The Cricket Thread

[kieran_vale]

Root completely sold Denly short on that runout, owes the team some runs now. Speaking of owing the team runs need to see something from Moeen now, he’s been a passenger with the bat for far too long.

Either way well done Jack Leach. Without him we’d still be behind Ireland now.

 

[Super_horns]

How are we going to cope with TNT Aussies if we cannot hold it together against Ireland .

 

[PuB]

It’s just England reminding us of the nonsense we have to put up with

 

[Modernist]

How are we going to cope with TNT Aussies if we cannot hold it together against Ireland .

we won't.

Bowl a good line and length and the aussies will win the ashes.

 

[kieran_vale]

England win probably one of the more bizarre tests can remember. Bowling them out for 38 today only serves to highlight that. Very concerned about our batting though regardless of the win.

 

[Super_horns]

Never in doubt..

We cannot rely on the bowlers to bail us out all the time ..

 

[Super_horns]

Good start with the Aussies 83-3 but looks like Anderson is injured again ...

 

[kieran_vale]

Woakes doing the business for England, now 105-5. Such a good bowler at home.

The Aussie hopes with the bat living and dying with Steve Smith, not that is of any great shock.

 

[Hooray]

112-7!

Not that I'm complaining as it's mostly gone our way so far, but the umpiring so far has been abysmal.

 

[kieran_vale]

Aye some of this umpiring has been terrible but I guess the Aussies had reviews they could have used if they had chosen to.

Obviously England are not much better but some of this Aussie batting (Smith excluded) the moment the ball moves slightly sideways is absolutely abysmal though.

 

[Super_horns]

Let them off the hock - from 125-8 to 250 plus probably.

Class innings from Smith .

Puts more pressure on our batsmen now .

 

[Modernist]

we do that a lot, I said when they were 8 down they'll probably get 200+...even I didn't think they'd get 250....we're just too nice. In fact I might make aussies favourites now...the aussies never give up.

 

[kieran_vale]

Credit where it’s due that is one of the more impressive England batting performances in recent times. Played some proper cricket. Well done to Rory Burns, had to ride his luck a little at times (though not as much as Root when he reviewed that one that turned out had clipped the stumps) but showed great toughness and a well earned century.

Need a lead of 120+ I feel and then hopefully Moeen can come into the game second innings

 

[Super_horns]

Well played Burns and Stokes looks good .

 

[Super_horns]

Get Smith out early and we will probably win..

Trouble is getting him out!

 

[Luke_1884]

Please get this cheating prick out. His quality is ruining my weekend.

 

[Modernist]

Got to admire the fight these aussies have and the incredible ability smith has. Love the fact that the aussies attitude is lets risk losing to win, quite different to ours...defensive as ever.

 

[Super_horns]

Let's hope it's raining tomorrow or one of our batsmen turn into Smith .

 

[blademan89]

120-8 to needing to bat all day to draw tommorrow. Not good if we lose this, were shit at lords.

 

[GTFCfish]

No way we will manage to bat the day out, we never manage that when we have to apart from when Atherton managed to send the West Indian bowlers to sleep that time.

This is a conversation I had with my Cousin yesterday, I think he might have called this one slightly wrong.

 

[Luke_1884]

286 runs already for Smith, he'll smash his current Ashes runs record. Got a point to prove which is not good for us.

 

[Modernist]

Maybe at lords without the crowd on his back he do poorly
Even thought we're usually terrible at batting out for a draw I'm relatively confident we will today.

 

[blademan89]

Maybe at lords without the crowd on his back he do poorly
Even thought we're usually terrible at batting out for a draw I'm relatively confident we will today.

Lyon is gonna be a major issue I think today, should be ok against the quicks.

 

[kieran_vale]

Trying to save the match on the last day that was probably one of the worst shots have seen from Jason Roy. Shame as he’d battled ok before that

 

[Modernist]

I'd like to retract my previous statement.

 

[kieran_vale]

Staring down the barrel here. This partnership really has to go the next session without getting out to give us a shout. Otherwise will be over just after tea I think.

 

[GTFCfish]

Good to see we’re giving it a good go.

 

[blademan89]

Pathetic.

 

[Soup Ladle]

As shite as this is, at least we won the World Cup.

We're just a poor side in the longer form, didn't have much luck with Jimmy's injury and frankly don't have the batting to do anything of note.

 

[GTFCfish]

Just need Jimmy Anderson to get a double hundred here and we might still win this.