Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Starc strikes again, Bairstow gone for 35 England 8 - 159 Not long now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Lyon gets Leach (13) England 9 - 176 Will they get 200? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Didn't make 200 All out for 185 Lyon got Robinson (22) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Just abysmal, truly abysmal. Let's see what shite Root and Silverwood come out with after this match has finished. Might make day 4 if we're lucky.🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 49 minutes ago, galenkia said: Just abysmal, truly abysmal. Let's see what shite Root and Silverwood come out with after this match has finished. Might make day 4 if we're lucky.🙄 The usual 'lessons will be learnt' shite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Just woken up. Wish I hadn't bothered.... it's too predictable.... At least one of the changes (Bairstow) got a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Oh, Warner out! Commentator sounds amazed! Now will the Aussies copy the English collapse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Warner gone for 38 Australia 1- 57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 19 minutes ago, Starshine said: The usual 'lessons will be learnt' shite "So Joe, what lessons have you learned from this Test match?". "Well,we have learned, that when it comes to batting,we can't hit an elephants arsehole with a mallet'. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 As the instigator of this thread I vote we move it to the Jokes section.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangsom Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Headline on BBC now is ‘England look to fight back with Ashes on the line’ 🤣🤣🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Sangsom said: Headline on BBC now is ‘England look to fight back with Ashes on the line’ 🤣🤣🤣 Just got to the TV, it seems that the Pommy bowlers have done something different, 2 wickets this morning. Australia 3 - 110 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Anderson just got Smith (16) as I posted last post. That is Smith, Warner, Labushagne and Lyon so far that leave Harris and Head to rescue the Aussies. Australia 4 - 110 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Head is not going to be the hero today, gone for 27. Australia 5 - 171, still trailing by 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 So omitting Anderson from the first test was a good idea then wasn't it?. If he's fit to play and says he wants to play he should. No substitute for the experience he brings to the pitch. Especially in Ashes matches. Same with Robinson,he should be automatic selection as well. Bowlers dragging our sorry arse batsmen out the shit as usual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegrogmonster Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 A little quiz: Obviously Australia will be all out soon so how many wickets will England/Wales be down when they pass our total? I’m thinking 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 46 minutes ago, thegrogmonster said: A little quiz: Obviously Australia will be all out soon so how many wickets will England/Wales be down when they pass our total? I’m thinking 3. I'll get reeled in. 🤣 I'm going for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_Paarp Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 1 hour ago, thegrogmonster said: A little quiz: Obviously Australia will be all out soon so how many wickets will England/Wales be down when they pass our total? I’m thinking 3. 1 hour ago, galenkia said: I'll get reeled in. 🤣 I'm going for one. If you add those together, you'll get the answer. England 4 - 31 at the close of play, trailing by 51 runs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 2 hours ago, thegrogmonster said: A little quiz: Obviously Australia will be all out soon so how many wickets will England/Wales be down when they pass our total? I’m thinking 3. Bit of a bold assumption there. That England/Wales will actually pass the Aussie total. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, Chang_Paarp said: If you add those together, you'll get the answer. England 4 - 31 at the close of play, trailing by 51 runs. I forgot to type the + sign. 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, fygjam said: Bit of a bold assumption there. That England/Wales will actually pass the Aussie total. Fucking hell, I'll be happy to hit 3 figures. 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Being serious, it's actually gone past a joke and is truly embarrassing. This is probably the worst batting performance in an Ashes series I can remember, and we have had some shit tour's before. Whole batting line up is just hopeless. Root was the shining light, but is now a flickering bulb. Been dragged down amongst the other shite. Let's just call it a day, award it 5-0,and come home and drop all half of the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 When I woke at 4am for a pee and checked the scores were even, and apparently our bowlers were on top. I went back to sleep, with a feeling of doom.... When I woke again about 7.30.... I almost wished I hadn't. Then I saw the clip of Leach putting all that leaving practice into effect... At least we have 4 experienced batsmen, who have all scored big in the past, left to sort out the mess. If they all get 50s, or more, we might stand a chance. Can't see this one reaching day 5, and day 4 is looking dodgy. But then again, pigs might fly, or the baht might reach 50... Today can only get better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJSP Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Shambles, I’ll prepared, poor selections ( read - they are just guessing on who’s best to play ) and no heart. Back to the drawing board and come home early pretty pointless carrying on 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Unfortunately I think the tour structure makes it very difficult to know what to do to save some sort of pride this winter. Remember the days when a touring side would play the counties in between tests, and there were probably 5 tests a season? Out of form tourist (and home country) players could get some match practice and form in those games, so that when they were needed they were ready. Zac Crawley might look in good form in the nets, but looked like a rabbit in the headlights in the middle. Bringing in Dan Lawrence would be the same... no recent match experience. If this series was back in England they'd send Burns, Pope and Hameed back to their counties for some red ball cricket, except there wouldnt be any available as the white ball game has taken over.... so they'd play a few white ball games and declare themselves fit and ready for the next test. Yeah, right... Bloomin' short game, as exciting (and money making) as it is, its killing English test cricket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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