The ashes 2023

[kingkisnorbo]

Bat smart time. But will they? 

[Staff]

[David Hankey]

Having to rely on one batsman alone, Stokes, is never a good thing.

[SickoDicko]

Good start lads

 

[Super_horns]

Not a great start!

Come on Stokes.

Another big one required.

[Finnegan]

It's written in the stars that Bairstow is going to have the knock of his life now isn't it. 

[RonnieTodger]

Catches win matches

[Lako42]

FFS Hope it pisses it down tomorrow

[Noahfence]

I’m very much a casual cricket fan but are our batters just not very good or are Australia good bowlers? Never feel confident our batters will stay for very long. Again I’m a casual so probably talking rubbish 

[Manini]

Have we ever been done 5-0 at home before in The Ashes? 

Edited 7 July 2023 by Manini

[Finnegan]

3 minutes ago, Noahfence said:

I’m very much a casual cricket fan but are our batters just not very good or are Australia good bowlers? Never feel confident our batters will stay for very long. Again I’m a casual so probably talking rubbish 

 

Australia probably have the best fast bowling attack in the world. They're very good. 

 

But equally England did something similar to Australia's best batsmen as well so conditions are probably a bit more favourable for the bowlers you'd imagine. 

[coolhandfox]

We let them get 80-100 more runs due to poor fielding, we should have got them out for 160 odd. 

 

The chances we gave  Marsh will cost us big time. 

 

I expect they end 50+80 run lead after the first innings 

 

Edited 7 July 2023 by coolhandfox

[Izzy]

4 minutes ago, Manini said:

Have we ever been done 5-0 at home before in The Ashes? 

No, but there's always a first time 

[Osavo]

8 minutes ago, Manini said:

Have we ever been done 5-0 at home before in The Ashes? 

Got done 4-0 by the great Bradman team in 48. Think that's the closest we've come.

 

Still confident we can dig out of this. Marsh has proven that there's runs to be had here if you can play your way in.

[HighPeakFox]

Sigh

[Manini]

4 minutes ago, Izzy said:

No, but there's always a first time 

 

Just now, Osavo said:

Got done 4-0 by the great Bradman team in 48. Think that's the closest we've come.

 

Still confident we can dig out of this. Marsh has proven that there's runs to be had here if you can play your way in.

I was going to say I think this will be a draw anyway. Would like to see us get to parity with Australia’s score, make it a second innings shoot out any anything can happen, even with the weather that’s knocking about tomorrow and Monday. 

[Manini]

No never mind. 

[foxfanazer]

Has any one person has a worse Ashes series performance than this Bairstow one? He's been embarrassing all round

[Izzy]

Fvck this. They're just too good for us.

[RonnieTodger]

Good god

[yorkie1999]

This isn't even a contest. I bet not one ball would have hit the wicket.

[Osavo]

Ffs. Chasing a wide one.

[Finnegan]

23 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

It's written in the stars that Bairstow is going to have the knock of his life now isn't it. 

 

Sorry guys 

[filbertway]

 

Bairstow probably responsible for about 100-150 run swing by himself.

 

Cant believe there's not better options.

Get nixon out of retirement!

[walkerleeds]

2 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

Has any one person has a worse Ashes series performance than this Bairstow one? He's been embarrassing all round

 

On the theme of keepers, Gilchrist in 05 always sticks out as having a grim series. 

 

Not to this degree though, obviously.