Cricket Thread

The Stockport Iniesta said:
We might not need a spinner at Headingley, but we will at O.T and the Oval, Moeen isn't going to bowl a side out on day 4 or 5. Also need genuine pace in the last 2 tests as well, as both are usually good to bat on, fuck knows who though as all the quicks are injured.
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I think wood is fit but does breakdown pretty quickly
 
The Stockport Iniesta said:
Pakistan were accused of ball tampering which they denied, the ball was changed. Darrell Hair had a lot of problems with Asian players over the years if you remember? He always seemed to court controversy with Asian teams and players. Doesn't excuse what they did but Australia cheat pretty much every series they are in. The cunts even invented sledging, which is a nice term for unacceptable verbal abuse.
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If that were the only controversy involving Pakistan.
They make the Aussies look like amateurs.
 
Claytop said:
Looking back now when Stokes got it under 3 figures maybe he should have started taking the runs on offer that were available. Broad was fairly set by this time and even if he had have got out Stokes still had another 3 batters left if he wanted to go big.

The headingley 2019 was done with the last wicket, we had plenty left compared to then!

Easy in hindsight but they (eventually) cut off his leg side scoring shots and got him frustrated.
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Exactly. Test Cricket is not all about slogging sixes manoeuvring the ball around and keeping the scoreboard ticking over would have kept the pressure on the Aussies
 
wattle said:
One example? Always an exception to the rule. I’ll give you 10 Aussie cricket ones for every one you can give me in rugby. And I’m not a big rugby fan btw
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Rugby union supporters are on the whole entitled cunts.
 
Claytop said:
Looking back now when Stokes got it under 3 figures maybe he should have started taking the runs on offer that were available. Broad was fairly set by this time and even if he had have got out Stokes still had another 3 batters left if he wanted to go big.

The headingley 2019 was done with the last wicket, we had plenty left compared to then!

Easy in hindsight but they (eventually) cut off his leg side scoring shots and got him frustrated.
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Not a massive cricket fans but is there a few parallels with how Pep reinvented football in England, with this guy coming along and shaking up cricket orthodoxy.

Not saying it will have the same degree of success, or is even the right course of action but there seems to be a blueprint of how they want the team to play and there going to stick with it.

Playing the risky shots throughout has parallels with playing out from the back in football. When it goes wrong it looks really bad, but if that way of playing has got you in a certain position, why then would you change it in the latter part of matches?

Its not a view I necessarily subscribe to but just second guessing the thought process of the decision-makers.
 
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Claytop said:
Looking back now when Stokes got it under 3 figures maybe he should have started taking the runs on offer that were available. Broad was fairly set by this time and even if he had have got out Stokes still had another 3 batters left if he wanted to go big.

The headingley 2019 was done with the last wicket, we had plenty left compared to then!

Easy in hindsight but they (eventually) cut off his leg side scoring shots and got him frustrated.
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That's my point about being the best test team in cricket, they find a way to win and change in a flash,
England doesn't have any plans other than Bazball, if you are in trouble and winning looks a bit far away then take a chance and change it and sit in and duck and move take time out of the game and don't chase every ball,

Why do you have to pull every bouncer and chase every ball, A draw is also part of test cricket
 
A last comment on crowd banter re Aussies. Shane Warne used to get some right stick from the crowd at Old Trafford when playing for Australia , but on his last test appearance there he got a standing ovation. The cricket lovers know cheating and they know quality players.
 
Probably in the minority but I’m not really in the ‘spirit of the game’ camp when it comes to controversial moments that lead to a dismissal or goal etc

If it’s in the laws of the game it’s in the laws. That simple.
It was quick thinking from the Australian player and Bairstow shouldn’t have left his crease.

Likewise in football a player down injured - the other team should carry on regardless. It’s down to the officials to stop the game, not leave it to the moral judgement of the players.
 
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