2015 Ashes

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:53 am

That's a disappointing result. Not the fact that one side won and the other didn't, just the way the Australians performed. I watched a bit of it but, disgusted with the Australia approach I turned off the television and tucked myself into bed. Surely Clarke didn't instruct the team to go out and play as though it was an ODI? If it were not for the tail-end, Johnson down, who scored about 110 between them it'd have been a rout rather than a convincing defeat.

As to the the Australian bowling I'm bewildered. Starc, with seven for the match on a gammy leg, was the best of the bunch. Johnson would have had more input to the game if he'd been twelfth man. They, the bowlers, seem to run out of puff quite early. Thinking back to the two county games (Northants (?) and Essex) it wasn't much different. Surely it's not the balls (Duke versus Kookaburra) or the weather or the pitch?

Australia fielding was a bit ordinary as well. Perhaps it's a fitness thing - too many short games where bowlers have a maximum of allocated overs and the fieldsmen only a few hours on the park. As a neutral during The Ashes I'm simply annoyed that the losing team didn't put up a decent show during the four (4) days of this test match.

Congratulations to England, the team outplayed Australia in most departments and deserved the victory.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 6:04 pm

Love this:

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 6:59 pm

Prufrock wrote:Love this:

Love it. Mitchell Johnson is also on list of people who, despite me never having met them, I dislike passionately.

Read also: Federer R, Mickleson P, Haye D, Lehmann J, Morrissey SP, Bragg W, Vine J............. and many, many more. c*nts the lot of 'em!

malcd1 · Post by **malcd1** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:50 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote: Love it. Mitchell Johnson is also on list of people who, despite me never having met them, I dislike passionately.

Read also: Federer R, Mickleson P, Haye D, Lehmann J, Morrissey SP, Bragg W, Vine J............. and many, many more. c*nts the lot of 'em!

Bloody hell. All those would be on my death wish as well. Add in Paul McCartney, Pete Doherty, Katie Price, James Corden, Graham Norten, Simon Cowell, Gok Wan, Davina McCall, Alan Carr, Russell Brand etc. etc.

LeverEnd · Post by **LeverEnd** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 11:57 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Prufrock wrote:Love this:

Love it. Mitchell Johnson is also on list of people who, despite me never having met them, I dislike passionately.

Read also: Federer R, Mickleson P, Haye D, Lehmann J, Morrissey SP, Bragg W, Vine J............. and many, many more. c*nts the lot of 'em!

That shouting in the face of a batsman he's just dismissed is the thing. My housemate hates cricket and usually offers no opinion on it other than that. However he broke his silence to announce that he'd like to be a batsman for one day so he could wrap his bat around Johnson's head if he did that.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:03 pm

^^ It's all part n parcel.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:27 pm

Not a cracking start for us. 129-1 right now. Could do with a coupleof quick wickets soon.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 4:17 pm

205 for 1 and Bell's dropped Smith at 2nd slip on 50. Hey, there's always the Golf

KeyserSoze · Post by **KeyserSoze** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 5:42 pm

Long day.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:45 pm

Blimey. So .... a draw then !!

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:59 pm

bobo the clown wrote:Blimey. So .... a draw then !!

You'd take one at the moment, wouldn't you?! My mate reckons that they'll declare at 500. I reckon that they'll carry on longer than that with a view to forcing the follow-on.

KeyserSoze · Post by **KeyserSoze** » Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:13 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:Blimey. So .... a draw then !!

You'd take one at the moment, wouldn't you?! My mate reckons that they'll declare at 500. I reckon that they'll carry on longer than that with a view to forcing the follow-on.

Surely they'll go for more than 500, look to stick england in for an hour at the end of tomorrow and have johnson and starc launch at them, with hazelwood at t'other end.

#digin.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:51 am

KeyserSoze wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:Blimey. So .... a draw then !!

You'd take one at the moment, wouldn't you?! My mate reckons that they'll declare at 500. I reckon that they'll carry on longer than that with a view to forcing the follow-on.
Surely they'll go for more than 500, look to stick england in for an hour at the end of tomorrow and have johnson and starc launch at them, with hazelwood at t'other end.

#digin.

Yeah - can't see why they'd declare on 500 and leave England a bat on what looks to be a decent wicket - I'd bat somewhat longer and see if I could bowl us out twice on a slightly more deteriorating wicket. They could bat all tomorrow and still leave themselves three days with England needing 450+ to make them bat again...

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:14 am

We'll get them out for under 400. Wait and see..

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:19 am

Jesus. Line the fielders up around the boundary, make the run rate as slow as possible and then aim to bat forever. We're not winning this one!

And yeah, can't see them aiming for anything other than enforcing a follow on.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:00 pm

^^ well there's little option than to plan not to lose 20 wickets over 3 days. Top quality players set that simpke target should be capable of doing it on a benign pitch.

Now we'll see if they are top quality players.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:25 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:We'll get them out for under (400) cough..500 . Wait and see..

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:51 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:We'll get them out for under (400) cough..500 . Wait and see..

I now reckon that they'll declare on 600+ sometime after tea. Have an hour at us and we'll finish on about 25-3

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:53 pm

Fair play to Steven Smith - the c*nt!

KeyserSoze · Post by **KeyserSoze** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 3:17 pm

"Umpire's call"

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