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

[Bring back John Fifita]

My favourite part was when Smith got caught off a no ball.

I’ll see that and raise you two dropped chances off Tim Paine...

 

[VictoryFC]

Good catch (not).

 

[jargan83]

Fetch that

 

[VictoryFC]

Sky Sports actually just included a no ball as an England missed chance. F* me dead

 

[undertaker]

Oh, that straight drive was absolutely brutal from Smith. "Go fetch that!" he must be thinking

 

[undertaker]

Keep rubbing a 15 over old ball, it ain't going to reverse swing at this stage, unless you can pinch one of Marcus Trescothick's breath mints.

Funny how the Poms accused Pakistan of cheating with reverse swing during the early '90s (IIRC, Botham had to pay a massive legal bill after losing a court case he tried to file against Imran Khan), but then when they were able to hoop the old ball like a boomerang during the 2005 Ashes, it was suddenly an amazing piece of cheating....oops, sorry, I meant skill.

And since that 2005 series, they haven't been able to extract anywhere near the same amount of reverse swing

 

[undertaker]

Some of these bouncers are going WAY above head height.....can the square leg umpire at least have the balls to call it a wide? What a joke.

 

[jargan83]

That last ball was 90mph, has Jofra Archer decided to pull his finger out and actually have a go.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Cmon Tim Paine...

 

[jargan83]

Good innings this from Paine

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

First half century in 11 test matches is one helluva shit run tbh

 

[jargan83]

Fly slip? He’s almost fielding in the crowd Nasser

 

[undertaker]

Smith making Denly his biatch!

 

[jargan83]

Great sesssion

 

[undertaker]

5/369 at tea.

 

[undertaker]

With Smith and Paine set, need to get to at least 450 minimum.

 

[undertaker]

Smith caught off a no-ball on 118, now on 173*

Paine dropped on 9 and 49, now on 58*

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Smiffy reminds me of me years ago in under 16s when I was tearing teams up left right and centre scoring hundreds, club champion, player of the comp

Except he's doing it an international level. In test matches. In the Ashes. Away from Australia. With the series on the line. And the hopes of an entire nation squarely on his shoulders.

 

[Slackboy72]

Overton replaces Archer with the new ball.

Archer = one-hit wonder???

He's got to be hampered by that injury.

 

[some11]

This is pretty much the coronation of Steve Smith.

Scoring so many runs he's probably giving those people thinking of booing a reality check as you'll just look like a dickhead at this point.