Big Cricket Thread

[KBLT]

THAT is why Test Cricket is the pinnacle of the sport.

**** yes!

 

[Ochre]

Australia's 'three No. 11s' in spotlight after England target tail

Ollie Robinson says England's short-ball attack was calculated move

www.espncricinfo.com

"It's something we spoke about as a group," Robinson said. "We said once we get past Cummins, we feel like they've got three No. 11s. It's something that we can target through the series and try and wrap up their innings quite quick and try and give us that momentum into our batting innings."

 

[W.C. Fry]

So good!

 

[Manbearpig77]

One of the best wins I've ever seen.

 

[Mop]

From an Aussie perspective that may be the best ever test.

Shove your 05 Edgbaston, we raise you ‘23!

 

[omgfridge]

Any kent who calls or emails me in a few hours time at work is straight up dead to me.

 

[Avalor]

Australia's 'three No. 11s' in spotlight after England target tail

Ollie Robinson says England's short-ball attack was calculated move

www.espncricinfo.com

It's funny how words can come back to bite you on the bum. I really don't like that Robinson fella - couldn't have happened to a more deserving bloke. Karma!

 

[Biggie]

Damn! Should have stayed up

 

[Dazzler9]

That would be glorious. We've been fractionally behind the contest for 85% of this Test match. Edging it at the death would be sweet as.

Oh glory day!

 

[Dazzler9]

Uzzie batted on each of the 5 days. That's a rare feat.

 

[Dazzler9]

Australia's 'three No. 11s' in spotlight after England target tail

Ollie Robinson says England's short-ball attack was calculated move

www.espncricinfo.com

Hey Ollie...

 

[MrWoollie]

Bazball. Haha. KP. Haha.

Sorry, but congratulations to England on how they attacked the game. Yes, they won the toss, yes they got the best batting conditions on day 1, yes they got the humid, overcast, swinging start to day 2, yes they got to bowl on a day 5 pitch with seamer suited conditions and an outfield where the ball just plugged if it had any air. But you play to the conditions and England took the game on.
Good on them and it could have gone either way.

Just as an aside. Apparently, in the last 100 years of Ashes tests, there have been only ten tests where the margin was <=3 wickets or <=25 runs. And England had won all of them.

Well done for breaking that hoodoo.

 

[Woutizmoo]

what fekn win - yeah the boys

 

[guero]

Any kent who calls or emails me in a few hours time at work is straight up dead to me.

What are your contact deets mate? Asking for a friend.

 

[ioppolo]

Cummins picked a damn good test to remember how to bat again. What timing!

 

[Dazzler9]

More remarkable Uzzie stats -

Khawaja, the first Australian to bat on all five days of an Ashes Test since Stan McCabe at The Oval in 1934, faced more balls across this series opener (518) than he had survived in all appearances on his previous two Ashes campaigns in the UK in 2013 and 2019.

Usman Khawaja (36) has left more balls than England (32) in this Test match #Ashes

 

[Truckosaurus]

A nice result to wake up to. Captain's knock from Cummins to secure the win bodes well.

 

[Astro7]

All Hail King Uzzie! What a legend.
With 3 of our best batsmen (arguably worlds best) out cheaply two
innings in a row, where would we be without Uzzie standing tall?
Funny ol' game cricket. Bazball....Pfffft!

 

[Farang83150]

Love it when the poms loose...yay for us

 

[Carbine Chaos]

What a game. Two contrasting styles going at it in a genuine 50/50 contest for 5 days with a finish like that.

Love England's approach and can't wait to see it come off/fail in equal measure for the next 4 games. Makes for fascinating viewing.

 

[darksquare]

The English crowds will jump off Bazball in a hurry if they go 2 down at Lords. I’m backing in proper test cricket, with Smith and Labuschagne to build big innings - at 3.5 runs an over.


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[Dazzler9]

The English crowds will jump off Bazball in a hurry if they go 2 down at Lords. I’m backing in proper test cricket, with Smith and Labuschagne to build big innings - at 3.5 runs an over.


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Lot of batting upside for Australia, with those two missing out across both digs. That doesn't happen often.

 

[Farang83150]

Does warner get dumped for the next ?

 

[Monocle]

Very few things make your breakfast taste even better than when you are eating it as you are watching / reading / listening to the news after an Ashes Test in England and finding out that Australia wins.

Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves,
five Chinese crackers up your arseh*le - bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

I do miss Poms night down at the Broadway Inn in my University days.

 

[Dazzler9]

Does warner get dumped for the next ?

Nah. Would wanna perform at Lord's though.