Cricket Thread

[Looby_Blue]

Its gone, cheating crooks have been handed it cos of our shit west of the pennines micro weather system.

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Need at least a couple more tonight, tomorrow isn't looking great.

Today was not looking great

Sadly the ashes were lost in the first 2 tests, We all knew they are a good side (world champions) So giving them a 2.0 lead was a bad idea, Also everybody knew the weather would come into play at some point and with the Manchester test being so important you knew it would rain, The call for Wood and Woakes was far too late for me and Woakes and Wood should have played at Lords.

They retain the Ashes and are worthy of it for me, because of England's Bad choice and then the pressure to bowl Jimmy Anderson even when clearly his time was up long before the Manchester test, Big questions should be asked about the first 2 tests even Moeen Ali recall and then not picking your best 2 bowlers until it was too late.

And please don't call me out because it's still not over in the 4th test or we can level the series in the next test
England should have been ready from day one, forget sentimental reasons for playing Jimmy Anderson and Moeen Ali,
We the fans want to win the ASHES back not see Jimmy and Moeen bowling crap,

England have been the better side throughout. Australia don't deserve to be leading.

 

[waspish]

we should tell Root he is our spinner now and our all rounder

 

[heslops barnet]

Jimmy Anderson well past his best.

Unfortunately he is……been a tremendous bowler for England, couldn’t be dropped or rested on his home ground, time to bow out at the top….

 

[Postman Pep]

Yeah but this time last night, it was looking like a window this afternoon, today it isn't, fair to be optimistic, but as @Indaparkside the bookies are quite clear.

I bet "winviz" right now is about 98% draw, 2% Enland

Thats the point. Winviz and bookies odds will weigh up the forecasts. The last 2 days we've had a lot more play than was forecasted. Impossible to rulee out rhe same tomorrow.

 

[ancoats]

Today was not looking great

England have been the better side throughout. Australia don't deserve to be leading.

Give over the first 2 tests was a joke and rightly beaten

 

[ancoats]

It's hard to see Australia granting anyone equivalent to Anderson a last hurrah. They'd have replaced them without sentiment.
Ali seems a victim more of lack of planning and continuity; I think it's harsh to pin blame on him for being picked.

Ali give up test cricket and not played for 2 years

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Give over the first 2 tests was a joke and rightly beaten

England should have won the first test imo.
Had we not scored more runs and taken more wickets than them over the first 3 tests?
No way we deserve to be behind.

 

[Superace]

Give over the first 2 tests was a joke and rightly beaten

Nope we gave them both tests especially the first. I've watched a lot of cricket over the years and there's no doubt England have been the better team over the 4 tests. Not always best team wins.

 

[ancoats]

England should have won the first test imo.
Had we not scored more runs and taken more wickets than them over the first 3 tests?
No way we deserve to be behind.

Its a result business and the record books show they won the first 2 tests so I beg to differ.
They also lost their best Spinner bowler Lyons and he is a big miss with his record against England,

England was a shambles in the first 2 tests with so many bad choices in the lineup like picking only 3 mainline bowlers knowing Stokes could not bowl enough then Moeen Ali's finger it was all over the place, until the Leeds tests when changes were made it was looking like a whitewash,