The Cricket Thread

[AmandaJR]

Nick it but use DRS as you've got plenty left

 

[GB72]

Ok this test match is barking. No idea who is winning now

 

[Captainron]

What’s Robinson doing getting involved in the strategy chats?

He’s a buffoon

 

[Dando]

What’s Robinson doing getting involved in the strategy chats?

He’s a buffoon

What next? the McCanns giving parenting advice

 

[Deleted member 15344]

What a great win for England Ladies at Lords - 20,000 plus fans there as well


Their Ashes are also still alive

 

[Billysboots]

England favourites now or more twists to come?

The latter. This is England, after all!

 

[IanM]

I'm hiding behind the sofa

 

[AmandaJR]

I'm hiding behind the sofa

I'm settled on the sofa despite coming in from tennis to see 3 down. Said to myself last night that if we don't win from this position then we're not good enough. Or they're too good. Still hoping we prove ourselves good enough to win from a winning position!

 

[Billysboots]

I'm settled on the sofa despite coming in from tennis to see 3 down. Said to myself last night that if we don't win from this position then we're not good enough. Or they're too good. Still hoping we prove ourselves good enough to win from a winning position!

I still think England have played the better cricket overall in this series.

The difference is Australia have been better in the key passages of play.

 

[IanM]

Bookies have Auz 4/1

I think that's really generous. It's much closer than that

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I'm going to a family bbq this afternoon. It's for the best, no cricket. This is too stressful .

Good to see England, largely, playing test cricket today. Time and place........

 

[Billysboots]

England doing their absolute utmost to gift yet another Test to Australia. What is Stokes doing wafting his bat at that?

 

[AmandaJR]

England doing their absolute utmost to gift yet another Test to Australia. What is Stokes doing wafting his bat at that?

Root too. How many times have we wafted a bat at something going down leg?! Not even pulling a scoring shot. Grrr.

 

[Hobbit]

Oh dear… with a day and a half left why are players chasing the ball. If it isn’t a golden scoring chance leave it alone.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Well done Bairstow - once again letting the team down - been a shocking decision to bring him back in

 

[TimShady]

Three tests in and whatever happens here this will go down as a test where both teams made strange and repeatedly incorrect decisions with tactics. It’s one of those where there’ll be a winner because there has to be.

 

[chrisd]

Just wondering - does spending 2 weeks in Oz last year allow me to claim citizenship?

 

[Billysboots]

Three tests in and whatever happens here this will go down as a test where both teams made strange and repeatedly incorrect decisions with tactics. It’s one of those where there’ll be a winner because there has to be.

From an England perspective it is enormously frustrating.

Should have won the first Test. Should not have lost the second and could well have won it. And really should be winning this one with relatively little trouble given the position of the match at stumps yesterday.

But instead of being at least 1-0 up in the series we’re staring down the barrel at 0-3. And not because Australia are that much better than England, but because some of our decision making has been utterly hair brained.

 

[IanM]

I hear our old coach saying, "a distinct lack of application."

Seem to have an inability to identify which ball to go at and which to leave

 

[Billysboots]

Please, will someone tell Woakes to stop wafting away like this is a T20. We have a day and a half to score 68 runs.