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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 25, 2019 10:05:15 GMT -5
Amazing finish coming here. Ben Stokes is single-handedly saving The Ashes for England.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 25, 2019 10:18:34 GMT -5
And with only one wicket left in hand, England win the match and square up the series 1-1 with two matches to play!
Australia had it in their hands too... Dropped catches, fumbled run-outs and poor use of the wicket review system (using it on a ball that was clearly missing, leaving them unable to use it on a ball that was clearly out that wasnβt called as such) cost them here almost as much as Stokesβs batting won it for England.
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4real
Wade Wilson
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Post by 4real on Aug 25, 2019 10:24:03 GMT -5
England donβt like doing things the easy way do they? Canβt believe England are still in this Ashes Series.
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Moppy
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Post by Moppy on Aug 26, 2019 12:14:27 GMT -5
I've been watching yesterday's highlights all day. I bloody love cricket.
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Post by Hurbster on Aug 27, 2019 18:11:23 GMT -5
Right, think I've calmed down now. That first innings was like me playing one of the Don Bradman games.
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Post by Nickybojelais on Aug 27, 2019 19:25:36 GMT -5
What is it about Headingley that makes Australia turn into mush. 1981, a shambolic England team chasing down 315 to win in 2001 and now the miracle of 2019. It's almost as if the Aussies are cursed in Leeds.
Is it too soon to equate the drama of this series to the 2005 series?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 30, 2019 8:07:33 GMT -5
Craig Overton will come into the England squad for James Anderson, who will not play again in the series because of his recurring calf injury.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 4, 2019 6:34:28 GMT -5
Fourth test is underway at Old Trafford (not Manchester Unitedβs home stadium, a different one with the same name), with Australia at bat. Smith returns in place of Khawaja, and Starc makes his first appearance of the series coming in for Pattinson.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 4, 2019 12:16:53 GMT -5
Australia end a rain-affected day one at 3/170, with Warner and Harris again failing with the bat, and Smith and Labuschagne picking up the slack.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 5, 2019 12:21:03 GMT -5
Australia declares their first innings at 8/497, Smith getting a whopping 211 with able support from Paine, Starc and Lyon over the remainder of the innings, leaving England with about an hour at the end of the second day to start chasing that score.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 5, 2019 13:18:44 GMT -5
At stumps, England are 1/23.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 6, 2019 14:00:01 GMT -5
England end the third day at 5/200, and it looks very likely that this will come down to the fifth test to see who takes home all the marbles.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 7, 2019 13:06:13 GMT -5
Well, so much for that. England end their first innings all out for 301. Australia had a quick fire seconds innings to declare at 6/186, and now England go into the final day at 2/18, needing 365 to take the win and a 2-1 series lead into the last test of the series.
Australia just need eight wickets to win the Ashes in England for the first time in 18 years.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 8, 2019 10:55:21 GMT -5
Last session of the match, and Australia need three wickets to retain The Ashes.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 8, 2019 11:00:45 GMT -5
Two more left, but one of them is Leach, the roadblock from Headingley.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 8, 2019 12:05:37 GMT -5
Labuschagne with the massive wicket of Leach! One more left!
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 8, 2019 12:16:46 GMT -5
Australia win it! 2-1 in the series with one game to go... If England win next, they can only tie the series and with Australia as the defending champions, they WILL retain The Ashes!
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 15, 2019 12:35:30 GMT -5
England win the final test match of the series, so officially it ends with a 2-2 tie, the first such instance in an Ashes series in 47 years, and as such, Australia still havenβt actually won a series in England since 2001. Australia retain The Ashes as the reigning champions.
Thatβs it for Australia for a little while, they return home to prepare for the usual busy summer schedule of matches. England prepare now for a series of matches with New Zealand, a pairing now forever linked with that epic World Cup final.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 20, 2023 12:50:36 GMT -5
Bit of a necro bump for this thread, because we got a cracking finish in this 2023 Ashes test series opener between Australia and England. 10 overs left for Australia to get 16 runs or England to get two wickets.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Jun 20, 2023 13:23:10 GMT -5
Australia ice it home and take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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