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Post by bluetornados on Dec 11, 2021 3:52:26 GMT
ALL OVER AUSTRALIA BEAT ENGLAND BY 9 WICKETS.
England 147 ll out & 297 all out, Australia 425 all out & 20-1
England's hope evaporated into a crushing nine-wicket defeat by Australia on the fourth day of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba.
After the optimism of their third-day fightback, England meekly lost their last eight wickets for 77 runs in the morning session, including the crucial departures of Joe Root for 89 and Dawid Malan on 82.
Malan was Nathan Lyon's 400th Test wicket, the off-spinner going on to claim 4-91 as England were bowled out for 297.
Australia were left with only 20 to chase, which they completed soon after lunch in the Brisbane sun to give Pat Cummins victory in his first Test as captain.
The home side go 1-0 up in the five-match series and continue their 35-year unbeaten run against England in Brisbane.
England have now lost 10 of their past 11 Tests in Australia and won only one of 10 matches since they beat India in the first Test in February.
With England needing to win the series in order to regain the Ashes, Root's side have almost no margin for error in the remaining four Tests.
The second Test in Adelaide, a day-night match played with a pink ball, begins on Thursday.
Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that the fifth Test, originally scheduled for Perth, will instead be held in Hobart, also as a day-nighter.
Questions will be asked of the decisions England made. They chose to bat in ideal conditions for bowling and left out pace bowler Stuart Broad in favour of spinner Jack Leach, who was crashed for 102 runs in his 13 overs.
In fairness, the way the pitch behaved suggests Australia would have faced some uneven bounce and turn from Leach if England had been able to post a challenging target in the fourth innings.
Ultimately, toss and selection decisions count for little when the batting collapses in both innings and chances are not taken in the field.
Now there is huge pressure on England in Adelaide, when Broad and James Anderson will surely return in a bid to exploit the pink ball. Lose there and the Ashes will almost certainly be gone.
England captain Joe Root, speaking at the post-match presentation: "It's frustration. We worked hard to get back in the game. We hoped to post some sort of total today. The pitch was a little uneven and cracks were appearing. but we couldn't get through that initial phase.
"Our selection? It's easy to say with hindsight. We wanted variation in our attack, move through different gears. I thought our bowlers were excellent, but we have to be better in the field. Likewise with the bat.
"We showed fight and character for some of the second innings and know where we have to improve."
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Post by alftupper on Dec 11, 2021 8:05:43 GMT
We can`t afford to lose in Adelaide. This is no time for callow youth. We might not have had much in the way of preparation, so we should go for experience.
My 11 for the second Test.
Sutcliffe
Hobbs
Hammond
Compton (D)
Root
Knott
Botham
Swann
Trueman
Larwood
Snow
F**king get into them, boys.
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Post by lostinspace on Dec 11, 2021 9:51:27 GMT
We can`t afford to lose in Adelaide. This is no time for callow youth. We might not have had much in the way of preparation, so we should go for experience. My 11 for the second Test. Sutcliffe Hobbs Hammond Compton (D) Root Knott Botham Swann Trueman Larwood Snow F**king get into them, boys. Possibly trade Underwood for Swann? |
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Post by alftupper on Dec 11, 2021 10:03:06 GMT
We can`t afford to lose in Adelaide. This is no time for callow youth. We might not have had much in the way of preparation, so we should go for experience. My 11 for the second Test. Sutcliffe Hobbs Hammond Compton (D) Root Knott Botham Swann Trueman Larwood Snow F**king get into them, boys. Possibly trade Underwood for Swann? Possibly. On a wet, turning wicket, he was unplayable. But you don`t get too many of those in Aus. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2021 10:59:11 GMT
We can`t afford to lose in Adelaide. This is no time for callow youth. We might not have had much in the way of preparation, so we should go for experience. My 11 for the second Test. Sutcliffe Hobbs Hammond Compton (D) Root Knott Botham Swann Trueman Larwood Snow F**king get into them, boys. Why have you included the Yorkshire Ripper in your team? |
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Post by bluetornados on Dec 11, 2021 17:44:24 GMT
We can`t afford to lose in Adelaide. This is no time for callow youth. We might not have had much in the way of preparation, so we should go for experience. My 11 for the second Test. Sutcliffe Hobbs Hammond Compton (D) Root Knott Botham Swann Trueman Larwood Snow F**king get into them, boys. Top post, My Personal 11 Would Be: 1..Cook - (captain) 2..Gooch 3..Gower 4..Pietersen 5..Root 6..Botham 7..Swann 8..Knott - (wk) 9....Trueman 10..Anderson 11..Willis |
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Post by bluetornados on Dec 11, 2021 18:10:38 GMT
Geoffrey Boycott has delivered a scathing assessment of England 's nine-wicket defeat to Australia at the Gabba in the first Ashes Test.
In his latest column for the Telegraph, Boycott said: "Hey Joe! England have just been walloped by nine wickets so it isn't a good time to be telling us that England are not far away from beating Australia.
"It would be much better if you and your team answered with deeds and not words. Face up to the fact that England made mistakes which didn’t help our team.
"For a start, your batsmen and bowlers looked underdone and should have had three or four competitive matches before the series. The planning was all wrong."
Boycott went on to question England's decision to leave out both James Anderson and Stuart Broad, stating they must play at Adelaide or England should "move on without them".
"If both Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad don’t play (in the second Test) then what is the point of them being in the squad?
"The captain and coach keep telling us how good they are and how many wickets they have taken.
"I agree they have been magnificent for England with outstanding performances so if they are fit they have to play. If they keep getting injured then they are a luxury England can’t afford.
"One is 39 and the other 35. Keeping them in the squad out of sentiment on big-money salary is madness. Either they play or move on without them."
Boycott was also critical of the way Jack Leach has been managed by England, with the spinner proving expensive in his first Test outing in nine months.
"Jack Leach hadn’t played a Test match for nine months since early March in India," Boycott added.
"He didn’t get a game during the English summer as England played lots of seamers - and then suddenly they expected Jack to bowl well in Brisbane.
"No wonder the Aussies went after him and in 13 overs he was whacked for 102 runs. I felt for the lad. Not his fault.
"Why are we so bloody stupid? We make it extra difficult before we even start the series."
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Post by lostinspace on Dec 11, 2021 18:48:21 GMT
Geoffrey Boycott has delivered a scathing assessment of England 's nine-wicket defeat to Australia at the Gabba in the first Ashes Test. In his latest column for the Telegraph, Boycott said: "Hey Joe! England have just been walloped by nine wickets so it isn't a good time to be telling us that England are not far away from beating Australia. "It would be much better if you and your team answered with deeds and not words. Face up to the fact that England made mistakes which didn’t help our team. "For a start, your batsmen and bowlers looked underdone and should have had three or four competitive matches before the series. The planning was all wrong." Boycott went on to question England's decision to leave out both James Anderson and Stuart Broad, stating they must play at Adelaide or England should "move on without them". "If both Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad don’t play (in the second Test) then what is the point of them being in the squad? "The captain and coach keep telling us how good they are and how many wickets they have taken. "I agree they have been magnificent for England with outstanding performances so if they are fit they have to play. If they keep getting injured then they are a luxury England can’t afford. "One is 39 and the other 35. Keeping them in the squad out of sentiment on big-money salary is madness. Either they play or move on without them." Boycott was also critical of the way Jack Leach has been managed by England, with the spinner proving expensive in his first Test outing in nine months. "Jack Leach hadn’t played a Test match for nine months since early March in India," Boycott added. "He didn’t get a game during the English summer as England played lots of seamers - and then suddenly they expected Jack to bowl well in Brisbane. "No wonder the Aussies went after him and in 13 overs he was whacked for 102 runs. I felt for the lad. Not his fault. "Why are we so bloody stupid? We make it extra difficult before we even start the series." The beauty of GB is he is not afraid to call it, and most of the time he is right, the organisation of this tour doesn't look to enhance any reputations, and the post match interview by Root was amusing to say the least, I suppose by saying "we're are ready to learn from this" is just being afraid to say that the selection was abysmal for this test... |
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Post by alftupper on Dec 11, 2021 21:14:01 GMT
We can`t afford to lose in Adelaide. This is no time for callow youth. We might not have had much in the way of preparation, so we should go for experience. My 11 for the second Test. Sutcliffe Hobbs Hammond Compton (D) Root Knott Botham Swann Trueman Larwood Snow F**king get into them, boys. Top post, My Personal 11 Would Be: 1..Cook - (captain) 2..Gooch 3..Gower 4..Pietersen 5..Root 6..Botham 7..Swann 8..Knott - (wk) 9....Trueman 10..Anderson 11..Willis All about choice, but leave Harold Larwood out of an Ashes series Down Under? I don`t think so. If he didn`t get them out, he`d leave them reeling about like they`d been punched by Joe Louis.
They called him, Larwood the wrecker. This from a poem, that was sent into the papers at the time.
"With a prayer and a curse, they prepare for the hearse, undertakers look on with broad grins. Oh, they`d feel a lot calmer, in Ned Kelly`s armour, when Larwood the wrecker begins."
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Post by alftupper on Dec 12, 2021 9:17:01 GMT
We can`t afford to lose in Adelaide. This is no time for callow youth. We might not have had much in the way of preparation, so we should go for experience. My 11 for the second Test. Sutcliffe Hobbs Hammond Compton (D) Root Knott Botham Swann Trueman Larwood Snow F**king get into them, boys. Why have you included the Yorkshire Ripper in your team? Because he`d give the ball some hammer. |
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Post by warehamgas on Dec 12, 2021 11:54:07 GMT
Geoffrey Boycott has delivered a scathing assessment of England 's nine-wicket defeat to Australia at the Gabba in the first Ashes Test. In his latest column for the Telegraph, Boycott said: "Hey Joe! England have just been walloped by nine wickets so it isn't a good time to be telling us that England are not far away from beating Australia. "It would be much better if you and your team answered with deeds and not words. Face up to the fact that England made mistakes which didn’t help our team. "For a start, your batsmen and bowlers looked underdone and should have had three or four competitive matches before the series. The planning was all wrong." Boycott went on to question England's decision to leave out both James Anderson and Stuart Broad, stating they must play at Adelaide or England should "move on without them". "If both Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad don’t play (in the second Test) then what is the point of them being in the squad? "The captain and coach keep telling us how good they are and how many wickets they have taken. "I agree they have been magnificent for England with outstanding performances so if they are fit they have to play. If they keep getting injured then they are a luxury England can’t afford. "One is 39 and the other 35. Keeping them in the squad out of sentiment on big-money salary is madness. Either they play or move on without them." Boycott was also critical of the way Jack Leach has been managed by England, with the spinner proving expensive in his first Test outing in nine months. "Jack Leach hadn’t played a Test match for nine months since early March in India," Boycott added. "He didn’t get a game during the English summer as England played lots of seamers - and then suddenly they expected Jack to bowl well in Brisbane. "No wonder the Aussies went after him and in 13 overs he was whacked for 102 runs. I felt for the lad. Not his fault. "Why are we so bloody stupid? We make it extra difficult before we even start the series." The beauty of GB is he is not afraid to call it, and most of the time he is right, the organisation of this tour doesn't look to enhance any reputations, and the post match interview by Root was amusing to say the least, I suppose by saying "we're are ready to learn from this" is just being afraid to say that the selection was abysmal for this test... Yes, he is often right but I bet it wasn’t Root’s choice not to play warm up matches. That was down to the organising bodies. They’ll say they discussed it with the players but I doubt it was the players. If it was the players then that defies belief tbh. I like GB in his guise as a grumpy old man but when England needed him in the early 70s against Lillee and Thomson he decided he didn’t want to play and walked away until they retired and then decided to come back. And he was found guilty of DV against his then-girlfriend in the days before it was called that which given the situation BRFC find themselves in with their manager is slightly ironic imo. |
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Post by alftupper on Dec 12, 2021 12:52:11 GMT
To be fair, he did return to Test cricket to face the WI side of the late 70s. They prob had a bowling attack, as quick as it`s ever been.
It did make me laugh to read that we never lost a Test Match when he`d made a century. Hardly surprising. It used to take him four and a half days to get to three figures.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2021 16:15:46 GMT
The beauty of GB is he is not afraid to call it, and most of the time he is right, the organisation of this tour doesn't look to enhance any reputations, and the post match interview by Root was amusing to say the least, I suppose by saying "we're are ready to learn from this" is just being afraid to say that the selection was abysmal for this test... Yes, he is often right but I bet it wasn’t Root’s choice not to play warm up matches. That was down to the organising bodies. They’ll say they discussed it with the players but I doubt it was the players. If it was the players then that defies belief tbh. I like GB in his guise as a grumpy old man but when England needed him in the early 70s against Lillee and Thomson he decided he didn’t want to play and walked away until they retired and then decided to come back. And he was found guilty of DV against his then-girlfriend in the days before it was called that which given the situation BRFC find themselves in with their manager is slightly ironic imo. This is something that we've discussed previously, long before Barton was inflicted on us. In what sane world is it right and proper that someone with a conviction for domestic violence is knighted? It makes no difference that the conviction was in France. |
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Post by Nobbygas on Dec 13, 2021 11:02:28 GMT
To be fair, he did return to Test cricket to face the WI side of the late 70s. They prob had a bowling attack, as quick as it`s ever been. It did make me laugh to read that we never lost a Test Match when he`d made a century. Hardly surprising. It used to take him four and a half days to get to three figures. Against New Zealand Botham was sent in to score some quick runs, and he was instructed to run out Boycott, as he was plodding along........which he did 😁 |
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Post by alftupper on Dec 13, 2021 18:20:42 GMT
To be fair, he did return to Test cricket to face the WI side of the late 70s. They prob had a bowling attack, as quick as it`s ever been. It did make me laugh to read that we never lost a Test Match when he`d made a century. Hardly surprising. It used to take him four and a half days to get to three figures. Against New Zealand Botham was sent in to score some quick runs, and he was instructed to run out Boycott, as he was plodding along........which he did 😁 Something Botham still recounts with glee. Boycott was never best popular, outside of the Socialist Republic Of Yorkshire. |
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Post by warehamgas on Dec 13, 2021 19:47:39 GMT
Against New Zealand Botham was sent in to score some quick runs, and he was instructed to run out Boycott, as he was plodding along........which he did 😁 Something Botham still recounts with glee. Boycott was never best popular, outside of the Socialist Republic Of Yorkshire. And during the civil wars of the late 70s and early 80s he wasn’t that popular with the anti-Boycott half of Yorkshire. |
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Post by bluetornados on Dec 13, 2021 20:59:59 GMT
TBH and all joking aside, i would rather have a Boycott type of batter in the trenches with me facing the Aussies right now, we might actually get 5 days of cricket in.
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Post by warehamgas on Dec 14, 2021 10:56:50 GMT
Yes, blue tornadoes, no doubt when you needed to grind out a result or occupy the crease Boycott was the player you needed. Never knew anyone who did it so well, Atherton could push him a bit but Boycott was the master. I think Hameed has the ability to drop his bat and stay there, it’s more his natural game than Burns.
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Post by alftupper on Dec 14, 2021 17:13:47 GMT
Something Botham still recounts with glee. Boycott was never best popular, outside of the Socialist Republic Of Yorkshire. And during the civil wars of the late 70s and early 80s he wasn’t that popular with the anti-Boycott half of Yorkshire. True enough. Remember it well. |
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Post by alftupper on Dec 14, 2021 17:18:12 GMT
TBH and all joking aside, i would rather have a Boycott type of batter in the trenches with me facing the Aussies right now, we might actually get 5 days of cricket in. Absolutely. And Tavare, trudging out to the middle with him. I wouldn`t mind waking up at 7am, to be told we were 120/0 off 90 overs. |
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