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[Banquo]

It’s fair to say that Bairstow has been a key factor in a bad way in all three games to date. Ridiculous

[Big D]

It’s fair to say that Bairstow has been a key factor in a bad way in all three games to date. Ridiculous

It is terrible and avoidable.

Foakes would be forgiven for pissing himself laughing.

[Banquo]

He will be relieved but should still be 80-5

[Big D]

Big wicket on stroke of lunch.

Strange review. All the England players went up so they heard something.

That drop of Head is massive. Could have had them 5 down with all their gun batsmen gone.

[Banquo]

Big wicket on stroke of lunch.

Strange review. All the England players went up so they heard something.

That drop of Head is massive. Could have had them 5 down with all their gun batsmen gone.

Yep shocker

[Banquo]

ffs now root

not good enough. 98-6 should be....easy catches and soft runs early

[Banquo]

This session has prob cost the ashes, specifically Root's drop of Marsh (and some pants bowling and Robinson hobbling off); Marsh has scored nearly a ton in one session!

We really have dropped the ashes in this series, and extra'd them. Its really careless tbh; Bazball not to blame, Cazball more like.

[Banquo]

Marsh gone, but ffs, his fc average was only 33.....he scored 3 x that in one session!!

[Banquo]

Root drops Carey then catches Head next ball

[Banquo]

This session has prob cost the ashes

Or…

[Banquo]

Could have had em all out for 150 tho

[Banquo]

What a series this is tho.

Not sure our openers will fancy it at the moment either. Woods swinging it at 93 mph. What a shame poor lad hasn’t been fit for long periods

[Banquo]

Certainly rattled Carey’s cage. Quite an English style collapse here.

Wood has been great all day. Bit worrying that Woakes seems to be struggling

[Banquo]

Fair play, the best players today all undercooked!

Wood, Woakes, Marsh fantastic

[Puja]

Positive start to the innings, although I am worried about this batting lineup. There's only 5 wickets before you get into the bowlers and, with this top 6 and their aggressive style, 5 wickets isn't hard to get... and literally as I type Duckett goes playing an attacking shot.

FFS

Puja

[Donny osmond]

When Australia lift that famous little urn in celebration this will be remembered as a series that England threw away. Mostly, not entirely but mostly, through the gloves of Jonny Bairstow.

[Banquo]

When Australia lift that famous little urn in celebration this will be remembered as a series that England threw away. Mostly, not entirely but mostly, through the gloves of Jonny Bairstow.

yarp. Hope he's ok though, to turn a phrase....he's quite an emotional chap, and the family history is a bit of a concern.

[Puja]

When Australia lift that famous little urn in celebration this will be remembered as a series that England threw away. Mostly, not entirely but mostly, through the gloves of Jonny Bairstow.

It's not just Bairstow though - Root's dropped two easy chances today, Anderson dropped two straight-forward ones at Lords. I don't know what's going on - are we just not preparing ourselves properly?

Puja

[Banquo]

When Australia lift that famous little urn in celebration this will be remembered as a series that England threw away. Mostly, not entirely but mostly, through the gloves of Jonny Bairstow.

It's not just Bairstow though - Root's dropped two easy chances today, Anderson dropped two straight-forward ones at Lords. I don't know what's going on - are we just not preparing ourselves properly?

Puja

concentration I'd say, plus lack of prep for Bairstow, who maybe has lost mobility post leg break. As Mrs B says, he shouldn't be keeping.

13 drops, one missed stumping and a ton of extras. Cazball

[Banquo]

5 an over dabbing singles. Oz go one day field again...lets not give it away this time. Take the singles.

[Banquo]

well done me

[Puja]

"He's played well, until he nicked one. That sentence really sums up Crawley's test career, doesn't it?"

TMS bang on the money.

Puja

[Banquo]

Starc's a handful

[Banquo]

"He's played well, until he nicked one. That sentence really sums up Crawley's test career, doesn't it?"

TMS bang on the money.

Puja

Its a shame- such a good stroke player, but a very poor man's gower.

[Donny osmond]

When Australia lift that famous little urn in celebration this will be remembered as a series that England threw away. Mostly, not entirely but mostly, through the gloves of Jonny Bairstow.

It's not just Bairstow though - Root's dropped two easy chances today, Anderson dropped two straight-forward ones at Lords. I don't know what's going on - are we just not preparing ourselves properly?

Puja

concentration I'd say, plus lack of prep for Bairstow, who maybe has lost mobility post leg break. As Mrs B says, he shouldn't be keeping.

13 drops, one missed stumping and a ton of extras. Cazball

Puja, yr absolutely right, it's not just Bairstow, but he's a big part of it. Hence "Mostly, not entirely but mostly through the gloves of Jonny Bairstow". I would say, imo the bowlers have been unfairly stigmatized. To keep a batting line up as good as Aus to the totals they have, the bowlers have been pretty fwcin good. Not perfect, but pretty good.

I like bazball, I like the idea of trying to entertain, but there has to be a recognition that sometimes entertain means play smart, not play exuberant. We see it in rugby all the time with teams that specialise in mauling it in; not pretty but it is effective. I just want England cricket to 'maul it in' sometimes. They are capable, and I don't think that would be asking anyone to play an unnatural game, just don't go for the box office hit. For me, the maddening inconsistency if the batting line up has been the worst part of this series