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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2021 6:34:18 GMT -5
England in the 90s wold have put up more of a fight than this bunch. Get rid of Burns and put Boycott's gran in with a stick of rhubarb!
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 27, 2021 6:23:43 GMT -5
I actually don't like these test matches where ball dominates bat, like it has so far this test. It's almost certain that it will be over tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2021 19:50:08 GMT -5
What. The. Fuck!?
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 27, 2021 20:08:08 GMT -5
Well, that's the ashes won. Didn't think you guys would fold so quickly, now I don't know what to do for the next couple of days.
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 28, 2021 4:11:41 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 28, 2021 6:49:45 GMT -5
Chris Silverwood said there's plenty of positives and he wouldn't have done anything differently.  |
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 28, 2021 6:51:56 GMT -5
Well, that's the ashes won. Didn't think you guys would fold so quickly, now I don't know what to do for the next couple of days. I'm hoping you finish the job and win 5-0, it's the only way to ensure that heads will roll at the ECB. If they win a test they'll wriggle out of accountability with the robotic PR that's infected the leadership. It was a "brave performance", "a positive development", "proof that our long-term plan is bearing fruit", "a stepping stone towards victory in the next series". Ohhhh fuck off you plonkers. |
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 28, 2021 7:34:01 GMT -5
You couldn't even make it to the funny sex number today. All out for 68. Pathetic
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2021 8:07:21 GMT -5
That team would have scored 700 runs by lunch on day 1, then the Queen would take 10-0, twice. |
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 28, 2021 16:19:31 GMT -5
There is obviously a fair bit of argy bargy going on off field. The Tour itself was in doubt due to the Covid debacle, and it seems the entire playing group was/is woefully underdone re match practice.
Back in the day, Ashes touring teams would play at least 3 first class games against full strength Sheffield Shield State teams, before the 1st Test.
Nowadays, with the plethora of white ball cricket, Tours are squeezed into a smaller timeframe, meaning players cant find form outside of the test matches.
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 28, 2021 23:30:32 GMT -5
Picture of the greatest Australian bowler of all time, seen here standing next to Shane Warne.  |
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Post by Noodleman556 on Dec 28, 2021 23:50:18 GMT -5
6/7 off 4.
Sexy stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2021 8:38:17 GMT -5
Oh well. Cricket isn't a proper sport anyway. Just a load of chubby blokes that weren't athletic enough to play proper sports...😉
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 29, 2021 11:16:14 GMT -5
There is obviously a fair bit of argy bargy going on off field. The Tour itself was in doubt due to the Covid debacle, and it seems the entire playing group was/is woefully underdone re match practice. Back in the day, Ashes touring teams would play at least 3 first class games against full strength Sheffield Shield State teams, before the 1st Test. Nowadays, with the plethora of white ball cricket, Tours are squeezed into a smaller timeframe, meaning players cant find form outside of the test matches. England have had plenty of international cricket this year, albeit not in Australian conditions, but the problem is more deep rooted. In England, the County Championship has been pushed aside to the start and end of the domestic season, when the weather is bad and the crowds are small. The best summer months are now set aside for bish bash limited over cricket, because that's where the money's at. As a result, the county scene, where test players are developed, is full of batsmen who simply don't have the technique for international test cricket. There was nobody waiting in the wings ready to come in and replace out of form batsmen, because nobody can. |
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Post by jgtheone on Dec 30, 2021 18:24:22 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Dec 31, 2021 7:43:03 GMT -5
The stats from a record-breaking year, but not the good kind of records. Unless you're Joe Root, who has averaged over 60, no batsman has ever been this far ahead of his teammates, mostly on account of his teammates batting like one-armed blind children. The next best batter was Burns, averaging only 27, scoring 3.22x less runs than Root. - No team has ever lost more Tests in a calendar year than the nine defeats suffered by England in 2021.
- England have been bowled out for under 150 a joint-record eight times this year.
- Joe Root is the only England player who has averaged more with the bat in 2021 than 2020.
- England still have only two players who have posted half-centuries in this Ashes.
- Only three of England's 15 Tests this year did not feature a duck by one of their openers.
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Post by Strewthless on Jan 2, 2022 20:06:39 GMT -5
Surprising that Boycott loves T20 and wants test matches reduced to 4 days.
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Post by jgtheone on Jan 3, 2022 18:28:33 GMT -5
"Talking pints"
You don't say
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Post by Strewthless on Jan 3, 2022 19:32:29 GMT -5
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Post by jgtheone on Jan 6, 2022 1:33:19 GMT -5
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