[Cricket] Ashes 2021-22

[schmunk]

Just turned on - I've seen 3 deliveries, of which 2 have been England wickets... Ho hum.

 

[Si Gull]

Oh, for heaven's sake, this is dire.

 

[dazzer6666]

Straight to the airport lads. No point staying any longer

 

[Bold Seagull]

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse…

 

[Gwylan]

Blimey, that was frightening stuff from the Aussies, not sure how England managed not to lose more wickets. I was a bit surprised not to see Green bowl at Root: he'd have got a lot of help from this pitch, there's plenty of bounce in it, and Root is his bunny at the moment.

An early wicket tomorrow and it's pretty much all over. I can't see England winning this as it is, but if they knock Root or Stokes over straight away, I can't see it lasting to lunch.

 

[nicko31]

Woke up at 6, there was a glimmer of hope. Sadly that's the Ashes gone

 

[banjo]

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Lose by an innings.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Lose by an innings.

What is the lowest innings score that has caused an opposition to lose by an innings I wonder?

 

[vegster]

Don't worry chaps, will be all over long before we wake tomorrow... Then we can have a meaningless debate about batting techniques and potential changes in the team and management and then..... This all happens again.

 

[knocky1]

Brings back memories of 2006. Decide to go out to watch. By a fat fingered mistake I had bought 11 tickets for Day 4 at the MCG. On Day 1 I sold them for half price to a tout. On Day 3 the game was finished. 4-0 down. Even getting refunded in full for the Day 4 tickets byTicketmaster didn't cheer me up. Not often you get the better of a tout.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Don't worry chaps, will be all over long before we wake tomorrow... Then we can have a meaningless debate about batting techniques and potential changes in the team and management and then..... This all happens again.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Brings back memories of 2006. Decide to go out to watch. By a fat fingered mistake I had bought 11 tickets for Day 4 at the MCG. On Day 1 I sold them for half price to a tout. On Day 3 the game was finished. 4-0 down. Even getting refunded in full for the Day 4 tickets byTicketmaster didn't cheer me up. Not often you get the better of a tout.

And not a pedalow in sight!!!

 

[Machiavelli]

Blimey, that was frightening stuff from the Aussies, not sure how England managed not to lose more wickets. I was a bit surprised not to see Green bowl at Root: he'd have got a lot of help from this pitch, there's plenty of bounce in it, and Root is his bunny at the moment.

An early wicket tomorrow and it's pretty much all over. I can't see England winning this as it is, but if they knock Root or Stokes over straight away, I can't see it lasting to lunch.

This really needs to be said. As much as England's batting is a busted flush, this was an outstanding spell of bowling from the Australian pace attack. That first ball Cummings delivered to Hameed was something else, and despite continued high standards, he didn't even get a wicket.

 

[PeterT]

Brings back memories of 2006. Decide to go out to watch. By a fat fingered mistake I had bought 11 tickets for Day 4 at the MCG. On Day 1 I sold them for half price to a tout. On Day 3 the game was finished. 4-0 down. Even getting refunded in full for the Day 4 tickets byTicketmaster didn't cheer me up. Not often you get the better of a tout.

I was there too. In fact I’ve seen 11 Ashes tests down under, just 1 win! In that 2006/7 series, I took some really great pictures at the Perth test and someone suggested I try and sell them or get them published. I approached a couple of magazines and they just laughed and said they already had enough pictures of us losing thank you very much!

 

[Bold Seagull]

Wonder if Root will blame the bowlers again?

 

[A1X]

Honestly Jimmy deserves so much better

 

[Pevenseagull]

Honestly Jimmy deserves so much better

Was about to post something similar.

Only good thing about our feeble batting is that he won't be needed for more than a couple of overs in this match.

 

[Bodian]

What is the lowest innings score that has caused an opposition to lose by an innings I wonder?

Here you go, 153 http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchMargins3.asp

 

[PeterT]

Just seen some of the highlights. I think Malan was unlucky to be given out - it’s amazing how many times the umpire will give it out lbw against us when it’s only umpire’s call, but when the Aussies are batting it’s given not out. Maybe the umpires get sucked in a bit by the roar of the crowd etc.

I appreciate that is not why we will lose the series, but I’ve started noticing it more and more. Like when Bob Willis said in the 1970/1 tour of 7 test matches, our bowlers did not get given a single lbw throughout the whole series!