Cricket Thread

[moomba]

And the number of appeals for lbw when it was clear the ball hit the bat before pad. The Aussies might win but they set a poor example of sportsmanship. They probably don’t care, mind.

England is no different. Would be nice if everything was played in an honourable/noble way but it hasn't been that way for decades.

And no-one has the right to claim the moral high ground.

 

[Gray]

I may be in the minority but Bairstow had only himself to blame as it was not the first time he had done it and if you try and intimidate the Aussies like we have with all this talk of Bazball bollocks you reap what you sow

Seems a bit dozy at times.

 

[Malcontent]

You're not alone at all, did the same thing the previous two balls, Carey took a punt (threw it while he was still in his ground), hopefully he'll learn to look behind him in future.

And Carey will have known that Bairstow walked as he deemed the ball was dead, and for no other reason.

 

[waspish]

Those top England 5 batters should learn from stokes 2nd innings we were reckless and so so disappointed in Roots both innings a man of his experience he should of done a lot better!

Also our last 5 cricketers can’t bat for toffee and once down to them we lucky to get another 20 runs from them!

Need big changes in three days

 

[trueblue1972]

You're not alone at all, did the same thing the previous two balls, Carey took a punt (threw it while he was still in his ground), hopefully he'll learn to look behind him in future.

A bit like the Dibble Crosby incident at Forest

 

[ancoats]

The better bowling team won it's that simple.

We need big changes to the bowling to save the whitewash, Forget the ashes they are already gone from the first test, England are never going to win 2 tests playing Bazball vs the Aussies, For me its now time to build a team for the Ashes down under in 2 years time, youth and some sort of pace bowlers that can bowl over 85mph, plus a Spinner that plays in every test.

By the way, it's not cheating or unsportsmanship but lazy cricket from Bairstow, He also should be dropped for Foakes because of the mistakes and dropped catches

 

[cleavers]

Not unlike Australia in the first test that we should have won.

Ultimately we also lost that because of a couple of shit sessions, the problem is we need to stop having shit/stupid periods in games if we want to win them.

 

[heslops barnet]

Those top England 5 batters should learn from stokes 2nd innings we were reckless and so so disappointed in Roots both innings a man of his experience he should of done a lot better!

Also our last 5 cricketers can’t bat for toffee and once down to them we lucky to get another 20 runs from them!

Need big changes in three days

Yep, no depth in team, last 5 batsmen pretty poor unlike the convicts

 

[cleavers]

That's what winners are. It's what Argentina, Italy, Germany have built a foundation on to win trophies across different generations. All groups of serial winners are experts in game management and cheating.

See City, ruthless, and relentless.

 

[CarlosTevez'sEnglishTutor]

Now the series has gone, hopefully the lads can double down on Steven Smith with some spite. It would be marvelous to see him cry on the tele again, wouldn't it? Or see David Warner finally brought to justice with a career ending injury or performance.