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Re: Ashes 2019 - ElwoodBlues1 - 09-15-2019
(09-15-2019, 03:19 AM)capcom link Wrote:Noticed Erasmus f***ed up again. He is dead set biased against Australia and I would not play another test if he is officiating. Hate his guts
Umpiring has been terrible and our use of the DRS has been affected as we dont know when and when not to challenge...
Erasmus is meant to be the best umpire :o IMO the DRS has also messed with the umpires who have that added pressure with every decision replayed/scrutinised
and then tend to favor the home team IMO. Paine also isnt a great judge of where the ball is travelling which doesnt help, some of his challenges have never looked like being out.
Re: Ashes 2019 - LP - 09-15-2019
(09-14-2019, 01:26 PM)JonHenry link Wrote:Glad it’s just a bit of fun this test.
Not important and the players are taking it easy
They are crappy as hell, they were all hoping to be on the plane home by now! ;D
Re: Ashes 2019 - Professer E - 09-15-2019
Side on shots were illuminating... Showed how bad our openers are. Won't make runs at any level batting like that.
Re: Ashes 2019 - capcom - 09-15-2019
This'll be over by stumps
Re: Ashes 2019 - Mantis - 09-15-2019
Smith gone, so it’s time to fly home. Nothing happening here. Nothing to see.
Re: Ashes 2019 - DJC - 09-15-2019
Thoughts of home taking precedence over pride in one’s performance?
Re: Ashes 2019 - LP - 09-15-2019
(09-15-2019, 01:38 PM)DJC link Wrote:Thoughts of home taking precedence over pride in one’s performance?
Yes it's a long tour, and with The Ashes decided the final game is meaningless, it's almost the type definition of Pagan's dancing with your sister!
Re: Ashes 2019 - JonHenry - 09-15-2019
(09-15-2019, 01:38 PM)DJC link Wrote:Thoughts of home taking precedence over pride in one’s performance?
You must be right, Matthew Wade threw the towel in. :
Re: Ashes 2019 - Professer E - 09-15-2019
Last test showed up everything wrong with Aus Cricket. Limped to the line instead of being smart and using this final test with an eye to the future.
Picked wrong openers for tour. Stuck with them. Warner, no red ball time, showed up big time. Harris.... Seen enough, bugger off and learn how to read the line and play a defensive shot. No more double left hand combinations against RH quicks in seaming conditions. Dumb dumb dumb.
Mitch Marsh.... I can see why he was picked to help the bowlers but he is not a test level bat. Maybe number eight? Made side very unbalanced. Tease at best.
Bowler rotation policy went out the window when required most. Why pick Siddle when we had two fresh quicks, albeit neither in great nick. But Siddle was never going to run through England. So we just flogged Cummins and Hazelwood harder. The tactics to the English tail were idiotic.
Persisted with injured Lyon. Critical in home series, now injured.
Then Timmy won't bat first (I can see why with out crap batting) and can't use the DRS right. I like him and what he has done but needs to make the right decisions more consistently.
So overall we won the urn but get ready for some mediocre cricket and horror losses with this group. They're only one wicket away from being bowled out for not many....
Re: Ashes 2019 - LP - 09-15-2019
(09-15-2019, 10:10 PM)Professer E link Wrote:So overall we won the urn but get ready for some mediocre cricket and horror losses with this group. They're only one wicket away from being bowled out for not many....
There is a bit of a feel about it, Smith, Cummins and Hazelwood won The Ashes versus England, pretty much those three surrounded by passengers, that's about all you can write isn't it?
There is some irony in winning The Ashes yet still feeling disappointed! As a team we look so far away from the cricket teams of old, England are even worse! No doubt T20 and ODI has gone a long way to kill off 1st class 5 day skills! Despite that we did have some thrilling games and sessions.
How the feck a guy like Carey wasn't rewarded with a spot in the last test is a dead-set mystery!