The Ashes

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  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Woakes now gets Khawaja lbw, 141-2 and a wasted review too.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Wood gets Labuschagne, 169-3.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Smith is key now. Absolutely has the ability to win this for them. Get him quickly, and I think England will get it done.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Hmm. Anderson is getting a bit of tap here. I think we may be seeing the end of his test career. Hasn't been anywhere near the Anderson of old this series.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    What on earth happened there? Stokes took a great catch and then "dropped" it as he tried to throw it up in celebration, and then England review it after it was given not out. Huge let off for Smith, he really shoulda been gone.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    buffybegood said:

    What on earth happened there? Stokes took a great catch and then "dropped" it as he tried to throw it up in celebration, and then England review it after it was given not out. Huge let off for Smith, he really shoulda been gone.

    That could be the game and the series. I've never really understood the throwing up of the ball. Why add risk into things, particularly with the controversies in this series already.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    238-3 at lunch.

    That Smith "drop" is huge imo, I felt we needed to aim for 4 wickets by lunch, 3 isn't bad, but I wonder if it'll be enough given there's some weather about as well.

    Really not sure why England reviewed that catch, it seems a complete waste of a review as Stokes's body language was that he'd dropped it.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    buffybegood said:

    238-3 at lunch.

    That Smith "drop" is huge imo, I felt we needed to aim for 4 wickets by lunch, 3 isn't bad, but I wonder if it'll be enough given there's some weather about as well.

    Really not sure why England reviewed that catch, it seems a complete waste of a review as Stokes's body language was that he'd dropped it.

    I assumed it was for the lbw in case it was pad first. If it was just for the catch, it was wasted because, as you say, it was obviously not a clean catch.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Little things like that, Smith should have a bet on the nags this afternoon.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Off for rain now.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    So we'll lose, what, an hour? That leaves Australia only needing to bat out a maximum of four hours to seal the series win.

    Fancy them to do that between Smith, Head, Marsh, Carey and Cummings.
  • SlackerSlacker
    edited July 2023
    OR, Broad and Wood could rip through ‘em?🤷🏻‍♂️
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Slacker said:

    OR, Broad and Wood could rip through ‘em?🤷🏻‍♂️

    Far too positive hahaha
  • SlackerSlacker
    Yup.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2023
    Moeen gets Head, 264-4, Australia need 120 for the win, England need 6 wickets.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Smith out caught Crawley. Game on!
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2023
    Smith gone, 274-5, another one for Woakes.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Marsh gone now to Moeen, 276-6
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Marsh gone now
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2023
    Game on now, England need 4 wickets to tie the series, Australia need to survive, or get 110 more runs to take the series 3-1.

    Decent take by Bairstow to get rid of Marsh.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    edited July 2023
    Starc now for 0. 275-7
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    edited July 2023
    cracking bowling from Woakes and Ali there
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Woakes gets another, 275-7, Starc gone.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Wonderful drama!
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Cummins gone 294-8
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Moeen takes another, 294-8, Cummins gone.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Man this riveting stuff.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    This is far from over.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Broad swaps the bails again and a wicket next ball.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 2023
    9 down, Broad with the wicket, 329-9, Murphy gone.

    It's all on Carey and Hazelwood, 55 needed.
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