Xenophon PCDGS
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Denley gone for 14. Poor shot, pushing away from his body. Nearly survived as Smith juggled the catch several times.
Smith seems to do no wrong in this Ashes series.
Denley gone for 14. Poor shot, pushing away from his body. Nearly survived as Smith juggled the catch several times.
In a glorified dead rubber. Last test motormouth got tonked.Archer will have been heartened to have recorded a six wicket innings haul in an Ashes test.
In a glorified dead rubber. Last test motormouth got tonked.
In a glorified dead rubber. Last test motormouth got tonked.
He did say he was going to get Steve Smith out a couple of tests ago.And I simply don't recognise Joffre Archer as being the "motormouth" that you seem to think that he is. All the descriptions that I've heard from TMS and other sources seem to indicate that he's completely the opposite!
I cannot believe that any Australian team in an Ashes test match would not try their hardest to inflict a defeat on an England side. "The Don", had he still been around, would agree with my view.
Yes, for the second time! We won the other one, too.Archer will have been heartened to have recorded a six wicket innings haul in an Ashes test.
In a glorified dead rubber. Last test motormouth got tonked.
Aren't points available towards the Test Championship? If so each game is equally important.In a glorified dead rubber. Last test motormouth got tonked.
Yes but that doesn't seem to be how Australia are treating it.Aren't points available towards the Test Championship? If so each game is equally important.
Sad to see David Gower and Ian Botham leaving sky sports.
Not quite sure what Smith would have to do to rise in your estimation - a mere 774 runs in the series, from eight innings, ten Test 50s in successive innings, four more than anyone else has achieved in the history of the game.Eng slightly lucky IMHO to have a draw . If you remove Smith and substitute a guy with an average of say 45 would we have won ? Smith over rated but gets runs as he is difficult to bowl to .
I have to say a series played in good spirit , even Warner behaved but Wade seems an aggressive character . Paine a gentleman , too nice to be an Aus captain . Still I thin’ god help us down under in 2021
Not quite sure what Smith would have to do to rise in your estimation - a mere 774 runs in the series, from eight innings, ten Test 50s in successive innings, four more than anyone else has achieved in the history of the game.
That's rather different to maligning his batting performance, unless you're saying those runs were somehow cheated, which I'm sure you're not. The tactic of booing, etc, can be said to have worked against Warner, the true villain of the piece imo, but seems to have had the opposite effect on Smith.Smith will forever be tainted as a cheat.
Middlesex recovered to 337 all out - that's the highest score EVER in any first class match where a team's lost its first six wickets before 40 have been scored! John Simpson, a Lancastrian I understand, batted out of his skin for 167. Middlesex still lost (again!) though.Meanwhile, on the first day in the County Championship Division Two match between Lancashire and Middlesex, Lancashire were dismissed for 259, leaving 18 overs for Middlesex to bat until close of play, but they too found batting difficult and ended the day on 39-6.
Bailey of Lancashire had a good end of the day spell, finishing with 9 - 3 - 16 - 5.
That's rather different to maligning his batting performance, unless you're saying those runs were somehow cheated, which I'm sure you're not. The tactic of booing, etc, can be said to have worked against Warner, the true villain of the piece imo, but seems to have had the opposite effect on Smith.
In finals they will play multiple supovers
Wickets would have been a more logical tiebreaker given how important they are.Seems sensible. I mean those were the rule of the World Cup so we won fair and square but good grief it was a silly way to decide the competition.
I wonder if English fans have the same opinion of Faf du Plessis. After all he was found guilty of ball tampering TWICE! He ended up becoming captain! Doesn't exactly affect his standing in the game.He is a cheat and a fantastic batsman. Sadly the later will always be tainted by the former no matter how much people seek to absolve him. That is what annoys me the most. He had no need to allow his side to cheat.
Wickets would have been a more logical tiebreaker given how important they are.
Most 4s was daft. It's not like it mattered given both sides got to the same score just took a different way to get there.