So went out to the garage, to test some trains and watch the ashes in peace, wore my lucky England shirt and everything.
Come on England, all out in 2 sessions!!!!!
What is going on.
I promised myself I would always support England in the Ashes even though I have lived in Aus far longer than I lived in the UK and support Aus in every other sport, when it comes to the Ashes I just can't bring myself to switch.
Lets hope the bowlers do a better job than the batsmen.

Uh-huh

England 172 all out
Least Harry Brook 52, Pope 46, Smith 33 and Archer striking 2nd ball of Australia innings and its freezing cold in the UK

At this rate (30-3) it'll be all over tomorrow!

And the very good news - Smith is out.

Woke up at 3 ack emma so put TNT Sports on to see England 4 wickets down with less than a hundred on the board
That outfield on the Perth ground is immaculate but huge!!
Watched for 90 minutes then went back to bed thinking "This is not good"
This morning I find we scored 172 all out but the Aussies were 91 for 6 so things aren't so bad after all
I'll watch the highlights on TNT at 13.00hrs later today

0950 Australia 123 for 9
5 wickets Stokes

After England's shambolic innings in a series we are certain to win as the Aussies are a shadow of their former selves (allegedly) and they've lost all their bowlers I thought here we go again, failing to live up to the hype!
By the end of the day England's innings doesn't look so bad.......

I'll bet the Daily Fail reporter with the headline this morning of "Have we ever had a deadlier attack?" is wishing they hadn't used it. I assume tomorrow's will be "Travis Head - one man England destroyer"

Quote from: Newportnobby on Today at 10:33:52 AMI'll bet the Daily Fail reporter with the headline this morning of "Have we ever had a deadlier attack?" is wishing they hadn't used it. I assume tomorrow's will be "Travis Head - one man England destroyer"

I'm at the football in Bristol as usual. I suspect the match here will last longer than the England innings 

I confess I was hoping for a proper test match, something that would last at least four days.  Romantically, a contest with the result in the last session of the fifth day.  What we got was two one day games in quick succession with some very good bowling and three batsmen who exceeded 50 runs.

I'm hoping for a better contest in Brisbane.  If not there, maybe Adelaide, my favourite Australian cricket venue.

Newport Nobby, the Perth Stadium outfield is the same size as the MCG. 

Lastly, I feel sorry for those that had tickets for days 3,4, and 5. 

I have tickets for the Pakistan test at Headingley next summer. Sure glad they are day 1, might just see some cricket providing it's not raining

I don't know if it was poor batting, good bowling or a dodgy pitch but no test should be over in 2 days with both sides batting twice. Seemed all it took was one batsman to have a swing and that decided the match.

Quote from: thebrighton on Today at 07:36:44 PMI don't know if it was poor batting, good bowling or a dodgy pitch but no test should be over in 2 days with both sides batting twice. Seemed all it took was one batsman to have a swing and that decided the match.

And that was with an under par Aussie side. It's summer down under so England can't expect to have the overcast conditions their bowlers function best in. It was a very flat wicket in Perth and, of course, had been prepared with the home team in mind.

Quote from: Newportnobby on Today at 08:51:55 PM

Quote from: thebrighton on Today at 07:36:44 PMI don't know if it was poor batting, good bowling or a dodgy pitch but no test should be over in 2 days with both sides batting twice. Seemed all it took was one batsman to have a swing and that decided the match.

And that was with an under par Aussie side. It's summer down under so England can't expect to have the overcast conditions their bowlers function best in. It was a very flat wicket in Perth and, of course, had been prepared with the home team in mind.

Summer down under? Not where I live, it ain't! Poured down all night and it's raining now