Off Topic Cricket Thread

The crowd mock-appealing for every forward defence

 

Nearly as good as the chants to Lyon about being a "**** Moeen Ali"

 

****ing hell. right on lunch and he does that

 

Silly by Brook.

 

Bloody hell, silly shot at this stage

 

David Gower used to do stupid shots like that just before an interval.
Bairstow needs to replicate his form from last summer now.

 

Agreed. We are nowhere near far enough ahead for the daft shots to come out

As I type, Stokes down the pitch nudging for 4, There's no point us moaning, this is just how they are going to play........

 

I actually think this is the least adventurous cricket we've played since bazball started

 

Yet still going about 5 an over.

Wonder if the plan is to get 200 ahead then start swinging. Going to be entertaining either way

Be in a far stronger position if it was Root ad Brook still batting and they hadn't chucked their wickets away

 

Need Stokes and Bairstow to plunder some runs now and this afternoon. Personally think anything below a 250 lead the Aussies could chase down, especially if Ali cant bowl.

 

Get in! That looked plumb

 

That was too close for comfort

 

And of course Steve Smith thinks he knows better than the technology

Shut up you ****

 

That one looked closer

You can tell I'm not an umpire

 

Smith reminds me of Kieran Trippier - thinks he is player, umpire and referee all rolled into one

 

Smith saying “same as mine” yet Smith was a foot from the stumps and Bairstow wasn’t!

Criwd are awesome!! Bet it’s a fantastic atmosphere

 

And thats lunch. Going to be an interesting afternoon

 

Hope that is the scare that puts Jonny in to beast more. Next session is massive in the context of the game. If we are still batting at tea, I'd say it's our test to low. Get rolled over in the 1st hour and Aussies are favourites

 

I dont think we will be batting after tea, just hope we can accumulate enough

 

They need to score quickly if they plan to declare with an eye on the weather for Tomorrow.
What happens if they declare early (losing vital runs) then the weather is ok tomorrow...
Proper HF!