The Ashes. Fifth Test Australia v England @ Blundstone Arena, Hobart, 14-18 January 2022

Jul 12, 2004
59,816
15,691
Junktion Oval
AFL Club
Collingwood
Other Teams
England
Oh pfft.

Probably the hardest opening conditions I’ve seen this series. The ball is swinging and seaming around barn doors and the bounce is really inconsistent.

Would not want to be a batsmen out there.

Scotty B doing a great job so far shielding the batsmen.

The toughest conditions for the series were in Melbourne where Harris was the only batsman to look competent and he top scored with 75.
 
That is unacceptable by the umps, it is not their purview if a player is injured and it is wildly inconsistent to what has happened in the previous 4 test matches.
They absolutely have the right to tell batsman to either face up or retire hurt. They've been far too lenient for years
 
Apr 12, 2010
14,674
23,284
Melbourne
AFL Club
Geelong
That is unacceptable by the umps, it is not their purview if a player is injured and it is wildly inconsistent to what has happened in the previous 4 test matches.
Boonie needs to do his ref job here. Please explain from umps for that, and fine at least for Broad deliberately pigging the ball at Marnus.
 
Dec 4, 2000
51,663
125,107
The Bay
AFL Club
St Kilda
Other Teams
NO Saints LUFC
Just like ball tampering
Yup
Screenshot_20220115-223835_Samsung%20Internet.jpg
 

Coasters7

Norm Smith Medallist
Nov 27, 2014
9,336
15,401
AFL Club
West Coast
Other Teams
Chelsea
They absolutely have the right to tell batsman to either face up or retire hurt. They've been far too lenient for years
The question is, why is it an issue now. England have been time wasting the entire series and as soon as they have a sniff of being half competitive all of a sudden there’s huge drama around a bloke that’s smashed his finger and they’re all setting the 20 metre sprint record in the change of overs
 
Back