Cricket

[47er]

4 in the first session. Aussies would have taken that at the start of the day.

[chaddyrovers]

1 minute ago, 47er said:

4 in the first session. Aussies would have taken that at the start of the day.

but would they have taken over 125 runs being scored in the session tho 

[den]

I think the ashes have just gone.

[matt83]

Shambles of a game from Bairstow

[JohnD]

Just now, matt83 said:

Shambles of a game from Bairstow

Series not game 😞

[JohnD]

Bazball got us into a winning position but they've abandoned it today, why oh why!!?

[jim mk2]

Thanks for all your efforts in this match Jonny. Brilliant

2 days to make 250 and it could be over by tea on the 1st day ...... because we didn't play Bazball

Chuffing nonsense

 

[matt83]

3 minutes ago, JohnD said:

Bazball got us into a winning position but they've abandoned it today, why oh why!!?

They’re still playing brain dead shots. Isn’t that Bazball 

[JohnD]

4.7 an over isn't

They always play stupid shots, the Aussies did too, is that bazball?

The idea is to score quickly while they're in.

Most people have got what they wanted, a more cautious approach to bazball, it just doesn't work.

[matt83]

God forbid we have a group of test players who able to play proper cricket. Learn a wide range of shots, know how to defend and how to attack, what balls to hit and what balls to leave. Nah let’s just swing at it and see what happens. 

[Hasta]

I’m surprised Aussies are still 2/1 to win this. 

[jim mk2]

We haven't had a Test class opener since Alistair Cook retired. And we haven't had a Test class opening partnership since Cook and Strauss were in harness. This lot are just products of T20 cricket

[den]

Agony watching this.

[Mattyblue]

Even more so when you don’t want your Old Trafford ticket to be for a dead rubber! 🫣

[den]

Just now, Mattyblue said:

Even more so when you don’t want your Old Trafford ticket to be for a dead rubber! 🫣

😀yeah

[Gav]

The western terrace to Murphy:

’You're just a shit Harry Potter’ 😂

[Exiled_Rover]

39 minutes ago, matt83 said:

God forbid we have a group of test players who able to play proper cricket. Learn a wide range of shots, know how to defend and how to attack, what balls to hit and what balls to leave. Nah let’s just swing at it and see what happens. 

The money is in white ball cricket. You have white ball specialists like Sneed who have turned down a red ball contract with Somerset (and has never played a first class match) cos it's peanuts compared to the money he can make in T20 comps around the world.

That's just the way the game has gone - those gritty, technically sound batsmen are a thing of the past it seems.

[den]

Noooo!

[jim mk2]

5 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

The money is in white ball cricket. You have white ball specialists like Sneed who have turned down a red ball contract with Somerset (and has never played a first class match) cos it's peanuts compared to the money he can make in T20 comps around the world.

That's just the way the game has gone - those gritty, technically sound batsmen are a thing of the past it seems.

 

Money rules (I've read it's all the players talk about in the dressing rooms) and "instant" cricket is the perfect game for the Playstation generation - they don't have the patience to sit through proper Test cricket

[oldjamfan1]

We don’t half make it hard work for ourselves. It’s like watching Rovers

[jim mk2]

Brook gets out to another stupid shot with victory in sight

[K-Hod]

Mark Wood, what a fella.

[wilsdenrover]

Never in doubt 🤪

[JohnD]

Wow, what a series, every session for all 3 tests have been amazing viewing 😲👍🤣

[Ianrally]

Roll on OT.