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England’s demand for Ashes shake-up as Poms set to reject iconic event
England’s demand for Ashes shake-up as Poms set to reject iconic eventwww.foxsports.com.au
ECB is definitely trying to avoid accountablility with the pink-ball issue, completely ignoring that the other three tests England lost in the Ashes were with the red ball (Perth, Adelaide, Sydney). England lost the Ashes series just from the red-ball tests alone
As for the controversy surrounding the 150th-anniversary test, I can fully understand why CA made this decision to have it played with the pink ball, given that school holidays finished a few weeks before March 11-15, not to mention the NRL/AFL seasons will have commenced by then. Having an approx. 2:30pm start to each day's play allows fans who either have to go to work or students with school/university commitments the opportunity to make the 2nd and/or 3rd session(s), not to mention larger tv ratings due to those sessions being in primetime, with more people at home watching.
It wouldn't matter what colour the f**king ball is, the way they played with dumb shot selection.
They have not stopped whinging since the last test, and there are still articles being produced about the recent Ashes. Can you imagine if we had Haze and Paddy available for the full series ?
