2019 ASHES: 3rd Test Australia v England, Leeds Aug 22-26

[thebigredv]

What value is Tim Paine? Such an unprofessional review and some lousy captaining to let Stokes play with the Aussies. He's scored about 20 runs all series. Should be dropped.

 

[Slackboy72]

Tim Paine threw this test away. He should be sacked as captain tonight.

 

[Wizardman]

Nobody should dare blame the umps for that not out call for the loss. We full on deserved to be beaten....fair and square

 

[BunniesMan]

So many what ifs. What if the umpire wasn't a coward. What if they didn't waste a review. What if Lyon didn't miss the easy run out.

 

[skeepe]

Man of the Match: Joel Wilson (England)

 

[undertaker]

How do umpires such as Joel Wilson end up on the ICC "Elite" panel?????? The officiating with him and Aleem Dar at Edgbaston was some worst umpiring I've seen in a test match, and he still got hired to do this test. Seriously, are the umpiring stocks outside of Australia and England really that low in the world that he's the best they've got??

I mean, there's been some absolute shockers since it was introduced in 2002 (Russell Tiffin, Billy Bowden, Asoka De Silva , Rudi Koertzen come to mind), but that LBW off the last ball of Lyon was plumb when I saw it live. Before the Hawkeye replay, I could not believe it wasn't given out. That was out any day of the week, whether it is in weekend club cricket, grade cricket, state cricket, you name it..

Stokes played an outstanding innings and well done to him, but in reality, irrespective of Paine's crap captaincy (which needs to be examined between now and Old Trafford), Harris' drop catch and Lyon's missed run out chance just before the LBW controversy, the match should've been game over right then and there with that LBW. If you're too pissweak to give it out (even though England had reviews), you shouldn't be umpiring, let alone at the highest level.

Reminds me of the NRL referees that are reluctant to blow a penalty out in golden point out of fear it will decide the match.

 

[LeedsRhinos]

Reading this thread and watching the last 20 minutes

 

[JW]

Joel Wilson isn't fit to umpire U/8s and really has no business being a part of international Vricket. However, it could be argued that Paine deserved every effing bit of that pathetic decision. Those arsey bastards shouldn't have got close and Wilson's shitness should never have been allowed to become a factor. The fact that I'm still significantly more pissed at Paine, despite the circumstances of that decision, speaks volumes.

But still, F Joel Wilson.

 

[Sphagnum]

Calm down. Smith should be back and they can f**k Harris or wade off for Bitchlasagne.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Tim Paine HAS to be sacked after that. An absolute f**king disgrace. Captain because of a f**king Bradbury. I thought the Afghan captain in the world cup was incompetent against Pakistan. The guy has nothing on Dickfingers. Shat his dacks, shit decision one after the other. Defensive as f**k.

Get f**ked you spineless gormless prick. You aren't a f**king patch of those who had the mantle before you.

 

[This Year?]

Im so angry i doubt ill be able to sleep

Lads weve just tossed away the ashes in like an hour of madness

More like almost 2 days.
We all saw it coming. You could feel the dread the longer Root and Denly stayed at the crease while Australia were passive with their field and bowled like they thought they would just get themselves out, but instead they dug in and saw off the new ball/ The rest is glorious history for the English.

 

[Meapro Ham]

Reminds me of the NRL referees that are reluctant to blow a penalty out in golden point out of fear it will decide the match.

That’s exactly what it was. No way he was giving the hero out in front of the home crowd.

 

[jargan83]

Joel Wilson certainly f**ked up but that’s why DRS is for the howler and not for the 50/50.

It certainly isn’t for the ball that struck the batsman well outside leg stump an over or so before but your desperate for a wicket because the pressure is on.

Having said that I hope we don’t see Joel Wilson again this series, he’s been hopeless.

 

[blaza88z]

Look through our list of captains, some of the all-time great players

Border, S. Waugh, Ponting.. Tim f**king Paine?

The English are laughing at us, the sandpaper shit was less embarassing.

 

[Timbo]

I’m not one for hyperbole, but if Joel Wilson is ever slated to umpire in Australia I hope Dutton sends him to Manus.

What a f**king farce.

 

[Danish]

Tim Paine is the worst captain in history. Pakistan deployed less negative tactics by captains when they were deliberately throwing games.

Can we declare the SJWs satiated and put and get Smith back in there now?

 

[Eelectrica]

We need to make it official policy that if you know it's not out, don't review.
Yes the ump should have given it but don't burn them.

 

[8Ball]

That review with Leach has to be up there with one of the dumbest

 

[some11]

Yeah I'm not sleeping either. Legit shaking

Last time I felt close to this was the '06 football World Cup

I'm on antidepressants yet it's going to take a while to get over this. Jesus.

 

[8Ball]

I thought Paine was doing a decent job with a shit team until that hour. Holy shit