Starts tomorrow.
Australia v. England.
With Usman Khawaja confirmed to bat at first drop and James Pattnson in the XI, this looks to be the Aussie team.
Warner
Harris or Bancroft
Khawaja
Smith
Head or Wade
Labuschagne
Paine
Pattinson
Cummins
Starc
Lyon
Hazlewood and Siddle under consideration. Mitch Marsh could still get the #6 spot.
First Ashes Test. Edgbaston.
Fairfax sound like they think it's Bancroft & Wade. No word on 3rd bowler (4th really), except they expect horses for courses.
Do the bookies have a market for how long a Test lasts? The complication is there may be three or four sessions rained out, so it may artificially look like the Test made it to day 4 (or 5??).
Do the bookies have a market for how long a Test lasts? The complication is there may be three or four sessions rained out, so it may artificially look like the Test made it to day 4 (or 5??).
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"Australia has not won at the venue since its innings-and-118-run thumping in the second Ashes Test of 2001, the same year the visitors last won the Ashes in England.
In the 18 years that have passed since that distant victory, Australia has played in 10 completed matches across all formats in Birmingham, losing nine and drawing once, a rain-affected match during the 2009 Ashes."
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/tim-pai ... 2019-07-31
In the 18 years that have passed since that distant victory, Australia has played in 10 completed matches across all formats in Birmingham, losing nine and drawing once, a rain-affected match during the 2009 Ashes."
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/tim-pai ... 2019-07-31
Donny.
It's a game. Enjoy it.
It's a game. Enjoy it.
I'm tempted to say that's the worst England Ashes batting lineup I've ever seen. They are relying on lower-order sloggers to bump up the total.
Unfortunately, Oz's is bad too. It's amazing that they're talking about Khawaja as if he's so important. He's done nothing of note in English conditions. In a respectable batting order, he'd be regarded as the weakest link.
It'll need deluges of rain for this to make it to five days. (That or modern ODI pitches.)
Unfortunately, Oz's is bad too. It's amazing that they're talking about Khawaja as if he's so important. He's done nothing of note in English conditions. In a respectable batting order, he'd be regarded as the weakest link.
It'll need deluges of rain for this to make it to five days. (That or modern ODI pitches.)
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England 1 Jason Roy, 2 Rory Burns, 3 Joe Root (capt), 4 Joe Denly, 5 Jos Buttler, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Moeen Ali, 9 Chris Woakes, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson
Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Cameron Bancroft, 3 Usman Khawaja, 4 Steve Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Matthew Wade, 7 Tim Paine (capt & wk), 8 Pat Cummins, 9 James Pattinson, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Peter Siddle.
Australia 1 David Warner, 2 Cameron Bancroft, 3 Usman Khawaja, 4 Steve Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Matthew Wade, 7 Tim Paine (capt & wk), 8 Pat Cummins, 9 James Pattinson, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Peter Siddle.
Donny.
It's a game. Enjoy it.
It's a game. Enjoy it.
It's just horses for courses.
They want some stability here, so Siddle has got that role.
e.g. Brettig:
'James Pattinson is guaranteed to play in the opening Ashes Test at Edgbaston and Peter Siddle is also strongly in contention, meaning Starc looks certain to miss out as he continues his transition from ODI lines and lengths to the demands of Test matches, while Hazlewood is also 50/50. Only Cummins is safe in the team of the three bowlers who dominated England in Australia in 2017-18. ...
"We've spoken about it to the bowlers. As JL [the coach Justin Langer] said, we're going to pick the team we think is going to win each Test match given the conditions we get when we arrive at those venues and the bowlers are across that," Paine said. "I think that's a great thing for our team - to have a really strong mix of fast bowlers who can all play in different conditions. But as we've said to the fast bowlers, it's actually a great thing for them as well because we can now prolong their careers for a few years." '
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... lls-behind
They want some stability here, so Siddle has got that role.
e.g. Brettig:
'James Pattinson is guaranteed to play in the opening Ashes Test at Edgbaston and Peter Siddle is also strongly in contention, meaning Starc looks certain to miss out as he continues his transition from ODI lines and lengths to the demands of Test matches, while Hazlewood is also 50/50. Only Cummins is safe in the team of the three bowlers who dominated England in Australia in 2017-18. ...
"We've spoken about it to the bowlers. As JL [the coach Justin Langer] said, we're going to pick the team we think is going to win each Test match given the conditions we get when we arrive at those venues and the bowlers are across that," Paine said. "I think that's a great thing for our team - to have a really strong mix of fast bowlers who can all play in different conditions. But as we've said to the fast bowlers, it's actually a great thing for them as well because we can now prolong their careers for a few years." '
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... lls-behind