Ashes cricket
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Losing when scoring over 350 in the first innings is pretty rare I believe. Even 330+.
In England i would agree.
Stirlingsays
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As they say we won't know what a good score is until we bat.
Let's hope that they don't prove they have the better attack.....but we'll see.
Let's hope that they don't prove they have the better attack.....but we'll see.
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In Australia, England have won maybe five or six tests ever after Australia scored more than 350 runs in the first innings. Becomes less once you hit 400. Maybe two or three. So it won't be a common occurrence.
It tends to be higher scoring pitches in Aus.
Midlands Eagle
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In 2006 England declared on 551-6 at this same ground and still managed to lose
chris123
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England
Being bowled out for 129 in the second innings didn't help.
Willo
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Yet another batting capitulation which does not surprise me one jot.
There is every chance that Australia will record a 5-0 series victory and the England players will return home with tails between their legs.
There is every chance that Australia will record a 5-0 series victory and the England players will return home with tails between their legs.
chris123
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Apart Archer our bowling was lamentable.
Willo
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I have family in Australia.I am informed that the populace are marinating themselves in a cauldron of glee with yelps of delight seeing England 'Put to the sword'.
Runningman
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Bring them home now. And confiscate their passports ! 😡
Teddy Eagle
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Clutching at straws but it's just our luck that the temperature in Adelaide is forecast to go down next week from 42 C to 23 C. Adelaide doesn't get much humidity but playing in 105 F can't be fun when you're not used to it.
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That was one game.
Statistics are a manipulators dream and a gift to a sibilant hissing snake.😆
Forest Hillbilly
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One game is too few sample numbers to be used as a statistic. probably best described as an outlyer, and not part of the wider statistical analysis of England performances.
chris123
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Bowling at the stumps would help.
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Consficate all their bats and leave them there. It wouldn't make much difference to the scorelines.
Stirlingsays
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They talk about treating winning the Ashes down under seriously but I don't think they are serious at all. I think the players really care, but they aren't properly prepared in several ways.
If I were at the ECB winning down under would be my obsession.....Not the fecking size of pay checks.
I would be either recreating the pitches at the Australian grounds at a bespoke training centre, either with real dirt from there or using AI to properly recreate the conditions, keep it at the same temperature and air moisture.....Whichever worked. I would have the aggressive crowd audio and have bowling machines that match the usual Aussie bowlers they might expect.....I think they have that last one.
I would be testing all the players likely to play for England in those conditions, to find which ones responded best.
Because English culture encourages weak men, that's what we currently get when the pressure is on.....Players who fold and can't execute their skills when it matters. We need Boycotts and instead we have Popes.....and I say that knowing that Pope has the talent, but when it's uncomfortable and hard he doesn't produce.
We can't fully blame the players and captain, when the ECB themselves don't take winning the urn seriously enough.
Instead they think 5-0 results are acceptable just as long as the home matches sell out......Well, anyone with brains knows that the young won't turn up for these home matches if they don't think away results matter....to the extent that we get humiliated.
If I were at the ECB winning down under would be my obsession.....Not the fecking size of pay checks.
I would be either recreating the pitches at the Australian grounds at a bespoke training centre, either with real dirt from there or using AI to properly recreate the conditions, keep it at the same temperature and air moisture.....Whichever worked. I would have the aggressive crowd audio and have bowling machines that match the usual Aussie bowlers they might expect.....I think they have that last one.
I would be testing all the players likely to play for England in those conditions, to find which ones responded best.
Because English culture encourages weak men, that's what we currently get when the pressure is on.....Players who fold and can't execute their skills when it matters. We need Boycotts and instead we have Popes.....and I say that knowing that Pope has the talent, but when it's uncomfortable and hard he doesn't produce.
We can't fully blame the players and captain, when the ECB themselves don't take winning the urn seriously enough.
Instead they think 5-0 results are acceptable just as long as the home matches sell out......Well, anyone with brains knows that the young won't turn up for these home matches if they don't think away results matter....to the extent that we get humiliated.