Test The Ashes Third Test December 17-21 1000hrs @ The Adelaide Oval

[jannissary]

my main frustration throughout the day was that jacks, smith and carse were actually playing proper cricket. england probably win if they all batted normally!

 

[Grumpyshades]

hope we don't have a beer with the sooks

 

[Cataholic]

We're trying to win, not tank for draft picks.

We probably still would

 

[Scorpus]

The answer doesn't make sense either. Winning the toss means you get to choose, why would you ever want to lose the toss? Stokes could have just chosen the opposite of what he did winning those tosses

 

[Pistol Night]

I faced Thommo and Hogg at separate times as a teenager. Both insanely scary neither of them gave a shit that I was a kid, a leg spinner and treated the bat as a device used to wave at the ball.

Where Thomson was concerned it wasn't even in a game or even in the nets. It was for charity. You donated a few bucks to see of you could last an over against him. And all I kept thinking while facing him was his statement "I like to see the batsman's blood on the pitch." (I am a f**king imbecile)

And that’s what I love about him. I understand the Phil Hughes tragedy has made us reassess things a bit but an express quick with pure intimidation is a thing of beauty to watch. I might be out of line a bit with Morgan. Apologies all. The euphoric Ashes beers are sliding down quicker than a Starc yorker

 

[Pistol Night]

The answer doesn't make sense either. Winning the toss means you get to choose, why would you ever want to lose the toss? Stokes could have just chosen the opposite of what he did winning those tosses

#BAZBALL Theory

 

[HirdyLannister]

Big difference to "full speed but full and targeting the stumps" and "I'm going to bowl halfway down the pitch at his body and bowl no-balls by over a metre".

If the point was to make Piers Morgan look foolish you don't think sending stumps cartwheeling three or four times would have achieved that just as much as a broken rib?

 

[Substance]

Because of our injuries, we'll claim the moral 5-0 no matter what happens.

 

[cats_09]

 

[Rocco sifreddi]

my main frustration throughout the day was that jacks, smith and carse were actually playing proper cricket. england probably win if they all batted normally!

100% it fell apart after the Smith brain fade

 

[Mitchell Madness]

my main frustration throughout the day was that jacks, smith and carse were actually playing proper cricket. england probably win if they all batted normally!

How i saw it too. They'll probably get dropped, cant have that in the English team

 

[LukeParkerno1]

If we don’t say thanks Cam and Josh you gave it a good old collage try but Webster is better than you both, then I will be stunned.
Only injury can save them surely?

Green won’t be dropped. Should he possibly but let’s not pretend Webster is in great form with the bat

 

[MarcMaverick]

And one of those hasn't bowled a delivery in the series.

 

[Grumpyshades]

what a flog

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Actually, now I think about it, I don't want England winning the final 2 Tests because I don't want them going home chirping away about moral victories. We must win at least 1 of the final 2 Tests.

 

[Cataholic]

what a flog

The delusion is real.

 

[JimmyBC]

They'll all be at Trav's big joint in the hills getting plastered by now.

 

[Grumpyshades]

Cummins pretty much ruled himself out of boxing day in his presser

 

[madmug]

Smith for Inglis and Webster for Lyon?

You need a decent spinner at the G

Actually, now I think about it, I don't want England winning the final 2 Tests because I don't want them going home chirping away about moral victories. We must win at least 1 of the final 2 Tests.

It matters not. We've retained the ashes. If they win the last 2 tests it'd be like one team kicking 10 goals in the last quarter of an AFL Grand final, after being 12 goals down at 3QT.

 

[Big Bryza]

I tried to work it out myself, couldn't. Anyone care to come up with a possible explaination?? Boland looked good before the lunch break.

Clearly managing Boland with the shorter turnaround to Boxing Day. It's a pity Green and Head bowl party pies.

 

[Borisdog]

Affilika Chunda and Amight Needapootoo were a highly underrated middle order combination

Yes they were a quality side. Ramatungadownathroata was a great quick too.

And let's not forget Gray-eemee Labrooy, seems a pity really for that young man to miss out.

 

[Mofra]

How i saw it too. They'll probably get dropped, cant have that in the English team

For who though? I don't think they have the replacements, especially Jacks given the state of the English spinning ranks.

 

[ABAB]

I'll celebrate 5-0. Retaining the ashes was a given.

Within 11 days wasn't a given especially without Cummins and Hazelwood in the first 2 Tests and then Smith in this Test.

 

[hugecannon]

Jacks won’t play as a spinner. Surely two Tests is enough to learn that lesson

So Bashir even though deemed unelectable, will surely be selected. Pope will definitely be out, Bethell should have come in for him this Test but now that Jacks has shown quality with the bat maybe they just move him up. Hard to fit both into the side with 4/5/6 untouchable

Carse and Tongue were decent in the second innings after awful first innings. I guess they stay in rather than going back to Atkinson. In short they aren’t going to select a team that is any better, there is no variety in their squad to change anything up

I don’t think he’s a part of the squad but should England pick Foakes to keep and pick Smith just as a batsman?

Outside of the awful shot to get out, he was looking promising at the crease, and surely Pope can’t keep getting selected.

 

[FreoRicci]

Smith came back and annihilated England after sandpapergate.

Carey has put up with the abuse for throwing at the stumps, came back and has dominated. First WK man of the match since Gilchrist in 2001.
Bairstow? No where to be seen.

What other shit material are the Barmy Army going to come back with?