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

[Gough]

Australia from, Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, Beau Webster
England from, Ben Stokes (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, Mark Wood

 

[MarcMaverick]

Ah South Aus. Beautiful state.

 

[JimmyBC]

Tone's weather wall says it's gonna be scorching for the first three days at least. Poms need to win or the rest of the summer is dead rubbers and mind numbing BBL.

 

[Anzacpaul]

Will likely head in on Saturday if it's still going by then.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[Doggy]

Tone's weather wall says it's gonna be scorching for the first three days at least. Poms need to win or the rest of the summer is dead rubbers and mind numbing BBL.

I mean, beating them 5 - 0 would be worth "dead rubbers"

 

[Sam The Doc]

I mean, beating them 5 - 0 would be worth "dead rubbers"

Yeah I'd be shocked if it is anything different

 

[Mick F]

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Win the toss and bat for two days.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Win the toss and bat for two days.

Yep. Non- negotiable.

 

[Doggy]

Win the toss and bat for two days.

Then it's over in 3 again

 

[AJ_2000]

Woohoo

 

[cats_09]

Can we win this as that will make things a lot more relaxing when I rock up on Boxing Day

Only the second time I'll be heading to Day 1 for the Boxing Day test and both will have been for Ashes tests - last time Day 1 was rained out

 

[Westend]

with the heat it will be interesting to see how slow the over rates are going to be

 

[MarcMaverick]

Then it's over in 3 again

Alternative is that our bowlers get roasted. No thank you.

 

[MC Bad Genius]

with the heat it will be interesting to see how slow the over rates are going to be

I wonder what the record least number of overs in a session (with no weather breaks) is.

 

[Cmarsh]

Got a feeling England will bounce back.

 

[Purple Suit]

Got a feeling England will bounce back.

So only lose by 100 runs or 5 wickets?

 

[sabso]

Tone's weather wall says it's gonna be scorching for the first three days at least. Poms need to win or the rest of the summer is dead rubbers and mind numbing BBL.

No ashes test in Australia is a dead rubber as long as the away side still has zero wins.

 

[icyflakes]

Win the toss and bat for two days.

Given how inconsistent our batting has been for a few years, there would be something extremely cathartic about batting for 6 sessions. The first innings at Brisbane was ridiculously satisfying. Would run their fitness-poor bowlers into the ground for the series, cant wait for Stokes to do the performative nonsense of holding his knees after every single ball for 2 days. Maybe by the 5th session he will be doing it for himself and not the cameras.

 

[sosos]

Given how inconsistent our batting has been for a few years, there would be something extremely cathartic about batting for 6 sessions. The first innings at Brisbane was ridiculously satisfying. Would run their fitness-poor bowlers into the ground for the series, cant wait for Stokes to do the performative nonsense of holding his knees after every single ball for 2 days. Maybe by the 5th session he will be doing it for himself and not the cameras.

In my opinion, Stokes is not putting it on.

It's just that he can't disguise his emotions, and that is why he shoud not be captain.

 

[Gough]

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OG Adelaide Ashes, stinking hot day time Test. Love it.

 

[Pistol Night]

The Ashes will be retained by 2pm Saturday

 

[kickazz]

Sorted out a day off for Wednesday. I recon first session couch, second session pub, third session I might take the radio with me to the golf course. Good times.


We are due to win a toss as well.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Yep, win the toss, bat first. That's paramount. It's going to be roasting hot for the first 3 days, especially Day 2/Thursday high 30s. The pitch will be hell to bat last.

 

[swingdog]