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Australia won with a cobbled-together side. We have 2 batsmen at the moment, a world-class keeper, and a couple of great bowlers (of whom three of them we hardly saw).

I think the difference was that one team played test cricket, while the other team tried to change what test cricket is. When the time came to play test cricket, England were incapable and their players had to re-learn how to do so while on the run. This is why Bethell's innings was so significant - he played a test innings and showed that they can do it. To be honest, I didn't think much of Bethell before the series but now I'm a believer.

If the Poms go back home and continue to play their Bazball without learning their lessons here, they are destined to beat up the minnows but will always run second to India, SA and Australia.
 
dosser said:
Australia won with a cobbled-together side. We have 2 batsmen at the moment, a world-class keeper, and a couple of great bowlers (of whom three of them we hardly saw).

I think the difference was that one team played test cricket, while the other team tried to change what test cricket is. When the time came to play test cricket, England were incapable and their players had to re-learn how to do so while on the run. This is why Bethell's innings was so significant - he played a test innings and showed that they can do it. To be honest, I didn't think much of Bethell before the series but now I'm a believer.

If the Poms go back home and continue to play their Bazball without learning their lessons here, they are destined to beat up the minnows but will always run second to India, SA and Australia.
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Good summary.

Interestingly, for all the talk of Bazball, I'm pretty certain that we actually scored faster than they did, mostly just putting away the bad balls (of which there were plenty).
 
Stokes is a pathetic henry the 3rd couldn't even congratulate Australia , but Smith did so for the unwashed.
Manus is a d head , just get off the ground and well done to Carey and Green at the end , both batted sensibly ticking the runs needed with plenty of singles
 

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dosser said:
Australia won with a cobbled-together side. We have 2 batsmen at the moment, a world-class keeper, and a couple of great bowlers (of whom three of them we hardly saw).

I think the difference was that one team played test cricket, while the other team tried to change what test cricket is. When the time came to play test cricket, England were incapable and their players had to re-learn how to do so while on the run. This is why Bethell's innings was so significant - he played a test innings and showed that they can do it. To be honest, I didn't think much of Bethell before the series but now I'm a believer.

If the Poms go back home and continue to play their Bazball without learning their lessons here, they are destined to beat up the minnows but will always run second to India, SA and Australia.
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The Poms were also underprepared physically, mentally and emotionally. Five days was far too much for them until right at the end.
Stokes is a fighter and a decent player but tactically terrible. Smith and Cummins aren't great but were miles better.
Head, Carey and Starc carried the series.
 
BF’s Ashes 11:

1. Kiama Chris - technically strong, reliable

2. dosser - gritty and won’t give away wicket easily

3. McGowan3 - positive mindset, needed as a number 3

4. Punts - reads the game well

5. Mister B - tougher than tuggah

6. bedford - excellent keeper or dare I say GloveMAN

7. JackHiscoxWasFast - only cos he can run fast between wickets and for his love of tall WA all rounders

8. Wheresbuddy - technically strong, bowls it on a 5c coin

9. zyzzbruh - knocking over the timber with his no nonsense style

10. Wolfgang West for his valuable cameos

11. Dan87 - cos you need sensible no 11’s
 
JackHiscoxWasFast said:
BF’s Ashes 11:

1. Kiama Chris - technically strong, reliable

2. dosser - gritty and won’t give away wicket easily

3. McGowan3 - positive mindset, needed as a number 3

4. Punts - reads the game well

5. Mister B - tougher than tuggah

6. bedford - excellent keeper or dare I say GloveMAN

7. JackHiscoxWasFast - only cos he can run fast between wickets and for his love of tall WA all rounders

8. Wheresbuddy - technically strong, bowls it on a 5c coin

9. zyzzbruh - knocking over the timber with his no nonsense style

10. Wolfgang West for his valuable cameos

11. Dan87 - cos you need sensible no 11’s
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Ignore the Tasmanian star then as usual
 
Labaschange hasn't scored a ton since 2023 in England (which broke a mini drought). At that stage he had 3767 runs at 54.59 in 42 tests and 11 centuries. A nice stat line.

Since then he has played 21 tests and scored 890 runs at 26.96 with 9 50s. Not good enough for the number 3.
 
The King! said:
Labaschange hasn't scored a ton since 2023 in England (which broke a mini drought). At that stage he had 3767 runs at 54.59 in 42 tests and 11 centuries. A nice stat line.

Since then he has played 21 tests and scored 890 runs at 26.96 with 9 50s. Not good enough for the number 3.
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Green who rightly cops, it in the same period had scored 639 runs at an average of
29.04 in 13 tests and scored a 100 at least.
 
The King! said:
Labaschange hasn't scored a ton since 2023 in England (which broke a mini drought). At that stage he had 3767 runs at 54.59 in 42 tests and 11 centuries. A nice stat line.

Since then he has played 21 tests and scored 890 runs at 26.96 with 9 50s. Not good enough for the number 3.
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Our batting stocks are very thin and our excellent bowlers are getting old. The cliff is near.
 
JackHiscoxWasFast said:
BF’s Ashes 11:

1. Kiama Chris - technically strong, reliable

2. dosser - gritty and won’t give away wicket easily

3. McGowan3 - positive mindset, needed as a number 3

4. Punts - reads the game well

5. Mister B - tougher than tuggah

6. bedford - excellent keeper or dare I say GloveMAN

7. JackHiscoxWasFast - only cos he can run fast between wickets and for his love of tall WA all rounders

8. Wheresbuddy - technically strong, bowls it on a 5c coin

9. zyzzbruh - knocking over the timber with his no nonsense style

10. Wolfgang West for his valuable cameos

11. Dan87 - cos you need sensible no 11’s
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I was an opening bowler that's why the knees a f'd , never kept in my life . Need a new George Bailey on here and Wolfgang West couldn't even bowl pies !
 

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Kiama Chris said:
The Poms were also underprepared physically, mentally and emotionally. Five days was far too much for them until right at the end.
Stokes is a fighter and a decent player but tactically terrible. Smith and Cummins aren't great but were miles better.
Head, Carey and Starc carried the series.
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Their preparation was sheer hubris - they thought they could just roll up and smash us into submission.

I will question one of your comments, though. I think that Smith and Cummins are both pretty astute captains - sure, they make the odd frustrating decisions, but I think they are tactically pretty good. I say this as a man who captained many club sides but who now has a growing realisation that I may never do so at the international level :'(





PS. I never said I was a GOOD captain at club level...
 
Smith not bowling Boland in the Poms 2nd inn in Melbourne until they were 50 odd could've cost us 5 zip and the short shit he asks Green to bowl with 6 on the boundary which is so frustrating , i just hate that stuff , bowl normal with maybe 1 extra back and then there is the pathetic shit for Marcus
 
bedford said:
Smith not bowling Boland in the Poms 2nd inn in Melbourne until they were 50 odd could've cost us 5 zip and the short shit he asks Green to bowl with 6 on the boundary which is so frustrating , i just hate that stuff , bowl normal with maybe 1 extra back and then there is the pathetic shit for Marcus
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Yep, I get frustrated by the short stuff to the tail as well. Just put it on the stumps for goodness sake. Mind you, the short stuff often works so once again, I never said I was a GOOD captain.
 
dosser said:
Yep, I get frustrated by the short stuff to the tail as well. Just put it on the stumps for goodness sake. Mind you, the short stuff often works so once again, I never said I was a GOOD captain.
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Was to Root and Brook , they gave Root a ton by bowling the shit
 
Ticks to Josh Tongue with the ball, Jacob Bethell, both bat and ball, and a whole-hearted effort from Ben Stokes.
Joe Root improved his series average in the 5th Test when it didn't matter, and we had bowlers injured.

Not much else to say.

Was the tour to Australia an opportunity or a reward for their players?
 
Can we keep this going and talk about BBL ?

If so, how unconvincing is Babar Azam ?

and the Stars, finishing the year off as a polar opposite to how they started and to last year.

Hope smith and crats will come back to boost the Sixers.

Tim David out is not good for Tasmania nor The King!

Can’t be any thunder fans here as they are the GWS of the BBL.

Will scorchers get Green back, as a Sixers fan I sure hope so !
 

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JackHiscoxWasFast said:
Can we keep this going and talk about BBL ?

If so, how unconvincing is Babar Azam ?

and the Stars, finishing the year off as a polar opposite to how they started and to last year.

Hope smith and crats will come back to boost the Sixers.

Tim David out is not good for Tasmania nor The King!

Can’t be any thunder fans here as they are the GWS of the BBL.

Will scorchers get Green back, as a Sixers fan I sure hope so !
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I have never been interested in the BBL, but one of my clients has invited me to the medallion club tomorrow night for the Stars v Renegades game. Who do I throw my passionate support behind? Red or green?
 
dosser said:
I have never been interested in the BBL, but one of my clients has invited me to the medallion club tomorrow night for the Stars v Renegades game. Who do I throw my passionate support behind? Red or green?
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Red if you’re a Sixers fan. bedford who do you follow - I’d guess the Stars
 
Gotta say that Indoor cricket’s way more fun to play than outdoor esp if you ever played at Moore Park.
 

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