The Ashes, Second Test Australia v England @ The Adelaide Oval d/n 16-20 December

[Around the Wicket]

Brett Lee thinks speed is everything.

 

[FredLeDeux]

That’s a damning stat, poor by England.

Stokes didn't bowl a single ball all day that was hitting the stumps.
Not a single ball.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I hope Lab and Warner pull Harrison aside and say
"It's test cricket,soak up some balls FFS"

I wish they would send him on a 1 way ticket to Antarctica

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Brett Lee thinks speed is everything.

It’s handy and today Wood makes a big difference

Better than Woakes and his nudies that are a waste of time

 

[norway blue]

Can’t wait to see how England react tomorrow. Hot and all .


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[LukeParkerno1]

Can’t wait to see how England react tomorrow. Hot and all .


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Jimmy will pull a heart muscle and Ellen’s pies will be there

 

[johnnyboi]

I hope Lab and Warner pull Harrison aside and say
"It's test cricket,soak up some balls FFS"

That’s the least of his worries

 

[Around the Wicket]

**** sportsmen are boring now away almost every Aussie player leaving the ground staring at there phones.

 

[norway blue]

Jimmy will pull a heart muscle and Ellen’s pies will be there

Wilting under our hot sun I hope so Luke .


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[Seedsfan]

Terrible day from England, the over rate were pathetic, the bowling was shit and there body language crap

They moped around looking like they were waiting for the second new ball and then barely bowled anything that was challenging the stumps

Root bowling down leg and angling/spinning it further down. That’s pathetic try and take a wicket FFS. Just embarrassing himself

Stokes bowled well when they were working over Labuschange but again Root was far too defensive 3:6 field means he will never take the shot on you have to give him some incentive to play the shot

All in all the feeling I get from watching England today is they are a team just trying not to lose and aren’t trying to win

 

[gtrxuone]

Hot in Adelaide tomorrow,over 100 f.interesting to see the effect on the wicket and outfield

 

[Melvin]

From yesterday

Did he have any suggestions where they could find one?

 

[Pippen94]

Fair point. He hit 3 centuries in the five Supertests in the caribbean

Stokes didn't bowl a single ball all day that was hitting the stumps.
Not a single ball.

Role was to hit deck. Wasn't asked to bowl at stumps

 

[norway blue]

Hot in Adelaide tomorrow,over 100 f.interesting to see the effect on the wicket and outfield

As it drys outfield will quicken imo


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[PhatBoy]

Yep, been very uninspiring

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I’m the first to bag them for not picking wood but what are they supposed to do? Four of them are line and length bowlers who spent the day bowling line and length, stokes is a bang it in bowler who banged it in (and it worked except Buttler spilled the catch). On another day - and yes I’m sure many people will say ‘oh if they bowled fuller those plays and misses might have found the edge’ - Marnus nicks one of the 25-30 he sparred at and they take 5-6 wickets for the day.

I don’t think you can fault most of their first innings bowling this series so far. Through a combination of dropped catches, luck, patience, and a great innings from Travis Head, Australia has been equal to it.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Leech had a bad game on a very unfriendly Gabba pitch, surely giving him another go is better then going in without a spinner.

 

[PhatBoy]

Almost like when a top bowler plays lower grades in local cricket can tend to be doing too much to get any wickets.

We played on a damp pitch last week and this left arm kid beat me about 3 times in 10 balls because the ball was seaming away and I said to him when I got off strike that he’s never gonna get me out because I’m not good enough to hit them.

Naturally I threw my wicket away to the bloke at the other end chucking absolute pies

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I have no idea what the percentage is usually but this seems low

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

For the kiddie's who may have no idea what you're referring to:

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Point of clarification. Although several laws have been updated since, there is nothing preventing all the fielders still being deployed on the leg side, just no more than two can field behind square leg...

Correct. This photo looks like the field to a batsman who couldn't or wasnt playing the hook/ pull shot. To one who was hooking, they would have dropped one of the backward and one of the forward short legs back to deep backward square and deep fine leg.

 

[PhatBoy]

Those of us who have been watching England get trounced here for 30 years will be very familiar with score lines like the total in Brisbane and the day one stumps score here today but this is a vast improvement on a lot of previous bowling efforts from English sides here. They have to a) start taking their catches and b) trust that it will reap rewards if they stick at it. Problem they have is that their batting won’t allow them much time for it to pay dividends.

 

[PhatBoy]

I have no idea what the percentage is usually but this seems low

There’s always the possibility that they just weren’t good enough but it would seem that’s a deliberate ploy especially considering that the four front liners are all noted for their general accuracy. Australian batsmen as a general rule are very good off their pads so it doesn’t surprise me that they have tried to not bowl too straight

 

[PhatBoy]

Jimmy will pull a heart muscle and Ellen’s pies will be there

Yeah we get it Joe root looks like a chat show host.

Anderson is 40 and playing in his 160-something test I’m sure he’s gotten there because he has no heart.

 

[rank and file]

I have no idea what the percentage is usually but this seems low

Skewed by no spinner
Plan A,bowl short
PlanA,dot balls are cool and value your wicket

 

[norway blue]

Skewed by no spinner
Plan A,bowl short
PlanA,dot balls are cool and value your wicket

Can England do a line and length tomorrow .Accurate


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[Woody15]

When you search the word "pies" posted by LukeParkerno1 in the cricket forum..