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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Yeah, for fuck's sake this is getting silly now. He's had about 5 lives. It'll go down as a peerless knock, somehow.
    here we go:

    Good Old Michael Vaughan

    But you have to play with discipline. You have to earn the right to score. Look at what Labuschagne has done, he's worn the opposition down. I don't see that from the England team and I haven't seen that for four years.

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    He’s had luck of course he has. But, he’s also not completely thrown his wicket away inside 5 balls.

    I was thinking earlier they only have 4 bowlers. But, we aren’t even getting close to making them work hard. Actually try and see out the new ball get 30/40 overs in only having lost 2 wickets even if we have only scored 60 it doesn’t matter, there is enough in the middle order to accelerate but if they keep coming in at 40-4 after 20 overs of course they are going to get skittles. But bring them in at 150-3 every now and then with a team having bowled 60 overs already we will have a chance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    here we go:



    He’s not wrong.

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    Yeah (@ Luke), but it's a bit much to say he's got his head down and grafted when he's been spaffing a chance into the cordon every 10 runs or so.

    His first ball was an expansive drive against Leach as well having just seen his mate bowled by a corker that turned square.

    The 'old ball' doesn't exist with this version of the Duke, it would seem (seam?). And we've had the aggressive brand come in a positions of strength only to fuck it up (first test). The power of the middle order is a myth.

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    Both teams are utter dogshit, we are just worse.

    Meanwhile Sam Curran closed out a T20 tonight and Moeen got 85* (46) chasing down 180, sad face.

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    My word he's gone for Bairstow there. Somebody print it out and leave it on his dressing room peg.

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    Bairstow adding further fuel to the fire there.

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    And he's bang on as well.

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    Was that 4 or 5 drops in Labuschagne's innings?


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    No wickets down at lunch. Very much advantage England.

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    Yeah, if we can just survive the first over or so after lunch we'll be fine.

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    We're in their heads, lads.

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    270 for 8 wickets is doable for a normal team. You're needing a tonne or close from someone in the middle though.

    I can't wait for us to get to within 100 and then collapse horrifically.

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    I was going to come in here just before heading out to the football to say that we could easily be 180-1 overnight and still lose before lunch tomorrow, so looks like they might be trying to test that theory in one way or another. Wicket incoming ofc.

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    Well you can kindly fuck off Niko.

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    Yeah, sorry.

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    Denly departing to a standing ovation. Jimmy will be furious.

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    It still seemed a lot of wafty shite. Still, runs are there and I'd have taken that at the start of the day.

    We'll still lose two wickets before lunch of course.

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    If that keeps Denly in the team then Ed Smith can fuck off and take his fucking round Prince Andrew sunglasses with him.

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    You know fine we'll that's his position secured for about six months.

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    Way way too much optimism around this morning.

    I'll try to steer clear of it as best I can.

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    We'll probably be skittled for 250, which will be seen as improvement and therefore no changes will actually be made.

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    I know. We are 2/1 to win which is absolutely ridiculous, should be 33/1.

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    Where is the optimism coming from?

    Does not being total shit get people that excited?

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    It's just the way the news is.

    Day 1: England back in the ashes, all hail Lord Jofra
    Day 2: Ashes all but gone, much despair
    Day 3: Ashes not actually lost but must default to either position of extreme despair or IT'S COMING HOME!
    Day 4: Profit?

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    Oh well. That’s the game.

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    Yeah, if we had any shred of hope it relied on Root seeing through this spell and the new ball you'd think.

    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    It's just the way the news is.

    Day 1: England back in the ashes, all hail Lord Jofra
    Day 2: Ashes all but gone, much despair
    Day 3: Ashes not actually lost but must default to either position of extreme despair or IT'S COMING HOME!
    Day 4: Profit?
    Yeah to be fair I'm not really sure why I even asked the question, I've seen it often enough when England beat Spain in a friendly or whatever.

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    We’ll get em in wides...

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    62/0 in the 10 overs of the second new ball

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    We are now 8/13 favs. Absolute horse shit.

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    If Roy and Burns had got any kind of reasonable score then this would most certainly be on. I can't wait to see us not be able to get 130-5 from this.

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    I’m getting more confident but Lyon has started to really rag it this spell and that changes things. It’s still very much on but Aus certainly favourites.

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    One wicket is all it'll take for us to crumble.

    This partnership is the one.

    It's the slivers of hope I hate the most.

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    Bairstow and probably hope gone.

    The hope does indeed kill you.

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    Ugh.

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    Fuck's sake.

    That said I'd have said Woakes gave us more hope than Buttler on current form but basically Stokes needs to play the innings of a lifetime and not run out of partners, which won't happen.

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    What in the actual fuck was that?

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    Ugh some real soft dismissals after lunch

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    They've obviously forgotten over lunch that we still had all of tomorrow to bat as well.

    Some stupid decisions here.

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    Woakes' performance in this match probably makes the selectors job easier for the next one if Anderson is fit again.

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    Archers been asking for it a couple of times here.

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    Aye...

    Stupid decision once more. You have to think Stokes will have to open it up now.

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    Stop teasing me and just get out, Stokes.

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    Even 40 runs between Broad, Buttler and Woakes and this would be on.

    I hope he at least gets the tonne up.

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    This is agony.

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    What is the mad bastard doing??

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    Somebody hold me.

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    Oh my God.

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