The ashes 2023

[coolhandfox]

Australia seem to be getting all the luck.

 

Good bowling but massively helped by the conditions.

[leicesterisme]

This is terrifying, rain can’t come quickly enough

[RowlattsFox]

Need to survive these periods and our openers are probably the least likely in world cricket to do that. 

[kingkisnorbo]

They have to make this boring for a bit now. Can feel the free fall in the air. 

[RowlattsFox]

If your going to appeal so convincingly you should be forced to take the review 

[foxfanazer]

We look rattled 

[RowlattsFox]

Ben Duckett didn't leave a single ball in this match, not sure you can do that in England and not knick one eventually. 

Edited 18 June 2023 by RowlattsFox

[purpleronnie]

[kingkisnorbo]

Could drive a bus through that gap. Awful review. 

[StanSP]

Just survive, England! 

[ealingfox]

At what point does this become excessive appealing? 

[Corky]

Are these twats getting paid per appeal?

[RowlattsFox]

Phew.

[kingkisnorbo]

Looks like that’ll be it for the day based on the radar. 

[EastAnglianFox]

England batting under similar conditions tomorrow then Australia get the 5th day when the weather is set to be great ffs

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, EastAnglianFox said:

England batting under similar conditions tomorrow then Australia get the 5th day when the weather is set to be great ffs

That's not what I've seen here, rain on Tuesday:

 

 

[leicesterisme]

I almost forgot how unbearable these lot are 

[coolhandfox]

Can't see anymore play today.

[EastAnglianFox]

1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

That's not what I've seen here, rain on Tuesday:

 

 

 

Yeah my bad, not sure how i got that so wrong 

[purpleronnie]

1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

That's not what I've seen here, rain on Tuesday:

 

 

ooo lovely, my draw bets suddenly seems pretty good.

[leicsmac]

Bat all day tomorrow and the match is pretty much safe, assuming there will be a rain delay or two on Tuesday the Aussies wouldn't have time to chase the 300 or more England have. Of course, that's not really enough time to bowl them out either, so draw becomes the most likely again.

 

Going to be difficult to balance the need to set a target that won't be chaseable with the time needed to take the ten wickets needed.

[StanSP]

3 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Bat all day tomorrow and the match is pretty much safe,

Yep, take it to at least the final session and it'll be a draw. 

[RowlattsFox]

2 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Bat all day tomorrow and the match is pretty much safe, assuming there will be a rain delay or two on Tuesday the Aussies wouldn't have time to chase the 300 or more England have. Of course, that's not really enough time to bowl them out either, so draw becomes the most likely again.

 

Going to be difficult to balance the need to set a target that won't be chaseable with the time needed to take the ten wickets needed.

Recent history tells us if there is half a chance we will put them in and dangle a carrot. But yeah we'd need to bat all of tomorrow to even have a chance of that.

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

Yep, take it to at least the final session and it'll be a draw. 

Depends how quickly we score in the first two sessions, but yeah.

 

1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said:

Recent history tells us if there is half a chance we will put them in and dangle a carrot. But yeah we'd need to bat all of tomorrow to even have a chance of that.

To have the flexibility to do that (say at least a 300-320 lead) we'll have to go at some rate for the day, but then we know that isn't really a problem for this England team.

[st albans fox]

Without a spinner in the fourth innings I suspect we will try and bat out tomorrow and take the draw

 

but that’s a big change with the psyche of bazball so the players may not be able to adjust (see duckett’s inability to leave a wide ball when it’s begun to nip around) 

Edited 18 June 2023 by st albans fox