The ashes 2023

[Lionator]

That was Herschelle Gibbs aka 1999.

[leicsmac]

....what the hell happened there?

[RonnieTodger]

Oh for **** sake 

[trabuch]

8 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Who?  

*n 
Big moment that

[Md9]

Bbc sports think Australia have already won by 7 wickets 🙈

[StanSP]

Oh Stokes

[bovril]

jesus wept

[leicsmac]

I'm sorry, that was a completed catch.

[HighPeakFox]

1 minute ago, trabuch said:

*n 
Big moment that

Jim Maxwell, Glenn McGrath?

[leicsmac]

If that proves to be critical (and it might) there's going to be a lot of controversy.

 

And it has to be Sandpaper Smith with the luck again.

[trabuch]

Just now, HighPeakFox said:

Jim Maxwell, Glenn McGrath?

Jim - yes. I can't concentrate - too much going on!

[trabuch]

Just now, leicsmac said:

If that proves to be critical (and it might) there's going to be a lot of controversy.

 

And it has to be Sandpaper Smith with the luck again.

No way they can give that after the Aussie one. Shouldn't count as a review though.

[Lionator]

2 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

I'm sorry, that was a completed catch.

It wasn’t. 

[Voll Blau]

3 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

I'm sorry, that was a completed catch.

In real time, it looked like Stokes didn't think it was.

[SickoDicko]

Frustrating that if he doesn’t try and throw it up it’s clean as anything, shambles losing a review. I’m okay with the decision considering the Starc one earlier 

[Bobby Hundreds]

That’s so amateur from Stokes.
 

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

That's the worst thing i've ever seen Stokes do. Shambolic.

[leicsmac]

Just now, trabuch said:

No way they can give that after the Aussie one. Shouldn't count as a review though.

I guess if you're going to follow the letter of the law then it's a lost review too, as unfortunate as it is.

 

Just now, Lionator said:

It wasn’t. 

I think that if Stokes celebrates there then it's given. The third umpire figured that Stokes himself thought he'd dropped it, and he based the decision on that, nothing more.

 

1 minute ago, Voll Blau said:

In real time, it looked like Stokes didn't think it was.

Yeah, exactly, and I think that was crucial.

[leicsmac]

Also again, barring the coin toss Australia have had more luck in this series than most teams have in a lifetime.

 

But here's hoping it's not crucial, still some runs to play with here.

[RowlattsFox]

Shows there is no need to throw it in the air. Massively unlucky but it's huge. 

[Foxdiamond]

10 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

That’s so amateur from Stokes.
 

Possibly two of England's best players the other was Bairstow making amateur errors at vital moments in matches

[Bobby Hundreds]

Just now, Foxdiamond said:

Possibly two of England's best players the other was Bairstow making amateur errors at vital moments in matches

The run out was out, clearly out, the bail was out of both middle and off stump. No wonder Smith has such a good average at the Oval, he’s had 4 lives. 

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

The run out was out, clearly out, the bail was out of both middle and off stump. No wonder Smith has such a good average at the Oval, he’s had 4 lives. 

Wasn't the issue being that Bairstow moved the stumps first before the ball got to him?

[Bobby Hundreds]

6 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Wasn't the issue being that Bairstow moved the stumps first before the ball got to him?

Doesn’t matter he’d removed the bail. 

[StanSP]

1 minute ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Doesn’t matter he’d removed the bail. 

It does matter if he's dislodged it without the ball in his hand first?