Bazball really has revived test cricket in England
Yes it has but doesn't make these two defeats any easier to stomach whatsoever
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Yes it has but doesn't make these two defeats any easier to stomach whatsoever
No, we wouldn’t because it is very clearly not in the spirit of the game. I’d have wanted Stokes to rescind the appeal and I’m confident he would have done.
I am also entirely confident however that, if the boot was on the other foot, examples like the Dhoni/Bell one would be being raised as examples of why England’s behaviour was unacceptable here. No doubt by exactly the same people in this thread who are trawling around for incidents 20 years ago to try and draw (inaccurate) parallels.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66089658
Rishi Sunak has accused Australia of breaking the spirit of cricket over the controversial dismissal of England's Jonny Bairstow on Sunday.
Asked on Monday whether Mr Sunak believed Australia's actions were not in keeping with the spirit of cricket, his spokesman said: "Yes".
"The prime minister agrees with Ben Stokes. He said he simply wouldn't want to win a game in the manner Australia did," the spokesman added.
I'll be honest, I don't remotely trust England cricketers not to be proud to have Tory PM's on their side.
There's one lad on my football team that also plays cricket and he manages to bring up some tax avoidance thing he's looking into (and has been for at least two years) at every single social.
Aren’t like 50% of them from private schools?
I feel like the amount of time spend looking in to it probably indicates its highly dubious legality.
Way more than that. Only three of them didn't go private, and even then it was usually grammar.
Root and Brooks were on scholarships.
Would have imagined more. Cricket is largely unknown now in state schools. Thanks to Tory PMs who love cricket.
I'm a bit surprised by the backlash against England for a legitimate grouse--especially when it's at the hands of the Aussies. Have people already forgotten what a bunch of twats they have been in the past? The Atletico Madrid of cricket.
with good reason. you give cricket to the common man and before you know it they’re trying to run people out at the end of an over or claim catches that touch the ground.
When sandpaper gate happened the core of the team was the same and the bowlers got away without any punishment. Only an idiot would believe that fast bowlers had no knowledge of what was going on. Cummins in fact somehow became the poster boy of Aus cricket
I feel like the amount of time spend looking in to it probably indicates its highly dubious legality.
I've avoided finding out what he does for a living for such a scheme to supposedly be worthwhile for him, but the lad managing it also plays for the team and given everything I know about him, he's almost certainly not doing it above board.
Going to scream if he starts explaining the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion again though.
Strauss and Morgan are boring commentators. I hope they were dropping in only for the Lord's test
Don’t worry Dinesh Karthik coming in soon
Morgan is bizarrely awful, he doesn't seem to understand what's going on half the time which is a strange thing to throw at him seen as he was a superb captain.
Really?
Yeah he is definitely involved but not sure in what match
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66089658
Rishi Sunak has accused Australia of breaking the spirit of cricket over the controversial dismissal of England's Jonny Bairstow on Sunday.
Asked on Monday whether Mr Sunak believed Australia's actions were not in keeping with the spirit of cricket, his spokesman said: "Yes".
"The prime minister agrees with Ben Stokes. He said he simply wouldn't want to win a game in the manner Australia did," the spokesman added.
The whole thing is so perfectly suited to his base. Smug British moral superiority over devious foreigners. Couldn’t ask for a better opportunity to showboat.
tbh, he's a better at commentary than batting, DK.
The only times his performance is good in clutch moments is when he's in the commentators box
Why do you think so many get knighthoods.
I'm still at a loss why cook and strauss got one! I thought strauss one might be for charity work but apparently it wasn't.
I've tuned out of the media so thankfully have not heard any more discourse about that tedious event. PM being asked about it ffs. No wonder they call us whinging poms.
This post sums my thoughts up
Don't want to sound cynical but he only seems to be around when he wants to collect money for his charity.
To be fair, I'd probably not feel up to doing a great deal of TV/radio if my wife had died of cancer, but may be persuaded if it would help raise some money for the charity set up in her memory.
Cook and Strauss getting one is proper weird, agreed.
Its obvious why cook got one. Strauss is odd
Two posh lads. Although, it is also a sign of the modern times as Gower never got one and he was a superior player to both! And it took botham decades of chairty work to get his.
New footage emerging of Uzzie getting targeted in the long room 
You got a link? I've been assuming there was some nasty stuff, given the MCC had to suspend three members almost immediately, but I've not seen anything as yet.New footage emerging of Uzzie getting targeted in the long room
First Dog on the Moon sums it up.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...it-of-the-game-a-nation-cries-whither-cricket
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...it-of-the-game-a-nation-cries-whither-cricket
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First Dog on the Moon sums it up.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...it-of-the-game-a-nation-cries-whither-cricket
Very good stuff
Is Justin Langer doing commentary for sky? Heard him during the WTC final. My god he was fecking dull. I'd prefer KP over him.
KP gets a lot of stick in this thread but while 20% of the time his ego/agenda comes out, 80% of the time he actually calls the game decently
It's the guys who perpetually sound like their dog just died who are so bad to listen to
Langer commentated for the first test. Sanga as well.
I think that the focus on Bazball + the Bairstow incident is taking away from the fact that Australia are simply a better team. There's people saying "This isn't how England played 12 months ago", "England can tweak their attacking approach a bit", and a lot of noise about the Bairstow incident.. playing a good team was always going to be a test of a tactic which relies on aggressive shot making and it's coming up short. I don't think it's a big surprise - Australia are just very good.
The McCullum interview of "We're galvanized by this" is symptomatic of this. The series score reads 2-0.
The McCullum interview of "We're galvanized by this" is symptomatic of this. The series score reads 2-0.
Pretty much. In the Aussie lineup, Smith and Cummins are straightforward inductions into Aussie all time XI with Hazlewood, Warner, Starc, Lyon all on the bench. That's an hallmark of an amazing team.
Which makes that Gabba test victory so fecking sweet. Really a once in a lifetime thing. Not sure any other team will ever do that to the Aussies in their own home with a second string team.
I think this is a fair assumption, albeit an obvious one. Australia are the number one team for a reason, they are very very good.
However, I have to say England are really not far behind.
England have made mistakes more than Austria have and that's why Australia are two up in the series.
Assuming it’s this, which doesn’t really give any insight to what was said.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJXb4Ptf/
I actually thought there wasn't much between the two teams either initially both are bit flawed, Australia haven't exactly pressed on the advantage when they were in front but thats being ignored while expecting English to cut down the mistakes to get better . And Australia did have the worst of the conditions in this game while also losing a frontline bowler as well.
Thing is Australian has as much scope for improvement as English but with the advantage of being 2 up in Ashes . There is bigger Gulf in class between the teams than I initially thought English will need to do something extraordinary to come back and win it from here .
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