The ashes 2023

[leicsmac]

Hopefully this idiot ends up with egg on his face.

 

He should do now tbh, Smith gone practically removes the win from the equation for Aus, unless Marsh keeps hitting out and gets unbelievably lucky.

[bovril]

omg

[Finnegan]

That's it you'd imagine. 

[HighPeakFox]

Blimey 

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Think people underestimate how hard it is to chase a score 350+ 

Yep, I said yesterday that there is a reason a total this big has only been chased successfully seven times in Test history and once in England.

[trabuch]

What a game cricket is.

[Corky]

Nice of the keeper to eventually turn up.

[Voll Blau]

The Bradford Foakes at it again. 

[leicsmac]

Aus aren't even going to try for the win now. They'll go defensive.

[Finnegan]

Bowling well obviously but he could close his mouth when he's chewing couldn't he tbf. 

[Corky]

Fine margins from Ricky "Don Goodman" Ponting there.

[Lionator]

Convict mugs!!

[Super_horns]

 In control now .

 

Will they go defensively?

[Finnegan]

Australian heads just absolutely gone. 

[trabuch]

Boom

[kingkisnorbo]

Good grief. 

[RowlattsFox]

I think Chris woakes is my favourite cricketer. 

[bovril]

beautiful

[trabuch]

This is how Cricket absolutely messes with a batters head.

[Sparrowhawk]

1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

Hopefully this idiot ends up with egg on his face.

 

In every thread except this one, you're the epitome, paragon even, of wisdom, reasonableness, sagacity and sensible thoughtfulness.

What on earth is it about cricket, of all things, that turns you in to the sort of petty, sarcastic, biased* creature the rest of us are all over the rest of the forum?
 

* No offence meant - genuinely (I'm a member of the petty, sarcastic, biased community myself). It's just very noticeable because you're so different elsewhere!

[Sparrowhawk]

5 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Aus aren't even going to try for the win now. They'll go defensive.

Should have done so earlier, it's probably too late for them now.

[leicsmac]

And now we are left to wonder about what might have been if we'd cleaned up the tail when they still needed over 50 at Edgbaston or if the weather had afforded us a little more time at Old Trafford.

 

Still, so it goes.

[Finnegan]

2 minutes ago, Sparrowhawk said:

In every thread except this one, you're the epitome, paragon even, of wisdom, reasonableness, sagacity and sensible thoughtfulness.

What on earth is it about cricket, of all things, that turns you in to the sort of petty, sarcastic, biased* creature the rest of us are all over the rest of the forum?
 

* No offence meant - genuinely (I'm a member of the petty, sarcastic, biased community myself). It's just very noticeable because you're so different elsewhere!

 

I've thought this before

 

@leicsmac has almost Alf Bentley levels of calm on every other subject but when England are playing cricket he turns in to me. 

[RowlattsFox]

This is where we have history of making it difficult. 

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, Sparrowhawk said:

In every thread except this one, you're the epitome, paragon even, of wisdom, reasonableness, sagacity and sensible thoughtfulness.

What on earth is it about cricket, of all things, that turns you in to the sort of petty, sarcastic, biased* creature the rest of us are all over the rest of the forum?
 

* No offence meant - genuinely (I'm a member of the petty, sarcastic, biased community myself). It's just very noticeable because you're so different elsewhere!

Hmmmm... if you have a look at some of the things I've said in some threads, particularly concerning populist bigoted leaders and climate change, you might be a little surprised at how acerbic I can sometimes become.

 

I guess it's just manifested itself more here because I've seen too many people being ridiculously reactionary, which is an annoyance for me elsewhere, too.

 

Just now, Sparrowhawk said:

Should have done so earlier, it's probably too late for them now.

Yeah, in all likelihood.