Test The Ashes Second Test December 4-8 1430hrs @ The Gabba

[Struggle]

Why don't we have 15 kids getting the ball from the rope like India did all summer that will help over rates

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Honestly try Travis or something

 

[Cleavy]

Green needs to stop bowling rubbish

 

[MarcMaverick]

Get this spud off

Which one?

 

[Gough]

Jess Moss is pretty stiff . Only played one Test for 22 and 38no against Imran and co.

Hibberd was a sad story.

 

[Around the Wicket]

I don’t see how Doggett offers more than Lyon in this test.

I don’t see how 4 quicks when you have a all rounder is required, spinner is a must just in case

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Which one?

Doggett

Complete rubbish

 

[ams4crows]

You can't bowl Doggett any more tonight, he's not even putting in an effort ball, and then you have Green down the other end just giving up easy runs.

 

[JimmyBC]

Way too soon

Still have nightmares of us resting our whole attack to have Hastings opening the bowling in a series decider

What happened to that guy?

 

[Plugger35]

Jacks is looking good, almost as good as Root but not quite as good as Head.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Harsh.

In that test, there were three tons and two 150's to Ashwell Prince, Jacques Kallis and AB De Villiers. They went after him, and all three are notable players of spin.

He was treated the way an awful lot of spinners were treated post Warne: trialed in inclement conditions then discarded as 'not Warne' immediatey afterwards.

Mitch Johnson made 100 as well.

 

[010203]

Desperate reviews are less than ideal because we won't have one when we actually need one

As Tim Paine found out the hard way.

 

[Around the Wicket]

Did Root use to shave his arms? Can’t recall him having such hairy arms

 

[Kapow!!!]

Oof, nervy from Root. Bat and Pad waving to each other from across room there.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Mitch Johnson made 100 as well.

Jason Gillespie made 200.

 

[010203]

Root is getting nervous. Understandably so.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Oof, nervy from Root. Bat and Pad waving to each other from across room there.

12 away.

 

[Riviat]

Get him out before he gets his highest score

 

[Gethelred]

And Stokes, and Jacks.

I mean, Stokes takes a bit of time to get going most of the time and Jacks has been out there all of 22 balls.

I dunno. Root's faced almost 30 overs himself for 88; 5 an over from that would see him on 150, and them on over 300 which is much more their style.

Crawley got away but definitely respected more balls than he usually does. Duckett and Pope getting out cheaply probably helps.

Really it feels like only Brook is the only batsman who has gotten in who has stuck to the ethos. This looks like a more mature version, which is a good thing and the growth many have questioned it was capable of. The pitch is trickier than I initially gave credit for and the bowling, despite some surface level analysis on here, has by and large been tight with a conservative field. I think a full blown old school bazball would've been long gone for cheap by now.

I legit do not think they can play the 'mature version' for longer than potentially a test in a row.

 

[TigerCraig]

What happened to that guy?

Had to retire in his early 30s , some sort of lung illness from memory

 

[Plugger35]

Root is getting the wobbles now he is approaching a ton.

 

[Black Diamond]

Doggett reminds me of Jackson Bird. Slender, skiddy, not quite “fast”.

A poor man’s Jackson Bird.

 

[TY24]

That's much more like it Green

 

[Moonwatcher]

Why don't we have 15 kids getting the ball from the rope like India did all summer that will help over rates

People would call it lazy but it would genuinely help the over rates.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

That Inglis run out of Stokes could end up as significant as Nathan Lyon running out a well set James Vince on day 1 of the 2017-18 Ashes Test at the Gabba.

An Englishman runs out a New Zealander to the benefit of Australia