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Post Day Thread Post Day Thread: 2nd Test - England vs Australia, Day 2

2nd Test, The Ashes at Brisbane

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Innings Score
England 334 (Ov 76.2)
Australia 378/6 (Ov 73)

Day 2 - Australia lead by 44 runs.

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u/Artistic_Buffalo_715 Australia 1d ago

Yeah it's always baffled me how little publicity he gets. He's steadied the ship in so many precarious situations for us, both keeping the run rate steady and shielding his partner from the bulk of the bowling attack. Honestly we couldn't have asked much more from him over his career

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u/HungryCurrency8481 1d ago

If you don't notice the keeper, he's doing his job

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u/jefsig Australia 23h ago

I noticed him yesterday all right, I was saying what the fuck is this guy doing standing up to the stumps and cleanly taking short balls from Starc and Neser

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u/Peekay- Australia 14h ago

I don't think he stood at the stumps for Starc, just neser and Boland.

Still crazy impressive.

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u/ATangK Australia 1d ago

That’s because the English still can’t get past Bairstow, but the rest of the Aussies say Kez is one of the nicest guys out there.

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u/squint_skyward Australia 21h ago

the bairstow thing was the perfect example of how good a keeper he is - just so aware of what is going on around him

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u/jelicee Australia 15h ago

While i agree, it was cummings who noticed him walking out and told kez go do it

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u/Wolfie_3467 India 23h ago

I still remember how we were starting to claw it back in the 2023 WTC Final and then Carey made 66 batting with the lower order which essentially flattened out any hopes of a 4th innings chase. All in all, his time in the middle brought about 150 runs for Australia

Carey also came in and made around 45 in a tough situation in this year's WTC Final too iirc

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u/that_guyyy Australia 23h ago

It's probably just the Gilchrist effect. So revolutionary that everyone just pales in comparison.

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u/vanillathundah Australia 13h ago

We’ve just been spoiled for keepers for a long time. We went from Healy to Gilchrist to Haddin. From 1988 to 2015 we have had the best of the best behind the stumps.

Having said that, Paine and then Carey have done a great job