Delphinho123 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Be such a shame when this is rained off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 In lead & we’ve only been batting for six hours. This is genuinely very, very funny. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 200 partnership from 29 overs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted July 20, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20, 2023 If only that was a no ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Crawley finally gone for a run a ball 180. Monstrous innings from an out of form player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted July 20, 2023 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2023 Crawley gone for 189. Good to see the Australians running to shake his hand on the way off, with everything that's gone on in the series, that's excellent to see. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Root out for under 100 too which is a shame. Means instead ofa huge last hour its a rebuild with two new batters. We need 100+ overs to get Australia out however on this surface so our time is valuable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 20, 2023 Moderator Share Posted July 20, 2023 Important half hour this, we need to keep pushing. If we assume we're going to miss a full day with the weather we should still be bale to get this done - more than that could be trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Not looking as easy to score now with a soft ball. Important we don't loose another wicket tonight. Just go again tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Some balls are shooting up. Root was out to a grub hunter. Signs of uneven bounce already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Missed the last hour, seems like things slowed down a touch, probably a good thing if the pitch is beginning to be a bit harder. Go hard tomorrow morning now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Going tomorrow, should be a good day. Hope Stokes and Brook come out swinging first thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Phenomenal day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 3 hours ago, Wainy316 said: Calm down. Surely you're aware of the ever impending threat of a spectacular England batting collapse? This England team has a stronger mentality of teams past. The test results speak for themselves. Sure they're a bit cocksure at times, but so were the West Indies sides of the 70s and 80s and they won a lot more than they lost. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Anything above 200 runs ahead, it's our test to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) The BBC forecast is rain tmrw until about 2pm. But Saturday will be a complete washout, heavy rain all day long. And Sunday's showing every hour as showers (some thundery) and/or sunny intervals. So it's not looking good for us having enough time to win. : < Edited July 20, 2023 by robby b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 41 minutes ago, robby b said: The BBC forecast is rain tmrw until about 2pm. But Saturday will be a complete washout, heavy rain all day long. And Sunday's showing every hour as showers (some thundery) and/or sunny intervals. So it's not looking good for us having enough time to win. : < If it was a normal starting time tomorrow, I would fancy us to win it in three days. Such is the momentum with England now. The Aussies are starting to doubt themselves, doubt always brings errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, sheepyvillian said: This England team has a stronger mentality of teams past. The test results speak for themselves. Sure they're a bit cocksure at times, but so were the West Indies sides of the 70s and 80s and they won a lot more than they lost. One of the things I've really liked in this Ashes is that we're now onto our 7th innings and none of them have been under 200! What an improvement! There have been so many times over the years when we had the typical disastrous spectacular collapse vs the Aussies, scoring less than 100, sometimes just 70 something or 60 something. But we haven't been even close to such miserable scores this time... (So far!) :s Edited July 20, 2023 by robby b 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 20 minutes ago, robby b said: One of the things I've really liked in this Ashes is that we're now onto our 7th innings and none of them have been under 200! What an improvement. There have been so many times over the years when we had the typical disastrous spectacular collapse vs the Aussies, scoring less than 100, sometimes just 70 something or 60 something. But we haven't been even close to such miserable scores this time... (So far!) :s And that's all about psychology more than it is talent, and it pisses me off that bigots like Michael Vaughan can't tilt his cap to the mental strength of this England team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Looking at the forecast there may be 60 to 70 overs more play. For England to win they need to really go for it with the bat for the next 25 overs, get a 240+ lead then stick the Aussies in and have 40 odd overs to bowl them out. Seems unlikely though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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