David Kelly 1260 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 That's class Didn't get to watch the Aussies bat but I proper laughed when I seen the score and checked it a couple of times! Nobody got to watch the Aussies bat properly yesterday! Starc is bowling well this morning though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Was looking hard work for an hour or so there. Could be over today the way things have gone in the last half hour though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22185 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Aussies collapsing everywhere like deck chairs on Brighton beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Smith seems to have no idea at all how to play in English conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35614 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Almost makes me wish I lived in Earl's Court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35614 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I just don't know what's going off out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46088 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I love the awkward craic when the Aussie pundits stare into the camera as if they're talking to the viewer, American sports show style, when everyone else is just carrying on like it's a conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22185 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Ashes coming home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15737 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17698 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 The Ashes might be won before the football season kicks off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46088 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 It's just about over now. Early night for @@toonotl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3116 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 It's just about over now. Early night for @@toonotl I'm here. Taking my medicine. Congratulations to England they've been the better side by a long long way in this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46088 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I'm gonna need you to neck a couple of bottles of Shiraz and start getting lairy please. You are no use to me like this. And that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3116 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17698 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Has England's Aussie coach banned himself from media duties?...haven't heard him utter a word during this series...is he keen not to wind his countrymen up or is he just wanting to make sure he'll still get a pint in his local in Woolabrawoonga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3116 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 (edited) Clarke is retiring after next Test. Announced it just now whilst being interviewed by Warne on the Aussie coverage. Edit: Judging by his words I think there's a hint he's been told its time to go. Edited August 8, 2015 by toonotl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46088 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Aye they were saying on Sky that it's been rumoured all over the Aussie press. Who'll get the job now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35614 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Nailed on it'll be smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3116 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 (edited) Smith gets it without any debate at all I think. He did well enough leading the ODI team in Clarke's absence. Plus, there's not really another candidate. Warner is the only other legitimate 'option', and there's no way he's getting the job, he's as thick as mince. Rogers is retiring. S. Marsh, Voges are not getting picked again. Mitchel Marsh is young and about as bright as Warner. Watson, Haddin and Siddle aren't getting back in the side, and Haddin is the only one of those that could really lead a side. There's no way a bowler gets the job. So it's Smith without doubt. Edited August 8, 2015 by toonotl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46088 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Aw Clark having a few tears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35614 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Get ready for a broken heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43115 Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 @@Ken - Wake up! It's party time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22185 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Smith gets it without any debate at all I think. He did well enough leading the ODI team in Clarke's absence. Plus, there's not really another candidate. Warner is the only other legitimate 'option', and there's no way he's getting the job, he's as thick as mince. Rogers is retiring. S. Marsh, Voges are not getting picked again. Mitchel Marsh is young and about as bright as Warner. Watson, Haddin and Siddle aren't getting back in the side, and Haddin is the only one of those that could really lead a side. There's no way a bowler gets the job. So it's Smith without doubt. I'm surprised siddle didn't get a bowl. He could have provided a bit of control lost when Ryan Harris packed it in. The rest are all wicket takers but not the most economical. I guess that was what they thought hazelcrack would provide but he's been unimpressive. Smudger Smith hasn't exactly enhanced his reputation on this tour other than the one big knock on a flat deck but has to be the first choice, though he may want to be a bit more diplomatic with his pre-series comments next time. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/867803.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Paul Farbrace, England's assistant coach, has followed Alastair Cook in praising Peter Moores for laying the groundwork for the team's recent success. Cook paid tribute to former head coach Moores after England's innings victory at Trent Bridge saw them regain the Ashes and Farbrace echoed the sentiment, saying he would "defend him to the hilt". Moores was sacked in May after the appointment of Andrew Strauss as England's director of cricket. While England experienced a tumultuous year during Moores' second spell as coach, he showed faith in a number of young players who have steadily helped improve the team's fortunes. His final series in charge was a 1-1 draw in Tests against West Indies but the group stage exit at the World Cup cast an even longer shadow. Moores and Farbrace, who was brought in as assistant at the same time, had six months of 50-over preparation but saw the team fail even to reach the knockout stage after defeat to Bangladesh in Adelaide. England have made impressive strides in ODI cricket since then, while continuing the Test revival that Moores laid the foundations for after the 5-0 Ashes whitewash in 2013-14. Farbrace said Moores "gave absolutely everything to England" and backed him to do well with Nottinghamshire, where he has been working in a consultant capacity. "Following Mooresy down the tunnel at Adelaide was horrible. I did not enjoy seeing him take the stick that he did, and I will defend him to the hilt," Farbrace said. "That bloke gave absolutely everything to England. I am so pleased that Cooky mentioned him because he did nothing but work hard for the team. He will still be in touch with the majority of the boys. "It is no surprise that he has come to Notts and in the time that he has been there he has improved them massively. "From my point of view, I hated the winter, I hate losing, but I have really, really enjoyed the last few months. But the team will go on long after I am finished with the England team, and be a very exciting team in the future." Farbrace described England's World Cup as a "disaster" but said it had helped provide the motivation to improve. Farbrace led the team in a thrilling 3-2 ODI victory over New Zealand, before the arrival of Trevor Bayliss as coach, and the feelgood factor established during that series fed into England's dramatic Ashes surge. "We were all low. I said at the time in Sydney, it wasn't Peter Moores' fault we failed in the World Cup. He did nothing but work his socks off for England cricket. He is an excellent coach and bloke and was a very popular member of our group. "The decision was taken to change the coach after that World Cup. It was a disaster, there is no getting away from it. We didn't play well. We got blown away in the first game and I don't think we ever recovered. We were all hurting. Your pride takes a hell of a hit. You bump into people on the street and they say 'Oh, you work with the England team, you are rubbish'. It hurts, it really does hurt. "The last week in Australia was a horrible week for all of us. Players get stung by that criticism. But we came back and the lads just felt it was time to change the way we were playing and our approach to certain things and they have carried that out. And we have seen the improvement." England's attacking approach, which saw them win the third and fourth Tests against Australia inside three days, was formed in part during the visit of New Zealand, with Farbrace filling an interim role in charge of the side. He pinpointed a counterattacking stand between Joe Root and Ben Stokes on the first day of the first Test of the summer - a game England ended up winning by 124 runs - as the catalyst for what followed. "Against New Zealand I don't think we set out to be an ultra-attacking team," he said. "It just happened by chance, at 30 for 4 on that first day at Lord's, that Root plays one way, get his singles and scores boundaries, and Stokes came in and whacked it. And all of a sudden the headlines were 'this new England way of playing'. But I think we stumbled across it as opposed to set out to play in that way. "I think it suits us. You look at the way the middle order play and they are all quite attacking batsmen. Trev keeps telling them to have a positive mindset, because then you are in the best position to play whatever ball is delivered to you - in the best position to leave, defend or hit it." Farbrace also praised the ethic that has been instilled within the side, of enjoying success as a group. He offered Jason Roy - who continued to attack while opening in the ODIs against New Zealand despite the lack of a significant score - and Moeen Ali adapting to bat at No. 8 in the Test side as examples of the team's needs taking priority, before highlighting Stokes' pivotal display with the ball at Trent Bridge, where his second-innings 6 for 36 sealed the victory that returned the Ashes. "An interesting relationship has developed between Cooky and Ben Stokes," he said. "Over the last 18 months or so, Stokes has wanted to bowl more and maybe Cooky hasn't always trusted him to bowl so he has had short spells. Stokes knows he has short spells so he has been trying to impress with inswingers, bouncers, yorkers, whatever. "What we are now seeing, is that Stokes has had a couple of good spells and has been thrown the ball a bit more. So he is getting confidence from Cooky, Cooky is getting confidence in Stokesy, and now he is bowling spells like he did on Friday - a long spell which was needed for the team. "So the next time we are in that situation, Cooky will have no qualms about chucking Ben the ball knowing that he can do it, and Ben won't feel like he has to prove himself every time he bowls. When players are not trying to prove something to the captain or coaches and just playing the way the team needs them to play, that is a great place for a team to be." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I wonder if he refers to himself as Farbracey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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