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The Ashes 2023
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Brilliant session of cricket, fantastic knock by Crawley, and very important knock by Ali
To get 170 odd in a session at well over a run a ball is some going
Keep batting through the rest of the day and get into the lead, and take it from there. They are putting time back into the game. 1.5 days play over the final 3 days gives around 150 overs and that could be enough to force a result. Obviously hopefully we don't lose 150 overs to rain!
To get 170 odd in a session at well over a run a ball is some going
Keep batting through the rest of the day and get into the lead, and take it from there. They are putting time back into the game. 1.5 days play over the final 3 days gives around 150 overs and that could be enough to force a result. Obviously hopefully we don't lose 150 overs to rain!
Cummins is a terrible captain.
Completely bottled that session.
How do we play this then?
Declare, and give them around 20 overs this evening to take some wickets, hope to have them out by lunch tomorrow and chase in the afternoon?
Or do we keep on batting and hope we can skittle them without having to bat again?
Completely bottled that session.
How do we play this then?
Declare, and give them around 20 overs this evening to take some wickets, hope to have them out by lunch tomorrow and chase in the afternoon?
Or do we keep on batting and hope we can skittle them without having to bat again?
We’re still seventy-eight behind, so it’s definitely not worth declaring. Take the risk and just leather the ball knowing you can afford wickets.
If we get the runs on the board, we can then still skittle them once we’re in.
JimmyJeffers
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Probably as dominant session of cricket I’ve ever seen against the Aussies. They’ve messed up their selections. If Cummins and Starc aren’t taking the wickets they’re in trouble.
I wouldn't consider it tonight
Bat out the day, get into the lead, get as many as possible this time around. They are still 80 behind so lot of work still to do. I would consider declaring early tomorrow if there is play though, maybe 10 - 15 overs into the day.
I think there is still potential to get maybe 50% of the overs in over the final 3 days - that's potentially 150 odd overs.
Rita_Poon
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They're scoring currently, make hay whilst the sun shines. Get a few on the board and then go full T20 and slash the bat at everything. Big quick score, save the bowlers, put aus in late morning, and try and get some pressure on them. Cometh the hour, cometh the Anderson?
In my opinion we continue to go hard until lunchtime tomorrow. That should give us a lead of 250 /300.
The bowlers need a rest.
We have to hope that there is enough time , even allowing for weather to bowl them out.
get in front, play reasonably sensible but keep increasing the pressure until it goes nuts. first innings runs, get as big a lead as we can
They're hitting boundaries here like they are playing white ball cricket.
JimmyJeffers
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Smith clearly has a lot of say on the field. Can’t be good for confidence if you feel you’re being undermined when things aren’t going your way.
Cummins looks like he wants to hide here.
JimmyJeffers
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I'm glad his test average is back up above 30!
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Pretty incredible to overtake a total of 317, only 2 down, and inside 55 overs
If they can really build this lead then the pressure will really ramp up when the Aussies come back to bat, even if there is a lot of time lost.
If they can really build this lead then the pressure will really ramp up when the Aussies come back to bat, even if there is a lot of time lost.
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