3rd Ashes Test England v Australia July 6-10 1930hrs @ Headingley

[Ephemeral Hope]

is bazball bazball or is it entirely carried by stokes who just happens to be a very good player.

 

[catstorm]

You can't give someone out that far down the pitch lol

Yes you can, it was hitting halfway up middle stump, he was gone and the review proved it. If umpires call wasn’t a thing he would be in the pavilion where he should have been.

 

[freo_leo29]

That was blown almost completely. Could have been 70 to 80 in front but, no, had to bowl short at the tail.

Eh getting the tail out put pressure on stokes, the real negative was the 2 dropped catches

 

[FutureShock]

About as intelligent as your comment. Name a captain since Steve Waugh that has us 2-0 up in England?

We're 2-0 up despite his tactics, not because of them. Why is his only strategy to bowl short and have all fielders on the boundary to every lower order batsman? Why doesn't he have faith in the bowlers to get the batsmen out bowled, lbw or caught behind the wicket? Let England right off the hook today. Absolute garbage.

 

[BarneyBent]

That's like 10% of what both teams managed to score in their 1st innings... so, you're wrong.

Should be 28 though.

 

[rdhopkins2]

Stokes provides some marvellous entertainment. Thrilling to watch when his eye is in.

 

[Hollow Knight]

This time last night we were 5 for not much. Now we have a lead and some decent batting conditions for once.

Bowlers did well in the aggregate. It’s time for our batters to step up.

 

[ptrg]

Sangakarra with quote of the day "Murphy doesn't know what Stokes is going to do next"

I hope for our sake, Kumar is the only one of this opinion.

 

[JackOutback]

I doubt it.

England will be chasing less than 250 with 2 1/2 days to play.

Robinson can’t bowl, we’ll make enough and then we’ll skittle them for even less than this innings. So many doomsayers in this thread the second England get a run on. It’s a Test, momentum shifts but we keep standing up at the important moments.

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Knowing cricket is being happy blowing your lead by dropping catches and bowling pies.

The more lead you're happy blowing the more cricket knowledge man you are.

I refuse to engage in mental combat with someone clearly so unarmed.

 

[Silver Tongue]

Handy little lead but should have been more.

Fair play to Stokes, the guy is one of the cleanest strikers of the ball in the history of the game.

Marsh says hold my beer!

 

[frankrizzo]

basically 100 runs in an hours cricket to buy last 3 wickets in low scoring game we cant afford that.

 

[kickthething]

Nuffies dry your eyes! Pathetic supporters.

Sipping a few Diplomaticos?

 

[Moo87]

Only a mere 4 chances to get Stokes out…

Really disappointing to lose momentum when we could have banked a big lead

 

[Southerntakeover]

Handy little lead but should have been more.

Fair play to Stokes, the guy is one of the cleanest strikers of the ball in the history of the game.

It's nothing

 

[deedog2]

look 26, 86, we should be looking to score well on this wicket

 

[The King!]

Rather be Australia still

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

Just appalling tactically.
We should be 100 ahead.
When will these dumbshits learn?

 

[Joffaboy]

Does this campaigner pretend he's hurt to look like a hero? It's surely not that bad if he can play like this.

Yes, sprints up and down like a 20 y.o but bungs on the injury.
Pathetic human being

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[Westend]

Okay lads lets just bat need at least 350 with stokes in the English team

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

Kumar Sangakkara is a campaigner

 

[grumbleguts]

* me. Most of this thread showing they don’t know a thing about spin.

It’s an art where buying wickets is the price paid.

But if the price paid is more per wicket you take than you scored, you lose.

 

[Manbearpig77]

The see sawing nature of this series continues.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

has murphy bowled at that tiny stadium in sydney big bash before

 

[candyapple]

Now to bat for 3 days