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We kept watching it long after we realised it was utter toss (that is to say during the first episode).

We kept watching it long after we realised it was utter toss (that is to say during the first episode).

Are the England cricket team the thickest team ever?

Are the England cricket team the thickest team ever?

It's not one for me (I didn't like number 3 and hated 4) but glad you liked it.
I've seen a few dodgy reviews of it and one in particular made me chuckle for insisting on calling it Indiana Jones and the Diarrhea of Disney

People on busy commuter trains who put their bags on the spare seat, somehow thinking they're going to get a double seat when it's more than obvious it's going to be standing room only. Indeed, people who think their shopping deserves a seat of it's own.

Personally I wouldn't have done it or at least I would have warned Bairstow that if he did it again, I would throw down the stumps. I don't know if the Australians did this. However, the ball wasn't dead, as evidenced by the umpire giving it out, so Bairstow going walkabout was fair game. And Bairstow knows this.
I don't know if there was any suggestion that the apeal be withdrawn. If there was, they would have been wise to withdraw it. However, with yesterday evening's sulk-a-thon by the Australians, a withdrwn appeal was never going to happen.
The principles of the game are clear - if the ball remains live, batters can be out. As for the traditions of the game, there are far too many that absolutely stink. All we can do as individuals is to live by our principles (that's why I wouldn't have broken the stumps) and if others don't, that's really for them to deal with.

School cricket lol. If the umpires at your school had been applying the laws, it would have been given out.
If it's unsporting, the laws should leglislate for it and not trust to the amateur principles of 19th century gentlemen who never had to make a living out of it. Stiff upper lip, old boy. 😀

On another note, we gave them 35 more extras than they gave us. Not far off the margin of victory.
We gave them 27 byes, which is more runs than Bairstow scored. So wandering out of his crease with the ball live wasn't the only thing he was guilty of.

I think the reason many are annoyed by this is that bairstow is not seeking to gain an advantage, akin to when batters steal yards at the non-striker's end so I don't think the warning point is a valid one. The Aussies made a conscious call that they were more than content to pull a snide one and that's precisely what they did.
Also, the principles of the game are not clear, not in this regard. The rules, absolutely, but the principles are the entire bone of contention. The catch that never was was an umpire's call, not something instigated, let alone planned by the English players. If that's their excuse, it's a very poor one. Alas, it's a moot point now of course and we move on, but I remain surprised that the Aussies felt the need to resort to this when they had a favourite's chance anyway. It shows how rattled they really were, I reckon.

I had an import version, which I'm sure started with Clash City Rockers.
On neither version was Police and Thieves first up on either side.

Hilarious that it was Smith who dropped Stokes

Me too, saves the disappointment if we don't. 😉

Brilliant stuff from Stokes

Don't do anything stupid...

Thick as mince.

In my defence I was back in the garden when the wicket fell

I had a Monty Python flexi-disc - also from NME. "Tiny black round thing". It was a promo for "Live at Drury Lane" - election special etc.
I can still recite it, pretty well word for word.

Indeed. He absolutely knew it was not out, knew he'd messed up and tried to con the umpires.

Well at least the Australians left the field angry.
Moody old scrotes.

Are you going to watch Footloose?

Well, who else thinks we're going to throw away our wickets this evening acting like it's a 50 over game with a high target and be all out for below 200 with at least two sessions left?

This.
More blockheaded cricket by England.

Dropped an absolute gaper but then Smith out pulling.
Australia falling into the same obvious traps as England. 
I'm not sure I understand what's happening.

Junior