Toonpack

agree, if it’d been an orthodox field, fine play the hook or pull, but every fucker was behind square, it was like give us some catching practice. There was no positive outcome, a single at best, it was nuts.

Evidently they think Lyon is done for the match and possibly the series (from cheat Smith interview)

He played the situation like proper cricket required, do the same tomorrow and it could massively effect the whole series, in a positive way. They want to bowl short, let them, it’s way more exertion for the bowlers than bowling a rhythm length.

Massive opportunity this mind, back to back tests, Lyon crocked, get some major miles into the Aussie legs.

It's all risk and no reward playing at them with everyone behind square. Utter madness.

and there you go, crass stupidity

Exactly, let them fill their boots

Just let the fucker bang it in and let it fly by

Lyon's off and Pope does that, geezus.

This is real

For me, Bairstow is worth his place as a batsman but it's the fact he gets the gloves as well that's the issue, particularly since the better guy with the gloves is no rabbit with the bat either (and you've got a rabbit opening).

In fairness, proper good take by Carey mind, Bairstow may just not have produced same result. Good start so far mind.

The problem is, they weren't aggressive yesterday, they were flat and sloppy as fuck, in almost the most perfect conditions we could have hoped for. The best bouncer of the day was delivered by Joe Root. Of course Lords doesn't help, it's the old peoples home of cricket. Yesterday looked/felt like "old" England with not a whiff of bazball. Not even going to mention the no-balls.

In the absence of pedantry there is naught but chaos. Edge it = Blow Away okey dokey

I refer the learned gentleman to his post of 22nd June, stating “we’ll blow them away”. Could he perhaps explain how that equates to bracing for defeat ??

Did your man Piers tell you to post that ?

The cheats won’t do that, the cheating bastards.

Our bowlers are playing trundlerball and our slips playing butterball. Of course Pope is likely fucked (either wholly or partly), so likely a batter down already too.

Aussies looking good for 450+, unless of course they declare with half an hour to go tonight, which is obviously the proper/sensible cricket thing to do !!!!!

In the game ?

At least Bairstow caught him, only a slight problem in that he didn't hit it.

Smith's had bazball flakes for lunch (the cheating twat).

Shame about the slips. Got to take those chances, Root's was tough but fucking Cameron Green would have snaffled it.