Ashes 2023 (20 Viewers)

[duffer]

"Yorkshire's Brook has not batted higher than number five in his nine Tests to date. He has batted at three 13 times for his county, most recently in 2018."

Be interesting to see how that works out.

Especially given he'll be walking out before half-eleven.

I jest, I think, though it's hard to know how England are going to play these days. Bring back Chris Tavare, that's what I say.

Happy to see Woakes and Wood back in the side, I think they've both got something to offer depending on conditions. You might want screenshot this though, as I reserve the right to delete this post at any point before day three.

 

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[Bertola]

Happy to see Woakes back in. Still prefer him to Robinson, so would've had him for both tests already, and Wood being fit is a major boost too. Fingers crossed we can use him in all 3 tests left.

Fell sorry for Tongue. Was arguably the pick of the bowlers last week, yet is dropped

 

[Macca]

Disappointed to see Tongue dropped, thought he had that little something about him. Good to see someone had courage to take Jimmy out, legend but his time is done against the very best. Ali not sure. Has been one of my favourites but underwhelming of late

 

[David O'Day]

Disappointed to see Tongue dropped, thought he had that little something about him. Good to see someone had courage to take Jimmy out, legend but his time is done against the very best. Ali not sure. Has been one of my favourites but underwhelming of late

Mo is back in as another bowler and the tail is really long

 

[Macca]

Mo is back in as another bowler and the tail is really long

Hope his fingers are ok!

 

[Bertola]

Thats the start we needed!

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

Wood sending missiles down with his first over.

91, 93, 95, 95, 94, 93.

 

[skybluestub]

The ball for the Khawaja wicket was a peach. We've missed the pace!

 

[CCFCSteve]

Wood sending missiles down with his first over.

91, 93, 95, 95, 94, 93.

Great to see ! Missed him

 

[David O'Day]

The benefits of someone bowing at 90+

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

Nice to see Woakes getting a wicket too.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Fucking hell Bairstow.

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

Jonny. Fucking. Bairstow.

Regulation catch.

 

[CCFCSteve]

Not good enough by Bairstow. Inside edge miss fair enough but that’s poor

 

[tisza]

not even difficult.

 

[CCFCSteve]

Will take that though !

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

Immediate redemption!

Still shite though.

 

[CCFCSteve]

Immediate redemption!

Still shite though.

If he’d had dropped that smith dolly I’d have driven up to headingley and carried him off the pitch myself

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Smith reviewed he knew he hit that .Wasted review.

 

[David O'Day]

Smith reviewed he knew he hit that .Wasted review.

he's a nob for dig that, he reviews all the time when he knows he is out

 

[David O'Day]

they really can't handle the pace of wood at the moment

 

[Northants Sky Blue]

Great session.

I await any 'housery for Cummins and Carey with interest

 

[tisza]

good morning but should have been a really good one with 5 down before lunch on day 1.

 

[David O'Day]

Great session.

I await any 'housery for Cummins and Carey with interest

carey in next, be lovely to see

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

Had a good chuckle at this

 

[CCFCSteve]

Another one goes down . Dropped so many in this series

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

Now it's Root's turn for Christ's sake, another simple one

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Woakes a good team player there if that had been Broad he would have claimed it was crashing into middle.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Dropped catchea again

 

[Macca]

Bairstow is a liability this series. This innings largely decides the Ashes

 

[CCFCSteve]

So frustrating. We’ve done the hard work again and then just give them chance after chance. As Nasser said at the end of the Lords test, we need to be more ruthless…yet same story

 

[Macca]

And it must be heaven as a top class batsman to face Robinson bowling club cricket gifts

 

[SkyBlueSoul]

I'm gonna hedge my bets and say this is Australia's session

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

England making another average batsman look like the best in the world

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Root and Bairstow owe the team plenty after the drops