Well didn't expect that. First surprise was the Poms winning the toss and putting us in, thought Strauss made a mistake there, but proved to be a masterstroke. I really thought we had the momentum and the confidence on the back of a good performnace in Perth. English bowlers weren't fantastic, just put the ball in the right place and let the Aussie batsmen make fools of themselves. The Ashes are gone now, anything over 200 by the Poms and we are screwed, seeing as they are none for 80 odd we can kiss the urn goodbye.
Our batting has been pretty woeful this series, apart from Hussey and the occassional Haddin effort there has been no consistency. Some of the dismissals today showed there are some players horribly out of touch and some out of their depth.
I didn't understand Hughes getting the nod once Katich was injured, hasn't been scoring any runs in domestic cricket and looks ordinary, bad selection in my book, they should have went with Jaques.
Ponting is starting to look old, might be time to move down the order and try and scrape another season or two out of him.
Clarke just looks horrible at the moment, I don't now whether it's his back or what but all its seems he can do is play away from his body and giving the slips some catching practice. He is on struggle street at the moment and not looking likely to get a big score.
Can someone explain to me how Steve Smith is the best number 6 in the country ?? His selection is the continuation of this policy whereby the Aussie selectors feel like they need an "all rounder". Symonds, McDonald, White, North and now Smith. It's a waste of a batting spot because none of them were test class bats or bowlers. Just pick another batsman FFS.
What a meek bloody effort today, no mongrel, no fight. No bloody patience. Can't believe that bowling attack has rolled us for less than 100. Ponting has now lost 3 Ashes series, and our first at home for more 20 years. Who was the last Aussie Captain to lose 3 Ashes Series ?? I can't remember if AB lost 2 or 3.
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Our batting has been pretty woeful this series, apart from Hussey and the occassional Haddin effort there has been no consistency. Some of the dismissals today showed there are some players horribly out of touch and some out of their depth.
I didn't understand Hughes getting the nod once Katich was injured, hasn't been scoring any runs in domestic cricket and looks ordinary, bad selection in my book, they should have went with Jaques.
Ponting is starting to look old, might be time to move down the order and try and scrape another season or two out of him.
Clarke just looks horrible at the moment, I don't now whether it's his back or what but all its seems he can do is play away from his body and giving the slips some catching practice. He is on struggle street at the moment and not looking likely to get a big score.
Can someone explain to me how Steve Smith is the best number 6 in the country ?? His selection is the continuation of this policy whereby the Aussie selectors feel like they need an "all rounder". Symonds, McDonald, White, North and now Smith. It's a waste of a batting spot because none of them were test class bats or bowlers. Just pick another batsman FFS.
What a meek bloody effort today, no mongrel, no fight. No bloody patience. Can't believe that bowling attack has rolled us for less than 100. Ponting has now lost 3 Ashes series, and our first at home for more 20 years. Who was the last Aussie Captain to lose 3 Ashes Series ?? I can't remember if AB lost 2 or 3.
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