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

[Plugger35]

Well that was fun while it lasted.

Not many better sights in cricket than seeing Stokes tee off.

 

[HK_Hawk]

There's going to be a lot of pi$$ed off Aussie supporters if we come out and capitulate in this second innings after that post-lunch nightmare.

 

[deedog2]

Rather be Australia still

Its insane they decided to bowl first

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Nuffies dry your eyes! Pathetic supporters.

Lead went from 118 to 26 in 54 minutes bowling to their tail.

Elite tactics.

 

[Conception]

Why do so many stupid people defend Cummins captaincy?

 

[mxett]

Is it wrong that I feel sorry for Murphy and want him to succeed given his bung eye and coke bottle glasses, or am I a bad person?

 

[Foucault1989]

Well done. Very difficult to bowl to stokes in that mood. Murphy created several chances.

I thought he bowled really well. Hitting good areas

 

[Zevon]

Nuffies dry your eyes! Pathetic supporters.

Friday night certainly does seem to bring out some knee-jerk reactionaries who’ve had a beer or three too many

I get the tactics have been frustrating but sheesh we’re watching a great game of cricket here. Give me this ahead of those one sided home series against South Africa or the West Indies any day

 

[yabsy]

5 catches for Smith...That must be close to a record in an innings.

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[ams4crows]

Ok Bowlers instead of putting your feet up you need to spend all of that time coming up with a plan, an actual plan of how to get Stokes out in the 2nd dig as that is the difference between winning the Ashes or it being 2-1

The plan can not be wait for Stokes to make a mistake

 

[Saint12]

why do they rope these postage stamp grounds?

 

[LionsOrDieTrion]

Getting real sick of this Stokes edging bullshit every innings.

 

[Substance]

Had them 5/87. We also lost 6/23. We need to nail the coffin shut this time.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

The ebbs and flows of Test cricket hey? Marsh steps up and saves us yesterday then Stokes does it today for them. Game on!

Finally someone who sees it for what it is. Great game

 

[DeathlyAccurate]

Don’t worry, relax everyone, because we should be happy with any lead according to some.

I will be interested to see if the same feeling remains if we’re 4 down for less than 100 by stumps. Of course the game is evenly balanced by at 8 down with a lead of 96 we had a chance to completely bat them out of it.

It’s the same thing every single time and we don’t learn. One minute we play like a dynasty team and the next we’re 2010/11 Australia.

I am absolutely hoping like hell we don’t lose more than 2-3 wickets today.


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[Foucault1989]

Why do so many stupid people defend Cummins captaincy?

Because it's getting results?

 

[Southerntakeover]

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

I bet you said that out loud in your best Churchill voice while you typed it too

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

A narrow lead but England with the momentum.

Need a decent opening stand to take the wind out of their sails

 

[Moonwatcher]

5/87 to start and 3/95 to finish

Think we should go back to just playing good cricket to the tail.

 

[Kanye West]

So, when we were 4 fer SFA, would we have settled for alead of 26?

When they were 7 for 142 would you have taken a 26 run lead?

 

[ep2018]

We have more than half a day to bat with clear sky, the poms will be chasing with constant cloud and rain interruption, with the stress of anything but a win means they lose. I know which side I'd rather be right now.

 

[Gak Attack]

Some pure head scratching tactics and captaincy last two tests and don't give me the childish but we won.

 

[MatthewB]

 

[Play it Sam]

Gimp walking back like Mary Poppins.
Well done Aussies........mostly.

 

[Blue1980]

So, when we were 4 fer SFA, would we have settled for alead of 26?

Umm 4/68 and we were 4/85? I’d have liked more of a lead but it’s still good.