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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    179 looks a long way off at the moment.
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    unbelievable...all that advantage gained from the bowlers. FFS


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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Surprise surprise, LBW overruled from you know who. 
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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    Joel Wilson strikes again!
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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
    crunchman said:
    What is Roy doing?

    At the moment, he's not a test opener in English conditions.  Might be ok in India where the ball doesn't move much.
    Kumar would still move it and I wouldn't fancy him against Bumrah early doors. 



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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    edited August 2019
    crunchman said:
    What is Roy doing?

    At the moment, he's not a test opener in English conditions.  Might be ok in India where the ball doesn't move much.


    It's unbelievable. What does he swish at everything? Put your front leg in line with off stump, get your head over your bat and block, defend and leave the ones outside off until the new ball goes off.

    He's a liability now, and what's with Root he's got more ducks than Hyde Park Serpentine lake.


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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    RandallFlagg said:
    crunchman said:
    What is Roy doing?

    At the moment, he's not a test opener in English conditions.  Might be ok in India where the ball doesn't move much.


    It's unbelievable. What does he swish at everything? Put your front leg in line with off stump, get your head over your bat and block, defend and leave the ones outside off until the new ball goes off.

    He's a liability now, and what's with Root he's got more ducks than Hyde Park Serpentine lake.

    Like most England captains, his batting seems to be suffering.

    Maybe we should make Roy captain.  At least it couldn't make his batting worse.
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  • DopesickDopesick Frets: 1506
    How many nightwatchmen do we have in our batting lineup until we get to the specialists?
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  • HeartfeltdawnHeartfeltdawn Frets: 21788
    RandallFlagg said:
    crunchman said:
    What is Roy doing?

    At the moment, he's not a test opener in English conditions.  Might be ok in India where the ball doesn't move much.


    It's unbelievable. What does he swish at everything? Put your front leg in line with off stump, get your head over your bat and block, defend and leave the ones outside off until the new ball goes off.

    He's a liability now, and what's with Root he's got more ducks than Hyde Park Serpentine lake.

    Because that is the form of cricket he has played, one where you might have one or two slips early doors and against a white ball that doesn't do as much as this one. It's like taking a winger and asking him to play at tighthead prop. 



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  • iseverynamegoneiseverynamegone Frets: 1569
    As bad as this is Imagine us trying to bat yesterday ...
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Oh for fuck's sake, this is ridiculous. 
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    No. 5 Ben Stokes comes out after 11 overs. Jofra better start bowling warm up in the nets he'll be out just after lunch


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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Suddenly Kent's 40 all out earlier this week isn't looking so terrible
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  • FretwiredFretwired Frets: 24595
    England's top order is poor .. Archer's not a bad batsman either.

    Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    The disease spreads, Stokes plays a crap shot to s crap ball.

    What's rhe lowest post-war score to win by an innings? 
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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    scrumhalf said:
    The disease spreads, Stokes plays a crap shot to s crap ball.

    What's rhe lowest post-war score to win by an innings? 
    Not possible.  Australia didn't make enough for force England to follow on.  Whatever England make, the Aussies will bat again.
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    D'oh!

    This is what the batting has done to me, it's scrambled my brains. 
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    edited August 2019
    scrumhalf said:
    The disease spreads, Stokes plays a crap shot to s crap ball.

    What's rhe lowest post-war score to win by an innings? 

    What was Stokes thinking? he was at full stretch trying to reach it, it was wider than Pavarotti's waistcoat


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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    This is embarassing.
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 27656
    I feel so embarrassed to be English right now. I thought that they days of cricket humiliation were behind us. 

    I was keeping a sneaky window on my work computer to keep check on the cricket whilst the ashes is on. Closed it. I don't need that kind of negativity in my life right now.
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    What a shower of shit.

    More inept than I thought possible. In fact, no evidence of any sort of eptness, a veritable ept desert.

    Superb bowling and catching by the Aussies. 

    But... 

    Fucking hell. 

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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679

    I need to go home and start drinking...


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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    edited August 2019
    Bit of light relief.  Wilson can't even count the number of balls in the over correctly.

    Why on earth is he an international umpire?
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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 12794
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    crunchman said:
    79 looks a long way off at the moment.
    adjusted that for you
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    edited August 2019
    crunchman said:
    79 looks a long way off at the moment.
    adjusted that for you

    A hearse has just pulled up outside Headingley


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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Does anyone have the sales numbers for sandpaper in Leeds?

    Any recent spikes? 
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  • camfcamf Frets: 1175
    It's on occasions like this that being a Scottish cricket fan is a massive relief. So theoretically I can at least just shrug and give a wry laugh... sort of... but if I was an English cricket fan, I'd be utterly, utterly inconsolable. My deepest sympathies to you all.  
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  • guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 12794
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    Sometimes you don't know what to say that doesn't contain a swear word

    As part of the team management etc then what do you say - Far easier to correct and fine tune one or two issues - When it is all as bad as this then where do you start

    Easy to blame tired minds after the World Cup - But this is very poor - Yet not the first time such collapses have happened to England in recent times - And not one decent innings so far in this Ashes

    Credit to Aussies for such  a fine bowling spell, especially after such a poor day for them yesterday - They could easily have been expecting and looking at England getting 300 plus on the 1st innings - They have  a plan, dug in and made it work

    Archer + Broad were hoping for a day of - They might get it Sunday and/or Monday now



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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    Lunch. 54-6.

    I'll be kind and say that it was a team decision not to let Roy feel bad about his batting.

    One thing: no way will I be having a salad for lunch. I need some comfort food. 
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  • DopesickDopesick Frets: 1506
    I do find it comforting that a dreadful England performance always brings people together in (dis)harmony.

    Worst England Top Six I've ever seen.
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