Ashes Build up

[Scarby]

Key should have replaced him IMO

hasnt he got a shoulder injury?

 

[glyn]

Key should have replaced him IMO

I tend to agree. Shah on merit, Joyce on potential. But Key has played in Australia before and has a decent test record - and has actually played a few tests so experience would be useful.

 

[flashyfox]

Good to see 2 other batsmen getting some runs and time at the crease. Bell getting a hundred and Collingwood 80. Not long now!!

 

[Willlow]

Only 2 days to go!

OME ON ENGLAND!

 

[Scarby]

yeah 'ome on England'

 

[flashyfox]

Bell is a slight doubt for the first test. Got hit on the hand in the nets, they think its just bruising but Joyce is on standby to start. What a baptism of fire that would be for Joyce!

 

[MKFox]

I see the coverage starts on sky tomorrow at 6.30 pm or something daft, what time is play expected to start, anyone know? midnight?

 

[Hazzman]

I see the coverage starts on sky tomorrow at 6.30 pm or something daft, what time is play expected to start, anyone know? midnight?

Midnight...Wed night/Thursday Morning. Us commoners dont get highlights till Thursday 11.20pm, so in 40 mins time the second day starts.

The day is basically Midnight to 7am - so why dont the silly BBC get rid of Weakest Link and place the fecker at 6pm.

BBC runs on cocaine....

 

[MHS]

I'm gutted that the ashes are being shown on Sky and not Channel 4. Last summer, me and my dad both fell ill, and we hardly missed a minute of action.

 

[Willlow]

I'm gutted that the ashes are being shown on Sky and not Channel 4. Last summer, me and my dad both fell ill, and we hardly missed a minute of action.

shut up ya moaning! :icon_wink

1 Day to go

OME England

 

[Melton Fox]

Channel 4 coverage is garbage.

 

[Durham Fox]

My Sky Sports wont work on my old box and the new one isnt being installed til Friday, far from impressed :icon_sad:

 

[Melton Fox]

My Sky Sports wont work on my old box and the new one isnt being installed til Friday, far from impressed :icon_sad:

 

[Hazzman]

Channel 4 coverage is garbage.

I found it a lot more better than Sky's, mainly because Sky's experts are a bunch of tossers IMO. Botham okay great cricketer arrogant fecker. More or less the same applies to the rest.

 

[CM]

I tend to agree. Shah on merit, Joyce on potential. But Key has played in Australia before and has a decent test record - and has actually played a few tests so experience would be useful.

Key has an awful test record considering he has a double century. I remember him being crap in the last ashes and shit against south africa. The only runs he has are against a very poor west indies attack on feather bed surfaces. Hes also had a very poor season for Kent and also has a long standing injury, I do like him but don't think hes test class.

Shah would struggle on the bouncy pitches of Australia, his technique isn't really suited to playing the short ball.

I like Joyce, I think he was the right choice and think he could step up to test level quite easily.

Noone else I can really think off who could come in. Perhaps Bopara, or even an oldie like Ramps or Butcher.

 

[glyn]

Channel 4 coverage is garbage.

Disagree. I thought it was excellent, and at the time far less annoying than the Willis-Allott-Botham drivel that Sky had.

At least when Sky got the tests they got rid of Allott and Willis and left them with the Pro40 :icon_bigg

 

[Melton Fox]

Disagree. It was excellent, and at the time far less annoying than the Willis-Allott-Botham drivel that Sky had.

At least when Sky got the tests they got rid of Allott and Willis and left them with the Pro40 :icon_bigg

4 hasn't got Bumble

 

[glyn]

The only problem I had with Channel 4 was at the thrilling end of the Edgbaston test we had Slater - an Aussie, and Tony Greig - a pom gone native over there when I would have preferred somebody compeltely biased like Boycott and Athers!

 

[glyn]

4 hasn't got Bumble

Fair point, he is the number 1 now that Benaud has gone.

Don't get me wrong - I thought Sky were excellent this summer.

 

[glyn]

Noone else I can really think off who could come in. Perhaps Bopara, or even an oldie like Ramps or Butcher.

Wouldn't have been the worst idea for a standby - Ashes record and all that. But he'd probably refuse now that he's doing well in Come Dancing
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