just read mccallum is new red ball coach, appointed by 'cricket chief' rob key who appointed captain stokes

now, i get that i must be asleep and never see a paper, but fucking hell, ive missed all this happening

1 hour ago, Mounts Kipper said:

To little to late... Ashes are done. Lost interest here. 

 

12 minutes ago, meanderson93 said:

Massive disappointment of an innings this after a great start. 

Quite literally letting the Ashes slip through our fingers. 

Not yet……

Just now, desperado said:

 

Not yet……

Damage is done.

Had a chance of a statement this morning, we won't get that again. 

They are

Loving the predictions after 2 and a bit  sessions of a five day Test.😊 

Cummins gone after two balls and a player who hasn’t played Test cricket for 4 years getting 118 from 118 balls. 
Test cricket is the best. Ashes a bit better than that.

The doom merchants on here must be gutted at how the last hour has gone.

1 hour ago, meanderson93 said:

Massive disappointment of an innings this after a great start. 

Quite literally letting the Ashes slip through our fingers. 

Pope injury laid it on a plate for the management group to quietly climb down and bring Foakes in - sadly for all the talk of bravery, they're not brave enough to admit a mistake sometimes.

We're still gonna get them out cheapish but we've taken 18 wickets already in this test.

7 minutes ago, DazBob said:

The doom merchants on here must be gutted at how the last hour has gone.

It’s like half time on a match day 😊 

Imagine at 200 odd for 4. Right that’s it chaps it’s fucking over, give up, walk off, game over, Ashes gone. 

Mark Wood. Take a bow son. 5fer. Should have played from the start? Ifs and maybes. Jealous of anyone there. 

Loved watching Wood giving the Aussies what Starc gave us in the last test.

Need to bat big and long now, not give anything away and we're in with a decent chance of the win we need.

 

27 minutes ago, DazBob said:

The doom merchants on here must be gutted at how the last hour has gone.

Love to be proven wrong, the ashes are are going back to OZ. (Metaphorically)

Need to see Starc off.

Duckett you donkey!

Two Yorkies on their home ground in testing circumstances. Could be interesting this.

2 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Two Yorkies on their home ground in testing circumstances. Could be interesting this.

Let's hope they bat better than they fielded

18 minutes ago, Wanderlust said:

Let's hope they bat better than they fielded

😉

 

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How many does Bairstow owe England in this series?

Lets hope he repays in the first innings.

3 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

How many does Bairstow owe England in this series?

Lets hope he repays in the first innings.

Selection is always open for debate. 10 of us could choose a team and they would probably all be different. Foakes  could have done better (Buttler even better) we’ll never know. As I said earlier, Marsh wasn’t even on the radar at the start of the series but he could have made one of the most significant contributions to this match and the series. 🤷‍♂️

7 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Selection is always open for debate. 10 of us could choose a team and they would probably all be different. Foakes  could have done better (Buttler even better) we’ll never know. As I said earlier, Marsh wasn’t even on the radar at the start of the series but he could have made one of the most significant contributions to this match and the series. 🤷‍♂️

Always pick your best keeper!

18 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

Always pick your best keeper!

Yep. Buttler.😊

Anyway, someone mention Farnworth in another thread?

 

Good day for cricket.

Bairstow's keeping again a bit of a negative, and some of the catching. 

Bit harsh asking Brook to go to 3, and he struggled, but theirs is a good attack, and the pitch helpful to an extent, so not a great surprise.

Plenty of life in this match yet.

 

Bairstow needs a big score here or he's toast.

 

24 minutes ago, Traf said:

Bairstow needs a big score here or he's toast.

He might not keep wicket but he has plenty credit in the bank for his betting

If theres any life in the pitch, duckett and brook have more questions to answer...both of em have shown they can play, but brook has a lot to prove and im always dubious about a shortarse against tall bowlers on bouncy pitches

Duckett needs to learn very quickly that you don't have to play every ball.

8 hours ago, Traf said:

Duckett needs to learn very quickly that you don't have to play every ball.

Ducket was out trying to score at least (and if Bairstow was their keeper it would have got him a 4) - Crawley just hung his bat there for who knows what reason.