2019 ASHES: 4th Test Australia v England, Old Trafford Sept 4-9

[JW]

FFS.

 

[Hutty1986]

Haha a Head special!

 

[This Year?]

FFS surely there is someone else in the team that can bat?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Survive these two and its the deadly combo of Leach and Ovaltine to contend with.

(Stokes doesn't count because he's a ranga).

 

[8Ball]

This f**king team..

 

[Pete Cash]

This side is so gutless with the bat. I suppose i should enjoy the epicness of it all

 

[8Ball]

We knew it was going to come down to Wadey saving us anyway

 

[Hutty1986]

This is a very, very predictable collapse. Poor smiffy.

 

[Eelectrica]

Hundred run partnership between Smith and Wade coming up.

 

[BunniesMan]

FFS surely there is someone else in the team that can bat?

We have one legendary batsman, one good batsman, and 5 blokes who have below average records even at shield level.

 

[VictoryFC]

You guys are being way too harsh.

Our batting isn't great. But this isn't easy to bat on when you get the line and length right.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

In the time of need.....

Enter Wade .

 

[some11]

Time to put some money on England.

 

[butchmcdick]

I waxed my arsehole for this ?

 

[Hutty1986]

If our attack is as good as many like to make out, we should be okay we'll see about that...

 

[hineyrulz]

Spinners doing all the damage, why didn’t we bowl them more?

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Ohhhh my sheets are soaked with pee right now

 

[Jason Maher]

I've already belabored the point enough, but what happened at Edgebaston you get once in god knows how long. And despite all that, we blew it in the last test, rather than England winning it. In the last 20 years of watching Australia I only remember once, at home, I think it was either against England or South Africa in the late 00s or early 2010s, where we genuinely defied the odds to win a match in the 4th innings.

In cricket, lightning most certainly doesn't strike twice. Obviously, it'll help if we can get the 70 runs to hit 300, but even then, I'd still be confident we'll win with anything above 250. I just don't see any reason to panic about the situation or think that it won't result in us winning. History would back me up.

Noted. We'll see who gets to pull the "I told you so" card. Hopefully it's you.

 

[some11]

I keep forgetting Smith is at the crease.

Not having him last match sucked.

 

[undertaker]

You guys are being way too harsh.

Our batting isn't great. But this isn't easy to bat on when you get the line and length right.

Why Cummins continued to bowl short pitched stuff is a mystery.