| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! 16:19 - Aug 25 with 3778 views | gainsboroughblue |
I've never seen anything like that.
Ben Stokes was utterly immense. |  |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:20 - Aug 25 with 3149 views | catch74 |
Well played Gainsborough and to a lesser extent Stokes. |  |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:21 - Aug 25 with 3133 views | Reuser_is_God |
I’ve been at Brightlingsea beach all day, BBC app crashed 10 runs out.
Can not wait to watch the highlights. |  |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:22 - Aug 25 with 3126 views | ParisBlue |
Almost 40 years since Botham’s Ashes (with an honorable mention to Bob Willis)
I think Stokes might just have topped it... |  |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:24 - Aug 25 with 3117 views | Steve_M |
I've hardly moved for the last 40 minutes.
Incredible, at leat I can claim I saw a bit of this Test match..... |  |
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| Thank god. (n/t) on 16:25 - Aug 25 with 3099 views | Funge |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:26 - Aug 25 with 3096 views | gainsboroughblue |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:24 - Aug 25 by Steve_M |
I've hardly moved for the last 40 minutes.
Incredible, at leat I can claim I saw a bit of this Test match..... |
I was shouting at the screen for them to review that lbw against Leach as it had so obviously pitched outside leg.
Paine and Australia quite frankly lost it.
Jack Leach the best 1 not out in test history
There are a lot of players in that top order who owe Stokes a beer tonight.*
* Buttler may be exempt for the run out. | |
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| Thank god. (n/t) on 16:26 - Aug 25 with 3090 views | Ace_High1 |
| Thank god. (n/t) on 16:25 - Aug 25 by Funge |
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What a day, changed my mind so many times from England win, to a loss but Ben Stokes WOW. |  | | |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:27 - Aug 25 with 3088 views | franz_tyson |
Unbelievable. We were dead and buried.
Stokes was amazing. |  | | |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:27 - Aug 25 with 3087 views | Ace_High1 |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:27 - Aug 25 by franz_tyson |
Unbelievable. We were dead and buried.
Stokes was amazing. |
Spare a thought for Leach.
What a job he did to support Stokes a lesson there for Broad and Archer? | | | |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:32 - Aug 25 with 3039 views | strikalite |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:27 - Aug 25 by Ace_High1 |
Spare a thought for Leach.
What a job he did to support Stokes a lesson there for Broad and Archer? |
He's actually a decent opener playing like that! |  | | |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:33 - Aug 25 with 3041 views | Steve_M |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:26 - Aug 25 by gainsboroughblue |
I was shouting at the screen for them to review that lbw against Leach as it had so obviously pitched outside leg.
Paine and Australia quite frankly lost it.
Jack Leach the best 1 not out in test history
There are a lot of players in that top order who owe Stokes a beer tonight.*
* Buttler may be exempt for the run out. |
Stokes was clearly furious with himself after his first innings dismissal, one way to channel that frustration. With the ball too as he dragged us back there. | |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:36 - Aug 25 with 3025 views | sparks |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:27 - Aug 25 by Ace_High1 |
Spare a thought for Leach.
What a job he did to support Stokes a lesson there for Broad and Archer? |
More for Woakes and Buttler tbh. |  |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:52 - Aug 25 with 2962 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:26 - Aug 25 by gainsboroughblue |
I was shouting at the screen for them to review that lbw against Leach as it had so obviously pitched outside leg.
Paine and Australia quite frankly lost it.
Jack Leach the best 1 not out in test history
There are a lot of players in that top order who owe Stokes a beer tonight.*
* Buttler may be exempt for the run out. |
Indeed. Stokes owes Buttler for that one.
Imagine if Lyon had held his nerve and taken that throw for the Leach run out when we were still 1 behind!
What an unbelievable finish.
67 all out and we still win.
I still maintain 350 a par score on the third day! ;) |  |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:10 - Aug 25 with 2935 views | Guthrum |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:36 - Aug 25 by sparks |
More for Woakes and Buttler tbh. |
Particularly Jason Roy. Great ODI/T20 batsman, currently not at all suited for Test Matches. |  |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:39 - Aug 25 with 2869 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:26 - Aug 25 by gainsboroughblue |
I was shouting at the screen for them to review that lbw against Leach as it had so obviously pitched outside leg.
Paine and Australia quite frankly lost it.
Jack Leach the best 1 not out in test history
There are a lot of players in that top order who owe Stokes a beer tonight.*
* Buttler may be exempt for the run out. |
Jack Leach will never ever score a better run |  |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:43 - Aug 25 with 2855 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:10 - Aug 25 by Guthrum |
Particularly Jason Roy. Great ODI/T20 batsman, currently not at all suited for Test Matches. |
Need an opening bat (or two).
Roy may be a decent test number 4/5/6, but he isn't a test opener.
In the end, the opening pair just about took enough off the new ball to allow Root and Denly to do just enough.
The rest of the middle-lower order, Stokes (and Butler - hardly his fault) aside, were woeful. Very nearly took what Root had built and threw it away again. To think we partly owe the win to the Aussie's panic reviewing and Lyon's panic for an easy run out too. | |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:48 - Aug 25 with 2840 views | bluelagos |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:22 - Aug 25 by ParisBlue |
Almost 40 years since Botham’s Ashes (with an honorable mention to Bob Willis)
I think Stokes might just have topped it... |
Thing is, Beefy thought the Headingley test was lost, so just went out and threw the bat at the ball and got as many as he could.
Stokes was under more pressure, as this sh1t or bust. Plus if we lost today, goodbye to the Ashes. |  |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:48 - Aug 25 with 2840 views | Steve_M |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:43 - Aug 25 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Need an opening bat (or two).
Roy may be a decent test number 4/5/6, but he isn't a test opener.
In the end, the opening pair just about took enough off the new ball to allow Root and Denly to do just enough.
The rest of the middle-lower order, Stokes (and Butler - hardly his fault) aside, were woeful. Very nearly took what Root had built and threw it away again. To think we partly owe the win to the Aussie's panic reviewing and Lyon's panic for an easy run out too. |
The win gives us the opportunity its to drop Roy (either down the order or for another series) and put Root back to four where he should be. No real idea who should come in but we need to change the batting around after two sub-100 first innings scores in four Tests. | |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:51 - Aug 25 with 2833 views | Ryorry |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:27 - Aug 25 by Ace_High1 |
Spare a thought for Leach.
What a job he did to support Stokes a lesson there for Broad and Archer? |
It's a thoroughly well done to Archer from me, & not just for his bowling - a very valuable 15 under huge pressure in his first Test - which really was a helluva test! [Post edited 25 Aug 2019 18:05]
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:55 - Aug 25 with 2819 views | Ryorry |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 16:24 - Aug 25 by Steve_M |
I've hardly moved for the last 40 minutes.
Incredible, at leat I can claim I saw a bit of this Test match..... |
I said on day 2 that at least we were watching history - albeit I was thinking historical defeat, not this!! | |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 18:52 - Aug 25 with 2732 views | Yallop |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:43 - Aug 25 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Need an opening bat (or two).
Roy may be a decent test number 4/5/6, but he isn't a test opener.
In the end, the opening pair just about took enough off the new ball to allow Root and Denly to do just enough.
The rest of the middle-lower order, Stokes (and Butler - hardly his fault) aside, were woeful. Very nearly took what Root had built and threw it away again. To think we partly owe the win to the Aussie's panic reviewing and Lyon's panic for an easy run out too. |
Very harsh to call Bairstow woeful. He changed the momentum of the game with his crucial knock. |  | | |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 19:16 - Aug 25 with 2683 views | farkenhell |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 18:52 - Aug 25 by Yallop |
Very harsh to call Bairstow woeful. He changed the momentum of the game with his crucial knock. |
You beat me to it. Thought Bairstow's innings was superb. Until lunch. | | | |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 19:22 - Aug 25 with 2672 views | farkenhell |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 17:51 - Aug 25 by Ryorry |
It's a thoroughly well done to Archer from me, & not just for his bowling - a very valuable 15 under huge pressure in his first Test - which really was a helluva test! [Post edited 25 Aug 2019 18:05]
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Although no doubt Stokes will have a word with him about the way he got out. Told him to block the last 2 balls of the over. He blocked the first perfectly. Stokes applauded. He then slogged the last ball and was caught. I thought that was our last chance at the time. Then again, what do I know! | | | |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 19:32 - Aug 25 with 2642 views | Ryorry |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 19:22 - Aug 25 by farkenhell |
Although no doubt Stokes will have a word with him about the way he got out. Told him to block the last 2 balls of the over. He blocked the first perfectly. Stokes applauded. He then slogged the last ball and was caught. I thought that was our last chance at the time. Then again, what do I know! |
Must admit I didn't know that about his slog, as don't have Sky and couldn't hear radio above mower, so apols re that. But 15 in the context of ducks from certain others, & what was in the end needed, was still valuable! | |
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| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 19:36 - Aug 25 with 2633 views | farkenhell |
| I stopped posting on the cricket as I was scared to! on 19:32 - Aug 25 by Ryorry |
Must admit I didn't know that about his slog, as don't have Sky and couldn't hear radio above mower, so apols re that. But 15 in the context of ducks from certain others, & what was in the end needed, was still valuable! |
Oh yes, you're absolutely right. Also not forgetting his 6-fer in the first innings.
...and throwing back that beach ball, of course! | | | |
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