Cricket Thread

[Xamonas Chegwé]

333/5 at stumps. A lead of only 566 runs. Gonna be close...

[klr]

333/5 at stumps. A lead of only 566 runs. Gonna be close...

I wondered if England might declare with 30 minutes to go and let their bowlers unleash hell for a few overs, but they're obviously having too much fun with the bat. I suspect they want Root to get a double century before declaring tomorrow.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

333/5 at stumps. A lead of only 566 runs. Gonna be close...

I wondered if England might declare with 30 minutes to go and let their bowlers unleash hell for a few overs, but they're obviously having too much fun with the bat. I suspect they want Root to get a double century before declaring tomorrow.

Yeah. No rush. Leave the Aussies with 5 sessions to hang in there and a target well into the 500s! If they can win from there, they bloody well deserve it!

[klr]

333/5 at stumps. A lead of only 566 runs. Gonna be close...

I wondered if England might declare with 30 minutes to go and let their bowlers unleash hell for a few overs, but they're obviously having too much fun with the bat. I suspect they want Root to get a double century before declaring tomorrow.

Yeah. No rush. Leave the Aussies with 5 sessions to hang in there and a target well into the 500s! If they can win from there, they bloody well deserve it!

Latest: "Australia require another 447 runs with 4 wickets remaining"

[Clinton Huxley]

Good grief. Australia are shit. Pardon my French.

[Hermit]

Yes, we put on a poor performance. Looking at the long haul, things are not that bad. Once England has won this series, you will have drawn the score with 31 wins for each side. In terms of individual tests you don't look as good as that, though. Australia won 123 out of the 312 matches played. England won 102.

And there is a reason why the series are known as "The Ashes."

[Clinton Huxley]

I read all the athletically talented chaps want to play Aussie "Rules" these days, which is a shame.

[Hermit]

The story goes that Aussie "Rules" was invented to keep our cricketers fit during the off-season, so there's hope yet. Anyway, I'm not too fussed. We won nine of the past twelve series.

[Clinton Huxley]

The story goes that Aussie "Rules" was invented to keep our cricketers fit during the off-season, so there's hope yet. Anyway, I'm not too fussed. We won nine of the past twelve series.

You sound like a Liverpool supporter in the 90s.......

[klr]

I read all the athletically talented chaps want to play Aussie "Rules" these days, which is a shame.

More money in it I suspect, although you do run the risk of being pole-axed/having your teeth bashed in during any given game.

Another advantage is that you can't lose to England.

I only had one eye on the cricket today, because a) the result seemed a foregone conclusion and b) I was preoccupied with the goings-on at Muirfield.

The story goes that Aussie "Rules" was invented to keep our cricketers fit during the off-season, so there's hope yet. Anyway, I'm not too fussed. We won nine of the past twelve series.

You sound like a Liverpool supporter in the 90s.......

Ah, the 1990's ... when Liverpool were no longer the Big Cheese of English football, but they just hadn't realized it yet.

[Clinton Huxley]

Exactly. I fear Botham's prediction of a 10-0 whitewash could actually happen...

[klr]

Exactly. I fear Botham's prediction of a 10-0 whitewash could actually happen...

Statistically, that is a very long shot. A more interesting bet would be Australia not winning any tests, but at least drawing some.

Disclaimer: I don't think Australia will be quite that poor.

[Hermit]

The story goes that Aussie "Rules" was invented to keep our cricketers fit during the off-season, so there's hope yet. Anyway, I'm not too fussed. We won nine of the past twelve series.

You sound like a Liverpool supporter in the 90s.......

Whatever that means. I've not paid attention to the English football league since a lot of its "fans" went there in order to riot. Even Merkins can sometimes be more civilised. *waits for coito to bite*

[Clinton Huxley]

Australia are the Slade of cricket. Everyone remembers their greatest hits but they won't ever headline Glastonbury.

[klr]

The story goes that Aussie "Rules" was invented to keep our cricketers fit during the off-season, so there's hope yet. Anyway, I'm not too fussed. We won nine of the past twelve series.

You sound like a Liverpool supporter in the 90s.......

Whatever that means. I've not paid attention to the English football league since a lot of its "fans" went there in order to riot. Even Merkins can sometimes be more civilised. *waits for coito to bite*

Liverpool absolutely dominated English football in the 1970s and 1980s. By the 1990s, they thought they were still the greatest English club based on the two previous decades.