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The Ashes - 2019

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2 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

I can assure you..... we could

The series has been quite incredible DJ ... packed full of drama.  Just enough in the tracks to help the bowling but the good batsmen can still score centuries anyway. 

Test cricket is at its best when the bowling is slightly favoured.  A century therefore scored by any individual is hard earned and often memorable. 

I cannot get enough of it.

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    1 minute ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Riccardio ended up at 5.... might have been 4 with luck

    total shambles

    Hes 5th on the grid? Gee its been a while......good on him at least

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    1 minute ago, Macca said:

    The series has been quite incredible DJ ... packed full of drama.  Just enough in the tracks to help the bowling but the good batsmen can still score centuries anyway. 

    Test cricket is at its best when the bowling is slightly favoured.  A century therefore scored by any individual is hard earned and often memorable. 

    I cannot get enough of it.

    i cant miss a minute Macca......i get grumpy if i have to go to bed even !

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    1 minute ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    i cant miss a minute Macca......i get grumpy if i have to go to bed even !

    Archer seems a bit sharper tonight.  We'll need to keep him out but Broad is bowling really well too. 

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    5 minutes ago, Macca said:

    The series has been quite incredible DJ ... packed full of drama.  Just enough in the tracks to help the bowling but the good batsmen can still score centuries anyway. 

    Test cricket is at its best when the bowling is slightly favoured.  A century therefore scored by any individual is hard earned and often memorable. 

    I cannot get enough of it.

    We do the hard yards and then Zeus sends down the lightning bolts

    And there's another

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    1 minute ago, Macca said:

    Archer seems a bit sharper tonight.  We'll need to keep him out but Broad is bowling really well too. 

    Now wtf was going on there? Head was giving it to Archer and sledging him......Lost concentration? Archer sure gave him a send off.

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    Jeepers that was quick. 

    Just now, Wadda We Sing said:

    Now wtf was going on there? Head was giving it to Archer and sledging him......Lost concentration? Archer sure gave him a send off.

    Don't poke the bear hey?

    Apart from all that,  Head isn't exactly the world's best batsman.  Deserved a send-off.

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    Just now, Macca said:

    Jeepers that was quick. 

    Don't poke the bear hey?

    Apart from all that,  Head isn't exactly the world's best batsman.  Deserved a send-off.

    I just think if your sledging your not concentrating...i reckon he knows it too, judging by those dressing room shots

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    Barring rain we're going to see a result you'd imagine.  Still the equivalent of 5 sessions left with the time made up for the rain delays.

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    Interesting watching the odds change.....England were 40+/1....now theyre into 8.50..

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    Our Steve Smith has to hang tough here.

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    2 minutes ago, Dame Gaga said:

    Our Steve Smith has to hang tough here.

    He only has to get to 13 to top score....

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    Just now, Wadda We Sing said:

    He only has to get to 13 to top score....

    We need to counter attack here ... how you do that is anyone's guess.  But it's no good poking about against this quality bowling.

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    3 minutes ago, Macca said:

    We need to counter attack here ... how you do that is anyone's guess.  But it's no good poking about against this quality bowling.

    Got to hand it to them to come out fighting like that on a dead track. Not sure why they didnt do that in the first innings? The wind? Surely not downhill skiers.....

    Just get the shine off the ball i guess...

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    600 runs for Smith this series. Amazing.

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    Just now, Dame Gaga said:

    600 runs for Smith this series. Amazing.

    From 4 and a bit innings too....quite incredible.

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    13 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    Got to hand it to them to come out fighting like that on a dead track. Not sure why they didnt do that in the first innings? The wind? Surely not downhill skiers.....

    Just get the shine off the ball i guess...

    if Warner is going to hand over his wicket like that (double zeros this test) what can be expected of the remainder

    200 is the target ... any idea of today's remaining overs/time

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    3 minutes ago, Dame Gaga said:

    600 runs for Smith this series. Amazing.

    Interesting comparison ...

    Mark Taylor scored 839 runs in the 1989 Ashes series in England.  6 Tests it must be said.

    And Taylor was only in his 2nd year of playing Test cricket.

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    2 minutes ago, Macca said:

    Interesting comparison ...

    Mark Taylor scored 839 runs in the 1989 Ashes series in England.  6 Tests it must be said.

    And Taylor was only in his 2nd year of playing Test cricket.

    That was the start of Australia's dominance

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    8 minutes ago, Macca said:

    Interesting comparison ...

    Mark Taylor scored 839 runs in the 1989 Ashes series in England.  6 Tests it must be said.

    And Taylor was only in his 2nd year of playing Test cricket.

    259/4 at tea. You would take that i guess. Lyon needs to lift his game in the last innings...seriously.

    When you look at it i guess Smiths got 600 in basically 2 games (4 innings) God knows if he had 12 innings what he would get.......amazing

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    3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    That was the start of Australia's dominance

    The mid 70's were outstanding as well.  Others can go back further to the Benaud days.

    Greg Chappell was still the best batsman to watch in my book and played against much better bowling attacks.  Smith is incredibly effective but so were Border & Steve Waugh.  Ponting was brilliant

    It's unfair to split the 5 though.  They were all great.  And then there's Bradman.  And Harvey.  Victor Trumper?  Ponsford?

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    18 minutes ago, Macca said:

    Interesting comparison ...

    Mark Taylor scored 839 runs in the 1989 Ashes series in England.  6 Tests it must be said.

    And Taylor was only in his 2nd year of playing Test cricket.

    We could sure do with Taylor opening the innings atm. I cant remember consistently low opening partnerships as these...

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    17 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    259/4 at tea. You would take that i guess. Lyon needs to lift his game in the last innings...seriously.

    When you look at it i guess Smiths got 600 in basically 2 games (4 innings) God knows if he had 12 innings what he would get.......amazing

    Well I thought 359 was enough of a lead in the last test but it wasn't.  It's very difficult to do any projections in this series.

    Expect the unexpected is what we can expect.  Along the lines of that known unknowns business Wadda.

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    10 minutes ago, Macca said:

    The mid 70's were outstanding as well.  Others can go back further to the Benaud days.

    Greg Chappell was still the best batsman to watch in my book and played against much better bowling attacks.  Smith is incredibly effective but so were Border & Steve Waugh.  Ponting was brilliant

    It's unfair to split the 5 though.  They were all great.  And then there's Bradman.  And Harvey.  Victor Trumper?  Ponsford?

    The Thommo Lillee days were big but that Ashes series marked the start of perhaps what was the longest period of sustained domination by any team in cricketing history.

    India have come close but at best they matched us,

    Hard to compare earlier eras as they played comparatively few tests.

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    1 minute ago, Macca said:

    Well I thought 359 was enough of a lead in the last test but it wasn't.  It's very difficult to do any projections in this series.

    Expect the unexpected is what we can expect.  Along the lines of that known unknowns business Wadda.

    Indeed it is Macca.....

    Theyre talking declarations on the tele.......gee youd be game. If Lyon was bowling a storm yes...but hes not.

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