Cricket Thread

[Don Karleone]

Same fucking ball

 

[BringBackSwales]

Our batting in both innings also begs the question why we only had one warm up match, and that was England v England. Surely batters need more matches than that to get their touch in proper match conditions in another country with a different ball to what we are used to?

 

[waspish]

Is anyone really surprised? Seriously?

No Australia in Australia are not going to not come out today and bowl as poor as the first innings apart from starc who Carried them!

 

[BringBackSwales]

3 wickets since I got up, ffs.

If only you’d stayed in bed!!

 

[jimharri]

We lost our last five wickets in the first innings for 12 runs. Yes, they're tailenders, but you'd still expect 50 or 60 runs from the second half of your scorecard, surely. Now we've lost 4 wickets for 11 runs.

#LondonBuses

 

[chesterbells]

Is anyone really surprised? Seriously?

By Crawley getting two noughts? Not one little bit.
“FFS Crawley”

 

[chris63]

Pope, Brook and Root all out to the same ball. Wide outswinger. All should have been left.

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Stop flapping. We already have enough runs to win this.

 

[jimharri]

So; what's the bare minimum we'll need to make it a contest? 250? It seems a long way off at the moment. Yes, I know we prised them out for little more than half that in their first innings. But will they bat as badly again?

 

[AlthamBlue]

If only you’d stayed in bed!!

Went and made a brew and not lost anymore, so far!

Stokes for fucks sake!

 

[chesterbells]

Went and made a brew and not lost anymore, so far!

Stokes for fucks sake!

Ahem

 

[Don Karleone]

Went and made a brew and not lost anymore, so far!

Stokes for fucks sake!

 

[chris63]

Got a feeling where going to lose this.
I did think the Aussies would win the series 3-0

 

[city5189]

You can only hope our bowlers can do the same.

 

[bert's broken neck]

Just like the last test match in this new Perth stadium this will be over in 2 days.

 

[BringBackSwales]

If Atkinson Carse Archer and Wood can slog 30 or 40 between then, and say another 20 from Smith and extras, that just about gets us a 200 lead. One things for sure, we won’t need to get up at daft o’clock on Monday

 

[BringBackSwales]

You can only hope our bowlers can do the same.

Hopefully they pitch the ball where the Aussies are doing rather than shorter. Also we don’t possess a swing bowler other than maybe Stokes

 

[dadnlad]

always wait till both teams have batted twice to judge the wicket

morning wish stayed in bed

 

[waspish]

It’s a hard watch this as well as the Aussies are bowling we played at wide shots to early in our innings! But the pitch has sped up some today when I thought it would become easier! Going to need to bowl as good as first innings because looks like we won’t get 160 here!

 

[bert's broken neck]

My bad - just remembered the Indians got over 400 in the second innings! Don’t think our boys will beat that!