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*Official* First Test (Edgbaston, Birmingham) 16–20 June

Burgey

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Ashes81 said:
Bugger me, Malcolm Conn is on TMS. What a negative ante English knob he is.

Moaning about the pitch, Stokes shouldn't be in the side, county cricket is crap, having a go at Joe Root.

Some points are fair enough but not 1 positive thing to say
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When in Birmingham..
 
Aidan11

Aidan11

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Imagine if England take the last wicket to win the game, then 30 seconds later the heavens open which would otherwise have ended the game.

Stokes declaration would be considered a stroke of genius instead of all the flack he's getting on social media.
 
Burgey

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Ashes81 said:
I don't know if it's because I'm English but this game seems slightly bigger for us to win than the Aussies.

For a start, we need to win the series to regain the Ashes, a drawn series is better for the Aussies. If we go 1 down, there's alot for us to do to win the Urn back.

Also we've missed more opportunities, we really should be in a stronger position. And then there's the declaration.

Finally, we've got Smith and Labuschagne out cheaply twice and if we can't win today, it going to get harder when they inevitably score big runs.

I'm not saying it's not important to the Aussies, it obviously is, but for us, you feel if we're to win the Ashes back, we really need to get the job done today.

If the Aussies lose then they can still very much still take the Ashes back home with them.
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Yeah this is probably their best chance to win one tbh. Good toss to win, had the better of the conditions, Aus plainly rusty. England will be hoping to make a game of it at least here
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

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Ashes81 said:
I don't know if it's because I'm English but this game seems slightly bigger for us to win than the Aussies.

For a start, we need to win the series to regain the Ashes, a drawn series is better for the Aussies. If we go 1 down, there's alot for us to do to win the Urn back.

Also we've missed more opportunities, we really should be in a stronger position. And then there's the declaration.

Finally, we've got Smith and Labuschagne out cheaply twice and if we can't win today, it going to get harder when they inevitably score big runs.

I'm not saying it's not important to the Aussies, it obviously is, but for us, you feel if we're to win the Ashes back, we really need to get the job done today.

Yes bu

If the Aussies lose then they can still very much still take the Ashes back home with them.
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I think it's also important for the Aussies because it might be a while before they have this type of quality visiting your shores again .

Khawaja and Warner are at the twilight of their careers , Steve Smith is getting on with age , Boland is not gonna be around for very long , Lyon is in the last few years of his career ..Its now or never for a lot of these guys to win the Ashes in England before Australia goes through a rebuild phase.
 
Woodster

Woodster

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Plenty of overs left for either side to win, heavy cloud cover looks promising for the England attack providing they can keep the ball dryish! This is going deep into the day!
 
G

G. S. Kohli

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One of the most memorable moments has to be the 2005 Edgbaston test. Kasprowicz caught down the leg side off Harmison and England winning by 2 runs.

We could have something similar today.
 
TheJediBrah

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If England want to win this they need to keep the ball away from Moeen. If they want a spinner give Root the overs
 
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