*Official* Australia v England post-Ashes ODI series

[Starfighter]

Now it really has reached Big Bash standard. Terrible shot and terrible fielding.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Moeen finds some form 2 months too late.

His bowling has been pretty successful all series imo. Overall averaged just under 5 an over and taken 5 wickets; England would’ve taken that every day of the week pre-series.

 

[MW1304]

That was atrocious.

Hales dropping Paine could be big

Hales, of course, is more used to dealing with objects that have already been dropped to the ground

That wasn't.

 

[quincywagstaff]

I think Hales was just shocked that Paine managed to hit it far enough to reach him on the full.

 

[TheJediBrah]

You'll be shocked to learn that I'm not persisting with somehow fitting Head into the team no matter what in the scenario where I'm just picking Usman/Marsh

Warner
Finch
Usman/Marsh
Smith (truthfully I'd bat Smith at 3 but he seems to like handing that off)
Marsh/Stonis
Maxwell
A Keeper

Looks good to me but Stoinis gets in ahead of M Marsh or Maxwell easily.

I think we should be playing all those guys anyway, with keeper to bat 8 and just **** off Zampa because we haven't got enough batting. Until Zampa starts doing something or they suck it up and pick Lyon then we shouldn't be wasting a spot on a specialist spinner.

 

[wpdavid]

Hales dropping Paine could be big

Hales, of course, is more used to dealing with objects that have already been dropped to the ground

Sounds fair to me.

 

[Spikey]

Looks good to me but Stoinis gets in ahead of M Marsh or Maxwell easily.

I think we should be playing all those guys anyway, with keeper to bat 8 and just **** off Zampa because we haven't got enough batting. Until Zampa starts doing something or they suck it up and pick Lyon then we shouldn't be wasting a spot on a specialist spinner.

As long as there's stupid bowling restrictions, I'm always in favour of picking 4 specialist bowlers. That doesn't need to be Zampa or even a spinner but I'm pretty strong on that. Of course, if you are just picking Tye as the fourth bowler then you probably want two spinners in the batting order and not two seamers. That's why Australia's long term plan with the spinner needs to be sorted out and is probably the most important issue with the team. The current situation, Zampa sometimes playing and sometimes not, forces them into playing one of Head/Maxwell always which may not be deserved

 

[Spikey]

MMarsh probably wants to die after seeing that piece of fielding

 

[wpdavid]

ffs Moeen.

English fielding remains an oxymoron.

 

[MW1304]

So fielding is going to **** us.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

His bowling has been pretty successful all series imo. Overall averaged just under 5 an over and taken 5 wickets; England would’ve taken that every day of the week pre-series.

That what I meant, he has done well in this series but for as well as he has done here he was as terrible in the games that mattered.

 

[hazsa19]

Wtf has happened in the last 20 minutes?

 

[hazsa19]

Would rather Root bowl than Ball tbf

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Would rather Root bowl than Ball tbf

Was thinking it strange Root hadn't bowled any today myself. Gives you wriggle room.

 

[Spikey]

That was an insanely quick finger and then review combo

 

[fredfertang]

****flaps

 

[hazsa19]

Never understand why there isn’t an umpires call for where it pitched.

 

[ajdude]

That was an insanely quick finger and then review combo

this post made me really hungry for some reason

 

[Second Spitter]

That was an insanely quick finger and then review combo

That's what she said?

 

[Spikey]

this post made me really hungry for some reason

ever since benchmkar00 took his ball and went home there's been a lack of Zinger combo talk