Cricket Thread

[homerdog]

Fucking disgraceful capitulation.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Australia were 7/5 overnight. Easy money.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Seeing the England captain running so as to shake Head’s hand, very sporting but would the Australian captain do that if the boot was on the other foot? Soft as shit. And no way an aussie would have walked off like Smith did. Soft as shite

 

[red 2 hats]

Predictable, utter shite, bazball, play 20/20 shots in test cricket

 

[Kush45]

Utterly pumped. A 5 nil series destruction is incoming.

Batsmen have looked amateur and the Aussies won't make the mistake of giving England a chance now.

 

[Bluemoon dan]

And this was the Test we were hoping to win against a depleted bowling attack. We've been bowled out twice for a combined score you'd expect in a T20. 5-0, resignations, retirements and recriminations aplenty on the way this next month or so I fear.

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

As @BringBackSwales said, 'wait till they get Hazelwood and Cummins back'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[stan bowles]

Live by the sword, die by the sword. Bazball is a exciting, high risk brand of cricket but when it goes wrong, it goes horribly wrong. Root bowling at the death on day 2 is the cricket equivalent of waving the white flag.
England's Test record Down Under is simply embarrassing.

 

[bluemoon32]

Oh well, at least the players would have enjoyed having their tummies tickled

 

[MillionMilesAway]

The difficult decision - Starc or Head.
10-111 and won't win MotM!

 

[AlthamBlue]

Ah well, won't be getting up that early for the rest of the series.

 

[Gabriel]

"wouldn't change, when people got in, they looked comfortable, disappointed in some of the wickets but Australia bowled well. It's worked for us over the past few years and the team are united in this approach."

The Aussie ex-players and journos don't hold back at their players, even if they're only recently retired.

Some of it is cultural, to be sure, but it’s the same meaningless platitudes being dished out in the same monotonous tones.

England have problems with Crawley, have never found a proper number 3 (Pope and Root are both 4s), and now they have to decide whether to trust a full pace attack when the batsmen can’t stay in, or put their faith in a spinner who the Australians will want to batter out of the attack. Cue: ‘We trust our processes…’

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

FFS I've just seen the score.

 

[stan bowles]

Does England still produce any solid batsmen with good defensive technique who plays each ball on its merits ?

 

[domalino]

They were hardly flogged to death

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At an average of 90mph that’s a lot of work.

Plus they’re not used to bowling test loads because no proper warmups. Plus they did most of the batting.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Some of it is cultural, to be sure, but it’s the same meaningless platitudes being dished out in the same monotonous tones.

England have problems with Crawley, have never found a proper number 3 (Pope and Root are both 4s), and now they have to decide whether to trust a full pace attack when the batsmen can’t stay in, or put their faith in a spinner who the Australians will want to batter out of the attack. Cue: ‘We trust our processes…’

Yeah, Brook's post-match rubbish in NZ recently showed that nothing's sinking in.

Australians find it hard to get into the starting XI. English players find it hard to get out of the XI.

 

[waspish]

The line will be they bowled well and a world class innings by head!

Next test match they’ll be told to go harder

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Shitshow

Turned out right again

 

[dickie davies]

At an average of 90mph that’s a lot of work.

Plus they’re not used to bowling test loads because no proper warmups. Plus they did most of the batting.

You make it sound like they were out in the field in 90° heat for five sessions and bowled over 30 overs each

 

[Craig]

Australia were 7/5 overnight. Easy money.

Seen England at 8/15 last night and thought you’d have to be fucking mental!