Cricket Season Thread

[tiger_one]

Make that now, Aussies 6 for 83.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Stokes is one hell of a competitor

 

[swag_tiger]

7/118 now

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Bit we rich when we laugh at Bazball. We can barely bat ourselves.

 

[Charred]

I like how we went to the effort of selecting 2 specialist openers to avoid having to open with Smith or Marnus or whoever is not an opener to have Smith and Marnus both in after 2 balls of the innings 🤦‍♂️.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

poms need to throw bazzballl out and dig in

 

[Stevec]

Bolands bad day continues out 2nd ball

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Pommy attack should rip through the Aussies
doubt starc bowls like that in second innings, not much apart from him

this aged well

 

[Stevec]

Our preparation in last few months terrible
Cummins not fit ,Hazelwood not fit ,Kwajaja not fit
Batting line up ,jumping and trying to ride high bounce
Technique really lacking .
Starc great ,Doggett ok but rest leave me thinking Ashes in serious jeopardy
Eng 192 Aust 9-123
The fact that Lyon batting at 9 says we have no tail
Doģgett batting below Boland ?
We had 1 Starc they had 3 or 4 Starcs
Well done Starc ,pity the rest of the team let you down

 

[Betterdays22]

Scorecard so far looks very similar to the same test last year against India.

Early doors and plenty of time to turn it around but my god that batting was awful.

feels like upside down world with England having 4 guys who can bowl 145+. Hate it

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I was watching Day 1 of 02-03 Series last night. The infamous opener where Hussain sent us in. 2/364 at stumps. Those were the days.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Those last two wickets were a killer. Could have eeked out enough to draw level with 3 wickets left. Now, the Poms most likely have a handy lead. Someone on commentary said the Aussies must be shell shocked. Why? Is this a new phenomenon with the Aussie batting?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Wonder what the odds are on the match finishing tomorrow? Not that far fetched.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Best opening day to an Ashes that I've ever seen. Can't wait for day 2 and the rest of the series.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Best opening day to an Ashes that I've ever seen. Can't wait for day 2 and the rest of the series.

Wasn’t boring. The downside is most Tests probably won’t see Day 4. So won’t have anything to watch a lot of days.

 

[jadtiger]

Nineteen wickets in a day and i don't think you can blame the pitch at all.It was just terrible batting on both sides.

 

[tiger_one]

Nineteen wickets in a day and i don't think you can blame the pitch at all.It was just terrible batting on both sides.

As they say, don’t judge a pitch until both teams have batted on it, but WOW!
you'd reckon both camps are having big postmortems - this first test is pretty much the gateway to what follows.
The Poms are fighting the Bazball overtones while we Aussies are showing our worst nightmare (and what we've had for recent seasons) - a very ineffective batting top order, and then there's the age issue - too many relying on past form.
Anyway, it's nothing if not intriguing from here.

 

[tiger_one]

Some 1st day Aussie batting low lights

 

[innsaneink]

Best opening day to an Ashes that I've ever seen. Can't wait for day 2 and the rest of the series.

Best?
The batting was terrible

 

[GNR4LIFE]

The only other opening day I can think of that comes close to that is Lords 2005. Aussies bowled out for 190, and England went to Stumps, at 7/92. Would have been an interesting stat if England got the last wicket. I can’t think of any Test where both sides got rolled on Day 1. Let alone an Ashes Test.