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Yeah it's a bit like saying Pucovski was out.Lol at the idea that Archer was ever an option.
Yeah it's a bit like saying Pucovski was out.Lol at the idea that Archer was ever an option.
Did she manage to say that without referencing NZ or some random NZ player.......if not is she really your wife?Just told my wife the series result. Her words (not mine): "That's okay as I really don't like either team. Although I guess England are worse as they go on and on whenever they win".
Saqib Mahmood tooOlly Stone is another we can't say we missed via injury as he is always crocked but is a good player. Can't ever rely on him as an option but if he can find fitness he'll be around squads.
He was great in India last time at times, being able to get him back would be pretty big
Bit like the Aussie with the Bairstow stumping, I'm sure you guys are loving the media reaction to the ball changing saga.I think both sides will be reflecting a lot on the "what if's" and will feel they've missed big opportunities to take series. At the end of the day 2-2 is a fair result.
I'm just relieved more than anything this morning. 2-1 or 3-1 to the Aussies which were both on the cards when I crashed last night would have been extremely unpalatable.
Cheers. Thought you'd be interested especially since CartyD has a whole thread on what he eats for tea.Thanks for that mate - I was wondering what your Mrs made of the series.
Nah. Travis with the Ian Chappell mo and bring back the Ugly Aussies.Uzi should be the interim captain IMO
2 up with 3 to play and drawing is frustrating, but then England played a lot better in the 4th and 5th tests than they did at the beginning of the series. Wood and Woakes coming in made a massive difference too. In the end, we did well to draw (with rain assisting).I think both sides will be reflecting a lot on the "what if's" and will feel they've missed big opportunities to take series. At the end of the day 2-2 is a fair result.
I'm just relieved more than anything this morning. 2-1 or 3-1 to the Aussies which were both on the cards when I crashed last night would have been extremely unpalatable.
oh i should be clear - i'm saying any aussie gloating because we have "retained" the trophy after a tied series should be ashamed! haha but a wonderful series on any count neverthelessSS Don't know about "gloating" or anything like that and do not know anything about trophies. England threw away any chance of regaining the Ashes with two batting performances which merit a special place in Hell reserved for lawyers, dentists and those who talk loudly in the theatre.
Well played Straya though. Khawaja was MoS for me but then I'm a bit old school
You just made stuff up earlier in the same sentence...So Joel Wilson has cost Australia the last 2 Ashes series wins in England with incompetent umpiring, you can't make this stuff up
Yeah. I seriously doubt they would sack Cummins, especially now that so many forces are trying to make it a political statement. But in that case McDonald must go in favour of someone more forceful. They were right to get rid of Langer, but they swung too far in the other direction; someone needs to be there with the authority to tell them their gameplans don't make sense when too often they don't.Uzi should be the interim captain IMO
However, CA won’t replace Cummins unless he wants out so the best that we can hope for is to replace the coach
McDonald stood by while the team imploded with sweepathon in India and their ridiculous tactics in England so I have no idea what he brings to the table
Ponting won’t do it & Steve Waugh probably won’t either so go after Berry or maybe Voges
My bet is that CA will try to spin the winter as a success because we beat India in England (lol) and didn’t lose the Ashes
Are you all there? You weren't without Archer for the series. He hasn't played test or even fc cricket for two years. Neither is he likely to play either format going into a third year. His injury problems seem less tractable to adjustment to his action than say Wood. It may be Archer becomes a white ball bowler or go full Tymal Mills and stick to T20.What a load of old bollocks.
We had a load of injuries were as you lost just Lyon.
We were without Leach and Archer for the whole series. We lost Wood for 2 tests, Pope for 3 and Woakes wasn't fir to start the series.
On top of that Stokes could hardly bowl and Mo was significantly handicapped in 2 tests.
It's hard to believe anyone in their management team could sit there and watch them getting carted bowling short and not get the message down to the fielder on the boundary within about 15 minutes that it was a really stupid tactic. Perhaps slightly understandable for the first two tests given the decks England trotted out, but completely inexplicable in the position they were in in the first innings of the 3rd.Yeah. I seriously doubt they would sack Cummins, especially now that so many forces are trying to make it a political statement. But in that case McDonald must go in favour of someone more forceful. They were right to get rid of Langer, but they swung too far in the other direction; someone needs to be there with the authority to tell them their gameplans don't make sense when too often they don't.
Yeah and while they did bowl better in this game in general IMO, probably the best they'd bowled across an entire game in the whole series, they still started dreadfully in the second innings. It was genuinely as if they weren't fully ready for the day's play to begin and hadn't fully warmed up, it took what felt like an hour of looseners before they started to hit decent areas again and by then the pitch had flattened out completely.It's hard to believe anyone in their management team could sit there and watch them getting carted bowling short and not get the message down to the fielder on the boundary within about 15 minutes that it was a really stupid tactic. Perhaps slightly understandable for the first two tests given the decks England trotted out, but completely inexplicable in the position they were in in the first innings of the 3rd.