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

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

It's still like climbing Everest, for your last two batsmen. In fact, correct that: it's like climbing K2. In the dead of winter. And without fixed ropes.

(Been reading a fascinating book on mountain climbing this summer, something in which I had no previous interest whatsoever.)

If they were to pull this off (I don't even like to say it), it would be one of the single greatest achievements in all of Ashes history.

 

[MCFC1993]

Yeah that's it, been coming but Leach gave us hope.

 

[Gabriel]

Makes you wonder why they never put Leach in last night when the first wicket went down. Don’t care how much time was on the clock.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Ohfor fuck's sake! As soon as I start typing something, a wicket falls!!

Signing off.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Well in Leach, better than our top order. Got no confidence in Broad.

 

[Gabriel]

Well in Leach, better than our top order. Got no confidence in Broad.

Carried his bat...

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

It is the top order that has constantly let us down. In this and the other matches in the series. The tail enders and to some extent the middle order have made a it into a scrap. Hats off to them.

 

[journolud]

Bugger.

 

[razman]

Pathetic batting

 

[Don Karleone]

Major changes needed

 

[Manchester_lalala]

It is the top order that has constantly let us down. In this and the other matches in the series. The tail enders and to some extent the middle order have made a it into a scrap. Hats off to them.

Yep.

 

[Bill the Blue]

Doesn’t play have to end by 7pm? Or have I completely made that up?

Carried his bat...

Over n Out!.. you can't win any cricket match when you are depending on your bowlers to score runs / bat the overs out.
The batsmen cost us this match ashes !

 

[Gabriel]

Stubborn defence but England haven’t looked like winning from the front in any of the games. The top (dis)order has been thus since the last series and this result wasn’t unexpected.

 

[MCFC1993]

Denly, Buttler, Leach and Overton our best 4 batters in that innings, says it all.

 

[lefty goldblatt]

The retirement of Alistair Cook has hit us HARD.

Without him, our top order looks flimsier than an MFI wardrobe

 

[George Hannah]

Shame, back to the first day, first session - we had them 28-2 on the ropes and didn't go for the kill.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

We can’t have any complaints. They’ve been the better team in three of the four matches, one of which we somehow won.

It’s a good-ish Australian side but I don’t think there’s been a worse English test outfit since the early 2000s.

 

[Nightmare Walking]

The difference is Smith. He is the stand out player. The batting on both teams is very poor for test level and both captains are useless.

 

[jimharri]

We can’t have any complaints. They’ve been the better team in three of the four matches, one of which we somehow won.

It’s a good-ish Australian side but I don’t think there’s been a worse English test outfit since the early 2000s.

No mystery. Smith wasn't playing.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

The difference is Smith. He is the stand out player. The batting on both teams is very poor for test level and both captains are useless.

He’s scored 650 runs in 3 tests. The only difference between both teams is Smith.