Who Plays in The Ashes

[Art Vandelay_]

So it seems Naf Lyon has effectively trolled the entire UK overnight, the amount of articles and big names trying to bite back through social media is incredibly amusing.

Excellent job Garry

All because GOAT said this.

The 30-year-old was particularly harsh on Prior, saying “We knew Matt Prior wanted to fly home before the (third) game started.

“He was scared four years ago. I think he’s all right now.”

“Watching Mitchell Johnson going round scaring all the Poms was unbelievable,” Lyon told England’s media.

“I was at leg slip, and I had to push a couple of [English] guys back into the stumps. So it was good fun.

“I think Mitchell Johnson ended them. If you ask Mitch, it was quite satisfying if you look at his past and the pressures the English put him under, with the Barmy Army, and everything like that.”



I THINK I LOVE HIM.

 

[blue healer]

lol. so are you saying you have seen them both keep and think Wade is better?

I suspect you are saying you haven't actually watched Paine keep - therefore would it be fair to say you don't have an educated opinion on the topic?

Not too many have in the last couple of years.

 

[frankrizzo]

Probably the wrong bloke to single out though, prior was a tough nut in poor form but swann now there was a bloke who clearly didn't want to be there, he looked to me like he checked out about half way through the Adelaide test.

 

[ROOTA#6]

Probably the wrong bloke to single out though, prior was a tough nut in poor form but swann now there was a bloke who clearly didn't want to be there, he looked to me like he checked out about half way through the Adelaide test.

There were a number of them that look scared to wanting to get out of there to be fair...but a current player saying it doesn't sit well with me....could really bite you on the arse!!!

 

[Carl Hooper]

nate Lyon is the shittest ever player with 200 wickets.

hes a muppet.

 

[Wolfs]

nate Lyon is the shittest ever player with 200 wickets.

hes a muppet.

Ishant Sharma?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

My last post on this I promise. Disappointed but time to move on.

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Matthew Renshaw’s prolific start to his Test career has seen him become the first Australia batsman to reach 500 Test runs before turning 21.

Renshaw, who made a fine 44 on the first morning of the third Test in Ranchi, zoomed past previous record holder Clem Hill, who held the title as Australia’s highest run-scorer under 21 with 482 runs for 119 years.

The Queenslander reached the 500-run landmark in his 11th Test innings to sit above Hill, Phillip Hughes, Don Bradman, Doug Walters and Stan McCabe as Australia’s most successful young batsman.

Alongside Peter Handscomb and Nic Maddinson, Renshaw made his Test debut at the Adelaide Oval last November after Australia’s selectors overhauled the XI following five straight defeats and series losses to Sri Lanka and South Africa.

In just his second innings Renshaw showed he had the temperament to thrive at Test level by scoring a resolute 34no from 137 balls to guide Australia to victory in Adelaide.

He then followed it up with 71 in the first innings in Melbourne before breaking through to score his maiden Test century, a magnificent 184 at the Sydney Cricket Ground against Pakistan.

That knock secured his place in Australia’s Test XI for the first match of the Qantas Tour of India, and despite having never stepped foot in the subcontinent, he made vital scores of 68 and 31 in Pune as he battled stomach issues.

Renshaw carried his form to Bengaluru for the second Test and once again featured in the runs, this time with 60 in Australia’s first innings.

Australia coach Darren Lehmann was full of praise for his rookie opener after the tourists wrapped up the first Test by 333 runs in Pune.

“The way he played - he hadn't actually hit the ball that well in our lead up - but for some reason when he gets out in the middle, he knows exactly what he wants to do and how he wants to do it,” Lehmann said.

“So for a 20-year-old that's pretty special.

“For him to come out, obviously a bit crook here and there, and to bat in different positions and have a clear plan, especially in the second innings, about the way he wanted to go about it, that's good for a young man to have that insight into the game so early.”

[/tears]

Onwards and upwards. Bring on Thursday.

 

[Carl Hooper]

Ishant Sharma?

neck n neck

 

[MC Bad Genius]

nate Lyon is the shittest ever player with 200 wickets.

hes a muppet.

So the Anthony Rocca of cricket then?

 

[HBF]

Less than 24 hours to go.
Really cannot wait.

 

[iluvparis]

nate Lyon is the shittest ever player with 200 wickets.

hes a muppet.

Brett Lee and James Anderson say hi

 

[Run n Spread]

I think all 5 days are forecast as a chance of rain and temperatures around the mid to late 20s.

But most days says 0-2mm which is hardly any. Should get 5 days.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Probably the wrong bloke to single out though, prior was a tough nut in poor form but swann now there was a bloke who clearly didn't want to be there, he looked to me like he checked out about half way through the Adelaide test.

He checked out halfway through the series. Got hit out the ground a few times, took his bat and ball and went home. No respect for him.

 

[Gough]

England had an unhappy dressing room which can't have helped either. If they'd removed KP I don't think it would have changed the result but I don't think we would have seen the attrition rate that we saw either.

 

[hamohawk1]

Surely if Dave Warner fails the heat goes on him?

 

[frankrizzo]

if he plays injured and fails you mean?

Form wise he did just turn things around in Bangladesh and his home record is fine so why would there be any heat on him in particular?

 

[JackOutback]

Brett Lee and James Anderson say hi

Holy s**t, no.

 

[hamohawk1]

if he plays injured and fails you mean?

Form wise he did just turn things around in Bangladesh and his home record is fine so why would there be any heat on him in particular?

Big difference between Bangladesh and an Ashes series.

 

[corbies]

Big difference between Bangladesh and an Ashes series.

Yeah, its a lot harder to score a century in Bangladesh then against England in Australia.

 

[frankrizzo]

Big difference between Bangladesh and an Ashes series.

I have been a critic of warner and his overseas play but if runs in bangladesh were easy we wouldn't have had to scrape our way to a drawn series and if home runs or more specifically ashes home runs are what matters then warner has a good record there as well.

 

[Belnakor]

England had an unhappy dressing room which can't have helped either. If they'd removed KP I don't think it would have changed the result but I don't think we would have seen the attrition rate that we saw either.

KP was basically a non entity in the dressing room, he wouldn't have made a difference either way.

The main problem the poms had was a bunch of them were downhill skiiers who loved to get lippy when they were on top (Swann, Prior etc) as soon as it turned around they were totally lost.

 

[cricketnut14]

6 changes to our last test side which played in September.

can't remember the last time there were so many changes from one test to the next.

OUT: renshaw, cartwright, Maxwell, wade, o'keefe, agar
IN: starc, hazlewood, khawaja, Bancroft, paine, smarsh

bring it on !

 

[frankrizzo]

I think we made 6 changes after the 2nd test vs south africa, that was after a humiliating series loss at home though.

 

[roscreasl98]

I think we made 6 changes after the 2nd test vs south africa, that was after a humiliating series loss at home though.

Maxi on standby for Davy.

 

[roscreasl98]

Probably the wrong bloke to single out though, prior was a tough nut in poor form but swann now there was a bloke who clearly didn't want to be there, he looked to me like he checked out about half way through the Adelaide test.

Johnathon Trott.