Australia v England : The Ashes Tests Discussion

I'mma be honest, I think I'd prefer one thread per test. One per day might be excessive, but one per series leaves the thread kinda languishing outside of my memory by the time the next test comes around.

Bloody hell what a spectacular finish! Shame Head couldn't see it through to the finish, but he deserves man of the match IMO. Starc a close second.

Geez the English won't be happy about that sixth wicket. Confusion all around. Both teams looked like they were gonna review, when the umpires didn'take a decision…them umpire went straight to 3rd ump without making a call. Then snicko shows more of a smush than a snick, IMO.

England on their knees.

And one of the best Head jobs I've seen.

Game, blouses.

Let's see if any of these clowns have learnt how to bat today.

And that applies to both sides.

Well batted for the ton, Root. Glad the rest of your team don't attempt to bat sensibly like that innings.

Carey is an absolute gun standing up at the stumps. And he 100% got Smith out.

I want us to get England out, but don't want us to have to bat tonight 😆

And that's it for Day 2. Feels like Australia should have been a couple of wickets less and in an even better position. That would have set the bowlers up for tomorrow night.

Bad catching from England, but they are still in it. If they can set a target, who knows what the pitch will do if we get to day 4/5.

Most of the Pommy wickets, they've got themselves out.

Helluva run out by Inglis!

Dammit! I tune in and we lose two quick wickets! I might have to turn it off!

Ruh-roh.

Lyon injured, Starc on last warning and England need 100 with 3 wickets left.

Australia did well to fight back. And then this 10th wicket partnership happened...

Please keep these cricket threads open during the series. I love reading these comments.

I so lonely.....

England have decided to try and tire out the Aussie bowlers by letting them bat for hours lol

Onya Scotty!!!

Aussies in control. Hard to see England scratching together enough runs to challenge the Aussies in their 2nd innings. If we actually need to bat at all.

Green, prove me wrong. Get a big score.

England collapse to all out for 172.

Poor from England. Good from Starc with 7/52

Some dodgy batting from Australia so far. Wasting a perfect batting pitch.

Runs have dried up for England.

End of session 2, and the Aussies in a strong position.

Next session will be interesting. Either the Aussies take total control, or the Poms fight their way back in.

Woohoo. Kicking arse.

I said earlier 'Poor from England'

So, all I can say is:

Absolute rubbish from Australia's batsmen. 9/123 is pathetic.

Get rid of these grandpas. I'd rather have young guys failing than these sad old men desperately trying to cling on to glory days from 10 years ago.

Head wants to finish it off tonight, apparently.

Testing period before stumps. Don't want England to get into our grandads

Root playing well. Brook looks dodgy, but is scoring fast.

Game over. Nearly went twice as long as the first test.

Same result lol

Funny to see Jofra get angry at Smith at the end. Maybe he can take some of that fire to the next test.

The pitch looks green, but isn't doing too much. England are almost playing sensibly and Root and Crawley look to have settled in.

Will be interesting to see what happens under the lights tonight.

Good first session for the Aussies on Day 2.

Now we have the Ritalin twins in

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Uhoh! They're changing the ball. The fix is on!

Didn't matter with Head and Carey sealing the Test

This pitch looks like a third day pitch already. Great toss for Australia to win and bat first.

Lyon will clean up the Poms in their 2nd innings. And he might do it in the first as well lol

Onya boys 🇦🇺 All out for 371. Not a bad score.

Since the English wicketkeeper Smith dropped Head, every time he catches the ball, the crowd are cheering him 🤣

Welcome back to the Wollongabba ground as we fire up for the 2nd Test.

And Starc has already sent 2 Poms back to the dressing room!

C'mon Aussie, c'mon!

Fleming commentating for Channel 7: "The broadcaster chooses the technology, but it's not their fault, and they had to pay for it. And it's the ICC's fault anyways" 🤣

Edit: And apparently Fox chose it and pays for it lol. No wonder it's fucked.

Head v Stokes with shades of David Hookes v Tony Grieg

Except Hookesy was 18, I think, and on debut

We'll see if the Poms have any guts now. Nasty little 20 minutes or so before tea, and then the night session.

Muahahahahaha!

Not sure Archer bowling a long spell now is the right thing for England here. Better to save him for the night session.

Aussies just happy to leave everything and see him off.

I've seen enough. There's no way the English will survive Nathan Lyon in the 4th innings.

The English will need a huge 1st innings to have a chance here.

Woohoo 🇦🇺 💚💛💚💛💚💛

Not walking when you know you hit it, until after the opposing team has confirmed their decision to review, is a very unsportsmanlike behaviour.

You would think that Carse was Curtly Ambrose with the way that Green and Carey are backing away from him. Disappointed.

One more left. Let's gooooo!

Yes, and welcome back to the Adelaide Oval for the Third Test!

Good to have your company.

Looks like no Lyons maybe for rest of the series, and no Cummins for Boxing Day.

Lyon snagging 3 key wickets in the 4th innings? Who could have predicted that?😆

It would be an all time comeback for England to win from here.

3-0 yeah! Ashes over!

They got closer than I thought they would.

Advantage Aussies after the 1st session 😁

Good bowling from Starc. Not sure what Brook thinks he's doing.