The Cricket Thread

[markysimmo]

Ashes predictions: Who wins and will tempers flare? Nasser Hussain and Mark Butcher on Australia vs England

Sky Sports Nasser Hussain and Mark Butcher make picks for leading run-scorer and wicket-taker in The Ashes as England and Australia collide; pundits have say on Englands preparations, whether tempers will boil over, and what are the keys for Ben Stokes side as they target away win

www.skysports.com

 

[kb 1984]

England won the toss & elected to bat. At lunch England are 4/105 Starc 3/24 including Root for a duck felt for pope umpires call

It's a good batting strip so hopefully Stokes & Brook can put a good partnership together

 

[kb 1984]

Brook gets his 50 Starc gets Stokes currently 5/152

Doggett gets his first test wicket Brook gloved it to Carrey for 52 6/161

FFS Starc gets his fifer 7/161
Starc with 7
all out for 172 in 33 overs

i hope we bowl them out cheaply or we have lost this test already.

Archer you beauty 1/0

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

Oh dear!

Going to have to limit the Aussies to 250 now to still be in the game. Huge ask

 

[harr1984]

Shock horror batsmen underperform when not prepared for the conditions. Didn't see that coming....

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

Those last few wickets were embarrassing, bouncer, swing the bat, caught on the boundary!

Just never learn, the same thing happened in the last Ashes in England. Bet the Aussies don’t go after the short ball like that.

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

If we can take any silver lining from that it’s that Smith looks back in form after seeming to forget how to hold a bat towards the end of the summer.

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

Don’t judge till both teams bat…

 

[harr1984]

Don’t judge till both teams bat…

Agree, that's a golden rule. But like you said we got ourselves out for a load of those wickets, it wasn't the pitch. Regardless of what the Aussies get we should have got more were it not for the usual senseless batting...

 

[kb 1984]

Oh dear!

Going to have to limit the Aussies to 250 now to still be in the game. Huge ask

Most pundits believe it's a 300 350 wicket so let's hope we can keep them to 250

 

[kb 1984]

Shock horror batsmen underperform when not prepared for the conditions. Didn't see that coming....

Every man & his dog knows Perth is fast & has extra bounce except English batsmen. Maybe I am wrong but it seemed to me it was 4 or nothing every ball

 

[markysimmo]

What is up with this outfield ?

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

Hmm snickometer showed a tiny spike there didn’t it? Strange one

 

[kb 1984]

What is up with this outfield ?

Relayed 10 days ago after AC/DC concert

 

[Dicko]

This is getting interesting...

 

[Grays_1890]

Love the ashes and this is not disappointing

 

[superspurs]

Another wicket or two here and we may be in with a shout...

 

[Grays_1890]

Another wicket or two here and we may be in with a shout...

I think we are well in this for sure.

 

[LutonSpurs]

Playing bazball on the worlds bounciest pitches against quality short balling is just kamikazee nonsense. We are better than needing to slog out of a crisis.

Bowlers have shown up at least. Quality bowling.

 

[superspurs]

I think we are well in this for sure.

We are, but I've been hurt before...

Bosh there's 5.

... and 6!