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Post by jgtheone on Nov 19, 2021 4:25:41 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Nov 19, 2021 7:30:09 GMT -5
Paine's sack has got him sacked.
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Post by jgtheone on Nov 20, 2021 7:31:55 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Nov 20, 2021 7:39:44 GMT -5
It'll quickly be buried, just like his racist Facebook posts were. Barely a mention of them since |
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Post by jgtheone on Nov 25, 2021 21:29:51 GMT -5
Couple of developments today, Paine won't be playing in the ashes and Cummins is now the test captain.
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Post by greysrigging on Nov 26, 2021 2:43:52 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Nov 30, 2021 13:17:24 GMT -5
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 4, 2021 2:41:28 GMT -5
Ajaz Patel has become the 3rd bowler in international history to take all 10 wickets in an innings.
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 4, 2021 7:30:07 GMT -5
Ajaz Patel has become the 3rd bowler in international history to take all 10 wickets in an innings. And then NZ got bowled out for 62 lol. |
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 7, 2021 19:55:31 GMT -5
Well, that was an even worse way to set the tone than Harmison's wide in 2006.
This is going to be a long series...
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 7, 2021 23:20:00 GMT -5
Can't recall a better first day of an Ashes Series.....I have a million things I should be doing....but nope, Cricket on the TV and all radios on incase I have to go outside.
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 8, 2021 2:03:06 GMT -5
Pretty much a dream first day for Australia. Bowled really well and then the rain saved us from batting for an awkward period in the afternoon.
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 8, 2021 8:00:04 GMT -5
A typically woeful English performance in Australia. In a way it's nice to have some normality back in our lives after these last 2 years.
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Post by Noodleman556 on Dec 9, 2021 2:22:29 GMT -5
Leach: 1/95 off 11 overs at an economy of 8.64
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 9, 2021 3:46:34 GMT -5
Brilliant century by Travis Head, stood up when it mattered.
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 9, 2021 4:34:36 GMT -5
Day 2 was as good a day of Test Cricket that you could ever see. The game swung about with the Aussies dominating the morning session and the Poms fighting back after lunch. The Travis Head century in a session before stumps buried the English and now with a lead of 196 with 3 wickets in hand the game may well be over. Another 50 runs from the tail will be ideal and may be an innings defeat for the Poms. Still, there may be some life in the game... an English lead of over a hundred on the last day often is problematic for Aussies.
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Post by Noodleman556 on Dec 9, 2021 5:35:36 GMT -5
Shamelessly stolen from an r/cricket matchthread
I said it in the match thread and I’ll say it again.
I blame Strauss for this. Fuck Andrew Strauss.
England were shit for fucking years and we put up with it, because it was always our job to be a bit crap. Good old England, we somehow assemble a team that wins every 10 tries.
The along came Andrew fucking Strauss and decided with his infinite wisdom that England should *try* and be good. That terrible winning mentality has been a blight on English cricket since its inception.
We were brilliant, we beat everyone. Number 1 team in the world. Is this it lads? Have we reached the promised land? Will we be good forever?
Will we fuck.
Andrew fucking Strauss gave us hope, bringing us to lofty heights we could have never hoped to have dreamt of - then he fucked off. Leaving us in the bottomless pit of despairing mediocrity from which I write this comment.
Now we have the expectation of being good. When actually we haven’t been good for a decade.
Cheers Andrew. Fuck you.
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 9, 2021 8:26:39 GMT -5
This England side simply isn't good enough, but hasn't helped itself.
Chose to bat on a green wicket bowler-friendly wicket, got skittled. Had to spend the day bowling on a hard baked wicket without the two best pace bowlers who were left out, relying on Jack Leach, who is a cult comedy figure but not much of a bowler.
I wouldn't trust Root to captain an under-11s team.
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Post by Noodleman556 on Dec 10, 2021 4:23:20 GMT -5
Root, Malan. Stop being good.
Thanks
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 10, 2021 4:51:14 GMT -5
England played much better today so we have a contest on our hands now.
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