Off Topic Cricket Thread

We'll still find a way to f*ck it up...

 

So then diddles
After five days both teams scored the same amount of runs
What are the odds on that

 

We got more wickets!

 

If it's a draw it doesn't matter who got the most corners

 

We had more style though, surely that counts?

 

Are your South Africans doing well then?

 

Doing a good job on security

 

Yeah ………. what he says!

 

We avoided the whitewash. Yaaay!

 

****ing hell it’s Ned Kelly.

 

Told you we wouldn't lose this one.

 

Can you say when you will win one? I'm sure I saw a caption today saying you had played 8 (not counting this one) and won 1, maybe I misread ?

A good last couple of hours, who says test matches aren't exciting?

 

That's why Test cricket is the best form of the game. What a great match.

 

The only thing worse than England in Australia is the Aussie weather forecasters. Absolutely abysmal. Wrong nearly all the time.

I'm really looking forward to hearing how cocky you are the next time England destroy Australia in a one day game.

Just watched the highlights without knowing the result.
Always amazes me how thrilling a draw can be. That's the beauty of test cricket imo.

For England, at least we showed some fight.
An obvious affect from playing so much attacking, one day cricket is how badly we play at balls that shouldn't be played at.
Root especially is playing at everything and inevitably getting a lot of snicks.

Soon be over.

 

Thought Crawley played well & took the attack to the Aussie bowlers, Milan technique against spin is poor & didn’t go after Lyon & played back & bowled, bring Burns back in & Billings as wicket keeper, good fighting display to hold on to draw it

 

Jimmy just loves batting out for a draw in the final moments of an Ashes test lol. Good to see some fighting spirit and a well deserved draw. Also like to thank Cummins for not declaring earlier, as clueless as Root !

 

I’d like to thank the Aussie weather for taking 7 overs off the English innings.

 

In their defence the forecasters here have had to deal with a tropical cyclone and that has been causing all sorts of issues. Just north of where I live they got 650mm of rain in 24 hours.

As to the one day games, if we win then we will of course be just as cocky but in defeat we tend to deny all knowledge of the result and don't talk about it. It's a sort of coping mechanism, that and having a couple of cold beers.

The last 30-40 overs were high class entertainment and overall you appeared to play better without the input of your coaching staff.

 

I’d like to thank our captain for taking pity on our English friends by not declaring early enough when everybody including the ghost of Ray Charles knew we should of declared after ole mate got his ton ( second for the game ).

 

We have a coaching staff ? Any chance we can stick em in the same room as dickhead Djokovic is in and leave them all in there guarded for eternity ?