What we learned from the 4th test

[GIMH]

you mean the match which ended in a draw and ended england's hopes of reclaiming the ashes because australia's bowlers had already taken the 40 wickets that they needed to ensure that even a bit of rain in any of the last three tests guaranteed the ashes would return to our shores?

Factually incorrect

 

[Shady Slim]

Factually incorrect

it’s funny
when making this post i thought to myself “hey wait didn’t they declare and lose one? better peep it and check” and read the wikipedia page for the entire series wire to wire and still obliviously missed that yes that did happen. bodes great regarding my memory and foresight but equally it bodes terribly for my proofreading. good thing i don’t have a job where people’s liberty hinges on my attention to detail and cognate skills!

 

[Uppercut]

To be fair, England losing an opening Ashes test after declaring under 400 is an absolutely insane thing to have happened. My mind kind of refuses to believe it was real too.

This England management setup is such a weird mix of genius and rank stupidity.

 

[Molehill]

To be fair, England losing an opening Ashes test after declaring under 400 is an absolutely insane thing to have happened. My mind kind of refuses to believe it was real too.

This England management setup is such a weird mix of genius and rank stupidity.

When your best batsman is 120 not out and just taken the spinner to the cleaners....

I still can't believe it happened either.

 

[ankitj]

Thank God England lost that test. Otherwise that moment of extraordinary stupidity would have been celebrated as another win for bazball.