Thread: The Ashes Tour

Originally Posted by David48atTD

What is England's score come stumps?

I'm 3/93

4/82 ... I was close

I missed the last ball dismissal.

Root gone ... England are fucked.

Will they make it deep into the 2nd session?

It wasn't the last ball of Starc's over mate.

Root's dismissal was stupid as he didn't have to play at the ball.

Anyway I did expect a strong response from the Poms which hasn't happened again.

And it is an Aussie second string bowling attack.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

It wasn't the last ball of Starc's over mate.

It was last ball of the day though.

^ ^^ Thanks and seems you're both correct.

Last ball of the session, but not the last ball of the over.

I assume Starc will continue that over today.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Last ball of the session, but not the last ball of the over.

I wuz robbed, if those last 4 balls had been bowled yesterday the to-and-froms being 5 down was a very real possibility. Still thinking they won't reach 200 though..

Originally Posted by Headworx

I wuz robbed, if those last 4 balls had been bowled yesterday the to-and-froms being 5 down was a very real possibility. Still thinking they won't reach 200 though..

They coulda been 9 down…

Originally Posted by David48atTD

^ ^^ Thanks and seems you're both correct.

Last ball of the session, but not the last ball of the over.

I assume Starc will continue that over today.

Yes, he will.

It's actually quite deflating . . . not even a contest, zero fun in that.

Originally Posted by panama hat

It's actually quite deflating . . . not even a contest, zero fun in that.

Crushing England, in any sport, is always fun.

^Jeez that's a bit harsh. I couldn't agree more but it's still harsh

Originally Posted by Saint Willy

Crushing England, in any sport, is always fun.

Originally Posted by Headworx

^Jeez that's a bit harsh. I couldn't agree more but it's still harsh

True, but it's over far too quickly . . . they need to be toyed with first. this is just . . . too easy and no fun.

Anyway, the soap-dodgers only need another 380-odd runs . . .


IIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGEEEERRRRRRLLLLLAAAAAANNNNNND DDDDDDD!!!!!!

^ ps ... also English Rugby ... fuck them and fuck Jonny Wilkinson.

Fucking stupid field goals ... score a try to win the game.

Still hurts, decades later.

Cameron Green, who Australia picks mainly to bat, dismissed world-beater Root for the second time in three innings.
From a relaxed 2-150, England fell apart like Nigella Lawson's aromatic lamb shank stew.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

I do have a soft spot there

Nah . . .

Still . . . a 0.5% chance . . .

1, 2, 3 ...

^As they generally do when someone gets hit in the Jatz crackers, they rolled out the old footage of Thommo doing the same thing to Bumble with a ball travelling close to 160kph. Now that would have hurt.

I used to love watching Tommo bowl, mainly because his action was so different.

Tried to emulate his style ... with some, but limited success.

Fast, but inaccurate sometimes. Length, not line was the issue.

^Yes I saw him and Lillee bowl one day at the Gabba while laying on the dog track, which you referenced earlier and I'm sure not many understood. The short story behind that is we played competition cricket as kids on Saturdays and the opposing team for the day never turned up so our coach (and Dad of one of our team members of course) loaded the 11 of us into his Valiant station wagon and off to the Gabba we went for the day where it was free admission to kids dressed in their whites, but we had to stay on the dog track . Australia were playing England and the Thommo/Lillee combo was running riot with lightning fast deliveries, we were side-on to the action and Marsh + 5 slips and a gully were standing what must have been 20 yards behind the stumps. A day to remember.

Originally Posted by Headworx

Thommo/Lillee

Never better . . . my intro to cricket

Originally Posted by panama hat

not even a contest, zero fun in that.

Yeah, it's shit.

If Woakes can get 4 more here, he'll be only the 3rd English player to score 40 in the series so far (Root and Malan are the others).

Originally Posted by panama hat

Never better . . .

Nope, and to have the pair of them in the same team during their peaks was just ridiculous. They didn't have the ball-speed technology of today back then of course but there's plenty of footage on YouTube of both of them bowling when they were angry. You can easily see how fast the ball gets to the keeper compared to what happens when balls are bowled by today's quicks, which are clocked at around 145kph. Lillee and Thommo were much faster than that.

I don't get it ... the Bookies are offering $1.16 for the Aussie win?

... now into $1.03!

Less than 300 to get

Looking tough for England to win this one now. Jos is going to have to get moving...