Off Topic England cricket 2021

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Easy win today by 106 runs.
Buttler a worry for rest of tournament.
Can't afford to loose him
 
This is ridiculous, have the bails been glued to the stumps?

That's 5 times in THIS World Cup that the ball has hit the stumps without removing the bails <doh>
 
canary-dave said:
This is ridiculous, have the bails been glued to the stumps?

That's 5 times in THIS World Cup that the ball has hit the stumps without removing the bails <doh>
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I expect the ICC no longer accepts just any old wooden bails. Clearly the modern game demands intelligent bails. They create atmosphere and will not fall off if they judge doing so will reduce entertainment.
 
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Apparently the flashing bails they use now require to be
seated deeper in the top of the stumps.
But when hit full on by an 85 mph Ben Stokes yorker, you'd expect something to give!!
Another reason why many pundits lament it's all heavily weighted towards bat rather
than ball these days whereas it used to be a fairer contest between the two <ok>
Having said that, some superb 'death' bowling by Bumrah and Bhunvaneshwar
for India yesterday <applause>
 
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Thank goodness the Aussies lost!

They are already having adverts about 'smashing poms' for the ashes, they are so arrogant and just plain vile when it comes to sports and sportmanship. If they weren't so over the top I probably would follow them as a second team after England, but they treat sport as total war as win at all costs. It is this attitude which caused the sandpaper incident.

Anyway rant over, good win India!
 
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zogean_king said:
If they weren't so over the top I probably would follow them as a second team after England
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Isn't that a little 'plastic', like having ManUre or Liverpoo as a 'second' team
while supporting NCFC or whoever? :emoticon-0112-wonde
I was delighted on Saturday that England totalled more than 300 runs in their innings
for the seventh (7th) match in a row.....thereby beating Australia's long-held record of six <ok> <party>
 
Living here in the Philippines in a multi cultural enviroment, I have to say that the Aussies present are the least liked by all nationals. They are vociferously arrogant beyond belief, the most drunks after the Norwegians and the most clannish. Go into a bar, there will be a table where only Aussies sit, but another table complex will have up to six or seven different nationals enjoying each others company.
 
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Good win for Girls yesterday.
Good to see Sarah Taylor back behind the timbers.
Outstanding keeper and batswoman.
 
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