The Ashes 2021-22

Also there will be sacrificial lambs for this.

Silverwood will be sacked. Thorpe will be sacked for the batting failures. Broad will be retired and they'll tell Anderson to quit at the end of the summer. They are "focusing on youth", you know pretending to be doing something about it. A "root and branch review" will take place. A madey up job will be created. The marketing buzz words like "improving diversity" will be used a lot to keep the media happy. You know, because having "diversity" at board level improves a players ability to block a ball.

Essentially nothing will change and Test cricket will still suffer.

a good watch

Ouch

yep, that’s the level of thinking…it’s either…

A - we don’t believe we have been picking the wrong team

or

B - we’ve picked the wrong squad because we don’t trust the players in reserve to come in and perform..

always think Wood bowls a couple of feet shorter then he ought to… I’d like to see him find a better fuller length and at that speed the line to induce the outside edge…too many of his deliveries are not challenging the outside edge, the pad and stumps… lots of what he bowls is hard enough to score off but easy to leave…

Broad spitting facts saying it doesn't matter what bowlers are played if you're bowled out for 140. Doesn't say much for the morale and team spirit saying that to the media though.

Sensing a bit of doubt about how much longer Broad will play on for. Just a few comments from the likes of Dobell and Wisden. Sky have two commentary slots to fill and he has worked there and might fancy it.

13 runs off 57 deliveries

then Hameed again, bowled ! 6 runs off 26 deliveries… eventually goes to a terrible shot to a straight-ish delivery hitting middle stump two thirds way up. Nowhere near the ball and nowhere near good enough… his technique nowhere, being recognised by both Butcher and co-commentator … tail-ender-esque unfortunately…. Nothing he’s done in his intercounty career or his early test career suggest that he’s an international test cricketer… he’s done a lot to suggest he’s nowhere near international class… continues to do so… his sixth single figure score in a row…jeeez… must be a host of openers back in England scratching their heads shouting at the TV…

36% of the overs bowled by Australia, 21.5 have been maidens.

Cook trying to excuse the lack of warm up games because of covid…. Did Australia have warm up games ? If they did, why didn’t England ? if they didn’t either how come England if my memory is correct haven’t scored more then 300 in an innings ? Australia have on 3 occasions.

Edit :

England just went 70 balls without scoring a single run…fukkkkkkkk

And Root needing wickets and…two slips and and edge goes to where 3rd would be….

Sam Billings is on his way to the test match to be WK and is in line to play the 5th test.

Literally anyone but Ben Foakes

Ah right, cheers for clearing that up. You'd think they would want the Lions for the backend of the tour, not the start of the tour.

I read before the series Langer say Headingley still keeps him awake at night. Wonder will that influence their declaration here in any way. Rain forecast they can't bat too long if they want the win.

Leach bowling well and the only attacking help is a short leg… everyone else is practically positioned to save runs…

then Root bowls with two slips for himself….boggles the mind what goes through Roots brain…it’s bewilderingly bizarre..

Australia to go 4-0 up, you can’t win with idiocy like that from your leadership…

Looks like rain and thunder / lightening on and off all day…

was a clever declaration by Australia in term of the time left in the test, runs needed, weather forecast and a lineup of English out of form and or and injured batsmen and an out and out dithering clueless captain in Root.

draw has to be the favourite result considering the forecast… England won’t chase that total…