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[Super]

What a complete waste. 

[PHILINFRANCE]

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?

[Super]

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.

[Super]

Pathetic.

[And Its Smith]

No blame on the tail 

[ralphindevon]

48 for 6 this morning. Horrendous start to the day, could barely have gone any worse

[Jose]

Pathetic…….but it is bazball so it is fine. 

[Kid in the Riot]

Lyon getting injured the turning point in the series, just not turned in the direction we all thought it might. 

[ralphindevon]

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

[Rob k]

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

[And Its Smith]

Clever from England to get out and give them a tricky 20 mins before lunch

[Super]

Got to bowl them out for less than 200.

[ralphindevon]

Stokes must be a concern if he’s barely going to bowl and struggling for runs. 

[ralphindevon]

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.

[And Its Smith]

Maybe they should field with 9 slips as that’s more exciting

[BanburyRed]

Brain dead from England. 181-1 and 6-47 this morning. Nathan Lyon laughing into his Fosters.

[Midred]

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? 

[ralphindevon]

Anderson and Broad with zero luck so far.

[PHILINFRANCE]

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.

[Fordy62]

I’m so cross about that hour yesterday afternoon. Looks like that’ll probably cost us the ashes. 

[tin]

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. 

 

 

[TonyTonyTony]

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.

[Northern Red]

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?

[Fordy62]

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. 
 

 

[B1ackbird]

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...

[Northern Red]

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.

[TonyTonyTony]

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

[Fordy62]

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. 

[PHILINFRANCE]

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.

[tin]

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.