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Like I said earlier this is the rattled Ashes, even those with no horse in the race are getting angsty
Amazing mate, thanks
I think he'll be more remembered for the 600+ test wickets he'll have taken by the time he calls it a day, his legacy is assured and it isn't due to 6x6's
Like I said earlier this is the rattled Ashes, even those with no horse in the race are getting angsty
Probably hoping that we’ve forgotten how much of a mismatch India v Australia was a few weeks back
Did it work? Good to know in case my source ever goes down over the summer.
Are you really a neutral neutral? Not enjoying England losing just a little
(you’ll be the first and only neutral here if so)
Can you share your source?..
Incorrect, it was more than a second. But I appreciate the intensity of your post. Take care.
You are talking bollocks.
The etiquette is, if the batsman at the bowlers end is walking out of his crease repeatedly is that the bowler holds the ball over the stumps to warn him if he does it again you’ll knock the bails off. You don’t just go ahead and do it first time. Unsportsmanlike if you do.
This ball was dead, over was aledgedly called. Nobody was trying to to do anything, not stealing a few yards to get a run, literally nothing.
No “hard done by” here just shitty unsportsmanship.
Football is a cesspool of feckery and deceitfulness and I expect it there at every turn but cricket has always (up until the last 20 years) been better than that.
Aussies being Aussies will drag it in to the gutter with the rest of it. Sad day.
It was odd tactics -
- field setting for Broad wasn’t aggressive enough
- bowling on middle/leg for Stokes when he was smacking it for 6 on the onside
- bowling that length towards the short boundary for Stokes
- only bowling short and not mixing it up
- giving Broad easy singles to rotate the strike if needed
Aussies came up trumps in the end but Cummins should have been smarter in that middle period.
Very disappointed Liam Dawson hasn’t been added to the squad. He is in good form and should have been approached before Moeen Ali as he regularly plays 4 day cricket.
I was really impressed with Tongue (this will be quoted in the sexual posts thread).
Shows the importance of a bowler that can consist hit post 85mph speeds. I think it’s time for England to move on from Anderson. If the conditions aren’t right he’s a hindrance, and his catching was shambolic.
Shows the importance of a bowler that can consist hit post 85mph speeds. I think it’s time for England to move on from Anderson. If the conditions aren’t right he’s a hindrance, and his catching was shambolic.
Are you really a neutral neutral? Not enjoying England losing just a little
(you’ll be the first and only neutral here if so)
If anything I’m more of an England fan than Australia. Lived in Aus for two years and the Aussie sports fans gave me a massive pain in the hole. Watched most of the 1999 Ashes (saw the Darren Gough hat-trick in the flesh) in Australia, 100% rooting for England.
Regardless of where you stand on this issue, it’ll be great to have an edgy few tests for the rest of the series. Feels like that’s the way the Ashes should be.
What I will say is it would be so horrible for England to keeping winding up Steve Smith. Please don’t trigger the best test batsman that’s walked the planet his Bradman. Oh please don’t call him a cheat etc.
He's never struck me as someone who needs to be wound up to perform?
No, but he’s like Jordan. 2019 ashes when he came back in god mode. I want to see that again
This theory that batters need warnings is one of the absolute ridiculous things ever. Probably made up by MCC thugs breaking away from their own rules.
Why do batters need warnings? Do they not know the rules? Are they playing a different game? Cricket is already giving a lot of advantages to batters.
Why do batters need warnings? Do they not know the rules? Are they playing a different game? Cricket is already giving a lot of advantages to batters.
I’d be very embarrassed to not withdraw the appeal and win in that way.
But there are so many instances of bending the spirit of the rules in all sports to win these days, like diving, surrounding/ berating referees and feigning injury, that you can see why they do it.
Classless and not the way things should be, but it works.
But there are so many instances of bending the spirit of the rules in all sports to win these days, like diving, surrounding/ berating referees and feigning injury, that you can see why they do it.
Classless and not the way things should be, but it works.
He's too old to reach those levels now.
Has anybody noted how fecking stupid Stokes batting became when it was down to 70 runs?
The only reason he seemingly tee’d off is because after that run out, it was no lose situation. He could get out 5 balls later and England could point to the run out to deflect from the result. But he genuinely got them into a fighting opportunity and blew it.
The only reason he seemingly tee’d off is because after that run out, it was no lose situation. He could get out 5 balls later and England could point to the run out to deflect from the result. But he genuinely got them into a fighting opportunity and blew it.
Incredible knock from Stokes.
Was nearly Punter circa 2005
Oh come on I am just not having that,have you forgotten that our clowns put us 45-4 piling too much pressure on to Duckett & Stokes.
This scoreline massively flatters Australia but England have played the moments poorly and its ultimately cost them. Strauss nailed it when he said England just haven't kept Australia down when they had chances in both tests.
Regarding Bairstow he was dozy and within the laws he's out,however personally don't think it's within the spirit of the game.
Honestly that was one of the greatest ashes innings I've ever watched.
It would have gone down in history as one of greatest ever innings had the poms pulled it off, even if he was out and they still won.
It seems like he took exception to the Bairstow wicket and knew he had nothing to lose. Some of those shots were prime Hayden and KP combined. Just dispatching balls with contempt.
It would have gone down in history as one of greatest ever innings had the poms pulled it off, even if he was out and they still won.
It seems like he took exception to the Bairstow wicket and knew he had nothing to lose. Some of those shots were prime Hayden and KP combined. Just dispatching balls with contempt.
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The crazy thing about this & Headingley is how the odds of a normal dismissal become almost next to zero. Apart from mis hitting a big shot you couldn’t think that there was one ball that beat him
Often happens when teams send every fielder to the boundary. Takes all the pressure off and the batsmen middle everything.
That Bairstow wicket didn't sit well with me.
I mean I laughed at the time, it was a wicket and Bairstow was stupid. But I don't really like it.
I mean I laughed at the time, it was a wicket and Bairstow was stupid. But I don't really like it.
Tbh I think that’s everybody everywhere. Even I was thinking it was cheeky… but it’s also England
Im not saying it wasn’t great, but he could have made it better by finishing it off with some level headed batting. It wouldn’t have been just the ashes, it would be all time innings. Up there with the likes of Gilchrist against South Africa 2002 or Punter 2005.
Yeah Stokes was seeing beach balls out there.
Not having Lyon to throw at him didn't help us of course. We just couldn't break his rhythm and I think Lyon would likely have helped there (or he could have just launched him into the stratosphere). Stokes was in such form that it just didn't matter how fast you bowl at him.
On a side note, I loved hearing Punter heaping praise on Stokes post match.
I reckon if you've got that far by playing that way, and you're in a rhythm - then you just keep going, at least until you're much closer to the target.
They still had 70 odd runs to chase when he was dismissed, and there was absolutely no guarantee the rest if the tail were going to dig in.
Urgh why couldn't we have those bowlers fit who have the pace to blow away tail. We win that game at Edgbaston with a fit Wood or better managed Archer earlier in career
Hopefully @SmallCaine and @Witchking get hammered for basically laughing in England's face,typical Aussies I spose
Jonny Bairstow must have forgotten that he tried to do exactly the same to Labuschagne earlier in the test but missed the wickets.
Was that mid-over, with the batsmen batting out of his crease? As opposed to the batsmen leaving their ground because they think the ball is dead at the end of the over.
It's amazing how many delusional excuses english fans will come up with.
Remind me how high Was that moral horse?
I reckon the only fair way to settle this beef it to have a Caf meet up and box on.
Haha, loved the comment - "it's almost the exact same thing but Bairstow was garbage in both."