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The Ashes Thread

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Who will win The Ashes?

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I've just came back from the gym where I almost fell off the treadmill gasping at some girls stupidity.

The cricket was on one of the screens, and I overheard the girl look across to her friend and say "Who are we playing? It's India, right?". This was bad enough, but the girl was of Indian descent!

I felt like hitting the emergency stop button and sending her flying over the top.
 
From Ed L, TMS inbox: "Good knock from Bopara there - one nice cover drive then out. It's almost like having Vaughan back."

Harsh but fair?

KP in being a prat shocker doesn't stop Strauss from getting a ton. Good knock from him.
 
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Still our session. 130 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. If Strauss was out as well then different story. Strauss ton up. Quality. Keep going.
 
I was thinking more "Harmison of 2 years ago, bowling to 2nd slip" than "Harmison right now, bowling deadly enough to slassify as a sniper".

Nuts gone. 267-3.
 
I didnt think he hit that. I'm waiting on hot spot to confirm it but it just looked like it swung after beating the bat to me.

EDIT: Snicko confirms the thinnest of edges.
 
I don't understand why both Bopara and Pietersen were trying to smash the Aussies off the park? We're still looking good but Pietersen and Ravi both needed a big knock, and it was stupidity which cost them again
 
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I don't understand why both Bopara and Pietersen were trying to smash the Aussies off the park? We're still looking good but Pietersen and Ravi both needed a big knock, and it was stupidity which cost them again
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Too much ODI and Twenty20 in their diets, I'm afraid. They appear to have forgotten that, in Test cricket, you don't have to **** everything out of the park but that, instead, you should be trying to build an innings. Really disappointed with KP; as for Ravi, I fear for him.

His current stutter could, potentially, pave the way back for Bell (*) who is pretty near the top of the County averages this season with 699 runs @ 58.25. Of potential England players, only Banger, Ramprakash, Blackwell and Hildreth are ahead of him (with Banger a mile in front of the others already) - with one or two interesting names just behind him (Carberry, Afzaal and - unexpectedly - Jamie Dalrymple).

That said, if you were being harsh, you'd knock off a few runs from Banger & Hildreth, and Dalrymple, for playing on the car-parks that are Taunton and Sophia Gardens...

If we presume that Ramps's Test career is done, that leaves Bell & Ravi fending off Blackwell, Carberry and Afzaal. I actually think Blackwell is more talented than his paunch lets on - if he shifts the weight at Durham, I see him as a very serious contender for Test consideration (bearing in mind his decent ODI pedigree). I'd also like to think that Afzaal may yet work his way back into the selectors' thoughts - and Carberry warrants further consideration, albeit as a specialist opener.

Right now, though, it's a straight Bell v. Bopara scrap for the no. 3 slot. I reckon Ravi will get until the end of the next Test. If he doesn't post a big score - 70+ in his next three innings - I have a nasty feeling he may be dropped for Bell.

Time for Ravi to really step up to the plate (*).

Matt

(*Because, lest there be any doubt, I don't see Bell's return to the side as a positive development. Like Hick & Ramps, I simply don't see him as possessing sufficient grit to be a Test cricketer. He may be more naturally talented and have better technique than, say, Paul Collingwood - but you'd pick Colly in your side ahead of Bell 10 times out of 10, because Colly - quite simply - has it in spades. I happen to think that Ravi also has the temperament for Test cricket - but that he's let the Aussies get to him. He needs to focus on his technique, pick the right shots, and let his talent & guts do the talking.)
 
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Too many very poor shots yet again, from looking like we would get a very large score now we will be lucky to get 400.
 
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