Cricket Season Thread

[AmericanHistoryX]

No chance.

 

[happy_tiger]

Glad I was wrong about Stokes

 

[Tucker]

That was a hell of an innings from Stokes.
Very staunch, very heroic.
Australia must make sure of this now.
These bowlers will go the tonk but they don’t have the skill of Stokesy.

 

[Tucker]

Great catch Smithy.
Makes up for the earlier drop.

 

[gallagher]

Great catch Smithy.
Makes up for the earlier drop.

How did he drop the earlier one?

 

[Tucker]

How did he drop the earlier one?

Similar catch in the same spot. Didn’t stick like this one did.

 

[Tucker]

Cameron Green has a great set of hands. Good catch
These soap dodging wingers have shut right up.
That footage of the members chanting cheats as the Aussies walked through the long room to lunch was shameful.
I hope Australia don’t go too overboard in their celebrations. Keep humble lads 👍🏼

 

[Tucker]

Our bowling plans against the top order are excellent.
Our bowling plans against the middle and lower order, threatened to lose us this test.
Our side have improvement in them.
Great win nonetheless, 2-0 is the perfect start.

 

[innsaneink]

Bahahaha Carstairs Nigel. & Conrad all getting hot under the collar... Stiff upper lip chaps 🤣

 

[tiger_one]

Gonna be some "extra life" in the 3 remaining tests.
The Pommy crowds will make sure of that.

 

[Spartan117]

I stayed up way to late.

What a great game, what a great series so far.

 

[jadtiger]

I stayed up way to late.

What a great game, what a great series so far.

Agreed,so far this has Ashes series has been the best one in the UK for many years.The crowd at Lords showed that there is a lot of inbreeding amongst the "Hooray Henry's"

 

[Stevec]

Poms got some of their own back
- won a test by 2 runs when Kasprowicz was given out caught off the glove but that hand not on the bat !
- won the WC final vs NZ when the Batter running to make ground has ball somehow come off his bat and go to boundary !
- last Ashes at Headingly we wasted review on obvious non LBW only for Leach to be given not out late with ball from Lyon that would have hit middle stump
That's 3 wins they should not have got
Now their own internal report has identified their own system rotten with Racism !
To the priviledged idiots in the Lords long room -think about that

 

[bathursttiger1]

I stayed up way to late.

What a great game, what a great series so far.

Same

 

[tig_prmz]

Love a good Pommy whinge. They love their "we are better than you" rants.

 

[innsaneink]

Watching last night and witnessing the pompous twats in the crowd it must take some huge self control fielding in the outer as an Aussie
Great knock ben stokes thought he was gunna do it again

 

[Spartan117]

Love a good Pommy whinge. They love their "we are better than you" rants.

We are their Daddys Now

 

[Yossarian]

Stokes been dropped 3 times now.
His luck will run out you’d suggest.

I think at least 4. Pat Cummins, Starc, Carey and Smith.

 

[Buttface]

I stayed up way to late.

What a great game, what a great series so far.

I’ve watched almost every minute of the 2 games, except for the last hour of the first test where I nodded off on the lounge and missed Patty winning it for us. So last night I got the red bulls out and set an alarm for every half hour.
I reckon it’s been the Pom tactics that have made it. It has made us play different, and really have to think about what our tactics will be. Pat is still learning the art of captaincy, he’s a step behind sometimes but then seems to catch up pretty quick. I think he could end up one of the greatest, or burn him out?
Test match cricket I love it, and it’s been great so far with 5th day on the line finishes.
Lyon is gunna be missed, hopefully Murphy gets a wicket early for his confidence and plays well enough to be selected rather than just needing a spinner.
The other thing is how to get Bolo in the side?

 

[Yossarian]

Broad still carrying on with the “is the ball dead act” was funny the first 5 times he did it.

Same guy who hits it to first slip and then stays put. He's hardly in a strong position here.