Road to the 2019 Ashes

[Red]

Richardson is Steyn 2.0.

That's what I'm running with.

 

[Top_Cat]

Two things I like and one I dislike about Pattinson’s bowling at the moment. I like how he’s getting ****s out caught in the cordon not just blasting through their front doors and how cheap his wickets have been. What I don’t like is that some **** replaced his spine with wet cardboard, presumably why he bowled half the overs of the other Vic quicks this season.

 

[Top_Cat]

Reckon Starc’s cracked a method in Canberra that’ll go well for him in late-season England too, quick and straight, don’t worry about swing, less short stuff and use length to raise the temperature. The Ambrose model. See what kind of WC he has.

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

Two things I like and one I dislike about Pattinson’s bowling at the moment. I like how he’s getting ****s out caught in the cordon not just blasting through their front doors and how cheap his wickets have been. What I don’t like is that some **** replaced his spine with wet cardboard, presumably why he bowled half the overs of the other Vic quicks this season.

I think Pattinson was limited in how many overs he was allowed to bowl early in the season. I read somewhere that he was no longer limited in the last few matches. His injury history and durability is a concern but hopefully he can stay fit.

 

[aussie tragic]

If Aus 5 quicks are Cummins, Pattinson. Statc, Richardson and Hazlewood, can someone advise who are Englands?

Anderson, Broad, ???

I know Stokes is one, but he's a quality AR that Aus doesnt have.

 

[Burgey]

I think that Curran bloke will be there, and they're still hopeful Mark Wood will do something I think. Wasn't there some suggestion that bloke Archer who plays for Hobart in the BBL would get a game? He and Wood are the only two you can't time with a sundial, as far as I know.

 

[FBU]

If Aus 5 quicks are Cummins, Pattinson. Statc, Richardson and Hazlewood, can someone advise who are Englands?

Anderson, Broad, ???

I know Stokes is one, but he's a quality AR that Aus doesnt have.

Anderson, Broad, Wood, Stokes, Woakes, Curran. Can't see Wood playing more than two Tests.

Most overs bowled in a series

Lyon 260.1 - Ashes 2017
Anderson 223.3 - Ashes 2017
Cummins 197.1 - Ashes 2017
Broad 195.0 - Ashes 2017
Hazelwood 190.5 - Ashes 2017
Siddle 189.5 - Ashes 2013
Ali 188.1 - India 2016
Woakes 167.0 - Ashes 2017
Starc 162.3 - Ashes 2017
Wood 118.4 - Ashes 2015
Stokes 116.5 - Ashes 13/14
Pattinson 91.1 - Ashes 2013
Curran 77.4 - India 2018
Richardson 51.0 - SL 2019

 

[aussie tragic]

4 Ashes hopefuls kick off their county season today.

Siddle - Essex
Pattinson - Notts
Renshaw - Kent
Bancroft - Durham

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Nah Patto is still wrapped up in CA branded cotton wool until the county 50 over stuff starts, only a couple of weeks away

 

[aussie tragic]

Oh okay. How does CA control Pattinson when he doesn't hold a CA contract?

I guess they paid his medical treatment do control his recovery?

 

[Starfighter]

Isn't Bancroft away having dinner?

 

[trundler]

When do the county matches start

 

[theegyptian]

12 minutes time.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Definitely going to take a lot more of an interest in county cricket this season, partly with an eye towards the Ashes but also in a more general sense

 

[aussie tragic]

Me too, hence my premature false news. Who'd of thought that paying overseas players big money means that they don't have to turn up for the first game... I guess county cricket not so important

 

[Tom Flint]

Fair play to Maxwell playing today against the university team. He must really want to be in the ashes. Good to see when most players these days seem to put money or end of season dinners before the longer format

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Joe Clarke scoring a ton on debut for Notts batting at 4, be interesting if he is moved to 3 in the coming weeks or will he be blacklisted still for the court case?

 

[aussie tragic]

Smith starting to find some IPL form as he gets better every innings.

20, 28, 38 and 73*

 

[FBU]

4 Ashes hopefuls kick off their county season today.

Siddle - Essex
Pattinson - Notts
Renshaw - Kent
Bancroft - Durham

6 for Siddle today,

Six fast bowlers for Australia - Pattinson, Starc, Cummings, Richardson, Hazelwood and Siddle?

Australia will take the extraordinary step of naming its 2019 Ashes squad just six days before the first Test later this year.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Given we traditionally announced the team that far ahead of time, I'm not concerned.