Official - Road to Ashes 2023

[GIMH]

Wishful thinking. Bazball will scare the aussies and i believe its already having an impact. We will win 3-0

Why so negative?

 

[GIMH]

Remember that time the football team were 3-0 up before losing 4-3 and so everyone agreed they were the better side in that game

Oh tug at my heartstrings why don't you

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[TheJediBrah]

That's completely fair. Just think the easiest way to quantify the better team in a situation like this is to see who dominated/performed better for longer stretches of the series.

With this logic Aus won the 2009 Ashes by a landslide

 

[Nintendo]

With this logic Aus won the 2009 Ashes by a landslide

England won that series 2-1. When I said situations like this I meant drawn series. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

 

[Shady Slim]

Street Usman Marnus Smith Henriques Green looks like a good batting lineup

indeed

 

[Nintendo]

indeed

In all seriousness do you think street will outperform hunt at test level? I'm a qlder and love street to bit's but hunt seems like the superior opener of the two (if only slightly).

 

[Shady Slim]

In all seriousness do you think street will outperform hunt at test level? I'm a qlder and love street to bit's but hunt seems like the superior opener of the two (if only slightly).

tbh i can't offer you a genuine preference between the two, however, i reckon that both can outdo warner on the land of the old enemy

we rightly do horses for courses for bowlers and it's beyond time we do for batsmen too

 

[TheJediBrah]

If I'm being super duper serial, I think it will be a close series. Not like every time in Aus lately.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Oh tug at my heartstrings why don't you

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Bookmarked, no doubt.

 

[Bijed]

Bookmarked, no doubt.

Homepage, imo

 

[NZTailender]

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

There was much said about McCullum's "innovative" captaincy and aggression before the the 3 match series in Aus and Australia halted it in it's tracks pretty well. That said it would be pretty funny to see Cummins and Hazlewood get carted. Don't see it happening tbf. They could easily maul Starc tho.

The tons also took him to 28 for his career and above both Smith (27) and Virat Kohli's 27 on the all-time hundreds charts, with Smith eager to point out the former England captain has had more time to do so.

“He's played a few [35] more tests than me as well!” Smith said.

heh

 

[Tom Flint]

On current form smith would need all 35 of those tests to get back infront

 

[Adders]

Thing is the only time I can think that Cummings, Hazlewood et al have realy let the wheels totaly fall off is when the batting side has come at them hard......Stokes Headingly, Pant Brisbane (?) eg

Not convinced it will always come off against that quality of attack but imo would seem a legitimate approach?

 

[Flem274*]

Thing is the only time I can think that Cummings, Hazlewood et al have realy let the wheels totaly fall off is when the batting side has come at them hard......Stokes Headingly, Pant Brisbane (?) eg

Not convinced it will always come off against that quality of attack but imo would seem a legitimate approach?

yep. the australians love hitting the deck hard in the corridor all day, and if you let them you will lose bar one or two guys with fantastic defensive games (pujara).

one of my frustrations with our last tour there was under lights KW and Taylor played really well and quite positively for the conditions, then the next morning and for the rest of the tour everyone attempted to grind until the inevitable happened.

 

[TheJediBrah]

There was much said about McCullum's "innovative" captaincy and aggression before the the 3 match series in Aus and Australia halted it in it's tracks pretty well. That said it would be pretty funny to see Cummins and Hazlewood get carted. Don't see it happening tbf. They could easily maul Starc tho.

I don't think McCullum is qualified in mauling Starc tbh

 

[GotSpin]

Thing is the only time I can think that Cummings, Hazlewood et al have realy let the wheels totaly fall off is when the batting side has come at them hard......Stokes Headingly, Pant Brisbane (?) eg

Not convinced it will always come off against that quality of attack but imo would seem a legitimate approach?

Lyon tends to fall apart from when attacked I feel

He's bowled some really ordinary spells in Australia recently

 

[Flem274*]

I don't think McCullum is qualified in mauling Starc tbh

did starc bowl in his final test?

if yes then he figured it out literally at the last minute.

 

[morgieb]

did starc bowl in his final test?

if yes then he figured it out literally at the last minute.

Nah I think he missed that series through injury.

 

[Burgey]

On current form smith would need all 35 of those tests to get back infront

It wasn't so long ago Root getting to 50 odd and not going on with it was a meme. It's a pretty fraught exercise to bag players of the quality of these fellas.

 

[honestbharani]

It wasn't so long ago Root getting to 50 odd and not going on with it was a meme. It's a pretty fraught exercise to bag players of the quality of these fellas.

I hope its true esp. for Virat as I feel the amount of unjustified vile tripe he is receiving even from some here in CW is amazing. Also, it does seem to be that we are in the middle of a bowling era so we have to temper our expectations on what "greatness" is for batsmen as well.