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Australia deserved to win the third test

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dangermows said:
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Berk.
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Not sure how to take that really - most of that article was things he said on the Tuffers and Vaughan show when he was asked to give an ‘Australian view’. It’s all fair enough really, or was in the context of which it was spoken on Monday night.

I’m not sure if he’s written that or whether it’s been written for him off the back of direct questioning. Obviously there’s the possibility he’s merely playing up to that 5-0 persona.

Either way, it’s a fairly inoffensive article and certainly not worth getting wound up over.
 
brandon said:
Not sure how to take that really - most of that article was things he said on the Tuffers and Vaughan show when he was asked to give an ‘Australian view’. It’s all fair enough really, or was in the context of which it was spoken on Monday night.

I’m not sure if he’s written that or whether it’s been written for him off the back of direct questioning. Obviously there’s the possibility he’s merely playing up to that 5-0 persona.

Either way, it’s a fairly inoffensive article and certainly not worth getting wound up over.
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It's more laughable. A team who makes poor choices, fails to execute and cracks under pressure deserves to win LOL. England of the 90s deserved to be best in the world then.
 
dangermows said:
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I don't know. England were utter crap ..... just a single man played out of his skin otherwise it would have been a heavy defeat. It was a freak innings. Oz have played better cricket so far, that's undeniable. Maybe this will have cracked their morale as the Headingley win in 81 did and enabled England to win that series. We shall see.

In the 4th innings every single England batsmen played below their capability with the possible exception of Denley and even then he only got a 50.
 
Bri said:
I don't know. England were utter crap ..... just a single man played out of his skin otherwise it would have been a heavy defeat. It was a freak innings. Oz have played better cricket so far, that's undeniable. Maybe this will have cracked their morale as the Headingley win in 81 did and enabled England to win that series. We shall see.

In the 4th innings every single England batsmen played below their capability with the possible exception of Denley and even then he only got a 50.
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Aye, but being crap is unlucky now. Like how he cites fumbling run outs and dropping catches. Root dropped a simple catch that could've made a big difference. Is that crap or did Lasagne deserve to be out as it was such a simple take? Did the Aussies deserve to be so far ahead? After all most wickets were thrown away by our lot playing poor, rash shots? And that's the point, f***ing things up, especially crucial moments, surely means you don't deserve success.
 
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dangermows said:
Aye, but being crap is unlucky now. Like how he cites fumbling run outs and dropping catches. Root dropped a simple catch that could've made a big difference. Is that crap or did Lasagne deserve to be out as it was such a simple take? Did the Aussies deserve to be so far ahead? After all most wickets were thrown away by our lot playing poor, rash shots? And that's the point, f***ing things up, especially crucial moments, surely means you don't deserve success.
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No (I'd say) it doesn't do that. Both sides fuck up somewhere along the line especially in long form cricket. If fuck up mean you shouldn't win then likely neither side should have won. I can hardly recall a century that didn't have a bit of luck along the way.

But England (the team) are still crap, Australia are the better team and I think the balance of play over the 3 Tests show that.
 
Bri said:
I don't know. England were utter crap ..... just a single man played out of his skin otherwise it would have been a heavy defeat. It was a freak innings. Oz have played better cricket so far, that's undeniable. Maybe this will have cracked their morale as the Headingley win in 81 did and enabled England to win that series. We shall see.

In the 4th innings every single England batsmen played below their capability with the possible exception of Denley and even then he only got a 50.
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Only got 50? That is a lot of runs in the context of a match where only 3 other players did across both innings
 
Bri said:
I don't know. England were utter crap ..... just a single man played out of his skin otherwise it would have been a heavy defeat. It was a freak innings. Oz have played better cricket so far, that's undeniable. Maybe this will have cracked their morale as the Headingley win in 81 did and enabled England to win that series. We shall see.

In the 4th innings every single England batsmen played below their capability with the possible exception of Denley and even then he only got a 50.
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Don't most matches turn on one or two individuals, eg without Botham and Willis would we have won Headlingley '81? That's the beauty of Cricket any one player's actions can win or lose the match.
 
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Don't most matches turn on one or two individuals, eg without Botham and Willis would we have won Headlingley '81? That's the beauty of Cricket any one player's actions can win or lose the match.
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And Dilly starting it all off with some booming backfoot drives and some on the fly switching of the order so that Chris Old could smash Ray Bright out of the attack. That win turned the series, the impact on morale of the Australians meant that they were very vulnerable in the following two Tests.
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Only got 50? That is a lot of runs in the context of a match where only 3 other players did across both innings
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Well, yea. But I still contend that the Aussies are the better team.
 
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