i was thinking yesterday that the Aus total was not a bad score at all for day 1.
good old england, back to the time-honoured collapses.
Going to bed is like being a kid at christmas, thinking when you wake up it'll be OK. Only its not.
this morning for example, woke up, saw Tremlett had been batting - "what's he in for already?? ah, must just be a night watchman.... WHAT???"
Will Cook ever get his batting consistency up again or will the role of captain cook weigh heavy and affect his performances at the crease?
Anyone would think they we climate scientists!!!
Yeah, now you're trolling.
My perception was that we were expecting to win a closeR series.
Notwithstanding today, I think that is a fair expectation, based upon results over the past few years for both teams, and the fact that England have won four of the past five series between the teams.
If I were Cook and Flower I wouldn't be too worried yet. Any team can get into one of those 'perfect storm' moments where a particualr bowler, usually a 'mercurial' one like Johnson, just gets it right.
Think South Africa at the Oval 1994.
In fact, think South Africa at the hands of Mitchell Johnson in early 2009(?)
My precise facts may be a bit fuzzy, but I think it went something like:
Aus got 600-odd on a relatively placid pitch in Durban. Then they were 50-odd for three in no time, but effectively five down as Smith and Kallis both retired hurt, broken hand fending off a brute of a ball in Smith's case and a split chin in Kallis' case.
The worry is that Johnson has a 'wonder series' and just keeps doing this. As a dyed in the wool england fan, I still wouldn't mind watching it, though. I bowled left-arm quickish when I played cricket and I love nothing more than watching someone bowling quick and aggressively, to the point where they become unplayable.
Just pulling you leg Zokes, it's a sports thread (and I am not AA) don't take it too seriously!
That's a relief Grum, my legs will also be relieved. Nice irony in the post though!!! Sorry about the germ bit, bloody auto spell doesn't like you nickname and that WAS unintentional.
Personally I'm hoping for MJ's contributions to the rest of the series to be more along these lines:
That's a relief Grum, my legs will also be relieved. Nice irony in the post though!!!
You did it the last ashes thread just stop with your baiting and saying its others will you - you prod for reactions then pretend you do nothing. That is three folk who have cried troll [ I am the third]on you on one page on day two of a 5 test series - not weeks of this please.
And just to lighten the mood, I think Freddy should come out of retirement, just so we can have a few more moments like this:
Nice vids zokes
Blimey JY get a grip and no you are not the STW police. If I did something wrong, report it. otherwise back in you box.
I misread Grums post and made the point that perhaps we were slightly over-confident. That's neither baiting nor trolling. Then like Zokes (fair weather joke) I pulled a few legs. SOH required, it's cricket after all.
So please not weeks of it....
'Mind the windows Tino' - excellent.
The Fidel Edwards one is a bit odd though. It was Flintoff who was crocked within three years, Fidel is still earning big in the IPL while Freddie's on a panel game on Sky.
Funny vid there Zokes, and does lighten the mood. As Martin says funny in more ways that one!
This is becoming quite amusing now though...
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Blimey JY get a grip and no you are not the STW police. If I did something wrong, report it. otherwise back in you box.
What a lovely and conciliatory tone you use when called out by folk 🙄
I am only asking you not to do this I am not doing this , you are.
I have not responded in a similar tone I have simply asked , politely , again that you refrain.
lets say it was a great big misunderstanding from us all, you are right we wrong. I dont really care tbh lets just stop please.
Please
ENOUGH!
Everybody just calm down and watch that Freddie video again.
why is it that the same bores always seem to appear on the sport threads?
Please either shut up or piss off.
thanks awfully
Australia 2 down already! Both to to poor shots rather than good bowling.
It could be one of those days - maybe?
No chance of a 5th day!
Record (at the Gabba) 4th innings chase to win already required! Though if they could knock the Aussies over for another 100 you'd think they might have half a chance.
That's me done. Let's hope its not another horror to wake up to!
This has been one of those days when I've been happily stuck on a delayed plane with no access to the horrors of the Gabbatoir
And what the chuff is up with Swann? he's bowling pies!
Still up here. Glimmers of hope earlier with the early wickets but all gone now really. Need some of that rain to come back. 🙂
Plenty of it here in Sydney. Wrong sort of rain for Qantas planes apparently. Guess I'll just have to keep drinking their free wine, which is rather nice.
I might get to see Adelaide again some point today. Maybe...
And now I'm back in Adelaide, I'm not much happier with the cricket
And when it's not going your way, it really doesn't go your way. When things like that happen, you might as well just give up and go home...
Dumb
"Mate, there's some shit on the end of your bat.."
"really?"
"no, the other end"..
Slightly big ask of England then...
Nah, we'll knock them off in a couple of days 😉
Dumb"Mate, there's some shit on the end of your bat.."
"really?"
"no, the other end"..
😐
Would have been a smily face if there was any amusement in what happened. FFS what is it with english sportsman, well, footballers and cricketers specifically? They just seem to fall well below the expected mental temperament required of a professional sportsman. Is this a failure of management? historical pressure? what? We know the quality is there but when pressure situations develop our ball players fall apart...!
Just don't get it.
It's not just the English, the man in question there was Trott....
Well, at least we can't lose any more wickets for the next few hours now...
Doesn't seem to matter where these guys come from, as soon as they join an english team they absorb the same bloody mental failings. Management and captain must shoulder some blame, it's their job to make sure these guys are thinking straight and in the best frame of mind to make good (or correct) decisions. No? Sportsman will always have moments of stupidity but english teams seem to take it to a whole new level.
Maybe being a bit harsh but when you see the Aussie's pick them selves up and completely reverse a pressure situation it really highlights this. Why couldn't we do what we know we can and just play the game, no need to 'take it to them' or drop the guard and pad out the match, just do what you do best and bat yourself back into contention...
Our biggest failing in this match was taking our foot off their throat when they were down to MJ and Haddin in the first innings. Had we kept up the pressure then, the deficit would only have been a few runs, even with our own shambolic performance.
Oh dear, that was worse than I feared. The BBC pundits are giving us (and trott) a real going over. Surely one going over a day is enough?
Ask - is it just a fact that generally we play badly in Aus?
Plus our world status is flattering especially give the lack of current batting form. The last Ashes score flattered us on paper despite Aus being a poor side. There were signs that we had overcome the mental fragility, but the last 48 hours or so have been an unpleasant wake up. (But (this is not a troll or a bait) IMO it doesn't help that we have become a side that is difficult to like. That was part of the summer's legacy again IMO).
Australia have won a test (highly probable) something they haven't done for a long time, anyone would think they had won the ashes. There's still a lot of cricket to be played.
It helped Stuart Broad that he wasn't liked. Isn't it true that most of the people who seem to dislike the team are Australians?
It's always more difficult to play away from home.
England's test ranking is based on their recent results, which are very good.
No doubt that we've played badly for a couple of days, but perspective must be kept.
Part of my bias against the current England side ( 😉 ) is the fact that Trott is the spitting image of another bokka I worked with and against over many years. He was a @@@@ with a capital C who furthered his career by screwing first class franchises and many friends in the process. He got his comeuppance in the end, but when I see a quickie giving it to poor old Trottie, I see this other guy there and it becomes slightly more palatable indeed pleasurable to watch!!
Lok at Trott last series [ in aus] and look at Trott now - its amazing how he has gone fromn the Don to the dunce he needs to be dropped. I bet he is not even close tpo the bowlers batting average oiver the last 10 tests - he needs to sort his issues out and very quickly
huge huge MASSIVE in fact psychological edge to the Aussies
i feel for the bowlers who were ok - well two of them were and one of those superb- but the batters have let them down badly again - who knew the 136-6 bit was such a turning point tbh
Credit to them though but england bat like my gran with rhubarb etc
Apologies if this has been asked already,....but are highlights on terrestrial at all?
Apologies if this has been asked already,....but are highlights on terrestrial at all?
Trust me, there are no highlights
Apologies if this has been asked already,....but are highlights on terrestrial at all?
Trust me, there are no highlights
There are if you're an Aussie 😉
(Unfortunately I'm not tho 🙁 )
Fair play to Australia, they have really let us have both barrels. However, find warners comments about Trott a bit odd and disrespectful, particularly from a bloke who does not average 40 and half the time also does his his best to get himself out.
Before the last series had even started, Warner [i]punched[/i] one of the England team on a night out. I'd say his attitude is improving. Still a **** mind.
Yes, in 'our' Walkabout here in brum.
I normally grimace when a batsman from either side gets a fast ball on the helmet, but in Warner's case, I'd happily watch broad repeat harmy's ball to ponting in 2005, and get told to put that in his mouth.
Oops wrong thread. 😳
I normally grimace when a batsman from either side gets a fast ball on the helmet, but in Warner's case, I'd happily watch broad repeat harmy's ball to ponting in 2005, and get told to put that in his mouth.
pretty much this^
one sniff of being on top and the true bogan starts to emerge.
