Cricket

[Riversider28]

Make that 74/4 after 10.4 overs 😀

[jim mk2]

43 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

if we had a half decent top order we`de be well in this series,crawley,pope and brook hav`nt the technique or patience for test match cricket

Patience is the key

Stokes gone

[oldjamfan1]

That will be that now surely?

[Riversider28]

Northants 90/5 after 13 overs 

[Gav]

Just now, oldjamfan1 said:

That will be that now surely?

Yes I think that’s it sadly.

Phenomenal effort from Stokes, he looked absolutely shattered at the end.

[AllRoverAsia]

Magnificent by Stokes ably assisted by the courage of Broad.

 

Edited July 2, 2023 by AllRoverAsia

[Gav]

Bit of footage from inside the pavilion at tea:

 

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, Gav said:

Bit of footage from inside the pavilion at tea:

 

Sums up their 'culture', really. 

Cried about Starc grassing a catch. Gloat about Carey running out a player when the over was over. Lovely stuff. 

[Exiled_Rover]

This short bowling is really dreadful cricket for the spectator. 

I thought bodyline had been banned?

[AllRoverAsia]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Sums up their 'culture', really. 

Cried about Starc grassing a catch. Gloat about Carey running out a player when the over was over. Lovely stuff. 

The Australian cricket set up has a long history of being morally and ethically bankrupt. Nothing has changed since they were sandpaper salesmen led by the sub human Smith and Warner.

[AllRoverAsia]

7 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

This short bowling is really dreadful cricket for the spectator. 

I thought bodyline had been banned?

It's a cowardly action against lower order batsmen by a team that is alleged to have the best bowling lineup in world cricket.

They would have as good a chance of a wicket if they bowled at the stumps but prefer a strategy designed to intimidate and injure.

Wankers the whole shitheap.

Edited July 2, 2023 by AllRoverAsia

[Riversider28]

Northants 120/6 after 17.2 overs 

[Ewood Ace]

41 minutes ago, Cherry Blue said:

MCC have apologized to Aussie Cricket Team and will deal with any member who has not maintained the standard.

 

I expected no less from Guy Lavender. They were truly shocking scenes.

[Ewood Ace]

3 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

It's a cowardly action against lower order batsmen by a team that is alleged to have the best bowling lineup in world cricket.

To be fair England were bowling it a bloke on one leg.

[AllRoverAsia]

7 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

To be fair England were bowling it a bloke on one leg.

True but Lyon is also a very competent batsman too. Actually most of their lower order are superior batters to our lower order.

We did a session yesterday of 51 consecutive overs of bouncers claiming their last eight wickets for 92 runs, but it was still a poor watch and I don't enjoy it.

Edited July 2, 2023 by AllRoverAsia

[Exiled_Rover]

8 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

To be fair England were bowling it a bloke on one leg.

And we were stupid to do so - he couldn't move, they should have york'd him. 

[Riversider28]

Northants 138/7 end of innings. Lancs will be confident of winning this now. 

[chaddyrovers]

59 minutes ago, Cherry Blue said:

MCC have apologized to Aussie Cricket Team and will deal with any member who has not maintained the standard.

 

Gutless. Typical MCC. 

14 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

To be fair England were bowling it a bloke on one leg.

Yes and cause himself more time out of the game. 

[Ewood Ace]

10 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Yes and cause himself more time out of the game. 

His series was over whether he batted or not yesterday. Great commitment from him to contribute to an important 15 extra runs. It wasn't quite Eddie Paynter in 32/33 but he showed great commitment to his team.

Australia obviously want to make it a tight finish still as they have brought Green back on.

Edited July 2, 2023 by Ewood Ace

[AllRoverAsia]

Good point. Lyon batted by choice

Edited July 2, 2023 by AllRoverAsia

[jim mk2]

Looking at the Bairstow dismissal again, he really was being dopey not to check the over was complete and he was naive to think a convict player would not do that. If it had been the other way round I'm certain we'd have been celebrating

All over. Another defeat and the Ashes more or less gone

Stokes and and Duckett aside, England have been poor and deserved to lose but should never have lost that first Test.

 

 

[chaddyrovers]

sadly not the result we want but Stokes's innings was fantastic. 

Onwards to the next test. Would like a couple of changes but alot depends on pitch and weather conditions firstly

[Ewood Ace]

It took until the 5th day of the second test but England finally played the situation however it was to little to late and this team are now on the cusp of being the first England team to lose at home to Australia in 22 years.

[jim mk2]

The convicts will start crowing now about a likely whitewash. If England don't show some fight from here and win at least 1 Test Stokes should resign as captain and McCullum consider his position

We've not lost to this lot in more than 20 years at home. If we do, Bazball will be to blame 

[Ewood Ace]

2 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

All over. Another defeat and the Ashes more or less gone

This series ia all but gone and you can forget about us winning in Australia in a couple of years time. Come the next series over here it will be 12 years since we have beaten them. A damning reflection of the ECB's management of red ball cricket in this country over the last decade.