The Ashes 2015
Discussion
ks sack !
Gargamel said:
Root is closing in on being the ICC number 1 ranked batsman, current three, villiersand smith ahead. Though I imagine Smiths points are getting a pasting in this series.
Root is looking a real star at the moment.
Root is the future of English cricket & he seems a very likeable level headed young man. The English players seem to have a very, very good team spirit which can only be a good thing.Root is looking a real star at the moment.
I've been a cricket fan all of my 50+ years & i can't think of an English team that has this many talented young hungry for success players before .
We should as English cricket fans applaud the selectors for ignoring KP when many (me included ) thought he should be back in the fold after his huge score for Surrey earlier this year.
DJRC said:
johnfm said:
zygalski said:
I think what John meant to say was it's a pitch that lends itself to guile & technique rather than brawn & bluster.
Aussies should still win with a session in hand.
Not sure if you're referring to batting or bowling (or both) when you refer to guile/brawn etc. Aussies should still win with a session in hand.
I don't think the wickets should unduly favour the 93mph quicks. But slow dead wickets reduce the quality of cricket - much like a bumpy, waterlogged football pitch limits some quality football.
I'd like to see wickets with a bit of green in it for the quicks/seamers with reliable, true bounce that rewards batsmen who see off the new ball and a bit of turn on days 4/5 for the spinners.
Not convinced spinners should be getting loads of turn on day 1.
Lets be fair here, England had by far the best conditions to bat & bowl with ,if the Australians had won the toss on thursday the result could easily have been reversed & losing Ryan Harris just 3 days before the start of the ashes must have been a huge blow , i reckon he would have been nigh on impossible to play on thursday morning had the Aussies won what i feel was the most important part of the the game in calling the toss correctly .
Fantastic for us Brits & it just goes to show that after all these horrid 20/20 & 50 over bat a a thons that the "Test match" is still the king of cricket.
el stovey said:
2nd ODI on today.
This format is all wrong, the ODIs should be before the ashes, then have the tests and then the t20.
After the ashes is done, nobody cares about the ODIs. Which on their own would be a great little competition.
Couldn't agree more, the Aussies being over here has kind of lost it's buzz.This format is all wrong, the ODIs should be before the ashes, then have the tests and then the t20.
After the ashes is done, nobody cares about the ODIs. Which on their own would be a great little competition.
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