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The Ashes

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  1. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Talk about all things Ashes on this thread.

    1-5 1st Test, Edgbaston
    Play due to start at 11:00 BST

    4-18 2nd Test, Lord's (11:00 BST)

    22-26 3rd Test, Headingley (11:00 BST)



    September

    4-8 4th Test, Old Trafford (11:00 BST)

    12-16 5th Test, The Oval (11:00 BST)


    England squad for first Test: Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.

    Australia squad: Tim Paine (capt, wk), Cameron Bancroft, Patrick Cummins, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner.
     
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    I am working today.. But pleased to see a good solid start by England with good economical bowling..
     
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    110-5 off 39overs.. Great start!
     
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    One hour later 136-8

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    All without Jimmy Anderson. Four overs and he has a strain. :emoticon-0101-sadsm
     
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    Theat is disappointing.

    Hoped won't cost us too much ..

    Shame the Aussies reached 200 - puts more pressure on us now .
     
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  7. yorkshirehornet

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    And a dodgy start to day two..
     
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    Well some consolidation by lunch.... need a good second session ...
     
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    If I was Lyon I would want to play for a different team, it looks like someone has sandpapered his head <yikes>
     
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    99 Runs and only lose 1 WKT that was great If we can only lose 1 more wkt before the end of play would put us in the box seat
     
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    Sadly we have lots a couple of cheap wickets..
    BUT
    Burns gets his Ton!!
     
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    Was there something dodgy about the ball change?
     
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    All we need now is Stokes to get a big score
     
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    A good day for England. So we can play proper cricket. :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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    Well done Rory Burns, a patient and controlled innings. He's proved me wrong, I doubted he could play test cricket <cheers>
     
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    Ok so we lost 2 WKTS from Tea to the close but this partnership is worth 74 .If we can get 120-150 lead then that would almost force the Aussies to bat for 2 days
     
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  17. yorkshirehornet

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    Seems like bad luck for England that...The replacement ball really started swinging..

    But a good day for England and should be able to post a tidy lead tomorrow
     
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    Stokes maintained his form from the WC final.

    Well done to Burns as well .
     
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    374all out... A fairly decent lead..
     
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    Anderson clearly not fit though!
     
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