The Ashes - 2017/2018

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Australia Ashes squad: (possible) Steven Smith (capt), David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird

Tim Paine? Shaun Marsh? 'kin hell.

[Lou Grant]

You can get odds of just above evens on there being no draws in this series - there's only been one drawn Ashes test since 1998 and both sides have pretty weak batting line ups.

Lump on with Lash, as they used to say on here...

[delboy1983]

http://www.espn.co.uk/cricket/story/_/i ... lia-return

Australia Ashes squad: (possible) Steven Smith (capt), David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird

Tim Paine? Shaun Marsh? 'kin hell.

Could come back to haunt you Lou

[Jonathan]

http://www.espn.co.uk/cricket/story/_/i ... lia-return

Australia Ashes squad: (possible) Steven Smith (capt), David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird

Tim Paine? Shaun Marsh? 'kin hell.

Could come back to haunt you Lou

To be fair, the Aussies probably pissed themselves when Ballance was selected.

[Lou Grant]

http://www.espn.co.uk/cricket/story/_/i ... lia-return

Australia Ashes squad: (possible) Steven Smith (capt), David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird

Tim Paine? Shaun Marsh? 'kin hell.

Could come back to haunt you Lou

Been told by an Australian in the know that this is bullshit and it will be Peter Nevill keeping wicket (who should walk into the side in my view). We shall see. Nothing to haunt me as I'm not saying these guys won't do well, it simply shows the Australian selectors are struggling as much as we were to put a team together.

[Holden Mcgroyne]

Paine in.

[Lou Grant]

Absolute confusion in the crucial T20 - Heather Knight bowled 2nd ball, then TV umpire overturns decision and a free hit given. More discussion on pitch and then the reversed decision is reversed again and Knight given out.

The most extraordinary start to a match I have ever seen. Apologies for the delay but we have been trying to establish what has happened. Heather Knight edged behind second ball but it seemed as though she would be given not out because the wicketkeeper's gloves were in front of the stumps. But having trudged off and then come back to the crease, the captain eventually is sent on her way.

[Lou Grant]

England 4 for 2.

Goodbye Ashes.

[Lou Grant]

Pretty troubling when the 3rd umpire doesn't know the laws of the game.

[Lou Grant]

16 - 4

[Holden Mcgroyne]

Aussie press turning on the team

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/re ... 7b50545019

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/au ... 2e40098a73

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/au ... 952c1e649f

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/cri ... 258e9d60fe

[Lou Grant]

England and Australia have two of the best keepers currently playing anywhere in world cricket. Unfortunately for the upcoming series, they are both in the women's teams.

[Zambo]

England and Australia have two of the best keepers currently playing anywhere in world cricket. Unfortunately for the upcoming series, they are both in the women's teams.

I think you are right Lou

[Lou Grant]

Fair play though, Tim Paine couldn't possibly be worse than Matty Wade.

[delboy1983]

Thought Paine was out and Nevill was in