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Thread: 4th Ashes Test in Melbourne ends in a draw (Aus 327 & 263/4d, Eng 491); Australia lead series 3-0
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26th December 2017, 10:32 #81
Making money is such a cop out. What kind of fan would put so much thought into it?
What you should care about is quality, something that without question is not here.
We've wasted the start of our summer on WI, but at least we have Pakistan coming next which should pick things up with a closely contested series between two evenly matched sides.
You sound like the typical WWE shill who boasts about WWE's record revenues when the product is universally acknowledged as mediocre.Last edited by Aman; 26th December 2017 at 10:33.
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26th December 2017, 10:42 #82
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26th December 2017, 10:45 #83
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26th December 2017, 10:45 #84
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26th December 2017, 10:57 #85
The Curren brothers. The new average cricketers that will eventually become the golden boys of English cricket.
"The Indian bowling attack is as devastating as the Teletubbies"- Sir Ian Botham
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26th December 2017, 11:16 #86
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Well just watch teams that have close matches and dont watch the ashes, I cant see what the problem is. Australia dont organise their summer to entertain neutrals they organise them for the 85,000+ Australians that want to watch the ashes.
You can watch NZ v WI and NZ v PAK.
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26th December 2017, 11:23 #87
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Overton has looked quite good in this series- threatening with the ball & at least shows guts with the bat. They should be better to focus on the Overton brothers rather than the Currans. I haven't seen the other Curran but this one looks a dime a dozen 130k English seamer.
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26th December 2017, 11:23 #88
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26th December 2017, 11:27 #89
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26th December 2017, 11:29 #90
All three of the brothers are bang average but massively overhyped in the English circuit. Theyve had special treatment from a very young age. And yes, they wont be bowling any quicker than 130ks
Overton has a long way to go to win some respect with the south asian fans. Personally I think he should do his best to get a PSL contract and make himself available to go to Lahore.The guy is a proven racist and ECB need to make sure that they clean his image up fast
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26th December 2017, 11:49 #91
Ashes in England are always very entertaining and in AUS very boring but a great spectacle for the people over there. Pak / Ind series are thrilling be it in Pak or Ind, and the rivalry is a lot more intense but they don't play each other anymore
Ah, so this is what it feels like
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26th December 2017, 11:58 #92
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26th December 2017, 12:01 #93
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26th December 2017, 12:04 #94
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26th December 2017, 12:07 #95
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26th December 2017, 12:14 #96
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Just for your information Aman, England have won more tests in Australia in the last ten years than India, NZ, PAK, WI and SL combined.
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26th December 2017, 12:42 #97
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26th December 2017, 13:19 #98
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26th December 2017, 20:20 #99
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26th December 2017, 20:41 #100
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26th December 2017, 22:56 #102
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To be really frank, as poor as England have been in the series, you can't just play with couple of teams year around. You need a well rounded FTP. If teams stopped inviting other teams based on their performances away, the only team which can be invited in SA. England and Australia have been poor in sub-continent, England have been poor in Australia, The sub continent teams have been poor away from Asia. So that leaves us only with SA who have been competitive in all conditions (Except for that one series in India). So who will SA play against? Or do all teams just prepare FTP's to just play SA year round.
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27th December 2017, 00:13 #103
Good comeback from England this session. 3 wickets for not much more than 80 runs by the looks of it.
Nip another one out before lunch and we could finally see some sort of competitive match in this over hyped series.
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27th December 2017, 01:34 #104
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Great come back by Poms, but I guess Aussies have won the Test with toss. Don't see Poms chasing 200+ against Lyon in Day 5. One thing Aussies have done is they have spent longer time in middle allowing this bone dry wicket to rough up. ENG might get a tiny lead after Day 3, but Aussies are still favorite.
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27th December 2017, 01:52 #105
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27th December 2017, 03:03 #106
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Good fight back from England and Cook finally looks in great touch. The absence of Starc and the pressure of winning the Ashes has helped him a lot. Now he is playing to keep his place for the home season.
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27th December 2017, 04:36 #107
Fair play to Steve Smith for deciding that if the English selectors aren't brave enough to drop Cook then he'll do it himself.
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27th December 2017, 04:42 #108
No Star and this Aussie attack looks like a joke.
Hazlebogan shouldn’t have even gotten Vince’s wicket if he had reviewed.
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27th December 2017, 04:53 #109
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Cook finally scoring runs against Hazlewood and Cummins.
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27th December 2017, 04:54 #110
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Bird is hardly any effective.
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27th December 2017, 05:44 #111
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Easily the slowest and dullest pitch in the country. Even Pakistan came close to scoring 500 at the MCG. Australia better not give the Indians this track to bat on. They will pile 700.
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27th December 2017, 06:01 #112
Great effort from England.
Need to keep it going on Day 3 or this will be another moment they've failed to grab.
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27th December 2017, 06:27 #113
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Even though dead rubber but what a brilliant comeback from Cook when he looked all done. The guy has got fighting spirits even though he is still far from ATG.
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27th December 2017, 07:28 #114
Envy is a sad thing to witness.
England and Australia have a strong bond, like brothers who are ferocious rivals but love each other for all that. We’ll be contesting the Ashes long after everyone else stops playing tests. Last, as we we were first.
Well done England today. Don’t shout too loud, but Jimmy is heading for his best every Australian series. Eighteen wickets so far, with three innings left? Broad finally shows up. Great to see Cheffy turn back the clock. Hope he piles it on tomorrow, got to apply scoreboard pressure to win this.Last edited by Robert; 27th December 2017 at 07:30.
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27th December 2017, 08:13 #115
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3-0 scoreline after 3 tests seems anything but ferocious rivalry. Last time, England toured Australia, it was same.
Ashes may have historical importance for sure.
What pleasure is derived from continuously pummelling an opponent is beyond me. But Aussie fans certainly enjoy that and I am not against that. I am just surprised.
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27th December 2017, 08:34 #116
Jimmy quietly noses past Walsh on the test wicket table.
Given a decent English summer, he will be closing in on McGrath.
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27th December 2017, 08:50 #117
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27th December 2017, 08:52 #118
Cook's forte has always been his mental strength, to play a knock like that when out of nick is special.
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27th December 2017, 09:04 #119
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Roles reversed. Cook striking at 60 and Root at 45.
Is this Cook's fastest hundred?
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27th December 2017, 09:13 #120
Cook’s 17th away century, and fifth in Australia.
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27th December 2017, 09:30 #121
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27th December 2017, 14:57 #124
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27th December 2017, 17:42 #125
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Cook was timing the ball beautifully, he's a stubborn personality and wasn't going to go down without a fight. He didn't produce when the series was live however.
Still, a good knock and England should look to push on to 450+ from here.
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27th December 2017, 19:38 #126
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How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it's just words.
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27th December 2017, 23:21 #127
Oh Root.
Nobody mention conversion rates...
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27th December 2017, 23:30 #128
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Root goes again after scoring a fifty. England are under no pressure in this game. They have nothing to lose. They have already lost the Ashes and Root cannot even fill his boots in this game.
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27th December 2017, 23:33 #129
Oh man.
That shot symbolizes what happens to Root after scoring 50.
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27th December 2017, 23:36 #130
Root cops out again after taking the square root of 2500.
Swing it like Akram, whack it like Afridi, live it like Inti.
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28th December 2017, 00:10 #131
Another inside edge?
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28th December 2017, 00:22 #132
How did Malan not feel that inside edge?
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28th December 2017, 00:42 #133
If England can't capitalize on this advantage, they DESERVE to loose 5-0!
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28th December 2017, 01:35 #134
Awful shot from YJB
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28th December 2017, 01:40 #135
Bloody hell Moeen
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28th December 2017, 01:50 #136
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28th December 2017, 03:38 #137
Cook (178*) has been on the field for the whole match so far. Wow
Wonder if he will carry his bat
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28th December 2017, 04:35 #138
How is the pitch? Its bad to see England lose their way again. Should have scored more than 500 after the position they found themselves in last night.
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28th December 2017, 04:52 #139
Best cooker!
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28th December 2017, 04:55 #140
Well done cook!! Still got it! Only 3000 runs way!
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28th December 2017, 04:57 #141
Jackson Bird 0-106 in the innings so far...
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28th December 2017, 05:14 #142
Aussies without Starc lol
Jokers
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28th December 2017, 05:22 #143
Surely England have to declare now and have a 10 overs crack at australian batsmen.
That would able Anderson and Broad to bowl 5 overs each tonight and restart tomorrow.
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28th December 2017, 05:23 #144
Supremely fantastic Cook! Double Hundred !
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28th December 2017, 05:26 #145
Few people think this is meh because series is dead so England coming to life now isn't special.
Fact of the matter is that NZ, India, Pakistan, WI, SA have all toured in recent times and no one other than SA could even land 1 victory against this Aussie side (IIRC)
So even if Eng take these next 2 "dead rubbers" I'd still consider this an ok tour for them considering the humiliation most teams get on these concrete slabs.
Swing it like Akram, whack it like Afridi, live it like Inti.
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28th December 2017, 05:28 #146
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Well played broad
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28th December 2017, 05:29 #147
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Australia being taken to the cleaners here and that too by Broad!!!
Stumps coming at the wrong time for England. They would dearly love another 15 overs.
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28th December 2017, 05:29 #148
Broad doing an Afridi what with that 20 batting average as well. Tonight is a blue moon.
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28th December 2017, 05:30 #149
Anderson's depth comment wasn't too far off I guess. One of the most listless performance from Aussie bowlers in recent years.
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28th December 2017, 05:36 #150
Yet another biased shocker of decision goes for Aus.
These timid umpires always bow down to their overlords
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28th December 2017, 05:38 #151
Very unsporting behaviour from Usman Khawaja, yet another Aussie to add to the long historical list of Australian cricketers who have claimed dodgy catches.
How that was given out in the end I will never know. Clearly touched the floor.
Gilchrist was a gentleman, regardless of the match situation he would have either not claimed the catch at all, or he would have asked for a replay.
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28th December 2017, 05:40 #152
Consider that out of the 9 England wickets in this innings, 2 of them have been inside-edged LBW decisions and 1 has been a catch wherein the ball touched the floor. So that is 3 out of 9 English batsmen, 33.3% of the innings, sawn off by the umpires. England should lodge an official complaint this evening.
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28th December 2017, 05:44 #153
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28th December 2017, 05:45 #154
The decision being given out was more due to the umpires on-field call rather than Khawaja. Unsporting behaviour would be Khawaja celebrating as if nothing happened after taking the catch however in this case he was quick to signal to the umpire he was unsure and on that alone, his integrity shouldn't be questioned.
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28th December 2017, 06:13 #155
A day of domination by England batsmen, headlined by 244* by Alastair Cook comes to an end with England on 491/9 at Stumps on Day 3 of the 4th Test; England lead by 164 runs and the pressure is surely on Australia now #Ashes #AusvEng #Cricket
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28th December 2017, 06:15 #156
Cook, who was dropped on 66 and 153 by Australia captain Steve Smith, brought up his double-ton in the final session with a sweetly-timed straight drive off Jackson Bird.
The former England skipper ticked off another milestone soon after, surpassing Viv Richards’s score of 208 at the MCG in 1984.
Richards, Azhar Ali, Aubrey Faulkner and Wally Hammond are the only foreigners to celebrate a double-century in a Melbourne Test.
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28th December 2017, 06:52 #157
Marvellous by Chef and scored at a fast clip which gives England a chance to win. I hope he can get to 250 and carry his bat.
Batted Draco too, he’s having a good match.
It won’t be 0-5 at least.
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28th December 2017, 07:06 #158
Brilliant stuff from Cook!
They've put themselves into a great spot. Just need to bowl well from ball one unlike the 1st innings where it took them time.
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28th December 2017, 07:23 #159
So much for my theory about his eyes going. His bat looked a mile wide.
He seems to have become hit and miss this past year, though. I still think they should drop him to #3, to get the maximum runs out his last two years.
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28th December 2017, 07:33 #160
Yes!
Finally Engurland. Keep at it lads.
Hats off to Cook!
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