England v Australia - THE ASHES

[jaspercabbage]

I said at the start of the series williamson is a far better player, smiths average will come back down for sure, look at the way kane williamson adapted his game to suit conditions and format of the game, I'd take root over smith all day long as well

100%. Root is more than a flat track bully.

 

[toffeejack]

another one? tidy. radio staying off for now. into the tail now.

i did say like. one match from smith and all the other runs have come from the openers. bar a couple of knocks from the wickie and bowlers when it's too late.

 

[toffeejack]

113-0 to 136-4 to a part-time bowler.

obviously stokes is a bit more than that, but the fact their batting is so bad, he's been part-time this series.

 

[The Equaliser]

100%. Root is more than a flat track bully.

He's better than either of them imo.

 

[peteblue]

And normal service has been resumed......

 

[jaspercabbage]

He's better than either of them imo.

Yes, he's way more intelligent than Smith, who has been brainless in the last two tests.

 

[Walken]

He's better than either of them imo.

I'd probably just about take williamson at this point, both wonderful players, and genuine 3 format players too

 

[spence03]

he's a chopsy git on the field. he tries sledging at the worst possible times. you do it when you're well on top/in a fight, not when ben stokes has got out for 50 with england about 300 ahead etc.

06/07 were legends of the game on a mission. 13/14 will irritate me to my dying day because idiots like him have an ashes whitewash to their name.

 

[Walken]

Telegraph sportswriter Jonathan Liew on Twitter: Steve Smith's two failures mean that Joe Root will almost certainly become the world's No1 batsman when the new rankings come out.

 

[toffeejack]

06/07 were legends of the game on a mission. 13/14 will irritate me to my dying day because idiots like him have an ashes whitewash to their name.

yeah that made my blood boil that series. this australia team is tosh i think, shouldn't have even whitewashed bangladesh, nevermind england.

 

[The Equaliser]

Clarke out. Only the last rites to be administered now.

 

[spence03]

Genuinely hard to see Clarke struggle. Have a lot of respect for him after what happened with Phil Hughes.

 

[toffeejack]

Genuinely hard to see Clarke struggle. Have a lot of respect for him after what happened with Phil Hughes.

yeah i don't mind him tbh - although his comments in the last test to anderson were sick. he doesn't seem odious ala ponting. although ponting has a bit of the gary neville's about him since retirement.

 

[spence03]

yeah i don't mind him tbh - although his comments in the last test to anderson were sick. he doesn't seem odious ala ponting. although ponting has a bit of the gary neville's about him since retirement.

Yes probably too far but I doubt Anderson was innocent in all that. He comes across as very classy in interviews. Good comparison with Ponting and Neville.

 

[Hitchy]

C'mon boys, do all us Aussies proud and make it to day 3