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stampy wrote:

Jim05 wrote:Get the violin out Jimmy
Better speak to your skipper and the ECB if you don’t want doctored pitches


“It’s a long series and hopefully I can contribute at some point, but if all the pitches are like that I’m done in the Ashes series.”

poor jimmy getn too old and needs all the conditions in his favour to make a contribution, time to retire me thinks

stampy wrote:

Jim05 wrote:Get the violin out Jimmy
Better speak to your skipper and the ECB if you don’t want doctored pitches


“It’s a long series and hopefully I can contribute at some point, but if all the pitches are like that I’m done in the Ashes series.”

poor jimmy getn too old and needs all the conditions in his favour to make a contribution, time to retire me thinks

Jim05 wrote:

stampy wrote:

Jim05 wrote:Get the violin out Jimmy
Better speak to your skipper and the ECB if you don’t want doctored pitches


“It’s a long series and hopefully I can contribute at some point, but if all the pitches are like that I’m done in the Ashes series.”

poor jimmy getn too old and needs all the conditions in his favour to make a contribution, time to retire me thinks

I think he is a bit soft but to be fair Broad also complained about the pitch.
Definitely would be an interesting conversation between their two great bowlers and Stokes and/or the ECB.
We haven’t won a Ashes series for donkeys years under their conditions and suddenly they have put up conditions that favour us

RB wrote:https://wisden.com/series-stories/ashes-2023/ollie-robinson-we-were-surprised-by-australia

I don't really know how to summarise this article by Ollie Robinson except that I thought it was satire at first.

Apparently he reckons Australia need to change their approach lol.

Spargo wrote:

RB wrote:https://wisden.com/series-stories/ashes-2023/ollie-robinson-we-were-surprised-by-australia

I don't really know how to summarise this article by Ollie Robinson except that I thought it was satire at first.

Apparently he reckons Australia need to change their approach lol.

“If it wasn’t for us, the Australians wouldn’t have even had a chance”

“It feels we’ve won, lads”

“We’ve entertained the world & put the Aussies on the back foot”

What a bunch of clueless naval gazers.

Spargo wrote:

RB wrote:https://wisden.com/series-stories/ashes-2023/ollie-robinson-we-were-surprised-by-australia

I don't really know how to summarise this article by Ollie Robinson except that I thought it was satire at first.

Apparently he reckons Australia need to change their approach lol.

“If it wasn’t for us, the Australians wouldn’t have even had a chance”

“It feels we’ve won, lads”

“We’ve entertained the world & put the Aussies on the back foot”

What a bunch of clueless naval gazers.

Jimmy_041 wrote:I'm not going to complain about him giving a send off, but FMD - Ussie just made 141! Pretty dumb!

There are so may comments in that column that leaves him open
I loved this one: "We were surprised by how unwilling Australia were to go toe-to-toe with us"

Is that the same bloke that backed away so hard in Hobart that he was almost sitting in the crowd?

Very entertaining stuff.

I love the Ashes

stan wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:I'm not going to complain about him giving a send off, but FMD - Ussie just made 141! Pretty dumb!

There are so may comments in that column that leaves him open
I loved this one: "We were surprised by how unwilling Australia were to go toe-to-toe with us"

Is that the same bloke that backed away so hard in Hobart that he was almost sitting in the crowd?

Very entertaining stuff.

I love the Ashes

Interesting colum. He's clearly bit of a flog but he didn't perform thst badly in the first test. This was his contribution:

17* and 3/55 (22)
27 and 2/43 (18.3)

That's not horrendous to be honest. But he does lack fitness for longer spells but he did contribute.

Interesting to see what they dish up for Lords. I reckon Anderson is done if they put out a flat deck.

whufc wrote:

Senor Moto Gadili wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:I'd play Neser over Starc would also booster the batting. Starcball v Bazball could be 4/29 (8) or 0/119 (10)

Depends on what the poms do though, they might juice the tracks up a bit, wait until they name their team first.

If Neser plays and the ball doesn't swing he'll be cannon fodder for the Pommy bats, who'll continue to blaze away. Starc leaks runs, but he's a proven wicket taker and he'll provide some rough for Lyon. The one I'm concerned about backing up is Hazlewood. He wasnt ready to play in the WTC final, so I doubt he's physically ready to back up in consecutive tests. Cummins, Starc, Boland and Lyon for me.

What happens if we lose the toss and bat last? Starcs footmarks have then hurt us right. Moen Ali is absolute rubbish, the only way he comes into the game is if there is footmarks for him to work into.

batmanbegins wrote:

stan wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:I'm not going to complain about him giving a send off, but FMD - Ussie just made 141! Pretty dumb!

There are so may comments in that column that leaves him open
I loved this one: "We were surprised by how unwilling Australia were to go toe-to-toe with us"

Is that the same bloke that backed away so hard in Hobart that he was almost sitting in the crowd?

Very entertaining stuff.

I love the Ashes

Interesting colum. He's clearly bit of a flog but he didn't perform thst badly in the first test. This was his contribution:

17* and 3/55 (22)
27 and 2/43 (18.3)

That's not horrendous to be honest. But he does lack fitness for longer spells but he did contribute.

Interesting to see what they dish up for Lords. I reckon Anderson is done if they put out a flat deck.

Robinson is a bit of a moron but he's a quality bowler. People see the pace and think he's just a plodder but he really hits the deck with his height and causes issues. He better keep backing up his shit talk or it will not go well for him.

I'll always back Jimmy so I'm biased but not many blokes have been the best bowler in a series win in India and Australia like he has. Since 2011 he's been a really good overseas bowler. Broad is actually the one that struggles overseas.

stan wrote:

batmanbegins wrote:

stan wrote:

Jimmy_041 wrote:I'm not going to complain about him giving a send off, but FMD - Ussie just made 141! Pretty dumb!

There are so may comments in that column that leaves him open
I loved this one: "We were surprised by how unwilling Australia were to go toe-to-toe with us"

Is that the same bloke that backed away so hard in Hobart that he was almost sitting in the crowd?

Very entertaining stuff.

I love the Ashes

Interesting colum. He's clearly bit of a flog but he didn't perform thst badly in the first test. This was his contribution:

17* and 3/55 (22)
27 and 2/43 (18.3)

That's not horrendous to be honest. But he does lack fitness for longer spells but he did contribute.

Interesting to see what they dish up for Lords. I reckon Anderson is done if they put out a flat deck.

Robinson is a bit of a moron but he's a quality bowler. People see the pace and think he's just a plodder but he really hits the deck with his height and causes issues. He better keep backing up his shit talk or it will not go well for him.

I'll always back Jimmy so I'm biased but not many blokes have been the best bowler in a series win in India and Australia like he has. Since 2011 he's been a really good overseas bowler. Broad is actually the one that struggles overseas.

Also look to struggle later in the piece but he might just have needed thr run.

Anderson is a fantastic bowler but these flat deck will break him. Put a bit of love and tickle in the deck for Jimmy and you'll kill us.

Rehan Ahmed, the 18-year-old Leicestershire legspinner who claimed a memorable five-wicket haul on his Test debut in Karachi last year, has been added to England's Test squad as cover for Moeen Ali, whose performance at Edgbaston was hampered by a blistered spinning finger.

Rehan's call-up comes after limited success for Leicestershire in this year's County Championship - he's so far claimed just six wickets at 67.66 in ten outings. However, he has made his presence felt for his county with the bat instead, with 423 runs at 38.45, including four half-centuries and a best of 90 against Glamorgan.