jay_mcfc
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Hit those cracks and the ball is not bouncing, get it straight and full
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The Ashes 2010/2011 thread
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niall_mcfc
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Bad drop from Colly there
DannyBoy2890
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And that's that
Pigeonho
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Whats the point?! Whats the point in having a sport where 2 men and one team can be so dominant over the other team, but only give a draw as a result?!!!
Daft sport.
Daft sport.
dickie davies
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Pigeonho said:Whats the point?! Whats the point in having a sport where 2 men and one team can be so dominant over the other team, but only give a draw as a result?!!!
Daft sport.
Read this match report
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Pigeonho
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I understand there are only 5 days to play the match, otherwise it would run and run, but if I were Cook or Trott now I would be asking myself why I just bothered doing what they did.dickie davies said:Pigeonho said:Whats the point?! Whats the point in having a sport where 2 men and one team can be so dominant over the other team, but only give a draw as a result?!!!
Daft sport.
Read this match report
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Pigeonho said:I understand there are only 5 days to play the match, otherwise it would run and run, but if I were Cook or Trott now I would be asking myself why I just bothered doing what they did.dickie davies said:Read this match report
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Its simple Pidge, Cook + Trott put the game out of the reach of the Aussies hence saving the test before breaking some records and taking a bit of personal glory in the form of big hundreds. If anything it would've been nice to see Cook get 300 and Trott 150-200 but never mind.
Pigeonho
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So it should be an England win then?!!!Seosa said:Pigeonho said:I understand there are only 5 days to play the match, otherwise it would run and run, but if I were Cook or Trott now I would be asking myself why I just bothered doing what they did.
Its simple Pidge, Cook + Trott put the game out of the reach of the Aussies hence saving the test before breaking some records and taking a bit of personal glory in the form of big hundreds. If anything it would've been nice to see Cook get 300 and Trott 150-200 but never mind.
Pigeonho said:So it should be an England win then?!!!Seosa said:Its simple Pidge, Cook + Trott put the game out of the reach of the Aussies hence saving the test before breaking some records and taking a bit of personal glory in the form of big hundreds. If anything it would've been nice to see Cook get 300 and Trott 150-200 but never mind.
No, we would have to literally prevent them from winning by bowling them out. They could technically have won the game had they gone for it, they had the time, but realistically we had put the game out of reach, hence saving the game but not being able to win it. Strauss declaring and bowling for the last session and a half was his way of saying 'Lets go for it', but it didn't pay off.
M18CTID
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Pigeonho said:Whats the point?! Whats the point in having a sport where 2 men and one team can be so dominant over the other team, but only give a draw as a result?!!!
Daft sport.
Daft sport my arse. And if you'd bothered to follow this particular match, it wasn't just a case of 2 men on one team dominating the batting over the other team. There were also 2 Australian batsmen that dominated against England almost every bit as Trott and Cook did.
While everyone is entitled to their opinion and while I'd never expect cricket to be everyone's cup of tea, complaining about games ending in draws reflects the ignorance that some people have for the sport. There are plenty of football matches that end in draws too and there are plenty of football matches that are boring spectacles as well. However, while passages of play in cricket can admittedly be tedious, it can often be every bit as exciting as the greatest of football matches. The 2005 Ashes series was an awesome spectacle and arguably one of the greatest adverts for any sport ever, not just because England won but because it was so evenly contested and there were brilliant individual performances on both sides. Funnily enough, the Old Trafford test that year ended in a draw with England just failing to take the final Australian wicket but it was far from a boring match. As someone who attended the second day's play I'm not exaggerating when I say that the standard of play coupled with the atmosphere made it almost as enjoyable as any of the great games I've seen City play down the years.
It seriously gets my goat up when people moan about cricket - if one was to sit down and get a basic understanding of the sport (seriously, most of the rules are piss easy to follow) then they'd realise that tactically it's a fascinating game. Every ball bowled is like a game within itself.