Super Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 What a complete waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 So here’s to you Mr Robinson. What sort of shot do you call that, when we are already 100 runs behind with only three wickets left, now only two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, PHILINFRANCE said: So here’s to you Mr Robinson. What sort of shot do you call that, when we are already 100 runs behind with only three wickets left, now only two? Not sure you can blame him too much when proper batsmen have thrown their wickets away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 No blame on the tail 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 48 for 6 this morning. Horrendous start to the day, could barely have gone any worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Pathetic…….but it is bazball so it is fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Lyon getting injured the turning point in the series, just not turned in the direction we all thought it might. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) Australia look better in almost every department at the moment. Incredible we’ve been head to head with them up until this morning. Edited June 30, 2023 by ralphindevon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Percy Pig said: Question, is 17 off 58 better than 30 off 30? Not being facetious, genuinely interested in people's thoughts 1 run from 17 balls helped win us a test in the last ashes series, i like this aggressive approach but when wickets are given away to shots that are just not on it’s frustrating, but that’s always going to be the way with this approach. Say we bowl the Aussies out again and it leaves us needing 350 to win in a day and half, what would be your approach then? Edited June 30, 2023 by Rob k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Clever from England to get out and give them a tricky 20 mins before lunch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Got to bowl them out for less than 200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Stokes must be a concern if he’s barely going to bowl and struggling for runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: Clever from England to get out and give them a tricky 20 mins before lunch I was expecting Stokes to declare once Robinson was out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Maybe they should field with 9 slips as that’s more exciting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Brain dead from England. 181-1 and 6-47 this morning. Nathan Lyon laughing into his Fosters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 52 minutes ago, Northern Red said: Ridiculous. At least with the hooks yesterday I could understand the thinking, if not the execution or timing. That from Brook is the sort of thing a tailender would be embarrassed by, and I hope he'll get a bollocking for it. Do they give bollockings anymore, won't it just be put down as another average day? I'm still convinced that having won nearly everything last year that their mindset was world beaters rather taking Australia seriously. Admitting that things had gone wrong would mean admitting that their preparation for this series was too casual. 3 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: Maybe they should field with 9 slips as that’s more exciting Back to body line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Anderson and Broad with zero luck so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 9 minutes ago, ralphindevon said: Anderson and Broad with zero luck so far. Agreed, but then Australia’s openers are playing quite sensibly, you know, just as professional, International Test cricketers should do when playing in a five day Ashes match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 I’m so cross about that hour yesterday afternoon. Looks like that’ll probably cost us the ashes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: I’m so cross about that hour yesterday afternoon. Looks like that’ll probably cost us the ashes. That and Bairstow’s mistakes with the gloves, yeah. Fine margins. To lose 6-48 mostly to short shite, and this wasn’t exactly like the chin music sent down by the Windies of yesteryear, is a dire reminder of the more recent past. I’m all for a positive approach as long as it doesn’t border on reckless, but that’s exactly what it was from 180-1 onwards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 15 minutes ago, tin said: I’m all for a positive approach as long as it doesn’t border on reckless, but that’s exactly what it was from 180-1 onwards. Its not like the Aussie tactics were not obvious. They didn't bowl them out, it was just bowl it short and England will try and hoof it. 180-1, Nathan Lyon out of the game and we have blown it by playing like idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Do we reckon someone at Sky is trying to make a point by showing a repeat of a Ricky Ponting Masterclass on hooking and pulling the short ball during the lunch break? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Just now, TonyTonyTony said: It’s not like the Aussie tactics were not obvious. They didn't bowl them out, it was just bowl it short and England will try and hoof it. 180-1, Nathan Lyon out of the game and we have blown it by playing like idiots. In policing terms it was Australia saying, there’s a house down the road with loads of expensive goods in - we’ve bugged it, it’s got cameras inside and it’ll trap anyone who breaks in. Oh, and there are twenty bobbies in the garden waiting to pounce. And England say, “**** it, we’ll give it a go anyway!” Im all for being positive, but that was so incredibly stupid it beggars belief. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Lyons out for the series, it wont matter as all they need to do is bounce everything in an England shirt as they haven't got the patient's or the mental fortitude to cope with it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Just now, B1ackbird said: Lyons out for the series, it wont matter as all they need to do is bounce everything in an England shirt as they haven't got the patient's or the mental fortitude to cope with it... Spot on about patience, but I disagree on mental fortitude. If anything this lot are too confident and allow their egos to take over. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: In policing terms it was Australia saying, there’s a house down the road with loads of expensive goods in - we’ve bugged it, it’s got cameras inside and it’ll trap anyone who breaks in. Oh, and there are twenty bobbies in the garden waiting to pounce. And England say, “**** it, we’ll give it a go anyway!” Im all for being positive, but that was so incredibly stupid it beggars belief. Its massively frustrating. Australia would have got tired and bored of bouncers, if England had not taken the bait. All they had to do was play sensibly for about a dozen or so overs. I've been looking forward to this Ashes for ages - we have just been incredibly misguided. Interesting the Bazball enthusiasts are quiet today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said: Its massively frustrating. Australia would have got tired and bored of bouncers, if England had not taken the bait. All they had to do was play sensibly for about a dozen or so overs. I've been looking forward to this Ashes for ages - we have just been incredibly misguided. Interesting the Bazball enthusiasts are quiet today I am a fan of Bazball, I think it’s been great. But that wasn’t waiting for a bad ball yesterday, it was try and slog everything. Bazball needs some awareness of the situation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 19 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: In policing terms it was Australia saying, there’s a house down the road with loads of expensive goods in - we’ve bugged it, it’s got cameras inside and it’ll trap anyone who breaks in. Oh, and there are twenty bobbies in the garden waiting to pounce. And England say, “**** it, we’ll give it a go anyway!” Im all for being positive, but that was so incredibly stupid it beggars belief. A very amusing, yet accurate analogy. Oh, and Thanks for using the British term ‘Bobby, as in Robert Peel, rather than the awful term ‘Cop’: I absolutely hate that term. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 To have a chance of winning this Test and staying in the series, we either need to bowl them out today or have a repeat performance of the India win last year. Both scenarios are highly unlikely IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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