3rd Ashes Test Match ...

[monmouth]

It’s on. Root hit a two! 100 more of them and then let Stokes get on strike.

 

[monmouth]

It’s on. Root hit a two! 100 more of them and then let Stokes get on strike.

Oh, I sense a flaw…

Still, ok a few singles and fours then too. There’s one.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

And so it begins.

46/5

 

[Lifelong]

Will England make Australia bat again?

 

[lidojack]

Nice early night tonight lads!

 

[monmouth]

Oh dear

All that hot air after the last test. What can Root say now? “I want no more of captaining such a pile of crap?”

 

[TheLoneRanger]

What a fvcking embarrassment.

England 68/10

Australia win by an innings and 14 runs.

What a debut by Boland 1/48 and 6/7

 

[BanosSwan]

It's ok, Buttler was NO. We can build around that.

 

[lidojack]

The lowest score to win by an innings for a century.
Those "honest conversations" did the trick.

 

[Cooperman]

https://twitter.com/wisdencricket/status/1475634109070381061?s=21

 

[dickythorpe]

Shockingly bad. The investment these guys get is not peanuts.
Poor attitude.

 

[Cooperman]

Shockingly bad. The investment these guys get is not peanuts.
Poor attitude.

I don't think it's only attitude, Dicky. Instead I think the significant contributing factor is a complete lack of preparation and failings on the part of the ECB who are not providing a structure within which these cricketers can apply and hone their skills and get accustomed to the mentality that is required to bat through a day. The County Championship has long been a joke, now more so than ever, pushed out to the front and back end of the season when most of the test squad cannot participate. We can all cite Rory Burns and his dismal form but then look at the alternative, nobody can tell me that Zak Crawley was adequately prepared via his net practice for the intensity of the MCG. There are some lean years ahead for the red ball team.

 

[Cooperman]

What a debut by Boland 1/48 and 6/7

A guy who regularly plays the long form of the domestic game, 100% appearance record in last years Sheffield Shield and has also been participating this year prior to his call up to the Oz squad. Physically and mentally prepared and ready for action, and he's duly delivered.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

England with 9 Test defeats in 2021 - the joint-highest by a team in a calendar year -

Equalling Bangladesh, who lost each of their nine Test matches in 2003.

 

[Cooperman]

England with 9 Test defeats in 2021 - the joint-highest by a team in a calendar year -

Equalling Bangladesh, who lost each of their nine Test matches in 2003.

Just imagine the scenario whereby Root had a bad year. Those nine defeats would be well into double figures.