Road to the Ashes 2021/22

[Spark]

what on earth does any of this have to do with the ashes

*taps sign*

 

[Burgey]

Maybe because England and its supporters wanted the Ashes cancelled? I dunno.

 

[TheJediBrah]

These Tassie batsmen are making Bryce Street look like Viv

 

[Nintendo]

How many runs does benny realistically need to be a chance for an ashes debut sometime this summer? Has been really good in the shield these past 2 season's and made some runs for Aust-A. I don't see him queue-hopping green or head at 5/6 but a smith/warner injury could make things interesting.

 

[stephen]

I don't really have any interest in social media or news stuff. Anyway here's a bunch of news stories I've heard about online.

I said I avoided it until recently. Having small children and no patience at all for Trump, I basically avoided any news at all until this year. Except for, well, what I couldn't avoid.

 

[stephen]

i know what the civil standard of proof is i study law (but given you probably didn't know that that's fine)

understandable gunn was on the top of your head because it's a "prominent example", and frankly i have no idea what you're talking about with the "lacrosse team"; you will have to link me in for that one. in regards to the BLM protests, china, and peterson, i can't bring myself to care about property damage in drawing attention to the state-sponsored murder of people tbh, and i don't see how the other two are remotely relevant. i posit also that the us social justice movement is not mad, in that there's nothing mad about wanting equality for minorities and vulnerable groups - i posit also if you'd suggest people like nancy pelosi et al are awful, i agree, but they're not from "the left". as someone who spends far too much time mixing with lefties both online and in person (which isn't to say i have no tory friends and live in the proverbial "echo chamber"), i can tell you with a great deal of confidence that "cancellations" are not the exclusive domain of the left, nor one of our main or primary concerns

edit:

btw i don't mean to sound disrespectful by the above comment and apologies if i did. definitely intended to mock starfighter, who though i regard as a cool dude felt his comments were dumb, but we're in good faith here

Lacrosse case summary (it's a bit old now, but again, it was big at the time):

And the other stuff was just to show the depth of ignorance I've had about current affairs.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

To try remove this conversation back towards the Ashes itself, let's talk about incumbency.


How much of role do you think it will play in Aus's batting selections? A lot, or very a lot?

 

[Prince EWS]

To try remove this conversation back towards the Ashes itself, let's talk about incumbency.


How much of role do you think it will play in Aus's batting selections? A lot, or very a lot?

I honestly prefer this over "he's scored runs in the three Shield games this season".

There are better ways to select the team than either of these, but if I had to choose...

By the way, daily reminder that Head > Wade.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Werner
Kawasaki
Laboo
Smythe
Grunn
Kopf
Englis
Cumin
Strak
Hezzlegod
Loins

 

[Starfighter]

I honestly prefer this over "he's scored runs in the three Shield games this season".

I don't when the incumbents are failures. I at least prefer trying new failures to dredging up the same ones over gain.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Werner
Kawasaki
Laboo
Smythe
Grunn
Kopf
Englis
Cumin
Strak
Hezzlegod
Loins

Strong Ricky Ponting Cricket 2005 energies here

 

[Adders]

Looking forWARD to Tim slapping Anderson around like a red headed stepchild come the Ashes this summer.

Heard an interesting stat today. If Joe Root scores more than around 80 more runs than Paine in the first 2 tests......he'll have scored more runs this calender year than Tim Paine has in his entire career.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Heard some Barmy Army facebook clickbait today. If Joe Root scores more than around 80 more runs than Paine in the first 2 tests......he'll have scored more runs this calender career than Tim Paine has in his entire career.

FTFY

I mean, technically not untrue, but a completely meaningless statement in any actual context

 

[Burgey]

Warner
Ward (c)
Labushagne
TPC
Head
Green
Carey
Cummins
Patto
Haze
Lyon

should be the team, with the Pillow in for Warner by test three, as the latter is a shot duck.

 

[Prince EWS]

FTFY

I mean, technically not untrue, but a completely meaningless statement in any actual context

It's not nearly as big of a Paine diss as "the coach has more recently scored a FC ton than the captain", especially when they changed coaches and it was still true.

Paine scoring that Shield ton afterwards was such a downer.

 

[Burgey]

Seriously, Wardy would do no worse than Spud Harris, who's a proven liability. Get the kid in there.

 

[Prince EWS]

Seriously, Wardy would do no worse than Spud Harris, who's a proven liability. Get the kid in there.

I see you support the promotion of foetuses based on one innings when it suits you.

 

[Daemon]

Warner
Ward (c)
Labushagne
TPC
Head
Green
Carey
Cummins
Patto
Haze
Lyon

should be the team, with the Pillow in for Warner by test three, as the latter is a shot duck.

Good side but I think Tim David would slot in nicely at 5.

 

[Prince EWS]

Good side but I think Tim David would slot in nicely at 5.

Would be great to make him ineligible for Singapore in that way.

 

[Burgey]

Do they play cricket in Singapore? Cute.