******Cricket Thread******

[Gray]

Typical of this current side, the batsmen are flaky at best.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

I turned it off after the third over.

Burns is not good enough for this level.

 

[waspish]

Wow we got a decent score thought we’ve all out for 89. Now rain for four days

 

[jimharri]

Wow we got a decent score thought we’ve all out for 89. Now rain for four days

Nah, three days should do it. Can't see them conceding, say, a 150 run deficit, and then getting bowled out second time around for around 100, all in one day.


Then again.....

 

[BlueAnorak]

Electing to bat first on a green wicket? Mad. Then you have a procession of players playing forward defence in Aus and chasing bad balls to get an edge.
Abject!

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I suppose Cummins will be reasonably satisfied with his first day as captain.
Haven't seen all of the 'highlights', just Burns' walkabout (tribute to Australian life?) and players hooking to long leg.

 

[DMA's]

Got exactly what we deserved. We have had four years to build towards this series but instead we decide to treat test cricket as a afterthought. Absolutely embarrassing performance with the bat yet again

 

[Trojan1962]

Shameful- No pride by these players

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

a score befitting the Crucible rather than the Gabba.

 

[Protein Junkie]

Im already tired. When we’re 15 for 3 after an hours play I’ll drag myself of to bed.

Lottery numbers please @willipp

 

[Protein Junkie]

Ohh that looks like a track where you would win the toss,bowl first and use Anderson and Broad.

 

[Octavian]

Shameful- No pride by these players

No pride in Test Cricket by the ECB. This is a top down issue.

 

[Gabriel]

Ohh that looks like a track where you would win the toss,bowl first and use Anderson and Broad.

Maybe that explains it.

 

[waspish]

Electing to bat first on a green wicket? Mad. Then you have a procession of players playing forward defence in Aus and chasing bad balls to get an edge.
Abject!

Yeah don’t get that batting in Australia they know especially on that pitch with the bounce it will go over the stumps 90% of the times good line leave it a fuller ball defend it or hit it! They got to pick the line up a lot quicker though but all those Knicks from us every ball wouldn’t of hit the wicket! We never ever ever learn!

 

[M18CTID]

Fancy deciding to bat first on that FFS!

 

[waspish]

Ohh that looks like a track where you would win the toss,bowl first and use Anderson and Broad.

It’s a toss you want to lose because if the Aussies won the toss they would if batted.

 

[SWP's back]

Ohh that looks like a track where you would win the toss,bowl first and use Anderson and Broad.

Yep. I’m fucking furious with Root.

 

[Protein Junkie]

It’s a toss you want to lose because if the Aussies won the toss they would if batted.

Maybe so Waspish- guess we will never know.

 

[Octavian]

Fancy deciding to bat first on that FFS!

Back in my day as village skip I wouldn’t have batted on that even at muppets level!

 

[waspish]

Let’s see how we bowl but there is less pressure on the Aussies with that 147 score we need 2/3 early wickets to rattle them.