Ashes 2017/18
Posted by: thebigfredc on 12 November 2017
I was at Edgbaston when we won them back last time but with the reminder of the Mitchell whitewash down under I have got the willies over the upcoming encounter.
Absolutely. England also showing they can win games in the field as well as with the bat. A good ODI can be gripping stuff; even to those of us with only the radio coverage.
Australian ODI cricket looks a bit of a mess. They barely managed to win the previous game despite us being 8 for 5 (or 5 for 8 as they say down under).
So 5 all at the moment with just the T20's to go......
'Australian ODI cricket looks a bit of a mess.' - tad of an understatement there Bruce.
The Aussies should have romped the last game but suffered another self-generated collapse (Smith mentioned this trait of late in his post match comments). They obviously have the talent in the team.
They only needed a run a ball with plenty of wickets in hand and it wasn't as if the ball was doing much (very moderate turn). I think this was in part due to the mentality applied to the one day game now by some players i.e. 50 over game is an extended T20 (perhaps due the current Big Bash season?). In the earlier games Root anchored the England innings and played 'proper cricket shots' to quote another Yorkshireman. It's a mystery to me why Stoinis on >90 tried to belt a slow fall-bung for 6, when all he had to do was place it back down the ground. Even Smith went 'walkabout' against Ali and was stumped.
..and once the lower order were exposed, Curran was an excellent can opener (so to speak), bowling some very effective in-duckers/swingers to Maxwell, Starc and Zampa (the latter 2, it must be said, in batting terms, appear to have bushy tails).
They said the new stadium was sold-out but there looked to be many empty seats (not just in the areas exposed to the bright sun).
Maybe Nick From Suffolk has a view?
We've missed his contributions here latterly.
Bruce
Happy Listener posted:'Australian ODI cricket looks a bit of a mess.' - tad of an understatement there Bruce.
The Aussies should have romped the last game but suffered another self-generated collapse (Smith mentioned this trait of late in his post match comments). They obviously have the talent in the team.
They only needed a run a ball with plenty of wickets in hand and it wasn't as if the ball was doing much (very moderate turn). I think this was in part due to the mentality applied to the one day game now by some players i.e. 50 over game is an extended T20 (perhaps due the current Big Bash season?). In the earlier games Root anchored the England innings and played 'proper cricket shots' to quote another Yorkshireman. It's a mystery to me why Stoinis on >90 tried to belt a slow fall-bung for 6, when all he had to do was place it back down the ground. Even Smith went 'walkabout' against Ali and was stumped.
..and once the lower order were exposed, Curran was an excellent can opener (so to speak), bowling some very effective in-duckers/swingers to Maxwell, Starc and Zampa (the latter 2, it must be said, in batting terms, appear to have bushy tails).
They said the new stadium was sold-out but there looked to be many empty seats (not just in the areas exposed to the bright sun).
I agree the Aussies should have applied more pressure on England in the final game but we also, unusually, dropped a few catches which could and should have wrapped up the Aussies innings a fair bit earlier.
good 4 days work pity they didn't have good day at the real stuff in 25 days
27- 9 FFS.