English cricket thread
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Someone has to stick in like Khawaja did for Aussies so others can play around him
Why are you coming in this thread just to have a moan at England? Are you bored or something?
Wasn't aware of the weather. That changes the outlook although I still feel generally speaking for the series as a whole that Australia are a different beast and some of the wickets England have lost were completely suicidal. Mainly to Lyon who somehow has five wickets for the match.
The stumpings are annoying. Just giving the wicket away.
Stokes actually batting like an adult so far.
Yeah only time they did Bairstow butter fingered
Bazball.
Really hope Bairstow’s confidence isn’t knocked by all the focus on the missed stumping.
England playing England's way have had them ahead on Winviz for most of the test.
Don't make googly eyes at me. This is what he said
https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/06/...ball-if-we-dont-do-that-it-might-not-survive/
“We have said right from the start we are trying to make Test cricket a lot more entertaining,”
“If we don’t do that, then Test cricket might not survive. Our vision as a Test team is far greater than results.
That's why a sensible approach but England won't do it is bring in Foakes for Lord's
In the last two pages I admired Stokes field placings for the Khawaja dismissal (he did the same v Pakistan), I've really liked his aggressive and creative captaincy on bowling, and commented on how great a batsman Brooks looks like.
I'm calling it: Australia will win this.
Or everyone from now until Anderson can score 46....
Yeah that's a more realistic possibility
Didn't help Root & Brook tried attacking Lyon
Stokes and Bairstow need to put on a partnership here. I don’t really back the others to add many runs.
You'd think England need another 100 at the very least to feel confident with the amount if likely time left in the game.
Yeah 270-280 feels like the bare minimum to still be in it but you’d want 300+
Feck sake, thats a huge wicket.
Massively in the Aussie's favour now.
EDIT - Nevermind! Woof
Massively in the Aussie's favour now.
EDIT - Nevermind! Woof
That could have been the game, some luck there.
Just not good enough today.
Edit. What’s going on? My stream froze just as hawk eye was about to come on. Then when I went live again, it looked like the exact same ball but the umpire didn’t give it out
Edit. What’s going on? My stream froze just as hawk eye was about to come on. Then when I went live again, it looked like the exact same ball but the umpire didn’t give it out
How the hell was that Bairstow LBW missing the stumps?!
God what a reprieve. Really hope that’s a helpful warning and helps them focus. We’ve really struggled just before the breaks in this game.
Who the feck’s the DRS manipulator
(Hazlewood’s voice)
(Hazlewood’s voice)
When I first saw it I thought it could be high but didn't expect it from the reaction of the Aussies.
Second one looked closer than the first one that was given out
Cracking test match yet again. Been pretty much 55/45 England's way since ball one. Great fun.
Looked high in real time tbh.
Everyone moaning about cheap dismissals and like have a valid point in some ways, but I'd take what's happening now over any England test team I've watched over the past 30 odd years I've been watching test cricket, in the words of Maximus Decimus Meridous "are you not entertained"
It did on first viewing but quite high on back leg and Bairstow is batting way outside his crease. Probably going comfortably over.
First one may be clipping the bail off in real life
Just feel at times it needs to be reined
That early declaration from Stokes looking potentially crucial now.
I didn't expect it would swing as wide as it did on DRS.
It's wanting it both ways I guess - Like, yeah smack the ball around, but also don't let Lyon get 3 wickets by stumping (but can you have one without the other?)
Still it's better then any comedy run-out wickets that thankfully we haven't seen (so far...)
Punter is spot on.
I took off somewhat off the seam. Think the pitch is going a little up and down. Stokes got one that kept low from Lyon that led to his review. A lead if 250 ish will make this very interestin. Some work to do for that though.
Right. So only double what Smith and Labuschagne managed together in the first innings.
Easy enough to say after he’s out, probably wasn’t saying it after the first innings though.