John S
Chilla Wilson (44)
Fair enough. The umpires have definitely swung it in England's favour with the replacement
WTC and Ashes 2023
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The Ghost of Raelene
Andrew Slack (58)
Stokes knew straight away. I’m glad because it means their isn’t any controversy.
LeCheese
Peter Johnson (47)
I’m sure there will be PLENTY of controversy
Pfitzy
George Gregan (70)
And I'm sure Piers Morgan can suck a bag of sweaty camel cocks
The Ghost of Raelene
Andrew Slack (58)
Well they look to have pissed off the umpire. Good luck getting another ball.
Derpus
George Gregan (70)
They already got a freebie.
Pfitzy
George Gregan (70)
Nah fuck it. Going to sleep, fully expecting to wake up to a collapse.
Worth it to see Fatty Bairstow getting the shits at life in general
Derpus
George Gregan (70)
I'm supposed to be the pessimistic one.
Pfitzy
George Gregan (70)
After the last few weeks, I've gone Super Saiyan on the pessimism front. I have eerie powers...
John S
Chilla Wilson (44)
Well it was exactly the same as Starc's catch at Lord's - glad right result for both catches was reached.
To be fair to Stokes, he was probably pressured by the Fielders in front of the wicket - maybe they thought it was given not out because Wilson incorrectly thought Smith didn't hit it
To be fair to Stokes, he was probably pressured by the Fielders in front of the wicket - maybe they thought it was given not out because Wilson incorrectly thought Smith didn't hit it
LeCheese
Peter Johnson (47)
Yeah it doesn't, was hoping I deleted that before anyone saw it
- impeccable brain fart suggesting it's bed time. Fully prepared to wake up to a washout and Piers Morgan working himself into a lather
John S
Chilla Wilson (44)
Massive collapse - we got so close.
What does everyone think about Broad's bail swapping thing?
Agent
Bill Watson (15)
I’m not saying a thing. I think commenting / complaining on such a thing is best left to the Poms. We lost because we didn’t bat well enough esp in the first innings. We need our top order to be scoring 100’s and that hasn’t happened in the last 3 tests. We scored 100’s in the first 2 tests and we won. Coincidence?
Sword of Justice
Vay Wilson (31)
That is deflating.
Credit where it's due, England finished the series better than we did. I think in hindsight however we should have been more willing to try things. We were pig headed in our conservative tactics when genuine balance was called for.
Not playing a spinner really hurt us in the fourth test and we probably needed to rest Cummins at some point during the series. England has done a better job at building squad depth than just about any nation in all international formats.
We basically did the same thing every test for 6 test consecutive test matches in a very short period of time. No wonder we looked relatively powerless at times later in the campaign.
Credit where it's due, England finished the series better than we did. I think in hindsight however we should have been more willing to try things. We were pig headed in our conservative tactics when genuine balance was called for.
Not playing a spinner really hurt us in the fourth test and we probably needed to rest Cummins at some point during the series. England has done a better job at building squad depth than just about any nation in all international formats.
We basically did the same thing every test for 6 test consecutive test matches in a very short period of time. No wonder we looked relatively powerless at times later in the campaign.
Sword of Justice
Vay Wilson (31)
I do not think about it