The Ashes 2021/22

[coxyhog]

12 hours ago, galenkia said:

Woakes not great away from home in tests either.

No batters and depleted bowling, well looks like McGrath will be calling his customary 5-0 result then.🤣

There's nothing like being optimistic😂....but I haven't got much hope either.

Just to underline it the first day of their last warm up game has been washed out.

But there is a glimmer of hope....https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59473412

....it might only be 4-0😂

Edited November 30, 2021 by coxyhog

[Starshine]

It's gonna mess with our sleep patterns....get the cuppa soups ready 

[galenkia]

7 hours ago, coxyhog said:

There's nothing like being optimistic😂....but I haven't got much hope either.

Just to underline it the first day of their last warm up game has been washed out.

But there is a glimmer of hope....https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59473412

....it might only be 4-0😂

Better still, hopefully Australia will go into Covid lockdown and shut the country and cancel the series to save us from the misery. 🤣

[galenkia]

Not all bad news though. Talk is the Perth test might be cancelled due to Covid restrictions, so they would play a second day/night game at Adelaide instead, which would favour our bowler's more. 

Every little cloud...... 

[coxyhog]

England 12 for the 1st test:

Joe Root (c), Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wkt), Haseeb Hameed, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

 

[Starshine]

3 minutes ago, coxyhog said:

England 12 for the 1st test:

Joe Root (c), Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wkt), Haseeb Hameed, Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

 

Good luck lads....don't roll over

[coxyhog]

2 hours ago, Starshine said:

Good luck lads....don't roll over

I just hope the Ollies come to the fore & Root,Buttler & Stokes find some batting form.

Starts at midnight here & I added BT Sport to my Sky package recently so all I have to do now is stay awake.

[Starshine]

43 minutes ago, coxyhog said:

I just hope the Ollies come to the fore & Root,Buttler & Stokes find some batting form.

Starts at midnight here & I added BT Sport to my Sky package recently so all I have to do now is stay awake.

Yep some late nights and early mornings ahead...pot noodles and irn bru all ready

[Stillearly]

Just realised it's on BT ..... bunch of cunts 

[Painter]

36 minutes ago, Stillearly said:

Just realised it's on BT ..... bunch of cunts 

If I'm up in time, I'll be joining Aggers and Tuffers on TMS, assuming they're working

[Starshine]

57 minutes ago, Stillearly said:

Just realised it's on BT ..... bunch of cunts 

Yep...got all the rights

[coxyhog]

1 hour ago, Stillearly said:

Just realised it's on BT ..... bunch of cunts 

I already had Sky Sports so rang them & got a deal for Sky & BT Sports & my home phone line & internet(previously TalkTalk who are shite) for cheaper than I was paying before.Told them if they couldn't give me a decent deal I'd go to BT.

Having said that I'm on the last drops of a bottle of red now & there's four hours to go before the first ball is bowled....

Edited December 7, 2021 by coxyhog

[Lemondropkid]

1 hour ago, Stillearly said:

Just realised it's on BT ..... bunch of cunts 

Think it's streaming free on B365 if you have an account with some cash on it, not the same as TV appreciate that.

Read in today's Times that BT are using Fox Sports commentary, except for the sessions where Michael Vaughn is involved😀

Couldn't stand Vaughn as a commentator even before the latest "events", rent a quote always trying to get himself in the headlines taking cheap shots.

[coxyhog]

Root won the toss & England batting.

No Anderson or Broad so the bowling looks a bit lightweight.

Australia XI: Warner, Harris, Labuschagne, Smith, Head, Green, Carey (wk), Cummins (c), Starc, Lyon, Hazlewood.

England XI: Burns, Hameed, Malan, Root (c), Stokes, Pope, Buttler (wk), Woakes, Robinson, Wood, Leach.

Edited December 7, 2021 by coxyhog

[coxyhog]

Not the most auspicious start for England.....

[Zeb]

Joe Root gone for a duck!

England are in almighty trouble at the Gabba, with England captain Joe Root now trudging back to the sheds for a duck.

Hazlewood celebrates the wicket of Joe Root

Josh Hazlewood has his second wicket from three overs and Australia are rife with confidence. Root had to play at a ball that would have hit the top of off stump. The ball catches the outside of his bat and flies to David Warner at first slip, who takes a comfortable catch.

Ben Stokes is the new man at the crease and lets his first delivery outside the off stump go through to the keeper.

England 3-11 after six overs. 

 

Drinks are served at the Gabba with England 3-24

Australia couldn’t have asked for a much better start to the series.

Hazlewood has been the pick of the bowlers with 2-2 from four overs, while Starc’s first ball wicket to Rory Burns will go down in Ashes folklore. 

Starc celebrates removing Rory Burns for a golden duck on the first ball of the Ashes series

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/ashes-2021-22-first-test-live-updates-broad-set-to-be-left-out-of-england-xi-20211207-p59fiu.html

 

Edited December 8, 2021 by Zeb

[Painter]

3 hours ago, coxyhog said:

Root won the toss & England batting.

No Anderson or Broad so the bowling looks a bit lightweight.

 

At not many for quite a lot, the batting doesnt look much better....

 

[Zeb]

England 5-92 in 33rd over.

[Chang_Paarp]

England  8 - 122 in 45th over.

[galenkia]

Embarrassing. 

With any luck an outbreak of Covid will hit the team and we can abandoned the match. 

[Chang_Paarp]

9 - 144 in 48.3 overs.

[Chang_Paarp]

All out for 147 50.1 overs.

Pat Cummins gets 5 wickets.

[galenkia]

It's raining!!!. 

 

[Starshine]

3 hours ago, galenkia said:

It's raining!!!. 

 

We need a big not a small miracle

[coxyhog]

The rain probably helped Australia more than us.