2013/14 Ashes thread

[TightEnd]

Evens both teams at the moment in the betting

very interesting match

England go favorites if we can set 200+ I reckon

[gherkin]

Evens both teams at the moment in the betting

very interesting match

England go favorites if we can set 200+ I reckon

I was thinking about this, I reckon maybe 230 would be the 50/50 target.  

You can watch for 15 minutes, see the ball do nothing and think 280 would be par with a patient run chase.  Then you see the ball reverse swinging, batsmen struggling to time the ball and not getting value for shots and think it's more like 200.

Great game!

[buzzharvey22]

I think swanny will be crucial in the 4th innings

[mondatoo]

Think we need Bell to get a 100, gettttttt.

[DungBeetle]

I think Aussies will struggle to chase much above 200.

[TightEnd]

Think we need Bell to get a 100, gettttttt.

Doesn't need that many

Aussies can't get 200 on this slow spinning track. Don't think so anyway. Until the new ball, was a real struggle to score

[mondatoo]

Think we need Bell to get a 100, gettttttt.

Doesn't need that many

Aussies can't get 200 on this slow spinning track. Don't think so anyway. Until the new ball, was a real struggle to score

I was thinking 250.

Prior such a loose cannon, could get 50 off 40 balls, or be out next ball, fun to watch though.

[DungBeetle]

250 lead England very heavy favs imo.

[Tal]

Right then. One tenth of the way through the Ashes.

[gherkin]

Think we need Bell to get a 100, gettttttt.

Doesn't need that many

Aussies can't get 200 on this slow spinning track. Don't think so anyway. Until the new ball, was a real struggle to score

You're more optimistic than me!  England 208-5 and haven't batted brilliantly - could be only 3 down (in 90 overs) if you think Trott wasn't out and Root's decision probably would have been overturned if he referred it.  

Australia have bowled well, seems to have turned into a pitch where both wickets and runs are hard to come by.  Still think a lead of ~230 is par

[Woodsey]

Stuart Broad 

[gherkin]

If I was playing for England, having seen the 2 howlers against us yesterday, I'm not walking!  Australia have wasted 3 reviews this innings (they got 1 back because of the Trott shocker) so can't complain.

What comes around goes around, great bit of luck for England!

[Woodsey]

If I was playing for England, having seen the 2 howlers against us yesterday, I'm not walking!  Australia have wasted 3 reviews this innings (they got 1 back because of the Trott shocker) so can't complain.

What comes around goes around, great bit of luck for England!

What was the second one mate? Saw the trott one...

[Tal]

Lovely to see Bell producing when England really need it. Gets a lot of (what my one eye thinks is unmerited) criticism for being a fair weather scorer but this is a steely innings.

[gherkin]

If I was playing for England, having seen the 2 howlers against us yesterday, I'm not walking!  Australia have wasted 3 reviews this innings (they got 1 back because of the Trott shocker) so can't complain.

What comes around goes around, great bit of luck for England!

What was the second one mate? Saw the trott one...

Agar was stumped very early in his innings - it was close, one camera angle was inconclusive but there was another that was conclusive.  Australia went on to score around 150 more after that!



As I mentioned before, even if you don't consider the bails broken there (which to me they are) then he is still not behind the line on the next frame in which they definitely are!

Maybe can't be considered a "shocker" like Trott's as the Umpire obviously decided he couldn't be sure but it's definitely the wrong decision which cost England a lot of runs