Ashes Cricket

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anonymous said:

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Taking a pop at Crims who think they're the bks on the back of one decent series.

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Merry Christmas threadists

Four tosses in a row lost

Crims so confident they've even put us in! Monty in and Prior dropped for Bairstow.

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Those flies would do my nut in. Skank

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No, but thankfully no more. Slow progress though.

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Dear lord.

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Two down, good start.

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Nipped back lovely that, well done Jimmy. Right, bed for me.

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Evening all. Need this wicket sharpish, no wagging please.

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That said, could easily see these pair put on a ton to take a lead on first innings. Lyon is no mug.

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Pitch it up you mugs

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At last

Lucky wicket too.

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In other news, brilliant listening to Bill Lawry in the commentary box.

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Cook youngest batsman EVER to 8k runs!

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Root - what a plank. The collapse is just getting going.

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And now a golden for Bell. Three wickets in 10 minutes.

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hornetrider said:

Dear lord.

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Root to be dropped.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/internati...

Sorry, but they should stick Bell in at three. Ballance I can see doing well though - hopefully.

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spikeyhead said:

Watson gone, well bowled Jimmy. Possibly the best bit of captaincy this series in putting the Crims in.

Must have been very tempting to have a bat.

spikeyhead said:

That was also the first LBW we've had of the series.

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WICKET! Watson 43 LBW Anderson
That one, though, is stone cold. Anderson gets England's first LBW of the series.

Staggering stat.

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More rubbish. We've mostly got into them early doors but been punished by Haddin.

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suthol said:

So who will be manor the series, should be Haddin but will almost certainly be MJ

I agree. Mitch has grabbed the headlines with devastating spells, however I think he's been able to bowl with the intimidation of scoreboard pressure.

You've had massive turnarounds in every test thanks to Haddin to enable that.