England Australia Ashes 2019

[dave01]

2 hours ago, Harry Brown said:

Hope we can slowly claw our way back after a disastrous start.

2/98.... take that any day of the week  at lunch day one, on foreign soil..

[davidge]

I’d say it was, on balance, Australia’s morning. Tomorrow should be a decent day for batting, though Friday could be a wash out. Hopefully, they’ll get another few hours in today...but it’s Manchester!

 

[Ah dinnae ken]

Good cricket. Looks like a 5am finish for me

Day called off. Early night for me

Edited September 4, 2019 by froddo

[davidge]

Second session to Australia as well.

England have looked very flat today.

[mikeyboy]

13 hours ago, davidge said:

Second session to Australia as well.

England have looked very flat today.

Yes , have to think Australia are ahead at 170 - 3  .  England did look flat on a very flat track .         Australia need to push on if they can ,  with fairly decent forecast today .      Friday looks grim with lots of rain about .   

Mikeyboy 

[Ah dinnae ken]

Pleased I'm watching this from home altho saying that after 33 during the day 12 at night seems artic. Sadly more rain today looks likely

 

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[keepitfun]

^^^^ gawd...we are just out of winter and had 21 today......Melbourne 

[apu nahasapeemapetilon]

Broad has proved once again he is very good against left handers. Warner, Harris and now Head.

[mikeyboy]

2 hours ago, keepitfun said:

^^^^ gawd...we are just out of winter and had 21 today......Melbourne 

Is it true Melbourne can have 4 seasons in one day  ?

Broad removes Head  !     199 - 4      Smith marches on

Mikeyboy

Edited September 5, 2019 by mikeyboy
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[Jebb]

8 minutes ago, mikeyboy said:

Is it true Melbourne can have 4 seasons in one day  ?

Broad removes Head  !     199 - 4      Smith marches on

Mikeyboy

That is true.

[Ah dinnae ken]

Wade shocking shot. He had one job..stay with Smith

[apu nahasapeemapetilon]

England are one wicket away from getting into the bowlers.

[Macawber]

Smith on 118 gets caught by Stokes off a no ball from Leach.. a left arm spinner no less. 

Poms are in disarray.. 

[Harry Brown]

Smithy could get a double century here.

[Macawber]

2 minutes ago, Harry Brown said:

Smithy could get a double century here.

Big chance ... just needs to see off the new ball really and hope Paine can hang around.

[apu nahasapeemapetilon]

13 minutes ago, Harry Brown said:

Smithy could get a double century here.

Just 4 innings and smithy is already the leading run scorer in Tests for this calendar year. Talk about taking Test cricket like fish to water.

[Harry Brown]

Stokes  come off the field.

[dave01]

Luvvin it.....

[davidge]

One Australian didn’t have such a good first day:

Manchester hotel charges Australian £55,000 for a beer

Cricket writer was stunned to find his bank honoured payment of A$99,983.64

Complaints about the price of a pintare nothing new but an Australian journalist has more reason than most to gripe, after being charged more than £55,000 for a beer in a Manchester hotel.

Peter Lalor, who is the chief cricket writer and beer editor of the Australian newspaper, was charged the exorbitant sum for a bottle of Deuchars IPA at the Malmaison hotel, after a day watching the Ashes cricket seriesat Old Trafford.

“I decided I wanted one beer on the way home and dropped in because I have mates staying there,” he told the Guardian.

“When I paid, I didn’t have my glasses on and there was some issue with the machine so I had to put my details in twice.

“I just had this weird feeling and I said, ‘How much did I just pay for that beer?’ The girl at the bar looked at the receipt and said, ‘Oh my God!’ and was a bit reluctant to show me the bill.”

Upon seeing he had been charged A$99,983.64 (£55,262.96), Lalor said a hotel manager immediately admitted the mistake and promised to help him rectify it with his bank. He left, wrongly assuming the bank would never authorise such a large payment anyway.

“I woke up to an alarmed phone call from my wife, who had found a massive hole in my mortgage account,” said Lalor. “They can take the money out in a second but apparently it takes them up to 10 working days to put it back. I’m losing a fair whack of interest and as of this moment, I’m $99,000 out of pocket.

“One wag commented that I’d just been charged London prices.”

However, the £55,000 price tag by far outstrips the £22.50-per-pint Speedway Stoutthat was on offer in a London branch of the pub chain the Craft Beer Co last year.

“It looks like I’ve ordered the most expensive beer in history,” said Lalor. “It was good but not that good.”

A Malmaison spokesperson said: “We are currently carrying out an investigation into what took place. We have been in contact with Peter to apologise and ensure this has been resolved as quickly as possible.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/05/manchester-hotel-charges-australian-55000-for-a-beer

 

[daytripperz]

Hope it rains for the next few days in Manchester 

[apu nahasapeemapetilon]

Looks like Smith is making the England players and crowd pay for each of their boos. 555

[Harry Brown]

Roll on 500

[apu nahasapeemapetilon]

Denly gave everything for England in the other match neutralising a hostile Australian attack that paved the way for Stokes' heroics and as a reward he has been made the sacrificial lamb to serve Roy better. Its also an opportunity to nail a place in the fragile top order.

[davidge]

12 minutes ago, apu nahasapeemapetilon said:

Denly gave everything for England in the other match neutralising a hostile Australian attack that paved the way for Stokes' heroics and as a reward he has been made the sacrificial lamb to serve Roy better. Its also an opportunity to nail a place in the fragile top order.

To be fair, Roy has scored 3 more runs than Starc in the series 

[mikeyboy]

6 hours ago, Macawber said:

Smith on 118 gets caught by Stokes off a no ball from Leach.. a left arm spinner no less. 

Poms are in disarray.. 

Criminal that a spinner should be anywhere near overstepping !

Reminds me of an ashes match in Oz  a couple of tours ago when Michael Beer oversteps when dismissing Alistair Cook who was on about 40 and went on to get 200 .   Almost identical .   Ricky Ponting who didn't want Beer in the side in the first place was less than impressed !

Mikeyboy