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Ashes First Test Thread 23:30 - Dec 7 with 1610 viewsgainsboroughblue

Just turned on TMS and they seem to be suggesting Broad is not playing. Huge call if so with Anderson already being rested and Broad's record against Warner among others.

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Ashes First Test Thread on 00:46 - Dec 8 with 642 viewsReuser_is_God

Fck me being an Ipswich Town & England Cricket supporter is sh1t.

Evans out
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Ashes First Test Thread on 00:51 - Dec 8 with 626 viewsRyorry

Ashes First Test Thread on 00:46 - Dec 8 by Reuser_is_God

Fck me being an Ipswich Town & England Cricket supporter is sh1t.


Try being a YCCC supporter too! (well I was till a few months ago anyway, they'll have to earn the right to win us back now).

Dire days.

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Ashes First Test Thread on 00:59 - Dec 8 with 610 viewsbournemouthblue

Ashes First Test Thread on 00:46 - Dec 8 by stonojnr

absolutely, today is the worst day weather wise its supposed to rain in the afternoon, but its 30-31c sunny skies rest of the week.


We have definitely got this toss wrong

The Aussies could quite easily be 60 - 0 now, who knows, I'd be fairly confident of removing Warner and Harris early in these conditions mind you
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Ashes First Test Thread on 01:08 - Dec 8 with 599 viewsgainsboroughblue

I think it may be bed time.


For a month.

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Ashes First Test Thread on 01:25 - Dec 8 with 572 viewsstonojnr

apparently its the worst start, as in number of wickets for runs, England have had v Australia since January 1887
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Ashes First Test Thread on 01:41 - Dec 8 with 551 viewsXYZ

Ashes First Test Thread on 01:25 - Dec 8 by stonojnr

apparently its the worst start, as in number of wickets for runs, England have had v Australia since January 1887


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Ashes First Test Thread on 01:56 - Dec 8 with 531 viewsXYZ

Cummings has given all 5 of his bowlers some overs before lunch on day 1.

Bowler captaincy. Interesting.
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Ashes First Test Thread on 02:35 - Dec 8 with 488 viewsbournemouthblue

Ashes First Test Thread on 01:56 - Dec 8 by XYZ

Cummings has given all 5 of his bowlers some overs before lunch on day 1.

Bowler captaincy. Interesting.


It's been a little too easy so far, they have a decent attack, it could captain itself I fear

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Ashes First Test Thread on 03:12 - Dec 8 with 444 viewsThe_Romford_Blue

Ashes First Test Thread on 02:35 - Dec 8 by bournemouthblue

It's been a little too easy so far, they have a decent attack, it could captain itself I fear


Unfortunately we can’t bat and they’ve got the best bowler in the world in Josh Hazelwood and two 6 foot 5 brutes in Starc and Cummins to slam it into the pitch. On a rock hard surface that you get in Australia, those three combined will give any batting lineup in the world problems.

So for us to not be able to bar anyway.. it’s just a recipe for disaster. My Australia series bet at 2s on mentioned in the other thread surely can’t lose. We just absolutely cannot cope with this. It’s ridiculous.

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Ashes First Test Thread on 04:53 - Dec 8 with 407 viewsMelford

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Ashes First Test Thread on 07:34 - Dec 8 with 345 viewsIpswichKnight

Ashes First Test Thread on 03:12 - Dec 8 by The_Romford_Blue

Unfortunately we can’t bat and they’ve got the best bowler in the world in Josh Hazelwood and two 6 foot 5 brutes in Starc and Cummins to slam it into the pitch. On a rock hard surface that you get in Australia, those three combined will give any batting lineup in the world problems.

So for us to not be able to bar anyway.. it’s just a recipe for disaster. My Australia series bet at 2s on mentioned in the other thread surely can’t lose. We just absolutely cannot cope with this. It’s ridiculous.


We are so reliant on 2 batsman in Root and Stokes, the rest are really just bang average. You need tall quick bowlers who bowl just short of a length that keep batsman on the back foot, We have picked just 1 bowler who can do that and he’s never played 5 tests in a row, the rest are right arm medium fast pitch it on a length and hope the duke ball nibbles off the seam. Much better teams than this have been thrashed 4/5-0 I fear this series is going to be brutal.
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Ashes First Test Thread on 07:55 - Dec 8 with 339 viewsBlueandTruesince82

Ashes First Test Thread on 23:32 - Dec 7 by gainsboroughblue

Eng win toss and bat. Cue 15-2 after half an hour.


11 for 3 actually

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Ashes First Test Thread on 10:27 - Dec 8 with 288 viewsstonojnr

Ashes First Test Thread on 01:41 - Dec 8 by XYZ

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Which has very much been one of the few exceptions,along with Broads 8/15 of England taking the Aussies to the cleaners. The point of the stat really is any time you have to go back that far, the Ashes didnt even exist as a thing till 1882, you are dealing in an era where there were some very crazy scores compared to the modern era it's almost a pointless comparison is they were virtually playing a different game.

But weve had some rotten hopeless England teams in that modern era who have been thrashed by Australia yet none of them have ever been as bad as that bad.

I never had any optimism England would do anything but lose this series, I just hoped it wouldnt be 5-0, but that was as abject a first day that I can remember even for a team with no prep and a weak batting line up.
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