[Cricket] First Ashes Test Australia vs England Brisbane 23rd-27th November

[Green Cross Code Man]

Cook gone... hooking

Brilliant catch unfortunately.

 

[Eggman]

FFS

 

[Titanic]

England in trouble... 17-2

Vince done by bounce and movement from Hazlewood... edge to slip.

 

[Beach Hut]

17/2

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Oh no!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Let them off the hook earlier today, now they are punishing us

 

[Titanic]

England 24-2 (9 overs)

This game can be won and lost in the 11 overs left tonight.

Massive pressure on Stoneman and Root (who just took a nasty blow on the helmet).

 

[BensGrandad]

A defeat is looming and will continue to look ominous all the time we have to rely on Woakes and Ball as our bowling threat. After the Aussies have seen off Anderson and Broad our bowling is very weak as their first innings showed. They were on the rack at 76/4 but we let them off and allowed them back into the game. Also Root was at fault straight after lunch for not turning the screw on them to stop them scoring.
To allow Cummins to bat for over 2 hours for 42 and not using their main force bowlers was the crucial point of the game, when it drifted away from us.

 

[LlcoolJ]

A defeat is looming and will continue to look ominous all the time we have to rely on Woakes and Ball as our bowling threat. After the Aussies have seen off Anderson and Broad our bowling is very weak as their first innings showed. They were on the rack at 76/4 but we let them off and allowed them back into the game. Also Root was at fault straight after lunch for not turning the screw on them to stop them scoring.
To allow Cummins to bat for over 2 hours for 42 and not using their main force bowlers was the crucial point of the game, when it drifted away from us.

That's the spirit.

 

[BensGrandad]

That's the spirit.

That was just my personal view and will have less baring on the result than anybody posting on here for our players to read if they so wished. It is an indisputable fact that our bowling excluding Anderson and Broad has let us down but perhaps more credit should go to Smith for capitalizing on a weak bowling attack.

If only Stokes!! Is the head of Somerset Police an Ossie?

 

[BensGrandad]

We have in Anderson and Broad two of the best fast bowlers in the world but unfortunately after them the rest that we have in Australia are very mediocre and as they say about goods not fit for purpose.

 

[banjo]

Think they were saying this morning the next match will suit our bowlers as the weather/ temperatures are more in keeping with good old England. Not all lost yet. Some balls shown at the end from Root snd Stoneman. A tough first session tomorrow, see Off the new ball. You never know.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

For all the issues about the No.2 spot and the rest of the snowflake batting, I am a bit concerned about Cook. He can still make the occasional enormous score, but in between doesn't seem able to make consistent runs. If there was another opener around who could actually open properly (and Cook hadn't been captain), his place could have been under threat for some time. He definitely isn't as good as he used to be.

As for the rest, every innings I have come to expect one out, all out.

We used to be quite good at this game (especially when we could rely on South African talent).

 

[BensGrandad]

I think that we all know that Cook and Root will come good with the bat at some point but I am more concerned with our bowling. We couldnt get Smith out once so how do we expect to do it 10 times in a series.

 

[OzMike]

How did Anderson go with his side strain ?

 

[BensGrandad]

How did Anderson go with his side strain ?

Hopefully will have a full day to recover while we bat.

 

[8th battalion East Lancs]

Cook with another big score

I have a really bad feeling about today, and can envisage the match ending today.

We'll need a big score from Joe and we'll need Moeen to stick about.

 

[vegster]

Cook with another big score

I have a really bad feeling about today, and can envisage the match ending today.

We'll need a big score from Joe and we'll need Moeen to stick about.

I'm hoping for the best but share your concern. hard to know if we can tough it out on what is still a good batting wicket or if yesterday has destroyed the team mentally and its an inevitable drip drip drip of wickets every 20 runs or so. I'd like to think we can dig in and get a score of 200-250 and we are right back in the game. As is usual. we have to take it session by session and hour by hour. Root and Stoneman dug in very well and can take some confidence in to day 4....lets just hope.

 

[wakeytom]

What time is kick off tonight, I am struggling to find the answer just when broadcasters start?

 

[LamieRobertson]

What time is kick off tonight, I am struggling to find the answer just when broadcasters start?

First ball midnight....plenty of waffle before then