2nd ASHES TEST: @ Lords Jun 28 - Jul 2nd, 2023

[Chins get the wins]

Ok nothing but Yorkers to Stokes and the rest will take care of itself. Let's see if Paddy and Smith can figure that out

 

[mave]

Is Tim Sheens our bowling coach?

That's the only explanation I can come up with for these tactics

 

[Desert Qlder]

Neser should have been in this team.

 

[mozza91]

Old blokes in the long room singling out Khawaja. What a shock!

 

[jargan83]

Keeper immediately threw the ball. In any level of cricket, that’s out.

This 1000% - coming from someone who has stood behind the stumps for 18 if the previously mentioned 22 years.

 

[hineyrulz]

Everyone knows what it was. Appealing that was cheap. Far worse than appealing a mankad and I know lots of dummies who hate the mankad

Shut up.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Neser should have been in this team.

100%

 

[Mr. Shaman]

English cricket is ‘racist, sexist and elitist’, says landmark report

There is ‘widespread and deep-rooted’ racism, sexism and elitism in English cricket, according to a report from an independent commission

amp.theguardian.com

 

[edabomb]

He did rock back and scratched behind the crease. Only then he went forward and left the crease. Surely that says the ball is dead to any reasonable person

Yup. Cowardly appeal from the Aussies. I backed Starc yesterday, but I can't back that action. We want to speed up test cricket to get the 90 overs in, but now who could blame a batsmen for hanging in their crease 20 seconds at the end of the over.

 

[some11]

Old blokes in the long room singling out Khawaja. What a shock!

It's not a pattern, honest!

 

[Chins get the wins]

Old blokes in the long room singling out Khawaja. What a shock!

Something slightly different about his appearance?

 

[Rod]

NZer here so I have no great love for the AUS cricket team but that was a 100% legitimate dismissal.

And the way the English crowd is carrying on is embarrassing. That long room stuff is particularly gross.

 

[edabomb]

NZer here so I have no great love for the AUS cricket team but that was a 100% legitimate dismissal.

And the way the English crowd is carrying on is embarrassing. That long room stuff is particularly gross.

Is anyone debating that it shouldn't be out by the letter of the law? It's the sportsmanship aspect that's incredibly poor.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Ive never heard so much boo from the crowd and this is Lords

 

[Bazal]

Yup. Cowardly appeal from the Aussies. I backed Starc yesterday, but I can't back that action. We want to speed up test cricket to get the 90 overs in, but now who could blame a batsmen for hanging in their crease 20 seconds at the end of the over.

it blows my mind how anybody could think this at all. Carey caught it, immediately threw down the stumps. No waiting, no foxing.

The ball wasn't dead, over wasn't called and Bairstow was dumb AF. Blokes at short leg do it semi-regularly but it's bad sportsmanship when it's the keeper?

Nah, it's 'bad sportsmanship' because it's Australia.

 

[Chins get the wins]

I don't particularly rate Starc but he's who we need bowling. At the f**king stumps

 

[hineyrulz]

They just showed the replay, Fatstow was doing it every ball. It's just stupid and from a keeper no less the ball was never dead. Cummins out geniused him though with those tactics after the wicket.

 

[Rod]

Is anyone debating that it shouldn't be out by the letter of the law? It's the sportsmanship aspect that's incredibly poor.

I've got no issue with it. Carey threw it as soon as he caught it. Don't go for a walkabout as soon as the ball goes past you.

 

[LeedsRhinos]

NZer here so I have no great love for the AUS cricket team but that was a 100% legitimate dismissal.

And the way the English crowd is carrying on is embarrassing. That long room stuff is particularly gross.

Long room stuff is tame would be way worse at Headingley with all the vile Leeds scum on the scene instead of Posh Southerners.

 

[yobbo84]

Sportsmanship. Yeah, like when Broad smashed it to first slip and stood his ground.

f**king hypocritical poms, that whole country just reeks of loser mentality