Cricket Thread

M18CTID said:
Me too but I do think there's nothing wrong with digging in when it comes to test cricket. However, I don't think this is the time or place for it. Australia have retained the Ashes and are only facing a modest first innings England total rather than looking to bat out the final day and a half to save the match - like Atherton's 185 not out in South Africa that time - so scoring at this rate makes little sense to me.
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Yeah I've no issue with it other than the spectacle.

It's like putting 10men behind the ball, viable tactic but give me Peps football any day of the week
 
wattle said:
Bob on. They are just doing it to make a point! Great. Let’s kill the game. Let’s bore people away from watching. Playing for a draw from ball one after you’ve retained the ashes. Is there more of a dislikable sports team outside old toilet and Canfield?
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One 45 miles away, heading east on the M62!
 
wattle said:
Bob on. They are just doing it to make a point! Great. Let’s kill the game. Let’s bore people away from watching. Playing for a draw from ball one after you’ve retained the ashes. Is there more of a dislikable sports team outside old toilet and Canfield?
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Winning The Ashes is bigger than anything else in test cricket for both England and the Aussies
They did the hard yards in the first 2 tests and controlled the series, Look England even under Bazball would do the same in this last test if we were 2.1 up, It's sport and competition and you should never take liberties like England did early doors, Only ourselves to blame sadly
 
ancoats said:
Winning The Ashes is bigger than anything else in test cricket for both England and the Aussies
They did the hard yards in the first 2 tests and controlled the series, Look England even under Bazball would do the same in this last test if we were 2.1 up, It's sport and competition and you should never take liberties like England did early doors, Only ourselves to blame sadly
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Hopefully a few lessons learned before going over there in 18 months time to reclaim them.
 
wattle said:
Yeh can’t wait for sibley and hameed to get stuck in at 0.25 runs an over and average 10.
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I agree and this is the difference in mentalities.

If the Aussies were bowling against this in the Ashes they'd be bowling some cuntinsh balls to rattle the batsman into either smacking it out the ground or fucking up.
 
domalino said:
So Khawaja and Labuschagne batted for 239 balls, 40 full overs, and got 56 runs.

Not sure how that's helped Australia win this match at all.
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Really bizarre. They're 119-3 off 52 overs. We were about 270-9 off the same! Somewhere in the middle is the right approach!

Fine to soak up a dangerous bowling spell but you have to try and score or the pressure builds and wickets are inevitable. The only hope would be that we tire and the older ball is easier to put away for their middle and lower order. But we're bowling well and the seamers don't look fatigued yet, they've still not had to bowl that many balls and it's not intense heat.
 
Please don't just bowl short to Head. His average in this series is showing he's comfortable with it on wickets of this pace. Bowl line and length and trust that to work.
 
As that brought a wicket as I wrote it, I'll just say Marsh has looked very dangerous and attacking this series so bowl some tempters and then get him with line and length.
 
jimharri said:
They're not looking to win it, their aim is to not lose it and, therefore, win the series. Which they haven't done in England since 2001.
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I don't think that's true mate. You don't come in to bat the 2nd innings on Day 1 and expect to draw the test match. They want to win this test, and so have looked to be patient and punish the bad ball. But we didn't bowl many of them and then they got bogged down. This partnership is key. Smith will rotate the strike, Marsh will be aggressive. Get one or both out and the Aussies are in real trouble.
 
Anderson been so unlucky but on pitches like this he will struggle to get wickets..

We get another 2 wickets here the Aussies slow over rate might bight them on there boring fcuking arse..
 
supercity88 said:
I don't think that's true mate. You don't come in to bat the 2nd innings on Day 1 and expect to draw the test match. They want to win this test, and so have looked to be patient and punish the bad ball. But we didn't bowl many of them and then they got bogged down. This partnership is key. Smith will rotate the strike, Marsh will be aggressive. Get one or both out and the Aussies are in real trouble.
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If we can get these 2 out before the new ball, we might get through the rest of them by close of play.
 
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