Sport The Ashes - 2nd Test - Adelaide

[Sarge]

Why on earth did Australia bring in a night watchman when Warner was run out?

.... the convicts couldve put a boxing kangaroo in as nightwatchman , the bowling( under lights, with a new ball) was as poor as the batting has been in the series so far, only Root managed to nick a wicket, and he's hardly a new ball bowler! ... one miserable wicket .... Silverwood, just go

 

[Foley]

.... the convicts couldve put a boxing kangaroo in as nightwatchman , the bowling( under lights, with a new ball) was as poor as the batting has been in the series so far, only Root managed to nick a wicket, and he's hardly a new ball bowler! ... one miserable wicket .... Silverwood, just go

Root didn't get a wickets Sarge - it was a run out!

 

[tonyw]

There's not even the "Well, the Aussies have a great bowling attack" excuse for today's collapse.
Richardson was poor and Necar was average, but it still didn't matter because we made Cameron Green & Nathan Lyon look like Glenn McGrath & Shane Warne.

Right, I need cheering up. Back to the 2005 DVDs.......

 

[Sarge]

Root didn't get a wickets Sarge - it was a run out!

I knew what I meant( haha)- I stand corrected ... decent fielding by Broad...... ( rushing around like Putin in speed, trying to get ready for my lift to footy, me!)

 

[Foley]

There's not even the "Well, the Aussies have a great bowling attack" excuse for today's collapse.
Richardson was poor and Necar was average, but it still didn't matter because we made Cameron Green & Nathan Lyon look like Glenn McGrath & Shane Warne.

Right, I need cheering up. Back to the 2005 DVDs.......

Nathan Lyon is a world class off spinner though.
Mapan was suggesting that Lyon gets more bounce than any off spinner he has faced.
But yes, quite that attack it makes England's batting look even worse.

 

[tonyw]

Nathan Lyon is a world class off spinner though.
Mapan was suggesting that Lyon gets more bounce than any off spinner he has faced.
But yes, quite that attack it makes England's batting look even worse.

Yeah, that's fair enough......I was just making the contrast for dramatic effect.

Though as good as Lyon is, he's no Shane Warne! Rewatching the 2005 Ashes, it's insane what he could do with a cricket ball. Some of the deliveries he bowled (particularly to poor Andrew Strauss) were impossible and utterly unplayable!

 

[Andy Stroud]

The only reason that I can think for the Aussies not enforcing the follow-on is to ensure gate receipts for Day 5.
They had the chance to bowl with the pink ball under lights, with bowlers that had barely needed to break sweat

 

[Leysboy]

Be over by tomorrow.

I fear you could be right, I think the Aussies will go in to slog mode, set us a target, and we will go down without troubling them.

 

[Northstandboy]

The only reason that I can think for the Aussies not enforcing the follow-on is to ensure gate receipts for Day 5.
They had the chance to bowl with the pink ball under lights, with bowlers that had barely needed to break sweat

Like a cat playing with their prey!

 

[BigCrompy]

Hailstorm in Melbourne today, and that’s only ten hours away by road.

We can live in eternal hope…?

 

[Northstandboy]

If anyone was wondering why BBC TMS were not commentating:

The Ashes: BBC Test Match Special team not at Adelaide Oval for second Test after Covid-19 scare

The BBC Test Match Special commentary team will not be at the Adelaide Oval on day four of the second Ashes Test after a confirmed Covid-19 case at the ground.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Leysboy]

So that’s it then. Time for the chase!

England need 468 to win.

 

[Northstandboy]

We won't make 250.

 

[Northstandboy]

Already had a wicket taken, 4/1

 

[unification]

We won't make 250.

They won’t make 200.

It’ll be the usual feeble collapse.

 

[Leysboy]

A bit of a scare there towards the end of the session, but the Aussies did well not to review the LBW shout, as it was going over.

Shame Hameed went so quickly, and just got caught between playing and leaving, and nicked one to slip.

Burns has showed a bit of courage, and I love Malan cover drive on his first ball faced.

We need to bat by playing shots, rather than defend and block everything, and show some bottle. Only a matter of time before Lyon comes on, but it doesn’t look a bad batting surface. Just a bit of extra bounce every now and then. So England need to be watchful, and play each ball on its merits.

 

[Northstandboy]

Stokes brilliant catch and he didn't give a crap, knows we are playing bad.

 

[Leysboy]

Stokes brilliant catch and he didn't give a crap, knows we are playing bad.

Great catch indeed. Shame the fielding on the whole so far on this tour has been so poor. Lots of dropped catches. Stokes is just a class act!

 

[Northstandboy]

Even off pitch issues, BBC TMS unable to enter the stadium due to Covid.

What else can happen?!

 

[Foley]

England are showing a bit of fight and fair play to Burns.
It looks as if Lyon is getting at lot of turn and let's wait for the inevitable collapse!

 

[Leysboy]

How many times does it happen.

Root out last over of the day. Now end of days play.

 

[chuckbert]

Maybe I will be able to watch stokes single-handedly win this one for us instead of me failing to get a video of that Headingley innings.

 

[Foley]

How many times does it happen.

Root out last over of the day. Now end of days play.

Nightmare.
The players have shown a lot more fight in this innings, but as usual the damage was done in the awful first innings performance

 

[tonyw]

Nightmare.
The players have shown a lot more fight in this innings, but as usual the damage was done in the awful first innings performance

Agreed - to collapse from 150-2 to 236 all out on an excellent pitch in good weather against a mediocre attack is unforgivable.

But it's happened so often in the last couple of years, that I'm struggling to remember the last time our batting was consistently this bad in Test cricket. Genuinely can't think of a time we've been this short of Test-calibre batsmen in my cricket-watching lifetime (born '78).

 

[unification]

Just five more ducks needed for the most number of ducks in a calendar year for an England team.

 

[tonyw]

Just five more ducks needed for the most number of ducks in a calendar year for an England team.

And that 1998 team, that currently hold the record, had to face five of the best fast bowlers of all time within a calendar year (they are all top 20 for most Test wickets by a fast bowler) - Walsh & Ambrose in the West Indies, then Allan Donald & Shaun Pollock in a five match series at home, and then Glenn McGrath in Australia (Warney actually missed the first four tests of that Ashes with a shoulder injury)

 

[Berliner]

And that 1998 team, that currently hold the record, had to face five of the best fast bowlers of all time within a calendar year (they are all top 20 for most Test wickets by a fast bowler) - Walsh & Ambrose in the West Indies, then Allan Donald & Shaun Pollock in a five match series at home, and then Glenn McGrath in Australia (Warney actually missed the first four tests of that Ashes with a shoulder injury)

...and was replaced by Stuart MacGill, who was the top wicket taker in the series with 27.

 

[Foley]

...and was replaced by Stuart MacGill, who was the top wicket taker in the series with 27.

Indeed.
What England would give for a Stuart MacGill!

 

[Leysboy]

Indeed.
What England would give for a Stuart MacGill!

I’m quite happy to give Parkinson a go. Young and talented leg spinner. Can’t do much worse!

 

[Leysboy]

96/5
Ollie Pope goes for just 4 runs.

Stokes and Buttler are the last hope for England.