years, can we blame it on Johnny now that we're crap?

 

[Riggins]

102
6
98
104
1
3
14
1
67
92
1

lol

What was this?

 

[GIMH]

What was this?

Caps for the England XI

 

[Cabinet96]

Beefy saying England were relectant to admit Australia improved throughout the 13 series. The same guy said before this series that he saw no reason why anything would change and that England would win comfortably.

 

[Jono]

I completely disagree with Root being dropped.

Keen to see how Rankin goes.

 

[Jarquis]

What was this?

England caps in batting order. Only Broad between Bairstow (14) and Anderson (92)

 

[grecian]

Seeing as we've had the foreigner thing rubbed in our faces for years, can we blame it on Johnny now that we're crap?

Hey why do you think I'm bringing it up

It'll be Bulgarians and Romanians screwing up our team next

 

[Cabinet96]

Caps for the England XI

Haha, I lol'd. It's the perfect mix of youth and experience they're always talking about

 

[Jono]

Beefy saying England were relectant to admit Australia improved throughout the 13 series. The same guy said before this series that he saw no reason why anything would change and that England would win comfortably.

Lol yep.

 

[MW1304]

For ****'s sake.

At least they dropped Root and not Carberry so we don't have to shuffle the whole pack.

 

[Cabinet96]

Eight left handed batsman in the England side. KP, Bell and Bairstow the only right handers.

 

[theegyptian]

OptaJim ‏@OptaJim 2m

3 - @ECB_cricket become the 3rd team to name eight left-handed batsmen in a Test XI (West Indies, twice in 2000). Southpaws. #Ashes


Can't be too often that you have 3 blokes bowl right handed and bat left handed either (Borthwick, Broad, Stokes)

And i'm beaten to it by cabinet

 

[MW1304]

Eight left handed batsman in the England side. KP, Bell and Bairstow the only right handers.

Good job they don't have an offie...

 

[91Jmay]

161 deliveries England have bowled this series were going on to hit the stumps. 2670 were missing

Via WWOS

Might have to revise my opinion on us not bowling that badly...

 

[Cabinet96]

OptaJim ‏@OptaJim 41s
560 - Australia have hit 560 runs after being dropped in this Ashes. Most in a series since 2006: 635, by England v Windies, 2009. Grassed.

 

[Cabinet96]

Good job they don't have an offie...

Good thing he's not as good as former off spinner Graeme Swann.

 

[grecian]

OptaJim ‏@OptaJim 2m

3 - @ECB_cricket become the 3rd team to name eight left-handed batsmen in a Test XI (West Indies, twice in 2000). Southpaws. #Ashes


Can't be too often that you have 3 blokes bowl right handed and bat left handed either (Borthwick, Broad, Stokes)

And i'm beaten to it by cabinet

None of them bowl left-handed, freakishly enough.