Cricket Thread

[willipp]

England have too much talent to be so poor at actually winning games. The players' mentality is a joke.

We'll lose this series by 3 or 4 games and McCullum will be gone.

He should be gone after this test.

 

[DelToro]

Once this annihalation is confirmed it would be nice to hear Stokes or McCallum admit England were gash.

But they won’t. They’ll talk about fine margins etc and they won’t change their approach and Crawley will be confirmed as opening batsman for the next Ashes tour.

 

[Bluewonder]

will he be bothered deep down

He didnt give a fuck when he played either

 

[meeesh]

He should be gone after this test.

And take a few players with him

 

[Georgian Maestro]

Well it's on the cards but I wouldn't say we haven't been competitive so quite a jump. England of old would have lost by an innings after that first innings score.

At this point the only way it won't be a white wash is if the Aussies take their foot off the gas after winning the series. They will definitely win the day night test in Brisbane and I would put good money on them making it 3 out of 3 and game over. This was our big chance and we blew it.

 

[dadnlad]

He didnt give a fuck when he played either

i wouldnt playing cricket for living instead of working

 

[jimharri]

i wouldnt playing cricket for living instead of working

It's a tough gig, innit?

 

[MillionMilesAway]

The only times Head is hitting in the air, it's going roughly where he wants and nowhere near a fielder.
It's not rocket science or brain surgery.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Diabolical performance today. Under prepared and under cooked. The batsmen have sold the bowling attack down the river. They produce that effort yesterday to get back into the game and we can't even bat 50 overs to give them a decent rest. I'm all for the positive intent but learn from the first innings. Batting gets easier after 20 overs. Just be sensible.

 

[BringBackSwales]

This is embarrassing now, been shite at bowling for a long time now

Fucking hell if we are shite at bowling what are we at batting?!

 

[homerdog]

Bowlers have played into Head's hands here, bowling all over the place, instead of keeping line and length - madness!

 

[waspish]

I watched and listened to a lot of podcasts yesterday the main vibe was we have this England in the box seat quite rightly, especially looking at the India v Australia game! Difference is India batted a lot smarter! We seem to have the knack to play a poor shot in an important time and when that’s batsman is set.

Australia bowing will improve our bowling was peak first innings and if our bowlers are knackered gets hardly bowling then if our batsmen don’t get the big runs this series will run away from us very very quickly!

Be interesting how we perform next test match we lose that the fight will go out of some of our bowlers very quickly knowing they’re are 3 test left in very hot conditions!

Now there is a long long way to go and thing can change but if we don’t at least get a draw out of this series(what I predicted) against one of the worse Australian sides it’s been another wasted 2/3 year build up to this series and a massive failure from everyone!

 

[meeesh]

Fucking hell if we are shite at bowling what are we at batting?!

Well yea, I was more meaning this current attempt at getting these cunts out

 

[BringBackSwales]

Were they actually watching when Starc and Boland were bowling, the line and length they were getting results on? Clearly fucking not. Still, it’s good to know that everything we have been doing for years is building up to this. Excellent

 

[madloaf]

For all the fun and unpredictability that bazball brings the relative ease of this run chase had been entirely predictable.

 

[willipp]

Will they play to a finish today or make the England lads miss their tee times they all have planned tomorrow and come back to finish it?

 

[journolud]

Sigh

 

[BringBackSwales]

Well yea, I was more meaning this current attempt at getting these cunts out

I know mate, that’s why I put the exclamation mark in, cos our batting is even more shit than our bowling

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Hope springs eternal, eh? “Now is the time for heroes”, as the BBC had it. Yeah, right…
The plain fact is that the batsmen seem to be intimidated down under. They just can't deliver. It really is extraordinary where Root's concerned. He is one of the best men with a bat that England have ever had. No point in arguing about it. But in Australia? Forget it.

 

[willipp]

Hats of the Head to be fair. He’s one hell of a player.