NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 63 - Oloapu mid DPP when?

Rabbits21 wrote:England well on top it was 30-40 runs too many you could see it miles away

Rabbits21 wrote:
Please work!

Robertneville wrote:Surely one of the best matches of all time. Both teams played great and put on a hell of a spectacle.

I must say of all the endless sports I've watched over the years nothing stresses me out more than a close finish in test match cricket. I was sweating profusely by the end.

There are of course so many great sports with mechanics that build stress as the result nears conclusion with perhaps penalty shootouts being the ultimate nail biters, but even in those you are only talking about a number of minutes of the highest stress.

It is amazing in test match cricket how you can spend hours with the game in the balance and know the result is always just 1 ball away from completely changing in an instant.

Having watched Australia seemingly lose most of these close finishes over a number of years now it was good for once to see Australia get the close win in England, I thought for sure they'd lose once Khawaja got out, full credit to Cummings and Lyon.

Having said all that I still feel like England will win the series, they gave away some of their wickets pretty cheaply to nothing balls and Australia's field placings were poor. Maybe it is just my negativity but I think they will smash Aus in a couple of games.

rhinoceroo wrote:A lot are going to say the declaration cost England, but imo not taking the new ball earlier did it. Cummins went - let's not call it Bazball, let's just say white ball - against Root for an over and then England couldn't set attacking fields when they finally did get the new ball. Shitload of mistakes made and still got in position to win, leaves me confident for the series but it'll at least be interesting cricket whoever wins.

Contrastinghobby wrote:

I knew you were going to write this so here is my prepared answer

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GarethEllisismyDad wrote:

At least we have a tough guy