2019 ASHES: 1st Test Australia v England, Edgbaston Aug 1-5

[Raiders_Premiers]

Starc is in terrible red ball form

The old NSW Blues selection theory.

Pick the average prick in good domestic form who's not up to in the big matches, instead of the class guy who clearly is and has proven it.

 

[Hutty1986]

The problem is "ok" is about the best you can hope for.

Starc and Hazlewood are "ok" at their worst just about. And Jackson Bird carved the Shield up and is basically our version of Stuart Broad, can't even get in the squad...

Siddle. FFS.

Starc i can cop...but to leave out Haze in these conditions...wowee.

 

[jargan83]

Did these pommy soap dodgers boo Atherton after he was convicted of ball tampering?

 

[Bazal]

Starc i can cop...but to leave out Haze in these conditions...wowee.

I could cop going with Pattinson/Haze instead of Starc. No issues there.

Siddle is like the random fifth grade trundler who gets picked because he buys cartons of the good shit for game day. Except he's vegan and I don't think he drinks, so he's even useless at that.

 

[jargan83]

Bancroft isn’t going to survive very long

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

They're zeroing in on his weakness, that's for sure

 

[jargan83]

Bancroft averaged 45 in the 2nd tier of the English County championship.

Jimmy and Stuart will be shitting themselves

 

[hineyrulz]

First goal is 60 right???

 

[Timbo]

Starc i can cop...but to leave out Haze in these conditions...wowee.

This side is the worst jobs for the boys XI we’ve seen in a long time.

 

[Twizzle]

They're zeroing in on his weakness, that's for sure

his batting ?

 

[Twizzle]

First goal is 60 right???

we'd probabaly be the only team who has ever been forced to follow on in the first innings

 

[Pommy]

Kiwi of the year Stokes

I could of sworn my brother played against him as a junior, must have been that famous Cumbria NZ league.

 

[Bazal]

Bancroft averaged 45 in the 2nd tier of the English County championship.

Jimmy and Stuart will be shitting themselves

That second tier is nothing to sneeze at tbh.

Obviously test cricket is a big step up and Bancroft is pretty flawed player, but the second tier of country cricket has some f**king good players running around.

 

[hineyrulz]

Yeah challenge it merkins.

 

[Bazal]

Yeah challenge it merkins.

Might be pretty happy they didn't....

 

[hineyrulz]

lol he nicked it.

 

[jargan83]

It would appear that Warner gets a life.

Wicketkeeper 1
Rest of England 0

BTW Ignore the fact that I’m a wicketkeeper

 

[Pommy]

The reaction has been ridiculous. Smith will still go down as one of the greats imo

He will but a tainted, moist eyed great.

 

[King hit]

Yeah challenge it merkins.

Lucky they didn't

 

[hineyrulz]

Yay a run!!! Reckon they will be hard to come by today.