The Ashes

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  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    208-6, this looking like it's going to be a struggle.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited July 2023
    buffybegood said:

    208-6, this looking like it's going to be a struggle.

    We'll be bowling before stumps, for sure.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    OldCastleSwift said:

    buffybegood said:

    208-6, this looking like it's going to be a struggle.

    We'll be bowling before stumps, for sure.
    Probably before tea, now. Brook gone for 85.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Brook gone now. It’s all falling apart and we’ll be lucky to get anywhere near 250. Conditions favour bowlers.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    212-7 with Brook's wicket, very poor considering we were 184-3.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    thornburyiron said:

    Brook gone now. It’s all falling apart and we’ll be lucky to get anywhere near 250. Conditions favour bowlers.

    That gives us hope, at least. Could be a low scoring test.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    OldCastleSwift said:

    That gives us hope, at least. Could be a low scoring test.

    I'm not saying conditions are great for batting, but the ball doesn't really seem to be doing that much, I just think a few of our batsmen have played poor shots. Australia will probably just try and dig in this evening.

  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    250-7 at tea, scoring at 5 an over. Just a shame we're a couple too many wickets down.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Yikes. Woakes survives an LBW, hits a four the next ball, and then dropped by Marsh.

    That was a dolly, too.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2023
    Woakes given lbw by the umpire, took an age to decide to review (despite us having 3 reviews left and only 3 wickets left to fall) and he's saved by an inside edge that he obviously didn't realise he'd got. Rarely have I seen so many decisions overturned on review as in the last couple of Tests.

    A couple of balls later he's given a life by Marsh at gulley (?).
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    buffybegood said:

    Woakes given lbw by the umpire, took an age to decide to review (despite us having 3 reviews left and only 3 wickets left to fall) and he's saved by an inside edge that he obviously didn't realise he'd got.

    That was weird. I thought I heard two noises but when Woakes didn't review immediately I thought I must've misheard. It was a big spike, too, so I'm surprised Woakes didn't feel it.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2023
    Wood goes. 261-8.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Wood now out for 28.

    I get the intent, but with a bit more patience he could have hung around with Woakes and pushed for 300-320.

    Broad will come out and swing now, and then there's Jimmy. Won't make 300 now IMO.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    OldCastleSwift said:

    That was weird. I thought I heard two noises but when Woakes didn't review immediately I thought I must've misheard. It was a big spike, too, so I'm surprised Woakes didn't feel it.

    Must admit I thought exactly the same thing, I was sure it sounded like 2 noises but thought I must have imagined it as nothing was mentioned by the commmentators.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2023
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Wood now out for 28.

    I get the intent, but with a bit more patience he could have hung around with Woakes and pushed for 300-320.

    Broad will come out and swing now, and then there's Jimmy. Won't make 300 now IMO.

    I get what you're saying, but given the license the batters have under McCullum and Stokes, it seems a bit harsh to not allow less technically proficient players to have a swing when their time with the bat comes.

    283 all out.

    We desperately need at least 3 wickets this evening (assuming there's no rain).
  • SlackerSlacker
    Set up nicely for the evening session innit.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    The umpires will probably pull the batters off for poor light.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Bairstow misses a tough chance down the legside, but he did get a glove on it; would a better keeper have taken it?
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Early reviewed burned for an edge that was off Warner's arm not bat or glove.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Need something here. Both batters settling.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Warner goes to Woakes, 49-1.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    61-1 close of play. Definitely Australia's day. As I suggested might happen, Australia have just dug in, scoring at less than 2.5 an over.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Well, a good day at The Oval. Hard fought with the Aussies getting the conditions this time around. They looked comfortable against Broad and Anderson, time for Jimmy to hang up his boots.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Brilliant one-handed catch by Root to dismiss Labuschagne.
    Mark Butcher comment " Labuschagne, 9 off 82 balls, that's why they play Bazball".
    So true, Australia are playing the style of traditional Test cricket that's contributed to the lack of interest in it from later generations.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    What was Bairstow doing? Guy didn't even move for it.

    Great catch by Root. Thankfully.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Perhaps Root called for it?🤷🏻‍♂️
  • SlackerSlacker
    Bairstow really is the go to scapegoat.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    I've stopped listening. I'm driving at the moment and I don't want to fall asleep at the wheel.
  • SlackerSlacker
    PrestonHammer said:

    I've stopped listening. I'm driving at the moment and I don't want to fall asleep at the wheel.

    Probably safer to listen than post on a forum when you’re driving though.😉

  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Hahaha. I'm on my break in sunny Doncaster.
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