Cricket

[LeftWinger]

12 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Awful day 1 by England 

Awful day 2 by England

I feel this could be a recurring theme

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

We need to stop sending teams down there until we have a side capable of giving them a game. This is just embarrassing.

[Riversider28]

At least I made the correct decision - I didn’t subscribe to BT Sport. 5 minutes of “highlights” is more than enough to watch.

[oldjamfan1]

Decent fight back by England’s batters today. I fully expected to wake up to see an innings defeat.

[Hasta]

3 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Decent fight back by England’s batters today. I fully expected to wake up to see an innings defeat.

You may still do yet, albeit tomorrow.

[oldjamfan1]

4 minutes ago, Hasta said:

You may still do yet, albeit tomorrow.

I doubt that, although I do still think we'll lose, but at least we've had a good day for a change.

[Hasta]

5 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

I doubt that, although I do still think we'll lose, but at least we've had a good day for a change.

Yeah I watched about the last 2 hours and that partnership looked very comfortable. There were only a couple of hairy moments, one of which being the last ball.

However we know that once one gets out the rest will follow.

 

 

[matt83]

I suppose day 3 is like the rovers season far better than expected but will ultimately end badly. 

[Gav]

37 minutes ago, matt83 said:

I suppose day 3 is like the rovers season far better than expected but will ultimately end badly. 

Keep the faith Matt, keep the faith. 

[jim mk2]

Root and Malan gone in first 30 mins. Nice dream while it lasted

The end is nigh

[oldjamfan1]

2 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Root and Malan gone in first 30 mins. Nice dream while it lasted

The end is nigh

Yep. I’ll take responsibility for those two wickets as it’s the first live action I’ve bloody watched so far.

Likely to be over by mid afternoon.

 

[AllRoverAsia]

Woke up on time but went into a mega leg cramp, fecking agony, and by the time that passed and I rehydrated I missed the fall of Malan, Pope & Root.

Now no Aussie commentary and oddly enough I'm missing Warne 😲

I should have stayed asleep.

Edited December 11, 2021 by AllRoverAsia

[AllRoverAsia]

There really is a commentator's curse.

[Gav]

Rubbish England, Matt was right…..

[Mattyblue]

Usual stuff; muddled selections, poor spinner, collapses.

Hopefully Broad and Anderson in a more swing friendly day nighter at Adelaide gets us back in it, lose that and it could get very messy down there, again.

[47er]

5 hours ago, Gav said:

Rubbish England, Matt was right…..

I blame the Union movement Gav. Its that "one out all out" mentality.

[Gav]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

Usual stuff; muddled selections, poor spinner, collapses.

Hopefully Broad and Anderson in a more swing friendly day nighter at Adelaide gets us back in it, lose that and it could get very messy down there, again.

Sadly Broad and Anderson can't help the awful technique of the batting line-up Matty.

The bowlers performed well, the fielders dropped the catches, batters can't bat, its going to be a long tour.

[Gav]

1 minute ago, 47er said:

I blame the Union movement Gav. Its that "one out all out" mentality.

Ah! very good 47er 😃

[Mattyblue]

Of course, they collapse at almost comically regular intervals, 1st innings or second innings from the mighty Ireland at Lord’s to pretty much everybody on the road… but Adelaide in recent years has seen both teams collapse due to the unique nature of the swinging ball the day nighter brings, England’s only hope is to come out on top of a low scorer, as I imagine they’ll wilt in the more traditional conditions at Melbourne and Sydney.

Edited December 11, 2021 by Mattyblue

[matt83]

Shambles is the word. 1 class batsman (who unfortunately is a truly atrocious captain) the rest are terrible, not playing the 2 best bowlers, whether it’s his head or injury stokes was useless with bat and ball, spinners who wouldn’t look out of place in the Lancs league.

It’s ok though, the ECB will do a “root and branch” review of the game after we lose 5 nil again. Which I think would be 14 of the last 15 tests in Oz we’ve lost.

The fact that the 100 is even a concept and then played in July and august rendering county cricket a spring and autumn sport will of course be ignored. Until they wake up and accept this pathological pursuit of McCricket is destroying test cricket nothing will change. For me the two simply cannot coexist and I fear I know which one will win out. 

Edited December 11, 2021 by matt83

[matt83]

Apparently 10 out of 22 innings this year been bowed out for less than 200. There’s been a few sub 150 scores as well. Definitely one game in Chennai done twice for 150 ish. Edgbaston v nz was a 100 all out job and at lords v India was another 100 ish. Plus obviously this one. 

[matt83]

Its cracking me up reading all the online comments about selecting livi. He’d be an unmitigated disaster in test cricket. A decent county average but probably doesn’t average above about 10 since he sold his soul.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

42 minutes ago, matt83 said:

Shambles is the word. 1 class batsman (who unfortunately is a truly atrocious captain) the rest are terrible, not playing the 2 best bowlers, whether it’s his head or injury stokes was useless with bat and ball, spinners who wouldn’t look out of place in the Lancs league.

It’s ok though, the ECB will do a “root and branch” review of the game after we lose 5 nil again. Which I think would be 14 of the last 15 tests in Oz we’ve lost.

The fact that the 100 is even a concept and then played in July and august rendering county cricket a spring and autumn sport will of course be ignored. Until they wake up and accept this pathological pursuit of McCricket is destroying test cricket nothing will change. For me the two simply cannot coexist and I fear I know which one will win out. 

10/10

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

21 hours ago, Hasta said:

Yeah I watched about the last 2 hours and that partnership looked very comfortable. There were only a couple of hairy moments, one of which being the last ball.

However we know that once one gets out the rest will follow.

 

 

How very predictable it all is.

[Gav]

35 minutes ago, matt83 said:

Its cracking me up reading all the online comments about selecting livi. He’d be an unmitigated disaster in test cricket. A decent county average but probably doesn’t average above about 10 since he sold his soul.

I think the point people are making is he'd at least have a go, which is far better than the most of the blockers in the top order.

Go down fighting rather than blocking your way to 5 and getting out.....Parkinson and Mahmood should also be in the squad.