Dr Gloom 26368 Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 decent recovery to get to 325/9 at stumps. some appalling time-wasting from the aussies to avoid batting this evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 5196 Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 What a great days cricket, had everything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14511 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 14 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: decent recovery to get to 325/9 at stumps. some appalling time-wasting from the aussies to avoid batting this evening. Even Crawley did alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63275 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 Aus making this look very easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26368 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 2 hours ago, Gemmill said: Aus making this look very easy. got to hope it starts moving around a bit under the lights otherwise our score is looking about 75-100 runs below par Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 5196 Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 This is where Stokes and Brook have really cost England. They've allowed Aus to bat during the easiest part of the day and now we are going to start our second innings in the twilight It looks like we're cooked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14511 Posted December 6 Share Posted December 6 Just really poor all round. Bowling, field placing, and catching. 5-0 incoming, 🙁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26368 Posted December 6 Share Posted December 6 This couldn’t have gone any worse could it. 177 run deficit, Starc taking the ball at the most difficult time of day to bat. Out batters unable to bat time. The Aussies will probably wrap it up this evening 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireExile 90 Posted December 6 Share Posted December 6 The worst thing about the ashes down under is waking up every morning with the hope that England might have had a good first couple of sessions, only to have them dashed the minute you see the score. This test is even worse cos you get to see them being taken to the clearners under the lights. WTF were Pope and Crawley doing giving away two easy C&B's? All they've got to do is get through the evening and push on tomorrow so just bloody block! Oh great, and now we have Brook with his mindless thrashing. 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 9342 Posted December 6 Share Posted December 6 Game over before lunch on day 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14511 Posted Wednesday at 03:05 Share Posted Wednesday at 03:05 Started poorly, got a couple of quick wickets out of nowhere, dropped Khawaja on 5 (thanks Brook), got another couple of wickets and now Australia motoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 22510 Posted Wednesday at 08:16 Share Posted Wednesday at 08:16 Decent day in the end if Jofra Skittles the tail with the new ball quickly tomorrow....."Basement"* with a first day two for *Barney Roanism 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26368 Posted Wednesday at 11:10 Share Posted Wednesday at 11:10 we won't know if it's a good score or not until both sides have batted. spoiler: it is. england will bazball their way to 200 at best 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63275 Posted Wednesday at 19:57 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:57 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/17/england-consider-formal-complaint-after-snicko-error-costs-carey-wicket-ashes-cricket-australia This is fucking outrageous. There was clearly a sound on playback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15610 Posted Wednesday at 20:17 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:17 17 minutes ago, Gemmill said: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/17/england-consider-formal-complaint-after-snicko-error-costs-carey-wicket-ashes-cricket-australia This is fucking outrageous. There was clearly a sound on playback. Same old Aussies always cheating. It's mental mind, there's a spike when ball looks miles away surely someone has the gumption to say "are we in sync here?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 5196 Posted Wednesday at 20:27 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:27 Such a crucial time in the game aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63275 Posted Wednesday at 20:27 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:27 9 minutes ago, Toonpack said: Same old Aussies always cheating. It's mental mind, there's a spike when ball looks miles away surely someone has the gumption to say "are we in sync here?" Using the stump mic from the other end apparently. But aye, as you say, one of the commentators wouldn't drop it today and I think Cook basically shut him down saying "eventually you have to believe the evidence of your eyes". But really they should have been looking into wtf was creating that sound if not ball on bat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15610 Posted yesterday at 05:16 Share Posted yesterday at 05:16 And again 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63275 Posted yesterday at 06:09 Share Posted yesterday at 06:09 Fucking hell. Absolutely hopeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 4691 Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63275 Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago Up yours, Rolfaroo! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26368 Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago 21 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: we won't know if it's a good score or not until both sides have batted. spoiler: it is. england will bazball their way to 200 at best I wasn’t far off with my grim prediction. Stokes didn’t want any weak men then went and picked all the same batsmen who already failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42159 Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago Thing is, they’ve stuck with the same (failing) batting line up because there’s no one else. I don’t mean literally but in the sense that the top 7 has been a closed shop for so long, permitted (or rather instructed) to play with wanton abandon. If you’re a good player on the county circuit you can be getting runs but it doesn’t matter because, barring injury, you’ve got no chance of a call up. McCullum had painted himself into a corner with this strategy of picking these players. Bar the initial bounce when he took over we haven’t been that successful at home let alone away. And in the place where you need to bat long to have a chance of winning it’s all unravelling in spectacular style. With a different approach we might still have lost but you’d have to think we’d have had a chance with the likes of Root, Brook and Duckett in the side. It’s actually ruining players’ careers at this point. Pope is more than good enough but he’ll never be a number 3 as long as he’s got a hole in his arse. Smith is an excellent prospect but he’s knackered because he’s not used to keeping wicket and lacks the skill set needed to be a top wicketkeeper anyway imo. He’s keeping arguably the best keeper in the world out of the side. Foakes averages nearly 40 in first class cricket as well but isn’t regarded as being a destructive batsman. He’d be the perfect glue in the lower middle order with his solid technique and obdurate attitude. McCullum should’ve been binned when this cost us the Ashes at home instead of being indulged a further two years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15610 Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 4 hours ago, toonotl said: Go sit on a funnel-web you convict cunt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 4691 Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago Love ya Toonpack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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