Cricket Season Thread

[Stevec]

Our weak bowling line up is going to burn Starc out
Hope you are well rested Capt Pat
Doggett Green Useless
Boland and Neser barely ok
Cant keep expecting Starc to do it all

No Lyon a big mistake by selectors

 

[Buttface]

The commentators are right ....the over rates are shocking

Smithy has done it on purpose the last hour and it’s bitten us.
They could loose points on the WTC table for this, 74 overs is right up there with withe the WI’s of the 1980’s. The WI teams of the 70/80’s was the main reason the min over per day was bought in.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Hats off to Joe Root. Under pressure, reputation on the line, and comes in at 2-5 after the calamity in Perth. Doesn’t get much classier than that.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

England would be very happy with that score day 1

 

[Buttface]

England would be very happy with that score day 1

Anyone would be.

 

[davey_farrell]

Starcy looked completely spent at the end, without him this bowling line up is extremely ordinary...i honestly think the future of Aussie cricket is not great, there is not many young gun bowlers or batsmen coming through at this stage

 

[Charred]

Starcy looked completely spent at the end, without him this bowling line up is extremely ordinary...i honestly think the future of Aussie cricket is not great, there is not many young gun bowlers or batsmen coming through at this stage

Fergus O’Neill is a gun but not getting many wraps for some reason. Averaging something like 20 or less with the ball and a handy bat. Think he bowls reasonably quick as well.

But yeah not really much out there otherwise. I guess I just used this to spruik Fergus O’Neill.

 

[davey_farrell]

Fergus O’Neill is a gun but not getting many wraps for some reason. Averaging something like 20 or less with the ball and a handy bat. Think he bowls reasonably quick as well.

But yeah not really much out there otherwise. I guess I just used this to spruik Fergus O’Neill.

yea good call, Fergus name has been talked about a bit, hopefully he keeps improving

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Anyone see Lyon’s interview? Absolutely livid 😅

The series really needed yesterday. The team winning the toss and batting through day 1. And it’s good that it was England because they really had the potential to completely disintegrate after Perth. They still could lose this Test, but at least they have made a fist of it and done their bit to take the match till at least Day 4. As long as the Aussie don’t crumble today.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I need to get something off my chest which has been gnawing at me for a long time. The state of cricket commentary in 2025. We really had no idea just how good we had it with Richie and co did we? Richie would turn over in his grave if he saw what commentary has become. 7 or Fox, take your pic. Today, it’s all about them, they’re the stars. Watching Fox yesterday, at Tea and they showed a reply of the wickets. But we also had to see a camera on the box, watching them as they called them. And don’t even get me started on Triple M. They might just be the worst. The only true team that resembles the old days is the ABC. Jim Maxwell is the best cricket commentator in the country and it’s not even close. Back to Fox, they started talking about an English declaration when they were 5 down. As the wickets kept tumbling, the talk got louder and louder. To the point when they got 9 down, they could not believe that the Poms kept batting. Even when the last two were hitting them everywhere. I’d say it turned out to be a good decision. Root is still there, if they come out again today and knock out another 30 or 40, that’s going to be a pretty formidable score. Yet these clowns wanted them to declare at 9/270. Just to get a few overs in under lights. Sure, it works if you get a couple. But if the opposition finish none down, suddenly you look like idiots.