Super Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Now raining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Super said: 1pm start Great news. Although with such a wet outfield and the ball not doing too much. I fear it will be pretty comfortable to bat it out and get a lead. That with more bad weather on the way! All the odds are against us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Forecast feels like the Aussie lager will soon be placed in the fridge..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Seems I’m not the only one who thinks just letting the weather win is a problem for such a high profile sporting event. Good debate here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said: Seems I’m not the only one who thinks just letting the weather win is a problem for such a high profile sporting event. Good debate here. Umpires get the light meters out early enough anyway, days should start earlier Edited July 23, 2023 by Lrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Expect an announcement will come soon. Sad end but these things happen still a good chance to square the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 2 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said: Seems I’m not the only one who thinks just letting the weather win is a problem for such a high profile sporting event. Good debate here. I was there at "midnight" in 1971 (for those who remember ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 I must admit, the whole low light thing confused me yesterday. Don’t we play nighttime matches under floodlights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hankey Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Not sure if i will ever forgive Ollie Robinson’s bowling in the first test against Lyon & Cummins after this…..such a shite way for it to end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 22 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: I must admit, the whole low light thing confused me yesterday. Don’t we play nighttime matches under floodlights? With a different colour ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Hankey Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Lrrr said: Umpires get the light meters out early enough anyway, days should start earlier Yet they let Boland terrorise our batters in Edgbaston when the light was awful and it was raining, umpires seem immune from criticism in cricket, but more consistency is very much needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman_Stand Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 I blame The Hundred, the fact we've had to fit the entire Test Summer in before the end of July to allow a format of cricket that nobody else even plays is ridiculous. It meant no meaningful warmup series could be arranged and we end up going into the biggest series we play in undercooked 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Shit. Bloody weather, lucky Aussies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 This is an incredibly underwhelming and unsatisfactory way to settle The Ashes. I knowing I’m banging on about it, but I just think test cricket could and should do more to avoid situations like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 So frustrating. What a shame to end this way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 If we win comfortably at the Oval it will feel a travesty not getting our hands on the urn. I haven’t looked back at each day but it certainly feels like we’ve already won as many if not more days than them. A win next week and it’s a draw, we’ve drawn the ashes, I don’t care where the urn is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, ralphindevon said: If we win comfortably at the Oval it will feel a travesty not getting our hands on the urn. I haven’t looked back at each day but it certainly feels like we’ve already won as many if not more days than them. A win next week and it’s a draw, we’ve drawn the ashes, I don’t care where the urn is. I think if we win next week and draw the series from 2-0 down, whilst also being very unlucky not to win 3-2…then it’s going be a very odd spectacle watching the Aussies lift the urn. I’m not sure how they could really celebrate that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Only got ourselves to blame tbf. I feel like the majority of luck in the series went England's way, but we didn't capitalise on it. I bet the Aussies can't quite believe they've retained the Ashes with a Test to spare based on how they've played. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Only got ourselves to blame tbf. I feel like the majority of luck in the series went England's way, but we didn't capitalise on it. I bet the Aussies can't quite believe they've retained the Ashes with a Test to spare based on how they've played. Spot on - We absolutely do only have ourselves to blame as IMO, we have been the better side and we gifted them a 2-0 headstart 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Only ourselves to blame with our slow over rate. Aussies weren’t much better with their rate. Just don’t understand why teams aren’t penalised for slow over rates more severely and why there is a cut off point each day and teams can’t bowl there overs to completion each day. Supporters aren’t getting what they paid for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, wayne allisons tongues said: Only ourselves to blame with our slow over rate. Aussies weren’t much better with their rate. We didn't fail to regain the Ashes because of a slow over rate. Try: lack of a specialist wicky, hair-brained batting after Lyon got injured, and declaring on the first day when Root was smashing them all around the park, for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Majority of luck has gone our way this series with playing conditions. The rain saved them today. That’s cricket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Kid in the Riot said: We didn't fail to regain the Ashes because of a slow over rate. Try: lack of a specialist wicky, hair-brained batting after Lyon got injured, and declaring on the first day when Root was smashing them all around the park, for starters. The slow over rate in this test means that after the 3rd day there had been 30 overs less than should have been bowled in total. That is a whole session of cricket lost, we only bowled 30 overs Saturday due to having to use the spinners due to the light. It is one reason why we didn’t win this test and needs looking at by the authorities for supporters aren’t get there monies worth at matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 56 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Only got ourselves to blame tbf. I feel like the majority of luck in the series went England's way, but we didn't capitalise on it. I bet the Aussies can't quite believe they've retained the Ashes with a Test to spare based on how they've played. Yep, I can’t argue with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 Here we are and my overriding feeling if the series is one of disappointment in Pat Cummins. I’ve grown up admiring how good the Aussies are and my hero is an Aussie - the greatest to ever play the game. Yet I just cannot fathom out that decision to uphold the appeal after Carey’s clever work. There’s no way on earth any of the Aussie captains of days gone by would’ve stood by that. And i genuinely think deep down that not all of their dressing room will have been on board with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markthehorn Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Fordy62 said: Here we are and my overriding feeling if the series is one of disappointment in Pat Cummins. I’ve grown up admiring how good the Aussies are and my hero is an Aussie - the greatest to ever play the game. Yet I just cannot fathom out that decision to uphold the appeal after Carey’s clever work. There’s no way on earth any of the Aussie captains of days gone by would’ve stood by that. And i genuinely think deep down that not all of their dressing room will have been on board with it. I reckon a few would still make the same call ( Steve Smith for example and think Ponting was ok with it I’d we don’t count current players ) but everyone is different. Shame we lost two days basically- must be very unusual nowadays. Lets hope we manage to get the draw at the Oval as think we deserve that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 3 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: We didn't fail to regain the Ashes because of a slow over rate. Try: lack of a specialist wicky, hair-brained batting after Lyon got injured, and declaring on the first day when Root was smashing them all around the park, for starters. I still have no objection to the declaration in the first test, it was the batting in the second innings that threw it away, you play sensibly and even another 50 runs probably sees us home given it was already a situation that England statistically should have won like 8/10 times after they were 8 down 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 8 hours ago, slartibartfast said: I was there at "midnight" in 1971 (for those who remember ) Are you referring to the Mike Proctor match in what was then The Gillette Cup? Or had it become the B&H Cup already? Whatever, if it was that match, I remember watching it on TV, presumably BBC2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted July 24, 2023 Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 9 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Are you referring to the Mike Proctor match in what was then The Gillette Cup? Or had it become the B&H Cup already? Whatever, if it was that match, I remember watching it on TV, presumably BBC2. Yes the Gillette cup ,60 overs, the B&H was 55 overs and came a bit later . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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