Ashes 2023 (8 Viewers)

LastGarrison · Jul 20, 2023

CCFCSteve said:
Not quite

I celebrated, dog jumped and turned the telly off by the time I’d posted on here and got the telly back on it was ruled a no ball.

SkyBlueSoul · Jul 20, 2023

Can't be letting these 2 add another 20-30

CCFCSteve · Jul 20, 2023

So frustrating. It’s not even like Woakes is a serial offender either, first one this innings apparently . Hope it’s not costly but already painful

hill83 · Jul 20, 2023

That’ll do

CCFCSteve · Jul 20, 2023

Pleased for Woakes ! Decent catch that as well. Been a lot better as Hussains just said

LastGarrison · Jul 20, 2023

Would you say that makes us slight favourites?

Realistically what are we looking for today?

CCFCSteve · Jul 20, 2023

To still be batting at the end of it ! Looking at the weather I reckon the only way we are likely to win is by putting on massive first innings score. Saturday looks a complete wash out and Sunday very iffy.

CCFCSteve · Jul 20, 2023

Fuck. Not the start we were hoping for !

Saddlebrains · Jul 20, 2023

Shock, cant build an opening partnership

hill83 · Jul 20, 2023

This feels like we’ve lost already

lifeskyblue · Jul 20, 2023

hill83 said:
This feels like we’ve lost already

Not so much lost yet…but can’t see how we can win if the weather for the weekend is anything like predicted

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SkyBlueSoul · Jul 20, 2023

Some streaky runs from these two but don't particularly care as long as they keep getting them. Crawley needs to convert this now.

LastGarrison · Jul 20, 2023

Is it time for some Bazball?

SkyBlueSoul · Jul 20, 2023

We're going well here, have managed to get ahead of the game. Aus were 120-3 at this point.

SkyBlueSoul · Jul 20, 2023

LastGarrison said:
Is it time for some Bazball?

I'd say it's already happening, run rate's been 7 over the last 10 overs.

LastGarrison · Jul 20, 2023

Current Bet365 odds:

Us - 6/5
Aussies - 7/2
Draw - 8/5

SkyBlueSoul · Jul 20, 2023

Wouldn't put it past Stokes declaring tonight at this rate

CCFCSteve · Jul 20, 2023

What a session !

CCFCSteve · Jul 20, 2023

SkyBlueSoul said:
Wouldn't put it past Stokes declaring tonight at this rate

Gut feeling is we’ve got to put up a massive score and look to only bat once with the weather forecast. Also need to rest Woody and quicks a bit more. Who knows with Stokes though . First things first let’s get ahead of them with plenty of wickets in hand then see how it goes ! Nobody can complain about the entertainment so far though

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Jul 20, 2023

Incredible effort by England

hill83 · Jul 20, 2023

hill83 said:
This feels like we’ve lost already

Saddlebrains · Jul 20, 2023

You'd think now he would tell them to go One day mode in this evening session

Twat them about as much as you can because the rain is going to completely write off Saturday, may get a few hours in on Sunday

SkyBlueSoul · Jul 20, 2023

CCFCSteve said:
Gut feeling is we’ve got to put up a massive score and look to only bat once with the weather forecast. Also need to rest Woody and quicks a bit more. Who knows with Stokes though . First things first let’s get ahead of them with plenty of wickets in hand then see how it goes ! Nobody can complain about the entertainment so far though

Yeah not saying he should, just wouldn't surprise me after everything we've seen.

On another note, this feels more like what Bazball should be. Haven't seen anything stupid or overly aggressive but have gone at over 7 an over. A few things have gone our way in the field admittedly and Crawley has still played a lot of false shots but it's been mightily impressive.

Saddlebrains · Jul 20, 2023

hill83 said:

Sick of your negativity

tisza · Jul 20, 2023

SkyBlueSoul said:
Yeah not saying he should, just wouldn't surprise me after everything we've seen.

On another note, this feels more like what Bazball should be. Haven't seen anything stupid or overly aggressive but have gone at over 7 an over. A few things have gone our way in the field admittedly and Crawley has still played a lot of false shots but it's been mightily impressive.

Get the runs on the board then the pressure is on Aussies - not easy batting in weather gaps with damp conditions. Soft declaration (anything under 100-150 lead) then the Aussies know England will have to bat again.

CCFCSteve · Jul 20, 2023

SkyBlueSoul said:
Yeah not saying he should, just wouldn't surprise me after everything we've seen.

On another note, this feels more like what Bazball should be. Haven't seen anything stupid or overly aggressive but have gone at over 7 an over. A few things have gone our way in the field admittedly and Crawley has still played a lot of false shots but it's been mightily impressive.

I don’t think ‘Bazballs’ really changed. It’s all about making opposition uncomfortable and putting them under pressure and players playing with clear mind. Just some poorly executed shots in first couple of tests. As you say, maybe we’ve just had a bit of luck with it so far today (Crawley and Ali could’ve been out a number of times). We deserve a bit of luck though, hopefully we can keep it going for rest of the test ! Would be great to go to the oval all square, the series deserves it

Evo1883 · Jul 20, 2023

Well

I certainly can't moan about bazball now

lifeskyblue · Jul 20, 2023

Brilliant so far from England batsmen.

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tisza · Jul 20, 2023

A special innings that

lifeskyblue · Jul 20, 2023

I said earlier I couldn’t see a positive result in this game due to possible weather problems. Now if England get a good lead by lunch tomorrow I think there is a possibility. Fantastic day by England so far

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David O'Day · Jul 20, 2023

That ball to root shows there's still plenty in the pitch for England when they bowl

Greggs · Jul 20, 2023

Shame its gonna piss down for 3 days. Lucky Strayla

CCFCSteve · Jul 20, 2023

David O'Day said:
That ball to root shows there's still plenty in the pitch for England when they bowl

Yeah, one hopped up just after as well

Would be great if we could bat through to lunch tomorrow then really put the pressure on. Balls gone a bit soft and run rate slowed so can see us maybe trying to force it too much

Saddlebrains · Jul 20, 2023

Im quite shocked we havent gone at them very much in this session. With the forecast if we want to win we need to race ahead as much as possible and start bowling at them from Lunch tomorrow

David O'Day · Jul 20, 2023

Saddlebrains said:
Im quite shocked we havent gone at them very much in this session. With the forecast if we want to win we need to race ahead as much as possible and start bowling at them from Lunch tomorrow

Why is it shocking? It's late in the day, clearly the best tactics were to see out the rest of the day and then we can put the foot down tomorrow.

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