England v Australia - THE ASHES

[The Equaliser]

99-3. If the weather holds up it's only a matter of time before Australia wrap this up you would think. especially as Root has gone.

 

[The Equaliser]

141-5. Could be over tonight.

 

[toffeejack]

bairstow out again with a ricochet off the helmet?

aussies have definitely had the rub of the green in this series, but have still lost ha.

 

[The Equaliser]

Cook out to a delivery from Smith of all people.

Only divine intervention on the weather front can save England now.

 

[toffeejack]

why was wood in before ali? did we really use a night watchman for number 8?

 

[neil999]

wheres the rain ffs?!?

 

[ToffeeDoug]

Poor shot that by Buttler, at least make sure that the buggers have to get you out, don't give it away and make it easy.

What a waste of Mo Ali's talent.

It will be all over soon, and then it will rain for 2 days.

 

[toffeejack]

wheres the rain ffs?!?

apparently it'll be clear after 2pm anyway so doesn't really mattter.

 

[neil999]

apparently it'll be clear after 2pm anyway so doesn't really mattter.

oh , centuries for broad and ali then lol

 

[evilwebby]

If they can hang on for another 15 mins... the rain is coming and it might not stop at all!

 

[toffeejack]

don't deserve a draw, been shambolic in this test. nailed on draw people said and just like lord's they've batted abysmally on a flat track. i think both teams have thrown away about 65%/70% of their wickets in this series. There's hardly been any brilliant bowling spells - broad got that 8/15 and none were hitting the stumps? all caught in the slips or something silly.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

If two international football teams took part in a 5-match series, all played at various grounds within one of the countries and largely the same players in all the games and the games finished 4-0, 0-5, 4-0, 5-0, 0-5, we would all be very perplexed and scratching our heads at what was going on!

 

[toffeejack]

If two international football teams took part in a 5-match series, all played at various grounds within one of the countries and largely the same players in all the games and the games finished 4-0, 0-5, 4-0, 5-0, 0-5, we would all be very perplexed and scratching our heads at what was going on!

from the sporting pinnacle in 2005 to this 10 years later.

every match has had one team firmly in control after day 1 and the other team hasn't even come back into it and it's been over within 3 days when weather hasn't played it's part.

the quality has been utterly appalling imo.

 

[toffeejack]

sanga finished, good career lad, fine fine career.

 

[evilwebby]

don't deserve a draw, been shambolic in this test. nailed on draw people said and just like lord's they've batted abysmally on a flat track. i think both teams have thrown away about 65%/70% of their wickets in this series. There's hardly been any brilliant bowling spells - broad got that 8/15 and none were hitting the stumps? all caught in the slips or something silly.

Agree, we haven't seen much of cricket as a contest between two evenly matched teams - one team has generally dominated the other in each of the matches.
generally speaking the losing team has been abysmal in all 5 matches.