The Cricket Thread

[sycophantia]

Sometimes you lose a wicket with a poor shot to a poor delivery but it feels to me like it happens more often with the current England batting.

 

[Sniffer]

Shit ball really. There’s no way in the world that Cummins runs up thinking I’ll bowl a short one down the leg side and hope he gets a glove on it.

 

[Johnny75]

Shit ball really. There’s no way in the world that Cummins runs up thinking I’ll bowl a short one down the leg side and hope he gets a glove on it.

They do, works plenty of times too. We targeted Head plenty of times with it and Duckett is definitely a walking wicket for this type of bowling.

 

[WsWolf]

Come on then Jonny, you owe us a knock here.

 

[WsWolf]

Come on then Jonny, you owe us a knock here.

Thanks for the memories. Can't have him next game regardless of result.

 

[Mel Evo]

Oh Jonny.

 

[Jinky]

Bairstow has been absolutely wank all series. You could say he’s cost us every match so far and the same can be said for this one if we don’t go on to win.

 

[Sniffer]

Fabulous stuff by Brook Woakes and Wood to see us home.

Got to question the Aussies allowing Brook to get in before trying the short ball at him as he’d been a rabbit in the headlights in his last 3 innings.

 

[BillyDee]

Get the fuck in!
Foakes (who actually can bat) in for Bairstow please.
Anderson will come back for Robinson.
Mo will play, and he'll bat at 3.

 

[Jinky]

Have to say, it’s been a really entertaining series so far.

 

[Mel Evo]

Get in. Can’t wait to ignore the Geoff Lemon article in the Guardian which will pick the main takeaway of today being the emergence of Todd Murphy.

 

[Sniffer]

Bairstow will play. Stokes backs his players to perform even if they have a couple of poor tests. It’s the fact that Stokes can’t bowl that Bairstow is keeping wicket.

 

[Sniffer]

I’d bat stokes at 3 with Jimmy back in for Robinson.

 

[WsWolf]

Brook was excellent there but how about Woakes and Mark Wood, brilliant.

Regardless of the win we definitely can't be having Bairstow, not in the team on merit anymore.

 

[Tredman]

If Bairstow plays it can only be as a specialist batsman, as a keeper it’s horrendous to watch and clearly affects his batting.

 

[Mel Evo]

Brook was excellent there but how about Woakes and Mark Wood, brilliant.

Regardless of the win we definitely can't be having Bairstow, not in the team on merit anymore.

Agree with the Bairstow sentiment. But we will.

 

[Sniffer]

If Foakes comes in (he won’t), it would be for a bowler and we can’t afford that with Stokes not fit enough to bowl.

 

[Sniffer]

Wood MOTM

 

[Johnny75]

I’d bat stokes at 3 with Jimmy back in for Robinson.

I wouldn't play Jimmy, he's looked really poor so far.

Tongue, Wood, Woakes and Broad for me.

Not sure what to do about Mo.

Foakes for Bairstow is not even a question now. He's costing more than he making. Across 3 tests that's not good enough.

 

[Kenny]

Wood MOTM

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