Off Topic Cricket Thread

Labuschagne out, c Root b Wood for 9. Not a bad grab at first slip.



Aus now 96-2.

 

Great catch that, and on his left hand side.

Bowled canny generally this morning for nowt, so deserved that. Bit short at times maybe.

 

Broad thanking Khawaja was funny!

 

Boring Aussies playing for a draw the ****houses.

 

Australia have every right to play this way. A draw will win them the series. It’s up to us to be good enough to take 20 wickets.

 

All down to last week I'd say. The pressure would have been intolerable for them if we hadn't been stymied by the weather.

They can just see this out now, and it's a no lose for them.

 

Yip, still boring and still ****houses

 

Supers Broady. Umpire waiting for him to
Look before giving it!!!

 

They've retained the urn anyway, so there's no need for any ****housery, as you say, Drum.

It's purely ungentlemanly . . . . in fact it's just not cricket

 

It’s exactly how cricket is played. Never been an issue with teams batting for draws. Happens all the time.

 

Superb B-road. On a roll and bowling absolute jaffas!!

 

Absolutely. Batting a 5 day test for a draw on day 2 is absolutely awful though.

 

Get in there

 

Jimmy deserves that. Bowled so many which went past the edge this morning. Little bit of movement off the seam and marsh goes

 

England have been superb today mind

 

Thought that was massive from the young lad. We should sign him a s a winger with that pace!!

 

Aye. Really quick. Hard to criticise but the throw bounced twice and that gave Smith time to get back.

Absolutely pivotal call. Very lucky to be given not out. Would have been very unlucky to be given out.

He was the one. I'd expect a decent lead from then now. Cummins can bat and once you're in in on this pitch the new ball will fly around.

 

Worse! Ward has just shown Smith was out!

Took him 50 mins mind. So the 3rd ump had nowt to go on.

 

England openly claim to want to save Test cricket. That is their aim. Then you get Australia batting at a rate of 2.6 after 90 overs ffs.

 

Yep. Winning is all that matters to them. And drawing this test means they win the series instead of just retaining the ashes. Sad really. It’s the way test cricket has been but it’s poor to watch