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Upcoming fixtures:

Men's Ashes

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| | 16th June | 1st Test | AUS by 2 wickets | | 28th June | 2nd Test | AUS by 43 runs | | 6th July | 3rd Test | ENG by 3 wickets | | 19th July | 4th Test | Draw | | 27th July | 5th Test | |

Women's Ashes

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| | 22nd June | Only Test | AUS by 89 runs | | 2nd July | First T20I | AUS by 4 wickets | | 6th July | Second T20I | ENG by 3 runs | | 9th July | Third T20I | ENG by 5 wickets | | 12th July | First ODI | ENG by 2 wickets | | 16th July | Second ODI | AUS by 3 runs | | 18th July | Third ODI | ENG by 69 runs (DLS) |

Series drawn - AUS retain the Ashes

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England won the toss and elected to bowl under overcast skies at Lords.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well. The second session was completely absurd. While you can't deny the results, it felt like Bodyline V2. For a team that say they are there to "entertain", I was very much not entertained. I really hope this doesn't become the go-to strategy when things aren't going your way, but you get the feeling that it will become much more common after the "success" of day 4. It doesn't feel like a contest between bat and ball, the batsmen either constantly duck and score nothing, or take it on and inevitably hole out. I'm sure there are much smarter cricketing brains out there, but I can't see how you combat it ๐Ÿ™

On a more positive note, aus heavily in favour after the 3rd session. Though I won't feel entirely comfortable until Stokes is out. Shame about the Starc catch, but I think it was a fair call. Just feels like the umpires haven't been very consistent in how they apply the rules resulting in confusion everywhere.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think the Starc catch gets given 9 times out of 10. He clearly had control of the ball, and his slide was not out of control. Badly worded law, and I can't imagine too many Poms would actually complain if it was given.