Cricket Thread

[Kippax Street 1880]

Indeed just a shame we can't keep them fit and are left with only Wood who can't play them all

Are Stone and Mahmood both injured at the moment? I know Archer is a sicknote.

 

[trueblue1972]

Are Stone and Mahmood both injured at the moment? I know Archer is a sicknote.

They are indeed

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

One good thing is when England loses the Ashes Manchester city will get team of the year at SPOTY

They will find a way to give it to the England underwater snooker team or some bollocks rather than City.

 

[melrose40yarder]

Fantastic game.Need to reign in the bazball a bit mad declarations and not taking the new ball.Need to bring in Foakes play Jonny as a batsman.Rashid or Rahmen as the spinner.Also the batsmen need to play properly when the situation demands it one of Brook and Root should have gone big.We have some good players learning on the job.May lose this series but the future is bright.

 

[melrose40yarder]

Are Stone and Mahmood both injured at the moment? I know Archer is a sicknote.

Forget Archer the other 2 will be good bowlers in time.

 

[city saint]

the eary declaration and then not taking the new ball straight away cost us.fine margins but ultimatley poor decisions

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Rehan Ahmed? Did well in Pakistan, albeit on spinner friendlier wickets

I'd just play 4 seamers at Lords but Old Trafford and the Oval maybe he could come in. You have to play Foakes as well if you are going to play a leggie though imo.

 

[dadnlad]

That declaration

not for me we had dart at end of day it was the missed easy stumping on day two

 

[Gabriel]

That's the Ashes gone for me, I don't think England playing Bazball can beat the Aussies twice.

Over the whole test England has been sloppy in the field and bowling, Dropped catches so many No-balls and poor wicket keeping, Also add Jimmy Anderson never match fit and undercooked and Moeen Ali little finger, Robinson and Broad have kept us in the game really with Stokes Not bowling enough because of injury,

the Aussies Knew how big this win was with Lords coming up next. Their favourite ground to play us

Think England could still win but that there is a streak of stubbornness that might prove their downfall. If the Australians win at Lord's, England will be in real difficulty, but by that stage it might be too late to make the necessary changes.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

One good thing is when England loses the Ashes Manchester city will get team of the year at SPOTY

Don't talk insane.
Manchester yyyoooiuuunited won the league cup

 

[trueblue1972]

Forget Archer the other 2 will be good bowlers in time.

It's the same issue with all of them we can't keep them fit

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

What a great game.

 

[Gabriel]

One good thing is when England loses the Ashes Manchester city will get team of the year at SPOTY

Think the England women's team will win (both).

 

[TinFoilHat]

Think the England women's team will win (both).

Raggettes will win it.

 

[Cricket Blue]

I don't like this were happy to lose mantra at all.
Bravado, carelessness and poor fiedling cost us this game.
I think Australia will walk this series.

 

[waspish]

After a tight game and a loss you can always go back and pick out things we did wrong!

 

[oddfellows]

I don't like this were happy to lose mantra at all.
Bravado, carelessness and poor fiedling cost us this game.
I think Australia will walk this series.

Lot of missed opportunities.

Lords is a graveyard for England too.

 

[trueblue1972]

Lancs are going to lose as well fml

 

[City Raider]

That's the Ashes gone for me, I don't think England playing Bazball can beat the Aussies twice.

Over the whole test England has been sloppy in the field and bowling, Dropped catches so many No-balls and poor wicket keeping, Also add Jimmy Anderson never match fit and undercooked and Moeen Ali little finger, Robinson and Broad have kept us in the game really with Stokes Not bowling enough because of injury,

the Aussies Knew how big this win was with Lords coming up next. Their favourite ground to play us

Trying to stay positive. We took them to the wire with 2 fit, in form, front line bowlers. Stokes, Moeen and Jimmy way off for different reasons. Jimmy has a chance for Lords mainly because we might not play a spinner. There has to be a question mark over Bairstow at WK too.

 

[balotellishaircut]

England were unlucky, that Cummings pull shot just cleared Stokes although I think Stokes should of caught it, if that gets taken it’s game over, small margins