subshakerz
International Coach
Or does it flatter either side?
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Was 2-2 a fair result?
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SillyCowCorner1
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Yes, whatever result it turned out to be, I call it fair...no one was sandpapering the ball or using their saliva.
Chin Music
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I think it was. Both sides showed moments of real quality, but there were plenty of average (and worse) moments from both. Neither can truly complain about the final outcome. As has been discussed ad nauseum, many of the tests could have had different outcomes, but they ended up how they did often because of some average (and worse) cricket.
Adorable Asshole
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Well you don't need to when you can change the ball altogether.
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Molehill
International Captain
Yeah, but what about the Aussies forcing the weather system to rain at Manchester for 2 days??? Cheating wankers!!
ashley bach
International Captain
If you take the rain out of the equation, and England play inches better earlier in the series it's an easy 4-1 win.
Ancient history now but overall England were the better team and 2-2 seems flattering for the Aussies.
Ancient history now but overall England were the better team and 2-2 seems flattering for the Aussies.
Goochies Lovechild
Cricket Spectator
England dropped too many catches in the first 3 tests, Oz slippers are far superior, although Crawley seemed to have put in some practice in the latter two tests.
No **** but catches win matches......
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Goochies Lovechild
No **** but catches win matches......
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Goochies Lovechild
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On the one hand I kinda feel like if you’re not willing to say 2-2 isn’t a fair result when one test was washed out on the brink of a dominant result, then you’ll never say it.
But then I also felt like England got the rub of the green apart from that, and the cricket was remarkably even from session to session. A draw does feel right.
But then I also felt like England got the rub of the green apart from that, and the cricket was remarkably even from session to session. A draw does feel right.
Blenkinsop
U19 Cricketer
It's funny, I can't recall more than maybe two sessions in the whole series where it felt like Australia dominated, whereas there must have been ten or more where England were miles on top. Yet even so a draw doesn't seem outrageously wrong.
Goochies Lovechild
Cricket Spectator
Yeah, I agree, we (England) won a lot of sessions, however during these sessions we dropped catches at a rather disappointingly reliable rate.
The weather at Manchester, (when we had learned (almost) how to catch) was a shame but unfortunately part of the game!
Regards,
GL
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
you're gonna have to work harder than that to get banned
Molehill
International Captain
We lost a couple of sessions really badly though which decided Tests. Notably that 3rd morning at Lord's, 278-4 to 320 all out.
loterry1994
International Debutant
Fair enough I guess. Think England came back and ended up better cause they had better replacements guys like Mooen, Woakes, Wood, Tongue etc. while I thought some the Aussie bowlers were on their last legs.