2019 3rd Ashes Test 22-27 August Headingley

[Crankitup]

You do some very odd mental gymnastics to make Starc look better then he is.

Not half as odd as the mental plyometrics some here do to make him look worse than he is.

Regardless of that even if Starc was a superstar bowler in the best form of his life, his selection or non selection probably isn't going to make a difference, we already have great bowlers.

Great bowlers, but they don't always bowl great. Last innings of the last match is a great example. When you can't stop a 73 run final wicket stand, that's not great bowling. Yes, technically they did stop it and the umpire frustrated us but it should never have got that close.

If we can make 350 in the first innings of a Test without too much rain around I think we retain the Ashes then and there. With Khawaja scoring runs here I think we'll drop Wade, keep Harris and then it just comes down to whether we want Lab at 3 or 5.

Funnily enough I'm inclined to agree with you here.

 

[cows]

Smith batting right now live:

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[Ducky Tie]

Unless they’d already decided to drop Wade, I don’t see why Marsh is batting at three.

 

[Tigerssaints]

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[Wolfs]

Mitch Marsh closing on a 50.

Odd that every time he has batted at 3, he scored a 39*. Hmmm lol

 

[archereleven]

You do some very odd mental gymnastics to make Starc look better then he is.

Regardless of that even if Starc was a superstar bowler in the best form of his life, his selection or non selection probably isn't going to make a difference, we already have great bowlers.

It's just going to come down to the batsman. If we can make 350 in the first innings of a Test without too much rain around I think we retain the Ashes then and there. With Khawaja scoring runs here I think we'll drop Wade, keep Harris and then it just comes down to whether we want Lab at 3 or 5.

Starc certainly strengthens our batting lineup too with 9 x test 50s. Or is his batting going to be dismissed as irrelevant also?

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[woota]

Smith is batting tremendously against Derbyshire, already played that flamingo shot through mid wicket that he does when he's in form. I'm tipping a double century from him in this innings.

 

[Wolfs]

Legit if Mitch Marsh scores a ton here. What the hell will happen?

 

[woota]

Legit if Mitch Marsh scores a ton here. What the hell will happen?

I was just about to ask that. Will probably have to omit Wade to make way for Marsh. Paine deserves to dropped more but they won't do it because he's captain.

 

[to1994]

Starc certainly strengthens our batting lineup too with 9 x test 50s. Or is his batting going to be dismissed as irrelevant also?

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Handy for a bowler, but his batting went down hill a few years ago and he's really just a reasonable slogger.

I'd have both Cummins/Pattinson ahead of him with the bat in Tests so at best he's batting at 9/10 which shouldn't really factor into selection.

 

[to1994]

Legit if Mitch Marsh scores a ton here. What the hell will happen?

Nothing, he scored multiple tons on our last tour here as well and it didn't transfer to anything productive in the Tests.

 

[Wolfs]

Nothing, he scored multiple tons on our last tour here as well and it didn't transfer to anything productive in the Tests.

So what you really mean is that we slot in Mitch Marsh at 3 in the Ashes. I like your thinking.

 

[woota]

So what you really mean is that we slot in Mitch Marsh at 3 in the Ashes. I like your thinking.

Yes.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Man I hope Khawaja sold Harris down the river with that run out to keep his own place. That’s the kind of shithousery I can get behind

 

[Wolfs]

And we slot Smith. Tsk tsk

 

[Kappa]

Big blow for Smith not to get some runs.

A hundred here would of put some fear in the English.

 

[Kappa]

Man I hope Khawaja sold Harris down the river with that run out to keep his own place. That’s the kind of s**thousery I can get behind

"YES YES YES no mate no run there."

"* sorry mate"

 

[Ohitsthatguy]

Jimmy Anderson ruled out of the series, what a surprise.

Jimmy Anderson ruled out of fourth Test and rest of Ashes series

Jimmy Anderson has been ruled out of the rest of the Ashes after the England bowler felt pain in his right calf playing for Lancashire second XI on Thursday

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[Wolfs]

Marsh 74.

No. 3 spot in the Ashes here we come.

 

[eddiesmith]

Mitch Marsh top scoring, the dream is still alive!!!!

 

[to1994]

Jimmy Anderson ruled out of the series, what a surprise.

Jimmy Anderson ruled out of fourth Test and rest of Ashes series

Jimmy Anderson has been ruled out of the rest of the Ashes after the England bowler felt pain in his right calf playing for Lancashire second XI on Thursday

www.theguardian.com

International career probably over. Bit of a sad end to a great career.

 

[Crankitup]

International career probably over. bit of a sad end to a great career.

So they made him bowl 20 overs to prove his fitness only for it to flare up again.

 

[imperial_oz]

Unless they’d already decided to drop Wade, I don’t see why Marsh is batting at three.

Funny you saying that as I was just saying the same thing. Wade hasn't really justified his position as a batsman in this series, so one thought was replace Ussie with Marsh, Smith at 4 and Lambshanks at 5.

I'm not sure that Marsh has justified his selection but he has batted better than Ussie in this game

 

[Donnie Darko]

England management always mismanage injured players and ruin them.
Wood had years of injury nightmares and Roland-Jones got rushed back too quick. Flintoff had his career cut short.
I have had a calf injury in the past and its a tricky muscle to heal.

 

[Kappa]

Jesus Wade just keeps failing, sad to see