England v Australia - THE ASHES

[degsy]

Just dropped a tenner on England to win..

MUG

 

[degsy]

3-42 potentially collapse city by end of the day

 

[toffeejack]

haha useless again. one of the top 4 has to go, no excuses now. it's every single innings! this is an absolute road and we've bowled on all 4 days because of terrible batting. hardly any of the wickets have been hitting the stumps.

 

[toffeejack]

74-3 or less 11/13 innings - wow, TEST?!? cricket.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

I'm not a huge cricket fan, but if the series ends in draw, then the Aussies retain the ashes?

 

[toffeejack]

I'm not a huge cricket fan, but if the series ends in draw, then the Aussies retain the ashes?

yep

 

[wandyr79]

haha useless again. one of the top 4 has to go, no excuses now. it's every single innings! this is an absolute road and we've bowled on all 4 days because of terrible batting. hardly any of the wickets have been hitting the stumps.

Yep, Bairstow & Rashid in & maybe gives Hales a go,

Not too up on the county scene so not sure who else is out there?

 

[jaspercabbage]

haha useless again. one of the top 4 has to go, no excuses now. it's every single innings! this is an absolute road and we've bowled on all 4 days because of terrible batting. hardly any of the wickets have been hitting the stumps.

Absolutely. Bell just dropped of another one that wasn't going to bother the stumps, and he was never going to score off it.

 

[toffeejack]

Yep, Bairstow & Rashid in & maybe gives Hales a go,

Not too up on the county scene so not sure who else is out there?

not sure on hales in the test environment - but hey, if he can smash 100's in T20, quick 70's and 80's will hardly hurt us. they did a list on BBC of possible candidates and none looked too good. bell is the one that has to go for bairstow for me. still unsure on rashid. can't have him, mooen and stokes all in the same test team. one day team yes - but tests would be iffy imo.

 

[toffeejack]

Absolutely. Bell just dropped of another one that wasn't going to bother the stumps, and he was never going to score off it.

i turned off a while ago, only nipped to the shops at lunch and lyth was gone before i was even back and then cook fell not too long after. they're just playing like retards. they've been doing it for a couple of years now this top order of ours.

 

[wandyr79]

not sure on hales in the test environment - but hey, if he can smash 100's in T20, quick 70's and 80's will hardly hurt us. they did a list on BBC of possible candidates and none looked too good. bell is the one that has to go for bairstow for me. still unsure on rashid. can't have him, mooen and stokes all in the same test team. one day team yes - but tests would be iffy imo.

Agree(ish), think they are worth a shot though due to their form in one dayers.

No reason why the likes of Hales and Rashid cannot adapt to test cricket, with a bit of work. Something needs to change and could be a good way to get Cook scoring regularly again, as in a chalk and cheese partnership to keep the bowlers guessing and having to change tactics and fields.

If we say Ali is in solely for his batting then again it could work well, having Ali as a backup spinner would be a very nice luxury.

Big risks but as we all know something at the top needs to change.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Root and Bell to dig in here and finish the day, rain forecast for most of tomorrow up to 3/4pm.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

Let me edit that, Root and Stokes to see out the day...FFS!!!

 

[jaspercabbage]

We need a proper spinner. How many wickets has lyon taken so far?

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Come on England not another 462 to go..