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Mel Jones, Eoin Morgan and Kumar Sangakkara reflect on an epic Ashes Test where Australia beat England after a nail-biting finish at Edgbaston.
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45 Comments
i don’t like sangas fake english accent 🤮
lot of people talking about the declaration but i think it is more down to the chances that england let off in the australian first innings batting without which england would have a much bigger first innings lead
Sanga was criticising Australia's tactics throughout the first 4 days. He needs to be more mature and balanced in his assessments without jumping on the bandwagon and becoming an annoying so and so such as the likes of the quite tiresome Manjrekar and pietersen.
Got to drop Crawley
wonderful
Australia played smarter cricket. It was easy target and didn't let nerves get the better of them
Guys, sort the audio out please.
Stokes Lost the match in First innigs itself. England should have tried for 450 in First innings.
I believe England did struggle due to lack of an extra pace option in their armery. If Wood was there, Aussie tail would've rattled up early…😢
Unless England turn up with an effective bowling attack they’re going to lose this series. I’m a big fan but Jimmy Anderson was a wasted space in this match.
To knock the tail off England need a fast bowler and a quality spinner
I could listen to Kumar all day. Such a fine speaker. Amazing considering english is his second language!
When are we going to talk about Warner and his place in the team?
I think captain must me Cummins but field must be set by Smith🎉🎉🎉🎉
How much do Ponting and Sanga love each other? What a bromance.
Listen, everyone has seen some wonderful entertainment from England…….Australias answer was to try and kill the game! You lot need to ask yourself do you want to be watching test match cricket in years to come? The world has changed, it will no longer turn up and watch Boycott bat all day for 70 not out. Ben Stokes is trying to drag test cricket back up, and it looks like he will have to do it on his own
England can't play on these wicket without a proper spinner
Biggest difference between the two side was Lyon. Still dont know why they produced a pitch that didn't suit our bowlers
Total media rubbish, Bazball toss, saving test cricket toss. Got their bottoms whipped by a superb team. When Labuschagne and Smith fire the result will be a massacre. Eng have mediocre, ageing bowlers and got found out at home. Feel the pain poms.
Excellent and memorable game. Congrats and Hats off to Pat n Team. Aussies are not going to give up till the last ball. I was impressed with Ben Stokes Captaincy through out the game, except for the "MOST COSTLY DECLARATION", which is going to Haunt England team for long, unless they win the series. NEVER again Ben is going to Declare in Similar situation, especially while playing against great teams. What ever justifications given cannot be covered from reality…👍…Don't u agree dears ?
England's bowling is i think below par because they don't have bowler who can bowl 140-145+.They have wood but they are not using him and they donot have a proper spinner. I think bowling will be the key in this series going forward
the declaration made it possible for a result in the match ..england bowlers have only themselves to blame for failing to take last two wickets,they had enough time
Where is archer 😢😢😢 Smith Vs archer I miss you
Hindsight is a beautiful thing
Can anyone tell me where Archer is???
something something bazball.
something something entertainment
something something aussies win
I used to love the debate with Bob Willis. This is not the same.
Cant blame stokes or bazball style of play for england's loss. great game, both team made mistakes but aussies made one less mistake and they won. both team also played great cricket, and again aussies played 1 moment better and they won. there is no need to go hard on england and criticise their decision making. Think we just need to enjoy the hard cricket both teams have played and hope they continue to play in their own ways and enjoy the series.
There is no way that English team plays Bazball with Australia. Not in this life it won't.
Bazball can't be blamed, England was ahead most of the time missed stumpings and dropped catches are the prominent reasons. It boils down to the bad execution by individual players.
Kumar is terrible at commentary!!
Its a funny old game is cricket int it. Stokes has gone from single handedly winning England an ashes test in 2019, to single handedly losing one four years later. Captaincy decisions and allowing the batters to have zero responsibility. It doesnt have to be all in or nothing. One can play bazball while still putting value on their wicket. What a shame. What a wasted opportunity. If u dont win the tests when marnus and smith fail twice youll never win one when they come good. One can take losing ashes tests when not good enough, but throwing the ones away when youve been the better side is criminal!
England could've batted more than 400 easily. That was a big mistake and should've used James Anderson in the last 15 overs.who is the most experienced bowler and expert of new ball particularly.and bew ball taken lately too.the result would've changed otherwise. bad captaincy.
3 respected pundits/commentators (particularly Kumar) refusing to discuss in depth the wicket keeping problems have me astounded…..Eoin is right by saying both Bairstow and Foakes should play…..What's never mentioned is the fact that they both played during Bairstow's golden summer with Jonny showing what a great slip fielder he is…….The elephant in the room is Brooks' amazing start to his test career……I do believe Australia would be ruthless, presented with such a selection quandary.
which ground is england's fortess?
Kumar and Morgan's analysis skills may require some time for improvement, as they were both on the wrong side this time. The abundance of buzz ball noise was entertaining but hindered their chances of winning the test.
Embarrassing for England showed too much Ego!
I am ok with Bazball but only as far as run rate goes (5+). Not onboard with early declarations. If Eng got 10 overs to bowl on day 1, I would understand early declaration, but not for just 4 overs when only 2 wickets are left and Root is smashing it. Those extra 20-30 runs could've made the difference. I was neutral when the game started but really wanted England to lose after the 1st innings declaration.
I think England needs to bring a specialist Wicket keeper (Foakes) and a spinner. Well done Australia, bravo Pat, bravo Khawaja. You deserve to win
It's good to England as the new "calypso kings". But can they get win the ashes?
Shocking deceleration another 50 runs and we would of won the test
Does anyone know what axe to grind Kumar Sangakkara has with the Australians? His commentary was incredibly biased over the entire 5 days of the contest. This is a continuation from the 2019 Ashes series. The English commentators showed passionate support for their team but none of the bias that Sangakkara exhibited. The commentary of a great and historic match was poorer for his performance…
Congratulations Australia on there recent win.
For a start as has been the case, we went into the test with only 3 strike bowlers, two of those recovering from injury. We have a spinner & then it's a few odd overs from one or two other players.
The old saying, "you can't win a test match on the first day but you can loose it"?
Declaring was stupidity, i know there's often good reason for putting in the opposition at the end of a day, there was so little in the wicket that favoured putting them in.
If our tail enders were scoring freely, how were we going to create pressure on their openers.?
In conclusion, the 20 or 30 runs or even possibly 50 odd runs we turned down would have improved our chances on the last day.
Same with one more front line pace bowler, he might have curtailed there score by 20 or 30 runs, or taken one or two more wickets, it's the fine margins that matter, I like our aggressive approach but we still need to be a bit clever in the decision making.
When I saw our bowling attract on day one, I put my money on Australia.
Been watching England since the mid 1960s, I don't need a panel or a woman to tell me what's right in front of my nose.
Dropping Lyon, he would regret that
It was some match🤩🤩
But if England continues to play with 3 quality bowlers and no quality spinner on such flat pitches, Australia will tire their bowlers and win the Ashes…