Cricket 2019

[RowlattsFox]

wow umpiring has reached new levels of shiteness. Imagine if we didn't have the review system. Aussie must know he's hit that though, appealing when you know its not out.

Edited 5 August 2019 by RowlattsFox

[Goober]

Umpire Wilson needs binning. Worst umpiring performance I can remember right throughout this game

[Voll Blau]

Ten incorrect decisions. Unbelievable.

[Finnegan]

Do a Google search for Joel Wilson and read the about

 

Edit: it's been fixed already. Damn. 

Edited 5 August 2019 by Finnegan

[Finnegan]

 

 

[Nick]

Can anybody see any circumstance where England bat all day?

[walkerleeds]

Sake Roy. Never go full retard.

[Guest MattP]

12 minutes ago, Swan Lesta said:

Can anybody see any circumstance where England bat all day?

If Root bats all day.

 

That shot Roy just played there, you are trying to save a test match and you play a shot like that?????

[Benji]

This isn't a "see it out" batting line up so fk it, go for the win.  At least make it entertaining.

 

 

Edited 5 August 2019 by Benji

[RowlattsFox]

Want to have sympathy for Roy, but impossible to excuse that. Can see why he wants to go down the pitch but he should realise its not there to be hit and adapt his shot. Stinks of "I can't be arsed to bat for ages"

 

Will probably lose but make them bowl good balls to get you out for ****s sake.

[Goober]

Didn't mind Roy's intentions there, he's just got nowhere near it 

 

 

[cambridgefox]

9 minutes ago, MattP said:

If Root bats all day.

 

That shot Roy just played there, you are trying to save a test match and you play a shot like that?????

Our team is full of them.

Village cricket stuff at times,I once batted if I remember rightly 40 overs for 75 because I needed to as wickets were falling left right and centre,and I wasn’t naturally a slow player or able to bat for 40/45 overs with my usual skills,but if needs must you try t least.

[Voll Blau]

1 hour ago, cambridgefox said:

Our team is full of them.

Village cricket stuff at times,I once batted if I remember rightly 40 overs for 75 because I needed to as wickets were falling left right and centre,and I wasn’t naturally a slow player or able to bat for 40/45 overs with my usual skills,but if needs must you try t least.

It's mad how people who are literally the best cricketers in the world can't clock that needs must at times. I get that you don't want to get yourself too bogged down by just defending everything, but that shot was inexcusable in the context of the game.

[trabuch]

England - Please can you stop playing your "natural" game. And please stop wasting reviews.

[Guest MattP]

5 minutes ago, cambridgefox said:

Our team is full of them.

Village cricket stuff at times,I once batted if I remember rightly 40 overs for 75 because I needed to as wickets were falling left right and centre,and I wasn’t naturally a slow player or able to bat for 40/45 overs with my usual skills,but if needs must you try t least.

The lack of mental toughness is bemusing, a few years ago we saved a test match at lunch 5 down in New Zealand now we don't have players who even seem to want to bat for time.

 

What is Denly doing reviewing that as well? He knows he has hit it.

Edited 5 August 2019 by MattP

[David Guiza]

Denly must be exhausted from bowling forever yesterday. Really can't see a way out of this at this stage, Bairstow and Alli are so out of form and Buttler has hardly shone recently either. Effectively leaves a lot of pressure on one or both of Stokes and Root to see it through, which I just cannot see. 

 

No real sign of rain either . 

[RowlattsFox]

This will be done by mid-afternoon I expect now, Lyon gone run through the left handers to come. Stokes could have a big say if he digs in but he struggles against spin.

[cambridgefox]

Embarrassing.

[trabuch]

11 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

This will be done by mid-afternoon I expect now, Lyon gone run through the left handers to come. Stokes could have a big say if he digs in but he struggles against spin.

I think that's quite optimistic!

[Manini]

This is all but over 

[purpleronnie]

I probably don't want to know the answer to this but anyone know what the odds were on the aussies when they were 122/8?

[UniFox21]

Even I know that's woeful

[EastAnglianFox]

Long 5 weeks ahead

[Bobby Hundreds]

Lyon showing Mo how to bowl on a helpful pitch. It’s crazy how he’s completely fallen to pieces.

[RowlattsFox]

Being a bowler down as probably cost us this match and Moeen should have caused more problems than he did. Batters did well enough first innings and they shouldn't have to chase 400 when you had a first innings lead.