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Post by jacko on Aug 25, 2019 11:30:12 GMT
Super so far from Bairstow. Stokes finding his range too.
Aussie bowlers looking ragged for the first time in the series.
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Post by giraffe72 on Aug 25, 2019 11:33:03 GMT
This is a proper game of cricket. Still a long way to go but we've given ourselves a chance.
Getting a bit squeaky Ray?...
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Post by jacko on Aug 25, 2019 11:35:44 GMT
Still, nice to have this to entertain when i don't have my TGCT rounds to play  |
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Post by paulus on Aug 25, 2019 11:44:52 GMT
New ball has not been nearly as effective as I thought it might - helped by the fact that the Aussies haven't been so relentless in line & length this morning. England have just gone into favourite status for the first time in the match! (51%/49%)  Plenty distance left to run... we need to keep our mentality right here... I hope we don't go chasing the total as it draws nearer. |
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Post by ray on Aug 25, 2019 11:46:57 GMT
This is a proper game of cricket. Still a long way to go but we've given ourselves a chance. Getting a bit squeaky Ray?... Unlike you lot, I’ll stick by my boys 😉 You don’t get to celebrate if you abandoned them after the first dig.. Looking at you Stokie 😂 |
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Post by ray on Aug 25, 2019 11:48:08 GMT
Still, nice to have this to entertain when i don't have my TGCT rounds to play You can always go and play the beginner club event I suggested then was discluded from... |
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Post by paulus on Aug 25, 2019 12:02:16 GMT
Pretty sure you'd be calling your boys a shower of shit if they put on that limp 67 too  Obvs we're all still here supporting through thick & thin... but we just told it like it was 2 days ago... even if we do complete the chase today, it was a piss poor effort on day 2. And Roy still needs to go.... Lyon looking really good... still plenty left to do after lunch. |
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Post by ray on Aug 25, 2019 12:06:10 GMT
The 189 we made in the first dig was pretty bad, but my response was to say the boys needed to start scratching at the bars to get themselves out of jail.
2 wickets and we’re through. Fair to say you’re favourites now but it can still go either way.
What an absolute roller coaster of a test though. Thanks for coming over here to include me lads 🙏🏼
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Post by jacko on Aug 25, 2019 13:16:49 GMT
What a howler  |
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Post by paulus on Aug 25, 2019 14:26:23 GMT
Yh, the run out was the turning point in this final phase of the test. Some good pressure from the Aussie bowlers tho.
What coulda & shoulda been... if only we could have been just poor in that first innings.
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Post by jacko on Aug 25, 2019 15:01:01 GMT
Fucking hell this is torture
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Post by paulus on Aug 25, 2019 15:18:39 GMT
Nuts. The miss run out, the review coming back to bite them almost immediately, and Ben Stokes, who must have sold his soul to the devil for a summer no English cricket fan will ever forget.
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Post by giraffe72 on Aug 25, 2019 15:28:57 GMT
I can't believe what I've just seen. I'm late for work and I don't care! |
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Post by giraffe72 on Aug 25, 2019 15:31:07 GMT
That review! I said at the time what a stupid review, wasn't even hitting the next stump! Boy did that come back to bite them 😂
Stokes deserves his luck for one of the greatest and most dramatic test innings ever played. Awesome 🙌
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Post by jacko on Aug 25, 2019 16:09:36 GMT
Dropped catch in the deep, Missed Run Out by Lyon, Rubbish Review.
Aussies dropped the Ashes 3 times and Ben Stokes picked them up |
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Obvs we're all still here supporting through thick & thin... but we just told it like it was 2 days ago... even if we do complete the chase today, it was a piss poor effort on day 2. And Roy still needs to go....