Ashes 2019

[capcom]

Bad day at the office ... AGAIN.

Khawaja MUST be dropped.  He has NO idea

[Professer E]

Too many left handers, too many with rancid techniques.

Bad toss to loose. 

England won the ashes when Smudge got hit. 

[capcom]

6 for 19. 

[malo]

Bad day at the office ... AGAIN.

Khawaja MUST be dropped.  He has NO idea

Yep, well Labuschagne has made it impossible to drop him when Smith comes back...so, yep bye bye Kahwaja.

& ...way too many leftys.  Wade really is not the bloke I want to see coming in at 6 in a tight situation.  Paine, doing a great job as skipper atm.....but showing what we miss with a good keeper batsman, even of Haddens skill & fight.

[flyboy77]

Yep, well Labuschagne has made it impossible to drop him when Smith comes back...so, yep bye bye Kahwaja.

& ...way too many leftys.  Wade really is not the bloke I want to see coming in at 6 in a tight situation.  Paine, doing a great job as skipper atm.....but showing what we miss with a good keeper batsman, even of Haddens skill & fight.

Heads must roll, Langer's included!

[capcom]

Gillespie was easily the better choice as coach.  Langer's a CA stooge.

[Mantis]

No wonder I don’t watch us play test cricket because we are sh1t. Who the hell taught these guys basic batting technique? I stayed up late for nothing. Not that it took long to fall apart. Get Bolton to teach them the basics. It couldn’t get any worse.

[Professer E]

Been telling you blokes for ages,  Langer is a stooge and picks mates.

When it's dry (=Australian conditions)  and the balls doing little we are the superior side with bat and ball.  When it's moving we're rubbish.

Really like Markus,  plays like he gives a $'!# and it means something.  Khawaja has been an inconsistent,  under performer for ten years.  Simply has to go.

[flyboy77]

6 for 19.

They were 2-136 when Warner went.

So , 8 for 43.

[tonyo]

They were 2-136 when Warner went.

So , 8 for 43.

To be fair, pretty tough conditions to bat under.  The ball was bobbling all over the place, and at speed.  In fact, early on it was almost moving too much - the ball missed the outside edge of Warner's bat by big margins (and not because he didn't offer a shot).  Once the movement was not so pronounced, it was more dangerous.

If we can get the same sort of conditions on Day 2, Cummins, Pattinson and Hazlewood will be a real handful - 179 might look like a good score, because their batting is hardly top-shelf either.