2019 Cricket

Kellfire said:
Haha, I’ll admit I’m fishing like hell today. :) I don’t think anyone could take away from the feeling of that victory though.
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Catching loads as well...… under the circumstances, the most sporting move would indeed be to share..... what exactly would be wrong with that??
 
2blue said:
Catching loads as well...… under the circumstances, the most sporting move would indeed be to share..... what exactly would be wrong with that??
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My genuine issue is with Stokes and how anyone could like such a vile human being and I hate seeing him being part of a winning team. Remove him and I could just about swallow the England win.
 
Both sets of players conducted themselves with respect and humility throughout the whole game

You only need to compare the actions of the US ladies Team winning the recent World Cup to how both sets of players reacted yesterday

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Great sportsmanship should always imo be highlighted and from Stokes actions with the ball hitting him and going to the boundary to Woakes and Stokes going to Guptill imo shows that at high level the players can and should act with more grace in victory
 
Kiwis are an amazing people.... I had a year teaching there in 1980 & couldn't believe how humble & gracious they they are in loss or victory however tenacious they may have been leading up to that. In 40 years, I cant see that it has been lost.... remarkable.... truly remarkable.
 
2blue said:
Kiwis are an amazing people.... I had a year teaching there in 1980 & couldn't believe how humble & gracious they they are in loss or victory however tenacious they may have been leading up to that. In 40 years, I cant see that it has been lost.... remarkable.... truly remarkable.
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I've been married to one for over thirty years ......................................... they can be quite fiery, trust me on this!
But yes, they are amazing people, truly wonderful.
 
Kellfire said:
Yea so by the laws of the game, it wasn’t a six. It was a five. So really we’ll never know what would have happened but we can make a guess based on the fact it would have left Rashid on strike.

A shame that England fans must always know they drew due to an umpire error. Fairly tarnishes the win. Oh well there’s always next time. :)
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Seeing how this obviously grates you is making the victory even sweeter thank you. 😜
 
Kellfire said:
We’ve all seen the video. How he walked, I don’t know.
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Perhaps you need the luxury of listening to 30 hours of testimony and submissions during six days of evidence, like the jury of six men and six women who took just two and a half hours of deliberations before acquitting him did. As oppose to just basing your opinion on watching a few seconds of grainy CCTV. But I dare say this was done to death at the time.

As said. Pure class in defeat by the Kiwis. Elsewhere, not so much! And it’s amusing to behold!
 
.... how gracious and sportsman have the kiwis been... you could almost give the cup to them.. I know a fair few and never had a bad apple

.. Imagine if it was the Aussies rather than the Kiwis.. it would have been a all out media war and would boil over to the Ashes.
 
fundy said:
1st test at Edgbaston, for me I expect the side will be:

Roy
Burns
AN Other (probably Denly or Sibley, maybe Malan or Ballance)
Root
Stokes
Buttler
Bairstow
Ali
Woakes
Archer
Anderson

Broad, Wood, Curran, Leach all missing out

Personally would find a spot for Foakes, interesting to see hes batting 3 for the Lions today so maybe still an option with him keeping and Bairstow going back up to 3 and wouldnt be picking Ali either.

Strange to see us look to have plenty of bowling options and be desperately short of batting alternatives! Would love to see Roy do well but yesterday showed us what to expect if the ball swings about early on. Far too many of our side need to bat between 4 and 8!
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That's my side too. Will stick my neck on the line and say Sibley at 3. Weight of runs have to count for something and he has a fair bit of Jonathan Trott about him.

You have to play Woakes at Edgbaston. Wood would be nowhere near my test side.
 
2blue said:
Kiwis are an amazing people.... I had a year teaching there in 1980 & couldn't believe how humble & gracious they they are in loss or victory however tenacious they may have been leading up to that. In 40 years, I cant see that it has been lost.... remarkable.... truly remarkable.
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Having lived there for 6 years I concur , they are amazing . Seeing the way they all pulled together post quakes was awe inspiring :)
 
First innings of the Australia XI vs Lions match going well for Sam Curran. 6/95 with the ball first innings then made 50 off 77 balls. Sibley got some runs as well, 74 from 191. The Lions not in the best position in the match, but good to see some decent stand-out performances.
 
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