booitsme7 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 England are now 57-3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 7-95 now, be lucky to get 100 at this rate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 England in a bit of bother here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Bang, out. 5-0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Whitewash completed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Fantastic from Australia, but England have been utterly abject. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 5-0 Australia, Mitchell Johnson man of the series 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybs Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 PLEASING 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Hope you had money on it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Hope you had money on it! Unfortunately not. I wonder what odds I would have got? Especially from an English bookie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 No. this winter the ashes was brought forward to suit england who didnt want to play ashes and the world cup same winter. the current ashes was supposed to be next winter. always thought that thinking was flawed. next ashes is 2017 season i think. http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/england/future-england-tours-and-tourists-to-england Next ashes is 2015, like I said. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klanky Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 England spent 90 overs at the crease, i.e. One day's play. The heart was not there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulliemc Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/england/future-england-tours-and-tourists-to-england Next ashes is 2015, like I said. My mistake, I swore I read that about the extended gap between the just finished and next Ashes but obviously not. I see in the ICC FTP that Eng are back in Aus in 4 years time and the mormal cycle resumes so there has effectively been an extra Ashes squeezed in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Phoenix Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Pathetic in the extreme. Some pride needs to be established with the ODI's & 20/20 but it's hard to envisage that happening. Where do you start with the list of failures? I'll kick off with Bairstow - can't bat and an average W/K at best. For all Prior was poor in the first three tests, Bairstow isn't the answer to replace him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The only England player I can think of with that has had any coaching role since they became a bit good is the King of Spain. And I think even he has moved on to a bigger role now. I don't think Australia is much better to be honest. It must just be far easier to bitch and moan about what is happening than actually try to do something to improve things. They don't have any responsibility to improve things. Their job is to provide analysis on what is happening, which is exactly what they have been doing. If the ECB want these guys to improve things then they should be offering them jobs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwithme Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Pathetic in the extreme. Some pride needs to be established with the ODI's & 20/20 but it's hard to envisage that happening. Where do you start with the list of failures? I'll kick off with Bairstow - can't bat and an average W/K at best. For all Prior was poor in the first three tests, Bairstow isn't the answer to replace him. I think it was worth giving Bairstow a try. The position is very open now (as are a number of others). Buttler gets a go in ODIs - every option should be looked at, A major rethink required all round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Boycott on the podcast is tremendous entertainment. As he points out, 31.4 overs they lasted in the second innings, that's hardly a single sessions play. He's also scathing of the ECCB administrators. Where were they all today? They were all quite happy to be out on show at the Oval in the summer when they had won the Ashes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Under the Southern Cross I Stand A sprig of wattle in my hand, A native of my native land, Australia you little beauty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Benjamin_Nevis Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Boycott on the podcast is tremendous entertainment. As he points out, 31.4 overs they lasted in the second innings, that's hardly a single sessions play. He's also scathing of the ECCB administrators. Where were they all today? They were all quite happy to be out on show at the Oval in the summer when they had won the Ashes. He's brilliant. I think it was a KP dismissal in the first Sydney innings: "That was so wide I wouldn't have reached it with my mother's broom" He is completely correct of course. The tour has been utterly shambolic and one of the worst performances by any of the major test playing nations in recent history. England's top order have completely shat it facing Mitchell Johnson, and been unable to release themselves from the shackles of Harris and Siddle's precise and economic bowling. Even Nathan Lyon's posed them problems. As for England, they need root and branch reform of the selection process. What the f**k was the point of Panesar? Why is KP untouchable despite throwing away his wicket virtually every test? Why are the top order shitting their pants against genuine pace? Cook will have to continue as Captain, purely because none of the others would improve upon him. All in all, a total mess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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