3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

[Gnske]

Well at least it looks like we should avoid the innings defeat

I'm surprised you have this much optimism left

 

[ashley bach]

I like him

Well at least it looks like we should avoid the innings defeat

an old story, don't count eggs before they are hatched!
yeah they should do, but this pitch is now atrocious for batting, so no certainty.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Starceh targetting the 12th stump early doors will give the England bats something to think about.

Someone want to tell him Kohli's not out there?

 

[sunilz]

If Australia win tommorow, will this be the quickest time in which Ashes has been retained?

 

[GIMH]

So frustrating. If the top 3 could even have got 20 each, then a Root/Stokes partnership could put us in a decent position. As it is, a 100 partnership from them is unlikely to be enough unless we get a rare bit of white ball style hitting from Jos. Bah.

On the plus side Jimmy is averaging 14 for the series

 

[GIMH]

If Australia win tommorow, will this be the quickest time in which Ashes has been retained?

It’s been retained by the 3rd Test plenty of times, as even in the six Test days they tended to go in as holders. In terms of playing days I don’t know.

 

[wpdavid]

an old story, don't count eggs before they are hatched!
yeah they should do, but this pitch is now atrocious for batting, so no certainty.

Is it really such a bad pitch? That's hardly a requirement for this England side to collapse.

 

[_00_deathscar]

It’s been retained by the 3rd Test plenty of times, as even in the six Test days they tended to go in as holders. In terms of playing days I don’t know.

Needs to be checked by overs bowled cos England only bowled about 50 that one day.

 

[wpdavid]

It’s been retained by the 3rd Test plenty of times, as even in the six Test days they tended to go in as holders. In terms of playing days I don’t know.

I'd be surprised if this will be the shortest number of playing days. I vaguely remember the ashes being decided in 9 days, but please don't ask me when that happened.

 

[Bijed]

So frustrating. If the top 3 could even have got 20 each

Yeah, but we can't go relying on miracles like that

 

[wpdavid]

So frustrating. If the top 3 could even have got 20 each, then a Root/Stokes partnership could put us in a decent position. As it is, a 100 partnership from them is unlikely to be enough unless we get a rare bit of white ball style hitting from Jos. Bah.

On the plus side Jimmy is averaging 14 for the series

Love the fact that you have completely ignored the possibility of Bairstow contributing.

 

[Burgey]

I'd be surprised if this will be the shortest number of playing days. I vaguely remember the ashes being decided in 9 days, but please don't ask me when that happened.

Could that have been 78/79 maybe?

 

[Gob]

Nasser conceded it in 11 days

 

[Burgey]

Love the fact that you have completely ignored the possibility of Bairstow contributing.

He actually looked pretty good first innings tbh. Butler’s dismissal, though. Jesus that was terribad

 

[mr_mister]

I feel like it was retained fairly quickly in 2001

 

[wpdavid]

Could that have been 78/79 maybe?

Thinking about it, your boys won the third test after we had won the first two, so that wouldn't be it. Maybe 2001?

 

[Gob]

I'd like to see Gavaskar, Robinson, Stokes and Warner walk into a bar. Hales would be getting his ID double checked at the door thanks to the face paint.

Why no Garry Balance?

 

[Burgey]

This has been excellent all day from Anderson.

Incredibly sad that of all the crap I’ve sprouted on this forum over 15 years, this was the dross that brought up 80k posts.

 

[ashley bach]

Is it really such a bad pitch? That's hardly a requirement for this England side to collapse.

perhaps it's not as bad as I make out, a combination of very good bowling and poor batting.
however it seems to be bouncing and zipping through quickly quite regularly.
Starc bowled a ball just short of a good length and it almost took Hameed's head off!

 

[halba]

eng 4/31 trail by 51. best batters in now or to come, so its possible 150-200 i think max. so that means aus will max chase 120.