The Ashes 2015 - Spoilers
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England 107 for 8 trail the Aussies by 374
Another bad day for England – Test venues in London have become home matches for the Aussies – Good bowling from the Aussies – Cook , Bell, Root and Buttler got good balls although the latter two played pretty rubbish shots – some headless chicken batting from Lyth, Bairstow and Stokes – the English batmen seemed to have taken no notice of the manner in which the Aussies accrued their runs – patiently – It has always been on the cards that if you bat with “self expression” then statistically you will come a cropper from time to time – however, in this series it has been when Englands bowlers have done the business that they have prospered with that policy – It is not that tricky to realise that if you are 400 behind with 4 down that it is time to pull your necks in and graft it out – something that Moeen for all his normal attacking mindset showed to good effect to survive to the close – I hope that it comes off for him this morning.
Another bad day for England – Test venues in London have become home matches for the Aussies – Good bowling from the Aussies – Cook , Bell, Root and Buttler got good balls although the latter two played pretty rubbish shots – some headless chicken batting from Lyth, Bairstow and Stokes – the English batmen seemed to have taken no notice of the manner in which the Aussies accrued their runs – patiently – It has always been on the cards that if you bat with “self expression” then statistically you will come a cropper from time to time – however, in this series it has been when Englands bowlers have done the business that they have prospered with that policy – It is not that tricky to realise that if you are 400 behind with 4 down that it is time to pull your necks in and graft it out – something that Moeen for all his normal attacking mindset showed to good effect to survive to the close – I hope that it comes off for him this morning.
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Go on the Aussies! 
They crossed!whoops _ I was in the kitchen - thought they said Finn was out
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You can always flog it in a few years on ebay as "genuine unused ticket from Ashes-winning series"
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The genius of a Scotsman
The obvious thing for the next series is for Moeen to open - Rashid would make a good 8 - but it doesnt solve it in the longer term - or maybe it does if Moeens improvement against the short ball continues
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Dayvo
just passin' through
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And they didn't combine to get more than 49 in the 2nd innings. Goodbye to you three! Lyth and Bairstow are NOT good enough: Bell's end has come.
