StrayDog wrote:RustyCage wrote:With how poor the umpiring has been all series, why did we waste our last review? That last LBW was absolutely plumb and the umpire is incompetent for not giving it, but that’s why you have reviews.
Hats off to Stokes though, absolutely amazing innings
While the Aussies burned their last review with, what it seemed to this bleary eyed viewer at the time, might have been more tactical reasons than practical - just bad luck that it would have made all the difference so soon after. I'd like to think the review system was designed to 'fill in the blanks for rare errors or close calls - not for blatant errors.
Still, the Aussies had their chances - I can't remember screaming in frustration at the television that late at night before this morning.
Stokes innings one for the ages, will be talked about by future generations as an example of what belief and focus can achieve.
Special mention to Jack Leach - played the last stand support role to perfection, as cool as a cucumber to the end.
Some good points here, StrayDog. Stokes wrote his place into and Ashes folklore, a spectacular innings.
Whilst I’m really disappointed that Australia threw away a match that it shouldn’t have lost to the Old Enemy, last night demonstrated how absolutely amazing and exciting the culmination of a test match can be, and that the game can ebb and flow no mater what advantage you reckon you might have. No fireworks, rock music, and razzle-dazzle bullshit required, just 100% pure cricket (I’m looking at you, T20 cricket).