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The Ashes 2017/18

Combination of stark Yorkers and Lyon tomorrow will see us fold.... I hope I am wrong...
Bairstow and Ali need to contribute.... Its this situation we will miss Stokes....
 
Have to say I was impressed today. That last wicket was a big turning point and has swung the game back towards the Aussies. Had that not fallen then I think we would have been in real contention. It's imperative we bat the first hour without any more wickets
 
Tongo said:
Head says i'm gonna wake up to find England 7 or 8 down for 220, heart says Joe Root will play his career defining innings akin to Lara at Barbados in 1999.

If Australia lose what will Smith be pilloried more for? Declaring too early or not enforcing the follow-on?
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As long as his own press hammer him I don't care why, ha ha. Best batsman in the world at the moment and if his own countrymen want to unsettle him that's fine with me.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Have to say I was impressed today. That last wicket was a big turning point and has swung the game back towards the Aussies. Had that not fallen then I think we would have been in real contention. It's imperative we bat the first hour without any more wickets
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Given your previous for putting the mockers on sporting events couldn't you just have kept that thought to yourself Homer? :mad:
 
What a depressing way to wake up. I'm pleased I don't have BT Sport, ha ha. Sad to say but this is going to be yet another test series where the home team dominate and the away team struggle. All too familiar in recent years.

4-1 or 5-0.?
 
What the actual bloody hell is going on with our players behind the scenes?! We’ve now got a story emerging of Ben Duckett pouring a drink over James Anderson in a bar.

Do they literally have zero common sense whatsoever?! Even before it started, this tour has been embarrassing both on and off the field. The Aussies must be absolutely peeing themselves laughing at us. And rightly bloody so at the moment.:angry::angry::angry:
 
Complete and utter non story especially if nothing has gone before, somehow the management then decide him to pull him from the match squad and suspend him from playing. This a few days after hales and stokes are named in the one day squad lol. Scapegoating a junior player for nothing whilst trying to do everything to protect and get one of the superstar players back after he commits an assault. Welcome to the world of English cricket lol
 
Don Barzini said:
What the actual bloody hell is going on with our players behind the scenes?! We’ve now got a story emerging of Ben Duckett pouring a drink over James Anderson in a bar.

Do they literally have zero common sense whatsoever?! Even before it started, this tour has been embarrassing both on and off the field. The Aussies must be absolutely peeing themselves laughing at us. And rightly bloody so at the moment.:angry::angry::angry:
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Even Trevor Bayliss said if it was down to him it would have been a non-event but the powers that be decided action needed taking. Mountain out of a molehill and another example of a posts governing body (ECB) being out of touch with the modern game and their superstar players
 
so the ECB who have just selected Stokes for the ODI series, despite videos of his assault and an ongoing police enquiry have deemed the punishment for swilling a teammate:

*Fined the maximum allowable amount for an England Lions player

*Suspended from playing for the rest of the current Lions Australian training camp.

*Issued with a final written warning in respect of his conduct

has there ever been a more laughable national sporting body than this group of buffoons
 
Questionable attitude towards fitness and doubts about his commitment together with previous drink related issues.

What is Duckett even doing on a Lions tour?

Just another white ball slasher with an unjustified big reputation.
 
MetalMickie said:
Questionable attitude towards fitness and doubts about his commitment together with previous drink related issues.

What is Duckett even doing on a Lions tour?

Just another white ball slasher with an unjustified big reputation.
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Another talented young England cricketer written off by you - suspect he will be another who will prove you to be wrong just like Stokes did

He is 23 for goodness sake and only just starting out his career and has shown promise with both the white ball and red ball.
 
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