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

[Bgoodorgoodatit]

Honestly i'm so pumped we were able to come back from that f**king disaster last test.. Was pissing the bed and slitting my wrists with everyone else on here thinking it would be a bridge too far.

Then you have to ask yourself was the team just mentally tough? or was it just having Lord Smith back in the team... i'm going with the latter. outside of Patty and Hazlegod the rest aren't worth feeding..

Now lets finish these scummy merkins off at the oval !!

 

[Mr Angry]

LOL @ cricinfo

Gave the points to England.

It flowed through to the test table

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...th-test-icc-world-test-championship-2019-2021

England 24 - Australia 0

https://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/19430/season/2019/icc-world-test-championship

Poms on 56 us on 32 after 4 tests.

 

[nöyd]

harmison you soap-dodging false-teeth-having warm-beer-drinking can't-hit-the-pitch-with-your-first-ball plonker.

"smith will always be a cheat"

cheats never prosper you unwashed tit

 

[Meth]

Great win. Congratulations Australia.

 

[Pete Cash]

Patty and hazlewood have to be the pace leaders going forward. Haze has found his mojo again

Its been a weird series. Picking a combined team would honestly be tricky.

1. Rory Burns
2.
3. Marnus labuschagne
4. Smudge
5. Ben stokes
6.
7. Paine (has been the better keeper)
8. Pat cummins
9. Stuart broad
10. Josh hazlewood
11.

Spin bowler spot im not sure lyon has necessarily outbowled leach. The second opener spot is a nightmare it probably has to go to denly based on scoring 2 50s but only one of them was at opener. Who gets the final middle order spot ?

 

[undertaker]

harmison you soap-dodging false-teeth-having warm-beer-drinking can't-hit-the-pitch-with-your-first-ball plonker.

"smith will always be a cheat"

cheats never prosper you unwashed tit

Someone needs to remind Harmison of what his teammate Trescothick said about the use of breath mints by the Poms during the 2005 Ashes

 

[This Year?]

I knew we'd win after I went to bed. It's so typical of 2019.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

I love how Poms move the goal posts.

Australia no good unless they win overseas.
Australia retain Ashes in England.
Aussies no good unless they win the series to retain Ashes.
Flmao.

The next Ashes in England will be played in a post Brexit, post civil war setting. Maybe they should give us the actual urn for safekeeping.

 

[JJ]

Patty and hazlewood have to be the pace leaders going forward. Haze has found his mojo again

Its been a weird series. Picking a combined team would honestly be tricky.

1. Rory Burns
2.
3. Marnus labuschagne
4. Smudge
5. Ben stokes
6.
7. Paine (has been the better keeper)
8. Pat cummins
9. Stuart broad
10. Josh hazlewood
11.

Spin bowler spot im not sure lyon has necessarily outbowled leach. The second opener spot is a nightmare it probably has to go to denly based on scoring 2 50s but only one of them was at opener. Who gets the final middle order spot ?

Yeah, those are the guys that have played well...

I think Root has done enough to get a batting spot (or at least he's done less badly than the other bats) - perhaps as the second opener, hate to say it but on the strength of a 100 and a few catches Wade at 6 (lol), and Archer and Lyon at 11 and 12 depending on whether a spinner is needed
** forgot Head... him or Wade at 6, I guess

Burns
Root
Labuschange
Smith
Stokes
Wade (!?!?!?!) or Head
Paine (c)
Cummins
Archer (12th)
Hazlewood
Broad
Lyon (12th)

With all the excitment about Archer (and deserved imo, he's clearly a big talent) it was the Aussies belatedly picking Hazlewood that was more important series wise...

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

 

[bazza]

The next Ashes in England will be played in a post Brexit, post civil war setting. Maybe they should give us the actual urn for safekeeping.

It will probably be played in the UAE for security reasons

 

[bazza]

Yeah, those are the guts that have played well...

I think Root has done enough to get a batting spot (or at least he's done less badly than the other bats) - perhaps as the second opener, hate to say it but on the strength of a 100 and a few catches Wade at 6 (lol), and Archer and Lyon at 11 and 12 depending on whether a spinner is needed

Burns
Root
Labuschange
Smith
Stokes
Wade (!?!?!?!)
Paine (c)
Cummins
Archer (12th)
Hazlewood
Broad
Lyon (12th)

With all the excitment about Archer (and deserved imo, he's clearly a big talent) it was the Aussies belatedly picking Hazlewood that was more important series wise...

Root, Head and Wade are the only batters that have done half decently (at least in a couple of games) - Root is the best average at just over 30 says something about the batting quality
Lyon got enough wickets in the first test to get a spot as the spinner

 

[blaza88z]

We've been the better side easily in at least 3 of the 4 games so far, we deserve to win this series outright and I hope we do.

 

[hineyrulz]

LOL!!

Did a good job of getting those stains out mate.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

It will probably be played in the UAE for security reasons

Bwah ha ha.

 

[some11]

harmison you soap-dodging false-teeth-having warm-beer-drinking can't-hit-the-pitch-with-your-first-ball plonker.

"smith will always be a cheat"

cheats never prosper you unwashed tit

One of the pettiest pot shots of the entire series.

All he will be known for is that first ball wide.

 

[JW]

 

[Pete Cash]

hahah no doubt the poms are shaking and crying over this but archer doing a smith impersonation is just bants.

 

[Mr Angry]

Cricinfo has fixed thier shyte.

And yes we want the 24 points, no draw, no rain.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Jock Leech is one of those "cult" players you see during an Ashes series and never hear of them again afterwards.

Jock has as many crooked teeth as Smith has drives to the boundary.

Still...Jocko did his job. Smith suffers under left arm spinners and Leach got Smith out. So job done in English books. Nevermind the bollocks of Smith having belted 211 and another 82 at the time.

Lol.

Same old England, always losing*.

* since 43AD.