The Ashes 2021/22

[Michael Morris]

Here we go

Live on BT Sport, (Sky 413)

[Michael Morris]

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First ball

England 0/1

What a delivery by Starc.

[MacAdder]

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Unbelievable Jeff!

[binman]

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Where was Burns going?

Was he doing a 'Walkabout'

Truly awful shot

[MacAdder]

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11 for 2.
Ball doing all kinds.

[Michael Morris]

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3 down now

[MacAdder]

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I think the writing's on the wall.

[MacAdder]

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England players just don't know what's hit them.
The ball is bouncing, swinging, seaming and all being delivered by proper pace.

With Stokes their talisman just gone.
This is going to be a tough day or two.

Currently 30 for 4.
Was gonna go up but there's too much going on!

[the other bob wilson]

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144-9.

[the other bob wilson]

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147 all out and now it’s raining, so Australia don’t have to bat in dodgy conditions. What I didn’t know was that England won the toss!

[Majorblue]

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Unbelievable decision to bat first but in all honesty ,had Root elected to field it would have only papered over the cracks.

[Hilts]

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Poor England side. Poor captain and awful management set up.

Leaving Broad out as well is complete lunacy.

[Dobbo]

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Australia would have also batted first if they had won the toss,according to Cummins.

[UNDERHILL1927]

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Shambles of a first day, tone sadly set for the remainder of the tour.

[MacAdder]

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Australia would have also batted first if they had won the toss,according to Cummins.

I'd heard that too which is curious because the commentators were saying that the pitch gets better to bat on days 2 and 3.

Could it be that the Aussie propaganda machine worked a treat?

It could of course be a case of their attack being much better than England's batsmen and there is no guarantee that the had England chose to field that the Aussies wouldn't have built up a commanding score before the weather turned.

Turns out it was a toss that as a captain you'd want to lose.