1st ASHES TEST: @ Edgbaston, Birmingham June 16-20, 2023

[AlwaysGreen]

Hopefully PB gets the 2nd test thread up and going soon the second test at Loyds Londan is only a week away!

 

[Eelectrica]

Happy with a draw at this point. Survive two sessions, that's the job now.
Of course score runs when available, just avoid loose shots. Would have needed the full day anyway to attempt a win. With our brittle tail we could lose a bunch of wickets in quick succession for not many runs.

Or we could, you know, just win the damn game!
Tactical genius right there.

 

[gUt]

big ups to Nathan Lyon for his batting here, did exactly what was needed.

 

[Sime_11]

really interested to see how the england quicks recover from this - Broad especially - bowled alot of overs and alot of emotion/geeing the crowd up - to lose in this fashion will hurt big time

if Smith & Marnus bat at their best - we look far superior

1-0 up and winning in extreme fashion - i hope the British tabloids give it to them in the morning

 

[WaznTheGreat]

The bald man Nathan Lyon helping Australia to victory

 

[Fangs]

Huge effort from Cummins with the bat. Especially when you consider how much he has fallen away in that area. Played very determined cricket along with Boland and Lyon and it saved the day.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

big ups to Nathan Lyon for his batting here, did exactly what was needed.

Agree, the baldster gets some flak but he did well with the pill* and the stick** this test.



* & ** Cricket slang by a playa.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

really interested to see how the england quicks recover from this - Broad especially - bowled alot of overs and alot of emotion/geeing the crowd up - to lose in this fashion will hurt big time

if Smith & Marnus bat at their best - we look far superior

1-0 up and winning in extreme fashion - i hope the British tabloids give it to them in the morning

Anderson looked every bit his 91 years old yesterday.

 

[Twizzle]

love your work Oozie

"that's why you're not a batsman" lololol

 

[bazza]

Great captaincy by Cummins throughout the match and gets to hit the winning runs all while helping save the planet

 

[bazza]

really interested to see how the england quicks recover from this - Broad especially - bowled alot of overs and alot of emotion/geeing the crowd up - to lose in this fashion will hurt big time

if Smith & Marnus bat at their best - we look far superior

1-0 up and winning in extreme fashion - i hope the British tabloids give it to them in the morning

don't see any improvement in the England bowling attack besides bringing Mark Wood in
They really are plodders when the conditions aren't 100% to their liking

 

[bazza]

love your work Oozie

"that why you're not a batsman" lololol

Usman has faced some high quality bowlers during his career... and has also played against Ollie Robinson

 

[lockyno1]

That was a fantastic test match, we all laugh at Baseball but it put us on the edge of our seat for 5 days.

Do feel we have more improvement. We had a test where Smith and Lab did nothing and Head wasn't anything special. Thought Green was very good 38 and 27 on his first Ashes test in England plus his fielding great work by our AR.

Changes, for me it depends on the pitch, but even though Cummins got runs yesterday I would rather him at 9 than 8. Both Starc and Neser bat better than Boland/Haze.

All in all fantastic performance by all players.

 

[some11]

Went to bed with the game in the balance, woke up to this:

 

[some11]

1-0 up and winning in extreme fashion - i hope the British tabloids give it to them in the morning

Nope, it's all about how they entertained and how they're saving test cricket.

Just don't talk about fatty behind the stumps f**king up.

 

[some11]

Anderson looked every bit his 91 years old yesterday.

Yeah right before I went to bed he was putting in every bit of effort he had to bowl 132kmh then broke down within two overs.

He can't sustain trying to bowl full effort atm which is good for us.

 

[mozza91]

love your work Oozie

"that's why you're not a batsman" lololol

He’s barely a bowler either. I’d identify him more as a fat racist merkin than a cricketer.

 

[some11]

The Poms are shit at Bazball

Went nowhere near as hard as their first innings. That's probably one area they work on next test.

I believe if smith & labs & our bowlers find their happy place we can win a few more.

 

[hineyrulz]

here's a good watch

 

[Sphagnum]

here's a good watch

f**ken thriller. Sets up a great series.