England v Australia - THE ASHES

[Jeff Jones]

I've been hearing whinging about pitches for a long time, but the fact is, it's the same for both sides. Simple as that.

If the state of the pitch influences the result, it will be because it favours the side that wins the toss.

 

[rascal]

BT Sport have bought the rights to all Aussie home games for the next 5 years meaning they have the next Ashes. Pretty annoying given how good Sky's coverage is. At least Sky will still have all England's other matches and the home Ashes (for now at least).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ar...hes-TV-rights-rivals-Sky-Sports-80m-coup.html

They've paid £70m for something shown during the dead of night.

Madness.

 

[toffeejack]

I've been hearing whinging about pitches for a long time, but the fact is, it's the same for both sides. Simple as that.

If the state of the pitch influences the result, it will be because it favours the side that wins the toss.

it's irrelevant anyway. home advantage/local conditions - call it whatever you want.

it's impossible for us to produce lightining quick rock hard pitches like they can in australia - which i presume is what they wanted.

 

[summerisle]

One off 20/20 match tomorrow in Cardiff. Weather looks ok - three o'clock start.

 

[BlueLlama]

Weather forecast is good for the one dayer in Southampton too - will be there with a couple of mates, can't wait.

 

[summerisle]

Quick guide to one day series :

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/29/england-australia-odi-series-alex-hales-moeen-ali

 

[The Equaliser]

5 ODIs to follow the 20/20 starting Wednesday.

Will be interesting to see if the new England turn up against the World Champions.

 

[toffeejack]

would have fancied today, started to be really sunny today, thought the forecast was rain all day.

by would have fancied today i meant i would have liked to have gone, saw £45 for a ticket and thought feck off!

considering it'll last the same time as a football match, that's pretty awful pricing imo. not sold out unsurprisingly, i think it included the women's match as well possibly.

why nto 3 T20's though? so glad the ODI series is 5 not 7 games.

 

[summerisle]

Aussies win the toss and put England in.

 

[toffeejack]

interesting to keep an eye on. do umpires watch out for foot no balls more in T20 cricket than in tests? you'd expect they do, but why?

 

[summerisle]

interesting to keep an eye on. do umpires watch out for foot no balls more in T20 cricket than in tests? you'd expect they do, but why?

Get two runs and a free hit. Three wides in the first over.

 

[The Equaliser]

One of the widest wides you could see. Starc has completely lost his radar.

 

[toffeejack]

i think experience shows that shane watson should not be looking baffled about LBW decisions. he's an idiot of the highest order. slow start from england.

 

[toffeejack]

that was coming from roy - he's thrown his hands at a couple with no real technique. good aussie bowling side this.

 

[toffeejack]

hmm maxwell's action. that is very odd. didn't realise it looking that odd in the IPL, can you be sure he's not throwing it? very very round arm.