5TH ASHES TEST: @ The Oval London July 26-30, 2023

[TheParraboy]

Short turnaround, starting Thursday

Hopefully a couple of changes

Nesser snd Murphy ?

Shame Bancroft our of favour for this tour, rate him better than Crawley.

Hopefully 3-1 coming up

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Neser in for one of the fast bowlers, probably Hazelwood although Cummins looks like he needs a spell. Starc may have a shoulder injury.

Green out, Murphy in. Marsh is not the long term answer but Green is way out of form.

They won't drop Warner.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Neser in for one of the fast bowlers, probably Hazelwood although Cummins looks like he needs a spell. Starc may have a shoulder injury.

Green out, Murphy in. Marsh is not the long term answer but Green is way out of form.

They won't drop Warner.

Nor should they as he's still in top 2 openers in Australia........that's just how it is

 

[bazza]

Neser in for one of the fast bowlers, probably Hazelwood although Cummins looks like he needs a spell. Starc may have a shoulder injury.

Green out, Murphy in. Marsh is not the long term answer but Green is way out of form.

They won't drop Warner.

yes - Neser in for Starc assuming he is carrying an injury - otherwise would be Cummins who needs to be rotated
If Neser can't get a start in this game he never will

 

[Chins get the wins]

yes - Neser in for Starc assuming he is carrying an injury - otherwise would be Cummins who needs to be rotated
If Neser can't get a start in this game he never will

Our captain will play and we will win.

 

[Fangs]

Neser deserves a run as does Murphy. Needs to actually be given some overs this time.

We have a WC to prepare for and time off is limited. I don't see the need to play Cummins. As captain he will probably keep his place but we've already beaten England.

 

[Eelectrica]

Good thing Labs scored some runs or we might have been sending an SOS to MS Wadey. MS Wadey knows what it's like to score an Ashes century in england. Now Labs does too.

 

[Eelectrica]

I'd have Green out, Murphy in. Also Bring in Neser. See how the bowlers pull up.
Our bowling unit completely failed. We can't afford to do that again if we want to win the series out right.

 

[Twizzle]

The bowling coach is the one who needs to be shafted, he's the one that calls the shots on how we bowl.

Craig McDermett was the best I can remember and seemed to have a very good influence on our bowlers.

 

[TheParraboy]

The bowling coach is the one who needs to be shafted, he's the one that calls the shots on how we bowl.

Craig McDermett was the best I can remember and seemed to have a very good influence on our bowlers.

 

[Bazal]

Is Vettori the bowling coach or the spin bowling coach? I remember we had both for a long time

 

[Hutty1986]

Vettori went from looking 16 for several decades to looking like a jaded 55 year old

 

[Bazal]

I actually can't find any reference to us even having a bowling coach. Which explains a f**ken lot

 

[AlwaysGreen]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/michael-vaughan-drops-australian-retirement-whispers/news-story/6225c619a3eaef7cd1093f307faff8c2

 

[Eelectrica]

Smith's last test in England would make sense. Last test ever? That would be a surprise.
Khawaja also getting close to retirement age, so we've got some gaps to fill real soon.

 

[bazza]

Smith's last test in England would make sense. Last test ever? That would be a surprise.
Khawaja also getting close to retirement age, so we've got some gaps to fill real soon.

was looking at the scorecards for the 2015 ashes series and was surprised at how many players still featured for both teams - particularly the bowlers

for australia - Warner, Smith, M. Marsh, Starc, Lyon and Hazlewood
for england - Bairstow, Stokes, Wood, Ali, Broad and Anderson

Will definitely be new look sides in 2027

 

[TheParraboy]

My 2027 successful ashes defense team

Max Bryant
Will Pucovski
Travis Head (c)
Cam Green (vc)
Oliver Davies
Will Sutherland
Baxter Holt (wk)
Jhy Richardson
Lance Morris
Nathan Lyon
Wes Agar

conc sub bowler: Xavier Bartlett
conc sub batsman: Mathew Short
12th man: Jack Edwards

 

[Eelectrica]

My 2027 successful ashes defense team

Max Bryant
Will Pucovski
Travis Head (c)
Cam Green (vc)
Oliver Davies
Will Sutherland
Baxter Holt (wk)
Jhy Richardson
Lance Morris
Nathan Lyon
Wes Agar

conc sub bowler: Xavier Bartlett
conc sub batsman: Mathew Short
12th man: Jack Edwards

Be shocked if Maxie Bryant doesn't get player of the series tbh.
Feathers Morris won't be far behind. 5-0 sweep for sure.

 

[King-Gutho94]

My 2027 successful ashes defense team

Max Bryant
Will Pucovski
Travis Head (c)
Cam Green (vc)
Oliver Davies
Will Sutherland
Baxter Holt (wk)
Jhy Richardson
Lance Morris
Nathan Lyon
Wes Agar

conc sub bowler: Xavier Bartlett
conc sub batsman: Mathew Short
12th man: Jack Edwards

Nathan lyon still playing isn't he 36 already.

@hineyrulz in 2027 if Lyon is still playing as our spinner and BA is still coach of parramatta how are you going to cope.

 

[undertaker]

was looking at the scorecards for the 2015 ashes series and was surprised at how many players still featured for both teams - particularly the bowlers

for australia - Warner, Smith, M. Marsh, Starc, Lyon and Hazlewood
for england - Bairstow, Stokes, Wood, Ali, Broad and Anderson

Will definitely be new look sides in 2027

Hit the rewind button back another two years earlier to 2013, and look at who featured in the Ashes series for both sides 10 years ago (that has played in this current 2023 Ashes):

AUSTRALIA: Warner, Khawaja, Smith, Starc, Lyon
ENGLAND: Woakes, Root, Bairstow, Broad, Anderson

Broad and Anderson are the only surviving members from the previous UK Ashes series in 2009 (hard to believe 14 years have gone so quickly!)

So, since 1981 - when Ashes tours to the UK began to be held in 4 year intervals, with the exception of the 2 year interval between 2013-15 which was caused by scheduling issues - Warner/Smith/Starc/Lyon join Ponting/Steve Waugh/Border/Warne/Clarke as the only Australians who've played tests in 4 Ashes tours.