Cricket Thread

[DMA's]

Lords is also everything wrong with cricket. no atmosphere, £180 a ticket, full of toffs wearing stupid coloured tie and suits. I know it’s the home of cricket but it literally sums up the elitism and lack of diversity in english cricket. The women can’t even play at the ground! Moronic

 

[Claytop]

As expected, the top two batsman in the world are unlikely to keep failing.

Edgbaston Test looking a very bad one to lose.

 

[ancoats]

This is exactly why I was so critical after Edgbaston. I really couldn’t give a toss about entertaining neutrals I want England to regain the ashes and wining that first test was going to be massive for whoever won it.

We gifted Australia that game and it will bug me for some time tbh

Yep

Fuck Bazball cricket, how about just being professional and bat and bowl to a plan

 

[crooky]

Usual suspects in here moaning as usual when the going gets a little tough.

The same people who can barely offer a well done when England are playing well.

 

[DMA's]

Yep

Fuck Bazball cricket, how about just being professional and bat and bowl to a plan

Australia going at 4 an over whilst leaving and defending well when required. That’s what you call entertaining test cricket

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Australia going at 4 an over whilst leaving and defending well when required. That’s what you call entertaining test cricket

More enterprising than entertaining I’d say.

 

[M18CTID]

Yep

Fuck Bazball cricket, how about just being professional and bat and bowl to a plan

Before Bazball, how many of the previous 20 or so tests did we win?

Sure, Bazball has its faults but England's win rate has increased hugely since it was introduced

 

[DMA's]

More enterprising than entertaining I’d say.

scoring at 4 an over is more than enterprising imo!

Each to their own but I feel after a few more defeats bazball won’t be seen as that entertaining. After all winning is the priority.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Usual suspects in here moaning as usual when the going gets a little tough.

The same people who can barely offer a well done when England are playing well.

I'm all for being positive but England have been dreadful today. Worst I've seen them play in a long time. Everything is just too predictable on a pitch which should really help the seamers.

Beginning to think this is the day We've lost The Ashes. Already.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Stick a fork in us were done ?

Broad and Anderson are finished if they can not bowl at Lords and take wickets on the first morning.
I did fear for England going into the ashes with little test cricket and now it's showing, If we are not careful and make changes in the 3 other test matches the Aussies are going to whitewash us 5.0

Agree on Jimmy but Broad still has lots to offer, don’t understand why we took tongue off when we had two new batsmen at the crease & he got the ball talking, as for Robinson I feel like screaming at the tv when he plods in at 79mph, rather see Root chucking some muck….god we miss Wood & Archer