AndyinLiverpool Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Well, at least England can't bowl as poorly as they did in the first innings... 😀 Ram-Alf and cstand 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 My Dad(God Bless Him)would say...Jesus Bloody Christ when watching that display...and he never ever swore...not like his offspring 😁 JakeDCFC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sufferingfool Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 The manner of this defeat, which is what it will be, is as embarrassing as any I have seen. It is not good enough to say winning does not matter, it does and from a position where currently Australia should be facing a long day in the field this reckless capitulation is unacceptable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, cstand said: Wow just seen the score. Aussies took 5/40-odd this morning. With the exception of Stokes, all the batters gave their wickets away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrycav81 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 How come we’re not bowling short stuff with 6 men on the boundary surely the Aussie’s will take the bait. And I thought footballers weren’t very bright. I’ve read somewhere that the majority of the England team were privately educated, well they’re not a very good advert for private schools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Henrycav81 said: .......... well they’re not a very good advert for private schools Do you really think intelligence has anything to do with "doing well" after a private education? You only need look at our last PM but one for the evidence. RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrycav81 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said: Do you really think intelligence has anything to do with "doing well" after a private education? You only need look at our last PM but one for the evidence. No I don’t I was implying that they’re not very bright (as in cricket intelligence) having probably spent a fortune being privately educated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, Henrycav81 said: No I don’t I was implying that they’re not very bright (as in cricket intelligence) having probably spent a fortune being privately educated You went to Henry Cavendish...I was at Olive Eden, Both Secondary Schools, I left in the 4th year with no qualifications and yet we both know that this batting performance was pretty abject, At 188 for 1 and Lyon out of the game we were in the box seat for a good total...then...well 🙄 Grumpy Git, Henrycav81 and RadioactiveWaste 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I'm not saying it looks unlikely for England, I'm just saying that the work experience kid is already being tasked to do a montage of England's batting set to Dido's song "white flag" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 30 minutes ago, The Last Post said: You went to Henry Cavendish...I was at Olive Eden, I thought she was the ugly bird in 'On The Buses'? Henrycav81 and Ram-Alf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrycav81 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said: I thought she was the ugly bird in 'On The Buses'? I thought she was ugly when I used to watch on the buses in the 70’s now I’m fatter and older she don’t look to bad🥰 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 19 minutes ago, Henrycav81 said: I thought she was ugly when I used to watch on the buses in the 70’s now I’m fatter and older she don’t look to bad🥰 A mate of mine went to a school reunion...Olive Eden...at RR around 5 years ago...I gave it swerve, He said no one recognised anyone, All the teachers were dead, The blokes were fat and bald and the women had all bought dresses from Laura Ashley had half their teeth missing and were covered in tattoos...I said to him...no change there then 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Just how bazball is the Aussie declaration going to be? Personally I think they should be aggressive and declare in about 15 minutes time. Ram-Alf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrycav81 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said: Just how bazball is the Aussie declaration going to be? Personally I think they should be aggressive and declare in about 15 minutes time. They’ve probably got enough runs already JakeDCFC and RadioactiveWaste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Might be in a spot of bother here lads. Raindance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I have two words for those criticising Bazball. Dom Sibley. Remember those days everyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 13 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: I have two words for those criticising Bazball. Dom Sibley. Remember those days everyone? So you don't think judging when to play particular shots and when not to is an important skill in a 5-day test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tibbs Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Anag Ram said: I have two words for those criticising Bazball. Dom Sibley. Remember those days everyone? I think Dom Sibley is more dimensional than what we've seen over the past 24 hours. If they took the ignorance and utter brainless approach out of Bazball it would be fine. You can be aggressive without taking on a stupid amount of risk. I didn't think there was anything wrong with the way Crawley and Duckett built our innings with a run rate of 5. What came after was kamikaze. The best teams have to be adaptable regardless of how they want to play and what we've seen has been far from that. We were in such a good position, Aussie bowlers not looking threatening and then we turned it into one-dimensional cack. For how bad Sibley, Burns and co. were they didn't get spanked at home in an Ashes series - something which is now on the cards. It's going to take a lot of rain or a Headingley 2019 to get us out of this mess. Carnero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 How many Austrailians do we think will be out going at the short ball to a leg side field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: So you don't think judging when to play particular shots and when not to is an important skill in a 5-day test? I’d rather watch England lose than watch him scratch about for hours on end. Yes of course England have collectively got carried away with the one day approach and have fallen into the most obvious traps Australia has set. However, the first test was a cracker and this one was set to be around tea time last night. I’m afraid Broad and especially Anderson look tired. Robinson too looks a shadow of his normal self. But it’s the batsmen that created our woes. Going into the series I thought Stokes had the edge over Cummins as captain. I was deluded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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