The Cricket Thread

[jd1981]

I’m all for positive play but don’t persist in the same thing that keeps taking wickets.
We’ve absolutely gifted Australia the initiative in test.

 

[jd1981]

How Starc has 3 wickets I’ll never know bowled some drivel at times.

 

[Del Woppio]

Jesus wept. How to completely chuck a really promising position

 

[PuntsWolf]

Wooo we’re losing but doesn’t matter because look how much fun it is for everyone!

 

[WsWolf]

This whole thing stinks of, we know we probably can't beat them so we are going to do this over the top wreckless play to make it 'entertaining'.

 

[Stan Hullis]

We look like a team of toddlers playing against a team of men.

 

[jd1981]

Said before the start of play it was huge this morning, even playing bazball the shot choice and execution have been awful.
We’re facing probably a 70+ run deficit now we’re not recovering that.

 

[Jinky]

Another silly dismissal with Robinson trying to hit it in to the next postcode. There's some middleground to be had here. We can still play the swashbuckling, front foot, exciting cricket - but just pick the balls to do it on. So many of our wickets have been thrown away cheaply.

We'll be doing well to get within 50 of their total at this point and it looks like another fairly straightforward victory for the Aussies.

 

[Carrotdude]

There’s just zero upside in taking the short ball on with EVERY fielder on the boundary. Best case you get a single. All they needed to do for 5/6 overs yesterday was just completely ignore it until Australia gave up.

 

[Jinky]

Broad absolute plum there. No idea why they appealed.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

188-1 to 328-9.

Nice work, lads.

To be fair they were 316/3 and finished on 416. Two strange innings, ours more so.

 

[WsWolf]

Laughable effort this morning.

 

[Del Woppio]

Absolutely abysmal morning

 

[Jabbawolf]

Honeymoon over for Bazball - aggressive and positive is good, reckless and premeditated is not - need to be smarter.

 

[Jinky]

You usually expect one of the tail-enders to put up a bit of fight, but that was pretty embarrassing from Stokes down.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I wouldn't expect anything from this tail, it's the worst we've had in about 25 years.

 

[Kenny]

I'm presuming this thread is similar to a Leeds United forum when Bielsaball was getting spanked in the Prem league

 

[Stan Hullis]

Essentially yes, good comparison

 

[sycophantia]

To have any chance, we need to bowl them out for around 180, can't see it with our attack.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I think we could go as far as them getting 220-250 being as they don't have Lyon. But no more, and we'd need to bat much better in the final innings.