Cricket Thread

[nmc]

Different pitch now. Looks like a flat track now. It looked better in the last hour of our innings. England’s pathetic second innings score wasn’t just down to good bowling, there was some really poor shots and Australia have been very disciplined here.

 

[jaiguruKun]

Stokes or bust

 

[waspish]

No bounce in the pitch it seems but think we not bending our backs and hitting the deck like first innings!

 

[Don Karleone]

Head is a very good batter sensible batting!

A few of ours should take note

 

[nmc]

Stokes, McCullum and Key will come under huge pressure after this shit show. A white wash is surely on the cards.

The preparation will come under scrutiny and Key was always fortunate to be in this position. I think Stokes may step down in any case at the end of the series.

 

[supercity88]

Pathetic batting today. Yet again not making the most of conditions. We should have been giving them 300 to chase down. They'll win this at a canter now. Good strategy to send Head out and take it to us, he has taken the pressure off the rest of the side now.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Looks a completely different pitch now and this pair look very comfortable. Desperately need a wicket or three.

It’s the same pitch, we just aren’t bowling as well

 

[nmc]

They seem to like the little and large combo

Or dumb and dumber in this match.

 

[waspish]

Different pitch now. Looks like a flat track now. It looked better in the last hour of our innings. England’s pathetic second innings score wasn’t just down to good bowling, there was some really poor shots and Australia have been very disciplined here.

They were always going to bat better I was more worried about how our bowlers would bowl and pace is down archer bowled accurately but pace down! Bowlers got us out of the our first innings score, our second innings batting performance not helped our bowlers!

 

[Claytop]

We’ll be lucky to get to 3 figures when their two best bowlers are back…

 

[supercity88]

Stokes, McCullum and Key will come under huge pressure after this shit show. A white wash is surely on the cards.

Well it's on the cards but I wouldn't say we haven't been competitive so quite a jump. England of old would have lost by an innings after that first innings score.

 

[waspish]

Fields spread this looks over!

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Weirdly, they have decided to bowl short.

It's what England do when they have no idea.
Only just put it on and the bowling lines are all over the place. Short down the leg side is going to end up in the crowd, like that last one.

 

[jaiguruKun]

Pathetic

 

[meeesh]

You’d be pissed off if you’d gone over for first test, nothing exciting about it at all, and people say test cricket is alive and kicking, it isn’t, this game is now hit and hope just like the white ball format.

 

[nmc]

Gonna be along tour after this performance- we had the Aussies where we wanted them at the end of day one. Now we’ve capitulated and the Aussies will humiliate us if we aren’t careful.

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Needed that

 

[homerdog]

At last!

 

[BringBackSwales]

Fair fuck to the England fans, there in their thousands and supporting brilliantly

 

[dickie davies]

Here we go

It's on, it's on
My goodness it's on