I thought a bit more than a good effort with most of our regular attack out for most of the series
Won 1 8 wickets Won 2 8 wickets Won 3 82 runs Won 5 5 wickets
Lost 4 4 wickets on a highly unsatisfactory pitch .
If we were below standard ? What does that say about the English ?
In the end a comfortable 5 wicket win
Win series 4 -1 ( even 2-2 ) would have retained the Ashes
Cam Green finally stood up in the end
England only win was on a terrible unsatisfactory MCG pitch .
Point is England cant expect to win when we got 567 in the 1st innings
No Hazelwood ,Cummins 1...
Head was just edging Starc for man of the series but Starc getting the last 2 today to go to 31 wickets and Head getting out today to a really reckless shot has me now having Starc edging Head for man of the series
Carse almost assaulting the on field umpire weatherald didn't hit it a flattish murmur could be anything
They were also upset when Head edged a full ball to the boundary and ball didn't even touch the pads yet they feel aggrieved then
They are over the top
Day 5
England lose 2 -40 in 13.2 overs ( 80 balls )
Took our champion Starc to pick up both wickets
Starc now 433 wickets 12th on the all time list and only one of the other 11 has a better strike rate
Australia need 160 to win series 4-1
Whatever Ashes retained , Series won !
Special shout out to Mitch Starc as he played 5 tests on the trot and on day 4 of the 5th test he was still bowling ball after ball at speeds well into the 140 kph +
He must be tired but his fitness is remarkable
He has given up millions in Franchise T 20 cricket to dedicate himself to...
Comparison of our 2 allrounders
Green batting ave 32 bowling ave 39
Webster batting ave 40 bowling ave 20
What's needed is batting ave always higher than bowling ave
Webster statistically is the man
One thing I like about these Aussie groups like the Richie's and the Storm Troopers etc etc is they are just about fun .Not about National pride ,Patriosm and glory songs just simply FUN !
Steve Smith has 215 test catches which is one behind Joe Root with 216 who leads the tally world wide but given Smith has played 40 less tests its obvious he will soon lead the list
No the guy was an englishman whose name was Chappel which stood out because of same name as Australian captain at the time .
He was arrested within 24 hours charged and heavily fined but alas cost us a probable test win
Cam Green needs to be needed tomorrow to salvage his test career
Series stats 149 runs ave 21 and strike rate 61/100 balls
4 wickets ave 71 and strike rate wicket per 93 balls
Catches 4 caught 4 dropped
Seems Beau Webster has taken his allrounder...
Back in the 80,s Australia in England were in a position similar to this going into the 5th day .However an English fan with the name of Chappel snuck into the ground and dug up the pitch so the match was called off and declared a draw
Police charged the guy but a dreadful act of cheating to...
Beau Webster 72 not out + 3 wickets
He's is good value for money ( should have been picked ahead of Green a few tests ago )
Finally Green a good catch and Weatherald a good throw made a contribution
In general however I thought a lot of our ground fielding looked sloppy
maybe players tired...
Imo it's lucky we won the first 3 tests because this test team is not first class
Except Head , Marnus , Smith , Carey , Starc , Boland ,Neser and Webster
That's 8 not 11
We have 3 bowlers only
Starc ,Boland and Neser
The rest are rubbish
Cummins and Hazelwood and Lyon not playing is impossible to replace
( hope you Capt Pat are feeling nice and comfortable sitting in the shade
Don't over exert yourself !