1st Ashes Test England v Australia June 16-20 1930hrs @ Edgbaston

[BlueBayou]

Bodyline in the 30's

'Fungus infected' pitch in '75 when Chapellis men were allover the Poms...match abandoned, ashes retianed by england. Curious.

Doctored pitches for decades

Now doctored DRS.... At least they are moving into modern day cheating...

 

[sthmelb_dimmies]

And now the true test begins; trying not to fall asleep for the next 45min

Is it a shorter lunch break to make up the lost time?

 

[eddiesmith]

To think it wasn’t even Aussie Erasmus with the shockingly bad LBW call in Australia’s favour.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Steve got hit that high yet DRS said it as hitting the top of off stump......

Smith was stuck on the crease though. Bairstow was further forward

 

[Nankervis brothers]

Whats the opposite of Bazball style ?

cricket

 

[A Pom]

More the similarity between smith's and bairstow's that's causing it.

Were we watching the same game? Bairstow was hit a meter outside his crease, Smith was hit in his crease. Completely different.

 

[Gethelred]

Geez, conspiracy theories around ball tracking are sure to abound. First the Lyon one, then Boland.

A technician decides which precise frame the ball makes contact with the pads. Not an umpire.

Umpiring has always been crooked in the sport of cricket, and it always will be until the human element is removed from the game.

 

[two blue tiger]

Bairstow in a year or two.

 

[Gough]

Boycottball?

Geoffball?

Baileyball, Barringtonball.

 

[corbies]

Have a go at the score right now and compare it to the discussion of each teams performance in this match. If you're just listening to the discourse you'd think the scorecard read like this match from last week where England are Bangladesh and Australia are Afghanistan:

BAN vs AFG Cricket Scorecard, Only Test at Dhaka, June 14 - 17, 2023

Get cricket scorecard of Only Test, BAN vs AFG, Afghanistan in Bangladesh 2023 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur dated June 14 - 17, 2023.

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[estibador]

This Test really has been a great battle.

Feels like it has been poised on a knife's edge the entire time.

 

[beez]

Bairstow was a long way forward to be fair. Different to Smith.

Fairness is what people who have been brainwashed by the ICC say.

 

[troybe]

Baileyball, Barringtonball.

Tavball

 

[A Pom]

How does a ball thats going straight end up missing down leg it was straightened

In what way is a ball that pitches outside off and hits someone in line with the stumps going straight...?

 

[smasha]

In this up to our eyeballs.

Just try to stop em getting up to 250.

 

[Magma]

i love that footage of marcus taking the couple of steps in anticipation. really good footage

 

[Jimthegreat]

Baileyball, Barringtonball.

Showing your age?...haha.

I was around when Barrington was playing. Underrated averaging 58.

 

[Coasters7]

Only 26 scored in the last 10 overs.

“Bazball (but we’re a little concerned)”

Throws the entire “philosophy” in the bin doesn’t it. Attacking at all costs and progressing the game as quickly as possible isn’t always viable. That’s test cricket.

Absolutely no chance this stays long term. They’re already being forced to concede and regroup and this is the flattest and slowest pitch I’ve ever seen. Next series in Aus will be the end of it. It works when you have the initiative but as soon as it gets challenged it falls to bits

 

[A Pom]

A technician decides which precise frame the ball makes contact with the pads. Not an umpire.

Umpiring has always been crooked in the sport of cricket, and it always will be until the human element is removed from the game.

This hasn't been the case for years.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Get these 2 early and we should win it. It's at that one way or the other point.

 

[BlueBayou]

Great comment by Aaron Finch on live TV.

'Takes them a while to draw the lines' (paraphrasing
Referring to incorrect DRS

 

[grumbleguts]

Bodyline in the 30's

'Fungus infected' pitch in '75 when Chapellis men were allover the Poms...match abandoned, ashes retianed by england. Curious.

Doctored pitches for decades

Now doctored DRS.... At least they are moving into modern day cheating...

Head and shoulders the biggest cheats in world cricket.

 

[010203]

By my count, 5 English wickets have fallen via stumpings in this test.

Edit: 3.

 

[Aussie pie]

Was at the ground for the whole 5 days in 2005 for “that” game and can say from personal experience that the crowd are madder than cut snakes, they are quite aggressive and agro too. Great game but I was glad I was in a group because the “lads” were very scary at times not like the English crowd at the other grounds.

 

[Smeg Head]

By my count, 5 English wickets have fallen via stumpings in this test.

You may need a new abacus there