I remember him opening, or was that in ODIs. Looks like he is most likely to replace warner at the top atleast for one of the next two tests,surely.
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I remember him opening, or was that in ODIs. Looks like he is most likely to replace warner at the top atleast for one of the next two tests,surely.
They've really let the Aussies off the hook here, need a wicket sharpish to get control back.
The effect of dropped catches isn't just the loss of the wicket, they drag the momentum of the team down too, completely changing the complexion of the game.
The effect of dropped catches isn't just the loss of the wicket, they drag the momentum of the team down too, completely changing the complexion of the game.
Should stop playing Golf and you know actually practice catching the ball instead
That drop is going to cost the match
Robinson injured?
Absolutely diabolical from Root
Catches win matches. At 0-2 down in the series, criminal to drop so many catches.
Marsh is going to hit a hundred here.
If he had gone, I genuinely think we could have had them all out for below 250.
If he had gone, I genuinely think we could have had them all out for below 250.
Marsh has bullied England's attack here. He looks in ominous form.
Wheels are coming off here. You simply do not drop catches against Australia and get away with it.
England's team balance is all wrong..
long tail that cant bat.
keeper who is clearly not good enough.
Who picks these teams?
long tail that cant bat.
keeper who is clearly not good enough.
Who picks these teams?
No excuses for England here - ridiculous amount of missed chances.
Less than that,ah well just have to hope we can find some players for next Ashes down under
It's doing my head in, switched to Wimbledon for now for my own sanity.
Cannot believe we dropped both these guys. This has been such a frustrating series.
Yeah Broady is giving Ruud a decent game
I can when we clearly aren't practicing the basics
Aussies Bazballing their way to the Ashes.
Marsh amazing, England woeful.
Marsh amazing, England woeful.
He's bazballing England.
What a great knock - 100 off 102. Brought in from the cold and he does that. That takes some balls.
What a great knock - 100 off 102. Brought in from the cold and he does that. That takes some balls.
If we lose this test match we've robbed everyone of a top series via sloppyness. Very frustrating.
Ofcourse credit to Marsh and Head for making the most of it,
We've absolutely fecked this.
This being the Ashes and this series with how its gone one way then another, it was obviously never going to be straight forward... but you feel like it could have been
Still fancy us, but we'll do it the hard way, obviously.
This being the Ashes and this series with how its gone one way then another, it was obviously never going to be straight forward... but you feel like it could have been
Still fancy us, but we'll do it the hard way, obviously.
Yeah sloppy XI that sums up this team
Nah it's gone since lunch
And complacency. Diabolical declaration in the first innings of the first match set the tone for the rest of the series.
Just the wrong sort of attitude and intensity for such a big series.
This is a mental issue more than anything else. When England are ahead in the game, they somehow find a way to hand the initiative back to Australia.
Three dropped catches, one an absolute dolly. They have bottled it.
Three dropped catches, one an absolute dolly. They have bottled it.
Any period of play where we do well seems to then be followed by a string of errors that then extinguishes any hope of us actually seizing the game. It’s been a theme in every game so far.
We’ll probably get another flurry of wickets again in a bit but then let them back in with the tail knocking us about or an early batting collapse.
What a ton by Mitch Marsh. Could well be pivotal in Australia's quest to retain the Ashes in this test. Remember Joe Root dropped the big bison when he was on 12.
Stokes can't bowl so they had to pick 5 bowlers. Bairstow is a better batsmen so they have sacrificed keeping abilities for that.
He's class. He's such a unit and his ground strokes look so technically sound and orthodox.
I thought it was 2-1 when the 4th wicket went down. Swung the match back into parity in one session. This is another good session from England being in real trouble
That's sensational by Mitch Marsh. He was given a life but he has capitalized on it. Fair play.
So bloody frustrating. Marsh has hardly been in the team and we let him off and make him into a world beater.
Is this what bazball should look like?
Nonsense, not sure why everyone is focusing so much on a declaration as a stick to beat this side with, were losing this series through crap catching and bad shot making mostly, we could have won that first test easily.
He walked 
That's a relief.... 100 odd runs later.
That's a relief.... 100 odd runs later.
Thank feck for that.
If we come out strong after this break and bowl them all out for under 300 then you would fancy us.
Yeah we just toss the initiative back with such ease and explains why we are 2-0 down,Ashes will be over as a contest after Monday unfortunately
Needed to be so much less unfortunately,Root owes us an absolutely enormous couple of knocks to put it right