Off Topic Cricket Thread

Poor Wood is going to be properly ****ed again after this Test. Bowled himself into the ground I'm their 1st innings and now has to come out again in those conditions without even a full day's rest. Wouldn't be surprised if he goes off injured at some stage. Better not let Root open the bowling !

 

I don't disagree and have always struggled with the concept.
However, they won't change and sometimes it comes off and sometimes it doesn't.
It's undeniably exciting to watch, but it will always disappoint at regular intervals.

 

That's another consequence of England never batting for very long.

 

Bazball is supposed to be playing without fear, not without a brain ! We'll lose more games away against India and Australia playing braindead cricket when the situation calls fir a change of tact. Test cricket is still a 5 day game, and we don't bat long enough to give our bowlers a rest. You have to versatile and be able to change up your tactics, the game and the series was there for us today but because of idiocy we've blown both !

 

All the initiative gained on Day 2 handed back to India in 3 hours......

Hope that isn't a prelude to this afternoon in Bristol.....

 

Wood not even out there, poor ****er. Probably too pissed off with the batsmen and just couldn't be arsed to go out and break his back again. Saying that Wood is 1 player who'd run through a brick wall for his team !

 

It was reminiscent of the hoops ! ****ers are pissing me off all over the gaff, I think they're in cahoots with each other to give me another heart attack and finish me off

 

You're preaching to the converted.
They won't change though.

 

India doing Bazball to England...... effectively 250/1.....

 

What a bloody awful day.....and that's before we even get to the football......

 

Oh f*** I thought that India would struggle without Ashwin. Just proves, what the hell do I know. That Jaiswal is some prospect for the long term future of Indian cricket.

 

Some awful bloody shots played after seeing highlights, Ducket /Root/Bairstow & Stokes & Foakes got themselves out, ball spinning quite a bit but not for our spinners, gonna be a struggle to save this test

 

Pivotal day of the series I reckon. Last time we toured there, we won tge 1st Test then lost the next 3 convincingly. I've got a bad feeling a repeat is on the cards , except there are 5 Tests this time round !

 

Oh heck..... this could get seriously messy....

 

One consolation with Bazball, its normally over pretty quickly!

 

Actually forget the humour, this is embarrassing.

 

It's going to be a struggle to win from here.

 

41-4 seriously bollox performance apart from Duckett

 

50-6

 

That's Bazball!!