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Full marks to the Poms, we were outplayed in Cardiff and Edgbaston but Trent Bridge was a decidedly dodgy wicket which England, to their credit, handled better than us. Australia's performance at Trent Bridge supports Ian Chappell's point that when the ball moves off the line our batsmen are in trouble.

With the advent of slap bash cricket and a disjointed season there is good reason for Cricket Australia to send young Australian players on more Australia A tours where they can play on wickets that do a bit. We either want the likes of Lynn, Silk, Battinson, Head, Handscombe to become accomplished Test players or we want them to be T20 world champions. If it is the first option then they have to play more four day games preferably under international conditions where they can bat all day on moving wickets if they are good enough.
 
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What a strange test series. 3-2 sounds close, but they have been 5 of the biggest smashings ever, never known a series like it, not 1 remotely close test match.
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Look up the winning margins in 2010-11 series they were all shellackings. Cant remember 100% but pretty sure the Brisbane game was badly effected by weather despite the Poms being 1 for about 550 in the second innings.
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
Look up the winning margins in 2010-11 series they were all shellackings. Cant remember 100% but pretty sure the Brisbane game was badly effected by weather despite the Poms being 1 for about 550 in the second innings.
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That was a series to forget. Australia lost 3 Tests by an innings and plenty: it made the just completed series seem like a cliffhanger!!!!!!
 
I don't mind the multi-format series the women cricketers have used for their Ashes series. Wonder if the men's game might give it a try one day. At least the Tests wouldn't be dead rubbers after say 3 matches, there's still something to play for with points from one dayers and T20s available.

5 Tests at 5 points each
3 one dayers worth 2 points each
2 T20s worth one point each
 
Ford Fairlane said:
Lost the one off T20 to the Poms last night in case anyone is interested.
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Stopped watching after the women's. There was a missed runout in that where the English batswoman thought there might be a run and then had to scramble to get back as the bowler in her follow-through shied at the wicket. The odd thing about that was that as soon as she was not out the commentators decided she must have got back even though the wicket had obviously not been broken and she was well out of her ground. Replays showed the bowler picked up the ball two or three metres from the stumps and missed with the batswoman well short. Must have been because there was no reaction from the bowler or wicketkeeper, although you would generally expect that if someone misses such an easy chance they would cover their face with their hands or something. It was never mentioned later, another thing I found odd as England were about 3/30 at the time and Brunt, who was 0 at the time, went on to have a 50 partnership with Scelver that won the match.
 

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Ha ha ha stokes you dopey kiwi knob. Out obstructing the field, obviously, and those pommie campaigners booing can go get fked too....
 
Clearly OUT obstructing the field.

Some of the comments from Pommy supporters are unbelievable. Stokes has clearly extended his hand and stopped the ball in flight, that is out any day of the week.

There was nothing 'self defensive' in Stokes' action as some sections of the Pommie media and the England Captain are saying. The ball was not heading toward Stokes' body and he was not taking evasive action. Morgan is playing with the truth when he talks about the ball being thrown back at Stokes. The ball is actually thrown back at the stumps and we can see all three stumps quite clearly. Stokes extends his arm some distance to stop the ball.

Those arguing that the Aussie should have withdrawn their appeal should remember that no one in the England camp thought Stuart Broad should have walked in 2013.
 
Lol Stokes definitely out. Saw the ball was going straight at the stumps and he was a mile out of his ground and tried to protect the stumps not himself. Out and take your whiny bitch one day captain with you. He can start a knitting circle with that arsehat Penberthy.

It's the same nonsense argument that Clarkson tried to mount to defend Hodge trying to crush Wingard's skull against the point post, view it in real time. These guys are the best in the world at what they do, they see what's happening at a different speed and in a different frame of reference to the rest of us. Bowlers have been pinging at stumps since Adam was a boy. I've never seen a batsman try to stop one with his hand before. It's the one thing they are conditioned not to do.

Poor Smith and Starc will be booed by the Poms for the rest of the series. At least Mitchell Johnson will get a break (if he was going to play a one dayer).
 
Ford Fairlane said:
Lol Stokes definitely out. Saw the ball was going straight at the stumps and he was a mile out of his ground and tried to protect the stumps not himself. Out and take your whiny bitch one day captain with you. He can start a knitting circle with that arsehat Penberthy.

It's the same nonsense argument that Clarkson tried to mount to defend Hodge trying to crush Wingard's skull against the point post, view it in real time. These guys are the best in the world at what they do, they see what's happening at a different speed and in a different frame of reference to the rest of us. Bowlers have been pinging at stumps since Adam was a boy. I've never seen a batsman try to stop one with his hand before. It's the one thing they are conditioned not to do.

Poor Smith and Starc will be booed by the Poms for the rest of the series. At least Mitchell Johnson will get a break (if he was going to play a one dayer).
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Exactly right. Ball was no where near him and heading straight at the stumps. It's obstructing the field every day of the week.
 
Steve Smith should bowl his crappy leg spin in the next match and run out a bloke backing up too far. Or did they change that rule?
 
Gotta love the hypocrisy by the Poms. If the offending batsman had been Steve Smith instead of Ben Stokes, the Pommy press would have been baying for blood. I just wish it had been the World Cup Final: their tears would have been delicious.
 
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