1st Ashes Test: Australia v England @ Gabba Dec 8-12, 2021

[Hutty1986]

Haze with tew for tew, tew maidens

 

[jargan83]

Chapelli is on the ABC coverage - no mention of horse blankets yet

 

[JJ]

Like some of the best I've seen, Hadlee, McGrath, Garner, Marshall - Cummins and Hazelwood just give you nothing - consistently impressive and in helpful conditions, lethal...

 

[_snafu_]

England Renegades.

 

[Sphagnum]

Starc would’ve sent old mate packing if he ran on his arm then

 

[edabomb]

Series is already over IMO. Nice while it lasted.

 

[Meth]

Series is already over IMO. Nice while it lasted.

Probably a little disappointed tbh. After India smashed us, I was looking forward to a competitive series

 

[Hutty1986]

Series is already over IMO. Nice while it lasted.

That's a fairly astronomically massive call

 

[JJ]

To be fair to Stokes he hasn't played cricket in, like, forever...

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms missing The Don Sibley and the Daniel Lawrence

 

[Meth]

That's a fairly astronomically massive call

I think if England had have bowled and has Australia in a position like this one, it would have boded well for the series. This just confirms our worst fears for the series.

 

[JJ]

That's a fairly astronomically massive call

The quality in the English side will get better - their quick bowlers are good, yours are better, and they rely heavily on Root, Stokes, Buttler and to a degree Pope - at home you can rely on Warner and others to chip in around Smith and the Saffer

 

[mozza91]

Series is already over IMO. Nice while it lasted.

You haven’t seen Harris or our fragile middle order yet.

 

[JJ]

I think if England had have bowled and has Australia in a position like this one, it would have boded well for the series. This just confirms our worst fears for the series.

I don't really understand why they didn't bowl - conditions looked helpful, and their pace attack is good - guess they've been burned before, but they're getting burned now too...

 

[Hutty1986]

I think if England had have bowled and has Australia in a position like this one, it would have boded well for the series. This just confirms our worst fears for the series.

Our incredibly fragile batting is why I'm amazed at these outlandish 4 and 5-nil predictions. Root/Stokes are surely going to punish us at some stage, and Starc and Lyon have been passengers for a while on the bowling side of things. We are more than capable of being blitzed for 80 and losing from just about any position haha

 

[Sphagnum]

Imagine Warnie watching that first ball through semen encrusted eyelids. Doesn’t support his anti Starc narrative at all.

 

[Twizzle]

well firstly f**k you plastic face for saying Starc's first ball was an accident

secondly Haze 2 for 3 off 7, just wow.

Paddy must think this test cricket stuff is OK

 

[Meth]

I don't really understand why they didn't bowl - conditions looked helpful, and their pace attack is good - guess they've been burned before, but they're getting burned now too...

Conservative decision is to bat, but bowling first was their best chance, considering that their top order is so fickle

 

[_snafu_]

You haven’t seen Harris or our fragile middle order yet.

Yep. Just watch Harris get caught somewhere behind the wicket for single figures.

 

[Meth]

Our incredibly fragile batting is why I'm amazed at these outlandish 4 and 5-nil predictions. Root/Stokes are surely going to punish us at some stage, and Starc and Lyon have been passengers for a while on the bowling side of things. We are more than capable of being blitzed for 80 and losing from just about any position haha

fair enough.

For mine, you're at home. Your batting is better. Your bowling is better.

Should be pretty straightforward.