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Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 10:16 am
by ozzie owl
Talk Is Cheap wrote:
B.Toomer wrote:How did he go in the World Cup? You know, in the semi final, in which you lost by 8 wickets? Belted by the World Champions, remember? Of course you do. Obviously you're still feeling it. :lol: :lol: :lol:
I'm English, just can't stand fellow countrymen sounding like knobs :lol:
352 Test wickets from 87 Tests now, only had 343 wickets from 86 Tests beforehand.
Wonder where those last 9 wickets came from ?
England have dropped their slow and straight bowler Ali for the 2nd test along with injured Jimmy Anderson .

They are have been replaced by Leach and West Indian Archer .

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:39 pm
by God is an Englishman
ozzie owl wrote:
Talk Is Cheap wrote:
B.Toomer wrote:How did he go in the World Cup? You know, in the semi final, in which you lost by 8 wickets? Belted by the World Champions, remember? Of course you do. Obviously you're still feeling it. :lol: :lol: :lol:
I'm English, just can't stand fellow countrymen sounding like knobs :lol:
352 Test wickets from 87 Tests now, only had 343 wickets from 86 Tests beforehand.
Wonder where those last 9 wickets came from ?
England have dropped their slow and straight bowler Ali for the 2nd test along with injured Jimmy Anderson .

They are have been replaced by Leach and West Indian Archer .

Wow, how do you know the team already when it hasn't been named yet?

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:40 pm
by Jørgen Inge Mykland
He and OM have the same contacts.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 5:18 pm
by God is an Englishman
Jørgen Inge Mykland wrote:He and OM have the same contacts.

I think he'll actually be right but facts are they will look at the pitch before deciding on final XI.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 11:45 am
by Michael
God is an Englishman wrote:
Jørgen Inge Mykland wrote:He and OM have the same contacts.

I think he'll actually be right but facts are they will look at the pitch before deciding on final XI.

why would they care about the pitch to select their 11 players?

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 12:34 pm
by God is an Englishman
Michael wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:
Jørgen Inge Mykland wrote:He and OM have the same contacts.

I think he'll actually be right but facts are they will look at the pitch before deciding on final XI.

why would they care about the pitch to select their 11 players?

So you think you can produce a wicket to help swing and now you don't understand that the pitch will definitrly affect your selection.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 3:17 pm
by ozzie owl
Michael wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:
Jørgen Inge Mykland wrote:He and OM have the same contacts.

I think he'll actually be right but facts are they will look at the pitch before deciding on final XI.

why would they care about the pitch to select their 11 players?
Do you follow cricket?

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:33 am
by Just Dave now
poms getting nervous ? two nil down wouldnt be too good on the nervous system hey ?

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:50 am
by God is an Englishman
Dave now from No 9 wrote:poms getting nervous ? two nil down wouldnt be too good on the nervous system hey ?

smart money is on the draw in this one.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:56 am
by Just Dave now
God is an Englishman wrote:
Dave now from No 9 wrote:poms getting nervous ? two nil down wouldnt be too good on the nervous system hey ?

smart money is on the draw in this one.
batting deck so could be right but still pressure can do funny things in this sport

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 12:09 pm
by God is an Englishman
Dave now from No 9 wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:
Dave now from No 9 wrote:poms getting nervous ? two nil down wouldnt be too good on the nervous system hey ?

smart money is on the draw in this one.
batting deck so could be right but still pressure can do funny things in this sport
Fair bit of rain about as well.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 1:37 pm
by Bomber
God is an Englishman wrote:
Fair bit of rain about as well.
Gee, there's a surprise....

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 1:52 pm
by God is an Englishman
Bomber wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:
Fair bit of rain about as well.
Gee, there's a surprise....
Seeing as London has less rain than all but one of Australia's capital cities, yes it is.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 7:59 pm
by ozzie owl
Bomber wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:
Fair bit of rain about as well.
Gee, there's a surprise....
What day is summer this year :wink:

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:22 pm
by God is an Englishman
ozzie owl wrote:
Bomber wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:
Fair bit of rain about as well.
Gee, there's a surprise....
What day is summer this year :wink:

3 weeks I was there, lovely weather. Came back with a tan.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 9:59 am
by ozzie owl
Well a very even match so far with neither side holding an advantage after Day One.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:04 am
by Bomber
ozzie owl wrote:Well a very even match so far with neither side holding an advantage after Day One.
Prediction of all day rain, or........?

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:30 am
by MegaBonus
God is an Englishman

Seeing as London has less rain than all but one of Australia's capital cities, yes it is.
change the goal posts a little....

on ave, London has 133 rainy days per year...

Adelaide = 83
Melbourne = 93
Hobart = 91
Sydney = 98
Brisbane = 89
Perth = 82

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:33 am
by God is an Englishman
MegaBonus wrote:
God is an Englishman

Seeing as London has less rain than all but one of Australia's capital cities, yes it is.
change the goal posts a little....

on ave, London has 133 rainy days per year...

Adelaide = 83
Melbourne = 93
Hobart = 91
Sydney = 98
Brisbane = 89
Perth = 82
At least you know you've changed the goal posts

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:55 am
by Bomber
God is an Englishman wrote:
MegaBonus wrote:
God is an Englishman

Seeing as London has less rain than all but one of Australia's capital cities, yes it is.
change the goal posts a little....

on ave, London has 133 rainy days per year...

Adelaide = 83
Melbourne = 93
Hobart = 91
Sydney = 98
Brisbane = 89
Perth = 82
At least you know you've changed the goal posts
The goal post change does have more relevance to likely losses of play though.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:18 pm
by God is an Englishman
Well Sydney loses more play than either of the London grounds.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:43 pm
by ozzie owl
Bomber wrote:
ozzie owl wrote:Well a very even match so far with neither side holding an advantage after Day One.
Prediction of all day rain, or........?
Fine today then rain again Friday.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 1:07 pm
by Bomber
God is an Englishman wrote:Well Sydney loses more play than either of the London grounds.
...but not the other 5.

Cheers

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 1:33 pm
by God is an Englishman
Bomber wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:Well Sydney loses more play than either of the London grounds.
...but not the other 5.

Cheers

I don't know that stat, just that Sydney loses the 2nd most amount of full days play. Manchester is first.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 9:00 am
by Michael
Great 2nd day off test after the typical english summer ruins day one!
Aussies should of bowled the poms out for less than 200, if they caught better.
Looks like 4 days will be enough to decide this test match, provided the POMS bowling as good as the aussies and day 3

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 11:20 am
by Bomber
I'm still not sure bowling first was correct, but you'd take all out for 258.

Still even really, so Australia will need to bat 4 sessions more to take control and hopefully make 350 or so in the process.

As we know, anything can happen in tests, so easier said than done.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 11:46 am
by God is an Englishman
Bomber wrote:I'm still not sure bowling first was correct, but you'd take all out for 258.

Still even really, so Australia will need to bat 4 sessions more to take control and hopefully make 350 or so in the process.

As we know, anything can happen in tests, so easier said than done.

I think bowling first gave them the beat chance of getting the win. Talk is that the pitch will flatten out and be easier batting from now on.

With the weather today, draw looks the most likely result. Another whole day probably being lost. Meaning a serious collapse will be needed for either team to push for win.

Broad should present Warner eith some bunny ears. How good was Archer's first spell in teat cricket, unfortunately Bancroft wasn't good enough to get an edge on it.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 11:50 am
by Bomber
God is an Englishman wrote:
Bomber wrote:I'm still not sure bowling first was correct, but you'd take all out for 258.

Still even really, so Australia will need to bat 4 sessions more to take control and hopefully make 350 or so in the process.

As we know, anything can happen in tests, so easier said than done.

I think bowling first gave them the beat chance of getting the win. Talk is that the pitch will flatten out and be easier batting from now on.

With the weather today, draw looks the most likely result. Another whole day probably being lost. Meaning a serious collapse will be needed for either team to push for win.

Broad should present Warner eith some bunny ears. How good was Archer's first spell in teat cricket, unfortunately Bancroft wasn't good enough to get an edge on it.
I only watched up until half hour into second session, was about 3/100 then. All 3 results still possible.

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:03 pm
by God is an Englishman
Bomber wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:
Bomber wrote:I'm still not sure bowling first was correct, but you'd take all out for 258.

Still even really, so Australia will need to bat 4 sessions more to take control and hopefully make 350 or so in the process.

As we know, anything can happen in tests, so easier said than done.

I think bowling first gave them the beat chance of getting the win. Talk is that the pitch will flatten out and be easier batting from now on.

With the weather today, draw looks the most likely result. Another whole day probably being lost. Meaning a serious collapse will be needed for either team to push for win.

Broad should present Warner eith some bunny ears. How good was Archer's first spell in teat cricket, unfortunately Bancroft wasn't good enough to get an edge on it.
I only watched up until half hour into second session, was about 3/100 then. All 3 results still possible.

4 at a push

Re: Ashes 2019

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 1:59 pm
by Bomber
Tie/draw - same effect (albeit one being likely to be more nail-biting)