Great to see Root playing like this, really likeable chap.
English cricket 2015 - NZ, The Ashes, Pak and SA
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Did we ever find out what happened there? At the time I remember being baffled, as Root seemed the quiet type... I've become less convinced of this as time has passed.
It's not Ballance I'm worried about - Bell needs replacing.
Did we ever find out what happened there? At the time I remember being baffled, as Root seemed the quiet type... I've become less convinced of this as time has passed.
I'm pretty sure Warner accused Root of saying something racist. Whatever the case, he's playing amazing stuff right now. Dropping him in 0 could be a match/series defining moment.
What's the score chaps?
Bairstow is waiting. The issue is he isn't a number four... Which means we'd be moving Root and it's rarely wise to move a guy who's in that form.
4/260
Thanks, bad reception here and cant load the bbc live thingy.
Haddin's had a hard job but hasn't been great today.
Who's the alternative?
He's been a fine player (who saved his best for England) but I can't help but feel this may have been one series too many.
Who's the alternative?
He's been a fine player (who saved his best for England) but I can't help but feel this may have been one series too many.
Peter Nevill, Has been decent in the shield.
The drop though could be the killer for him.
Come on Warner get Root out for Amla.
Are you Aussies getting any of Ponting's commentary?
I'm liking him, so far.
What I would've expected. Knows his stuff but isn't arrogant. Just needs to gain a bit more confidence.
I'm liking him, so far.
What I would've expected. Knows his stuff but isn't arrogant. Just needs to gain a bit more confidence.
Nah he is contracted to another Aussie network so we dont get him.
We get Ian Healy instead
134 runs too late.
but well played
but well played
Starc looked less than happy about getting that one. I'm starting to think the Aussies may have arrived with over expectations.
This was always going to be a fight, with England having home advantage. We won the toss... we should be making runs.
This was always going to be a fight, with England having home advantage. We won the toss... we should be making runs.
I laughed when Warner bowled to Root.
Great innings from him though. Just when England needed it. That drop has proven costly.
Great innings from him though. Just when England needed it. That drop has proven costly.
Good ball that.
Knock over the tail quick please.
Knock over the tail quick please.
Great day of cricket so far. Swung back and forth quite nicely... Here's hoping we can get past the 400 mark.
Need Mo Ali to hang around or just chip in with a quick 30/40.
Expect more than that from him. He's a batsman who bowls well.
I know, but he's having a bit of a tough time at the moment.
Hope he continues to play how he's come out here, keep attacking. Liking this brand of cricket from England.
Warner says Root put a wig on his chin and he thought he was taking the piss out of Hashim Amla, something ridiculous like that, fecking massive leap of logic from Warner the tit.
So, basically, some people got pissed beyond their ability to comprehend shit... it ended badly. Some guy was stupid enough to through a punch and got punished?
I can buy that.
He is a bogan from sydney, Im not sure there was any logic tbh.
Still he might be twat but he is our twat.
Basically he was pissed up and came up with a shite excuse a couple of years later.
Cook
Pieteresen
Trescothick (best ODI batsmen England have had)
Strauss
Root
Tough on Bell but I already think Root's surpassed him in ODI's, Bell has all the talent but he doesn't really have any innings that you can hold your hat on. He was great in the Ashes in 2011 but that's all I can remember. Honestly think in terms of pure talent Root is as good as any of them, maybe not as dazzling as Pietersen but definitely more reliable. Root still does have a lot to prove away from home (although he scored a great 50 on debut away in India) and we'll definitely find out a lot more about him in the next 18 months (Pakistan, South Africa, Australia all away soon IIRC) but I think he's the mustard. Can't remember many guys in an England shirt who have been as consistent as he has for the last 15 months.
Again I should add I've been watching since 1999 so I didn't get to see Stewart, Atherton, Hussain, Gooch, Gower etc. in their better days.
He is ruddy good twat, plays the Australian villain perfectly, I really like him as a player.
Fair list. You're right about Tres in ODI's (though I think Morgan should top him in time).
EDIT - Buttler too. He should be the best we've ever had by a distance.
I have really high hopes for Root, Stokes and Buttler. All perfect prototypical modern cricketers really. Read a theory about Buttler perhaps dropping the gloves a la De Villiers and Sangakarra to become a specialised middle order batsman and then have Bairstow or Billings come in as a wicket keeper. Might be worth thinking about in a few years, don't think I've seen an English player with hands like Buttler, sensational.
As an Irishman randomly switching channels, I just saw an Aussie bowler bowl an Englishman and jog past him putting his finger to his mouth as a celebration.
They were 330-6 or something. Yeah you're fantastic.
Is this lack of self awareness common in cricket? The batsmen should be shaking his hand for all the runs they've been given
They were 330-6 or something. Yeah you're fantastic.
Is this lack of self awareness common in cricket? The batsmen should be shaking his hand for all the runs they've been given
The batsman was talking to the bowler before had so the Australian bowler gave the English batsman the polite way of saying the popular Australian phrase "Shut the feck up and feck off back to the pavilion you pommy cnut"
Send offs are a bit common.
That's what I get for talking Buttler up.
Very poor way to get out. Lack of concentration.
Bounce Broad out please.
Great day of cricket. You'd probably have to say Australia edged it overall, but we can still be very happy that Root wasn't out for a duck.
Looking forward to tomorrow. Jimmy is going to send the stumps flying
Looking forward to tomorrow. Jimmy is going to send the stumps flying
Nah, I reckon 400 is par, here. If they knock us over tomorrow morning they're looking good but if not they could regret it.Great day of cricket. You'd probably have to say Australia edged it overall, but we can still be very happy that Root wasn't out for a duck.
Looking forward to tomorrow. Jimmy is going to send the stumps flying
If we had Butler in at the end I'd say we'd edged it, but to lose Stokes & Butler pretty quickly, leaving an out of form Broad out in the middle... I don't know. It's close. With Stokes & Butler in, we could've been looking at 450+. Now, 400 would be great.
Warnie might still be in Vegas but that doesn't stop him getting a mention.
"England slightly ahead but only by the length of one of Shane Warne's hair extensions."
"England slightly ahead but only by the length of one of Shane Warne's hair extensions."
Is there DRS in this ashes series?
No, but i think the umpires can ask for their own review right?
Anyway, wouldnt be a match without Australia claiming something that isnt there :P
Anyway, wouldnt be a match without Australia claiming something that isnt there :P