ASHES 21/22

[st.byron]

I don't watch the 7 broadcast of the match, Foxtel only for me, so haven't a clue who the commentators are on 7. And care even less.

Most of the foxtel guys are quite good, even got to like Isa Gooey and her knowing smirk. But for f**** sake I wish they would stop barracking for the poms to get a wicket or two. Warne's the worst too.

Pommie commentators would not do that.

Oh, I have a good friend whose son went to an exclusive private boarding college with Steve Waugh's son.

She reckons Waugh is a right see you next tuesday, Out of Warnie and that prick. I would take Warne as a dinner partner every day of the week.

There is a reason for the pro-England commentary. Early on in the series the pommy public went on the rampage about what they said was the one-sided pro Australian commentary. This was even an opinion piece from some useless pommy git in the UK edition of the Guardian.

We were in England in 2019 in their summer and copped it off everyone over sandpaper gate. What the players copped, particularly Steve Smith was just appalling. The Poms, lead by the moronic barmy army, say whatever they like to anyone and there is no limits to their crassness and abuse. Players, their wives, their kids, their families are all targeted for the most vile putrid comments.

Here is the kicker though, you are not allowed to say one thing against the England cricket team. If you do they get even more nasty and aggressive. At Headingly 2 Aussies were thrown out of the ground for asking to see Joffra’s passport!

When you pointed out that our idiots copped the harshest punishment ever, no it was not severe enough. When you point out the England have a long track record of ball tampering and give them examples, they just deny it. Rubbing mint on the ball, no that didn’t happen, Mike Atherton with dirt/sand in his pocket, no that didn’t happen. Watch Stuart Broad, he constantly picks at the seam of the ball, I have even seen him rake his spikes over the ball. Chappelli picked him up on it last tour but nothing was done.

Our pommies are very precious and a pack of sooks.

Which is pretty much why I can’t stand them winning anything. Barstow came out during the last test whinging about the Aussie crowd, “crossing the line”. Yeah right Jonny - tell that to the Barmy Army.

[saynta]

Pommies cheating again. 5th ball change this series and 2nd for the match.

Yeah ok ball goes out of shape but soon gets belted into shape again.

They will try anything including slowing down the overs to limit scoring and people wonder why I hate them so much.

Think happy feet summed those pricks up pretty much.

[roskilde]

Is 300 about par on this wicket or have we bottled it?

[saynta]

Is 300 about par on this wicket or have we bottled it?

DUNNO. Lyon and Boland are scoring pretty freely and you could hardly call either a batsman.

[saynta]

All out 303. Pretty good total seeing the aussies 'orrible start

[shanegrambeau]

303 = is a fair score against a fair team
303 - against this England outfit? = 553!!

My guess..England all out for 79 by the close.

[roskilde]

Hope you're right SG.

How about that a run out wicket within the first 15 minutes of a test innings. Never seen that before.

What a shambles of a team.

[shanegrambeau]

Hope you're right SG.

How about that a run out wicket within the first 15 minutes of a test innings. Never seen that before.

What a shambles of a team.

I can’t watch it …I just take sneak peaks at cricinfo ..and check from you lot…do I have a life? Am I insane ? F if I know!!! Now I’ll check espn again after about 40 mins! I wonder what happened?

[saynta]

303 = is a fair score against a fair team
303 - against this England outfit? = 553!!

My guess..England all out for 79 by the close.

Close. 5 for 85 before tea.

Brilliant catch by Lyon to dismiss the kiwi.

[shanegrambeau]

303 = is a fair score against a fair team
303 - against this England outfit? = 553!!

My guess..England all out for 79 by the close.

Close. 5 for 85 before tea.

Brilliant catch by Lyon to dismiss the kiwi.

Bl%%dy hell!

It is like watching a house fire sometimes.

[saynta]

6 for 124 at tea SG should have been 8 for as Billings and Woakes both dropped in the slips by Warner and Khawaja off Boland.

[Ghost Like]

They've been talking about how close together our slips are for the entire series. Doesn't Langer realise this or listen to those outside the bubble?

[saynta]

Poms rolled. ALL OUT FOR 188.

[roskilde]

303 = is a fair score against a fair team
303 - against this England outfit? = 553!!

My guess..England all out for 79 by the close.

Amazingly aside from the score this was an overestimation of their innings.

30 overs left.

Shambles of a team.

[Ghost Like]

Terrible shot by Warner. A shot of a player that had decided there were no runs in that pitch for him.

[shanegrambeau]

Warner a pair??
Are you kidding me?
Two for five!!

What happened. Wow!!

[Ghost Like]

If the Poms keep the ball in the right spot, we have the ability to be 5 or 6 down at stumps.

[bangaulegend]

Warner has been fantastic for Australian cricket in all forms of the game but IMO at test level he is showing signs that weight of expectation is affecting the way he has played in this series

[The_Dud]

Warner has been fantastic for Australian cricket in all forms of the game but IMO at test level he is showing signs that weight of expectation is affecting the way he has played in this series

He’s scored two 90s this series, bit harsh.

He struggled against the moving new ball, but who doesn’t!

[shanegrambeau]

Warner has been fantastic for Australian cricket in all forms of the game but IMO at test level he is showing signs that weight of expectation is affecting the way he has played in this series

He’s scored two 90s this series, bit harsh.

He struggled against the moving new ball, but who doesn’t!

What?
I beg your pardon.
..who doesn't struggle against a shiny, swinging new ball?
Are you kidding?
The answer is easy as A B C...sorry, eh..um...I mean A C O...
Which means A = Average, C = Compentent, O = Opening batsman

[bangaulegend]

Warner has been fantastic for Australian cricket in all forms of the game but IMO at test level he is showing signs that weight of expectation is affecting the way he has played in this series

He’s scored two 90s this series, bit harsh.

He struggled against the moving new ball, but who doesn’t!

Fair call but had a bit of luck in one of those 90's bowled off a no ball, dropped twice & also a missed run out but he rode his luck I suppose

[remboy]

Warner has been fantastic for Australian cricket in all forms of the game but IMO at test level he is showing signs that weight of expectation is affecting the way he has played in this series

He’s scored two 90s this series, bit harsh.

He struggled against the moving new ball, but who doesn’t!

What?
I beg your pardon.
..who doesn't struggle against a shiny, swinging new ball?
Are you kidding?
The answer is easy as A B C...sorry, eh..um...I mean A C O...
Which means A = Average, C = Compentent, O = Opening batsman

And of the batsmen that have opened in this series who does that apply to?

[saynta]

The missus and I attended an Ashes match in Sydney a few years ago just after the Barmy f****** Army became as annoying and as prominent as they are today.

Thought they were in a different part of the ground. How wrong I was.

As soon as the bowler came into bowl the first ball, they arose as one, right in f****** front of me.

They stayed standing for the whole day after that obiterating our view unless we also stood.

My lasting memory was the smell of BO. Those stories about the pommies being the great unwashed were proven correct AFAIWC

As the day wore on they got louder and drunker with the cops evicting a fair few of their number.

I pleaded with the young coppers to shoot the odd on or two but they politely declined.

Oh well it is what it is. Such is life said someone famously. Pleasing that our border laws kept the majority of the pricks at home this tour.

[saynta]

How come that Wood prick can get away with bowling 5 or 6 bouncers per over.

[shanegrambeau]

How come that Wood prick can get away with bowling 5 or 6 bouncers per over.

Hes's got balls for sure. And so has Root.

Wood was getting pummeled at 8 an over in the first innings. His average was getting a smashing, but he kept going. Plaudits due I think.

Gotta say as much as I hate the arrogance, and as much as how horrible Broad is, they haven't given up.