The Ashes Thread.

[NamPikToot]

Dill get used to it, you've got 9 months of watching Utd labouring draws.

[harrybarracuda]

Ok, normally only restricted to the UK when live TV not audio feeds.

I found one of those Free VPNs (uncannily called "Free VPN") which the Beeb clearly haven't spotted.

[Dillinger]

^^Think I'd sooner watch Cyrille dry

[Bettyboo]

90 run lead - about 100 runs less than I'd like, but it's a lead...

[Dillinger]

^You must be a great laugh with the lads on Match days.

[NamPikToot]

[Looper]

The ABC are listing it as The Men's Ashes Series

https://www.abc. net.au/news/2019-08-03/the-ashes-first-test-edgbaston-day-three-live-blog/11365750

Because there is no such thing as too much feminist politics at the ABC

Looking forward to the Men's World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

[buriramboy]

Might be because you also have the womens ashes going on aswell in the UK.

[Bettyboo]

Right so, two wickets down. Average bowling, average batting, nothing in the pitch... Meh. At least we have taken a couple of early wickets, but they are scoring quickly, so our advantage will go quickly - we need to keep taking wickets if we let them keep scoring at 4 to 5 an over.

[buriramboy]

Need Smith out before close, starting to rain here an hour away from Brum.

[Bettyboo]

Very average bowling here, the batsmen just scoring like an easy 1 day game... This is going in the Convicts favour.

[Bettyboo]

Brilliant bowlers in this England team, we're all over them - 3 down.

[David48atTD]

and leave us wanting.

[David48atTD]

Good luck mate

It's not half as interesting as the one day version is it?
300 balls to hit 100 runs.

Wait till you watch 20/20 cricket.

Sort of like ODI's (One Day Internationals) on Steroids.

20/20 have men playing in Pajamas, Dancing Girls and Fireworks

[Dillinger]

England vs Steve Smith.

Get him out early today and should do it. If not they are fucked

[Bettyboo]

You'd have to say, without Smith, this is a very average Australian team.

[buriramboy]

You'd have to say, without Smith, this is a very average Australian team.

In fairness Englands batting doesn't look a lot better, Burns wont be so lucky in future innings with his style of play as in playing and missing a million times, if he had gone early which he could have done about 20 times we would be looking at a different game now.

[Bettyboo]

This certainly isn't the highest quality Ashes series. It could be a good and exciting series as the teams are quite evenly matched - both attacks lack a fast bowler, but both have one waiting to come into the team.

[NamPikToot]

Eng could be in trouble without Anderson and Woods, Archer is carrying an injury too so we could see Olly Stone come in.

[David48atTD]

Stuart Broad has bigger tits then my (future) Sister in Law!

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First ball ... "My word! The first ball spins quite a bit, but more importantly, it stayed literally at ankle height. Smith still managed to turn it for a single of course because he's Australia's foremost French cricketer, but that's worrying for Australia."


Then, one of the weirdest deliveries I've seen for a while.



"WHOA!! Moeen's lobbed it way over Smith's head. Smith went for the tennis smash, but couldn't get there.
He rushed back to avoid being stumped, but safe to say this is a no ball..."

[Jack meoff]

Tell us about the sister in law

[David48atTD]

^ Now living in NZ. SWMBO describes her as raisins on a plate

Stuart Broad definitely has tits ... or man cans as us blokes refer to them.

I was looking for a Stuart Broad Man Cans image and saw this.

England's current World-Class Cricketers. And Stuart Broad.

PLEASE EXPLAIN !!!


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Back on topic, how much should Australia need to lead by to have a better then 50% chance of winning?

250 would be defendable, 275 would provide more comfort.

What do you guys think?

Pitch is defiantly deteriorating.

[Jack meoff]

Crowd boring as fuck.....hold on the Queen & YMCA are on the way....

[buriramboy]

Anything over 200 wont be easy to chase down, 250 lead and Australia will win, although depending how long they can bat for and the weather a draw may yet come into play although at 7/1 the bookies dont think so.

[NamPikToot]

Some spin balls almost turning square, reckon Lyon's got a big smile watching this - he could be a handful