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scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
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Well, here we are. The first Test of the "summer" is about to start, always a great moment.

However, I think there's s very real possibilty that we won't win a test in the next four series. NZ are no mugs, The Aussies will be looking to roll us over, Pakisatna in UAE will be hoping we are as ineffective against spin as we were last time and then we travel to South Africa for a fiar old challenge.

It'll be interesting to see how things go.

And if i was Jason Gillespie I'd run a mile from the coaching role. Maybe next year, after the dust has settled, but the coaching job for the next 12 months isn't one you'd think would be lining you up for glory.

But it's cricket. Strange things happen.

Play.
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Oh crap, 4 down at drinks.
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  • lloydlloyd Frets: 5772
    I've an easy afternoon so I'll have a listen to TMS on Radio 4 after lunch.

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  • jonevejoneve Frets: 1416
    Great start :-|

    I'm sure this wouldn't have happened if they'd picked KP ;)


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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
    joneve said:
    I'm sure this wouldn't have happened if they'd picked KP ;)

    He's injured anyway so it's irrelevant. What we have seen thus far is no surprise. It's a decent seam attack against a wobbly batting line up on a green wicket that's warm enough to allow some swing. Plenty of teams have folded in the County Championship over the last few days in similar conditions (wasn't expecting Somerset to rally against Notts the other day). 

    @scrumhalf We really have got a fucking arduous schedule. 



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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    Nice to see Stokes batting ahead of Moeen.  Personally I'd bump Buttler up a spot as well and have Moeen at 8.
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Apparently Moeen was in the nets and couldn't get out there in time.
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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
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    crunchman said:
    Nice to see Stokes batting ahead of Moeen.  Personally I'd bump Buttler up a spot as well and have Moeen at 8.
    It wasn't planned. By all accounts Moeen was in the nets and simply couldn't get back in time to take the number 6 slot. 

    It's a great wicket for NZ to play on. It's very much like home. 





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  • jonevejoneve Frets: 1416
    Heartfeltdawn said:
    joneve said:
    I'm sure this wouldn't have happened if they'd picked KP ;)

    He's injured anyway so it's irrelevant. What we have seen thus far is no surprise. It's a decent seam attack against a wobbly batting line up on a green wicket that's warm enough to allow some swing. Plenty of teams have folded in the County Championship over the last few days in similar conditions (wasn't expecting Somerset to rally against Notts the other day). 

    @scrumhalf We really have got a fucking arduous schedule. 
    I know, that was the joke :( 
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  • DaleftyDalefty Frets: 505
    I can't wait until the ashes, where we teach you English boys how to play a sport you not only invented, but play badly.

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  • jonevejoneve Frets: 1416
    Dalefty said:
    I can't wait until the ashes, where we teach you English boys how to play a sport you not only invented, but play badly.

    DaLefty
    Yep, I can't wait for all my smug australian mates to up their banter. 

    We were in Australia for our honeymoon during the last Ashes in Nov 2013...That was loads of fun...SAID NO ONE EVER. 
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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698
    Dalefty said:
    I can't wait until the ashes, where we teach you English boys how to play a sport you not only invented, but play badly.

    DaLefty


    Maybe we shouldn't have deported all our good sportsmen all those years ago.........

    :D

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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
    Dalefty said:
    I can't wait until the ashes, where we teach you English boys how to play a sport you not only invented, but play badly.


    Aussie cricket fan after a 5-0 Ashes win: Hey, you Poms fucking suck at cricket. 

    England fan: We know. Why do you think the Barmy Army is so named? We know we're fucking idiots for supporting a team with a long history of failure punctuated by crystalline moments of brilliance like 1981 and 2005. 

    We know we're shit :)

    Odd fact though: England have won more Ashes Tests in Australia than in England. The 1990's really did a lot to swing the stats Australia-wards. 



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  • lloydlloyd Frets: 5772
    Great fight back happening here....

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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698
    lloyd said:
    Great fight back happening here....

    Yep, DaLefty's taking a bashing. :D

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  • lloydlloyd Frets: 5772
    mike_l said:
    lloyd said:
    Great fight back happening here....

    Yep, DaLefty's taking a bashing. :D
    Ha!

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  • lloydlloyd Frets: 5772
    Ouch! 2 out into the 90's big wicket in Root for NZ great innings from him though.

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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
    Excellent day of cricket so far. A bit for the seamers, definite turn and bounce for the spinners (shame we haven't got any really decent ones on display this series), runs to be scored if you get in... can't go wrong. 



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  • ennspekennspek Frets: 1625
    It really was a great day of cricket. Felt it for Root & Stokes, both deserved centuries. Poor old Stokes must be furious with himself.
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 27656
    Great middle order batting, but you can't hide the fact that the top 4 were total pants. This is not good enough, we always have these pathetic collapses. Glad we salvaged the day, but are the individuals ever going to grow a pair and man up to the task, or keep wilting when someone else gets out.
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  • HootsmonHootsmon Frets: 15657
    wots cricket?
    tae be or not tae be
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  • EvilmagsEvilmags Frets: 5158
    hootsmon;641792" said:
    wots cricket?
    Funny game they play at Scottish private schools...
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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
    Evilmags said:
    Funny game they play at Scottish private schools...
    Nah, that's the biscuit game. 



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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    From the Cricinfo commentary : Broad stays well inside the line

    They need to put him down to number 11.
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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    Jimmy Anderson needs 26 more runs to become the slowest ever to 1000 (in terms of matches).
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  • lloydlloyd Frets: 5772
    Another record for him! Decent total especially after the start yesterday, be nice to squeeze past 400.

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  • lloydlloyd Frets: 5772
    Why do bowlers plant their feet so close to the line? Stupid, you can bowl 10cm's back from the line and not affect it....

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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698
    crunchman said:
    Jimmy Anderson needs 26 more runs to become the slowest ever to 1000 (in terms of matches).

    Another 3 innings then..... :D

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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

    Start praying for a wet summer.
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  • blueskunkblueskunk Frets: 2781
    Shite game and fucking boring
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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    scrumhalf said:
    Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

    Start praying for a wet summer.
    Pack the side with batting and prepare the 4 flattest pitches in history for the first 4 Ashes tests, and prepare an absolute stinker for the fifth test where you have a 50% chance of winning if you call right at the toss.
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