4th ASHES TEST: @ Old Trafford, Manchester July 19-23, 2023

[Mr. Shaman]

Letting Hack Crawley get almost a double ton is like letting Alex Twal score a hat trick.

It’s like being tackled by Morgan Harper

 

[King-Gutho94]

We need to draw level before losing our first wicket if we’re gonna win this. Unfortunately that means our bald donkey openers need to not be bald donkeys. If not, and it makes me f**king sick to say, we need to just bat into day 4 and force a draw, particularly if Starc can’t bowl.

We are not winning this our best hope is rain for a 60% of the remaining test and get a draw.

We looked clueless today

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Stat of the day: Zac Crawley is the palest, lankiest hackiest player to score 150 or more against Australia.

 

[Fangs]

The rot started with the bat. We just needed one Zac Crawley in the team. Smith, Head and Labs all looked likely and failed.

Tactics and execution with the ball in the second and third sessions were terrible. It's clear they have no answers when England put their foot down.

We will be about 200-300 behind at lunch at this rate and England will declare. The pitch is great for batting so we should easily take it to day 4 but under this much pressure it might all end on day 3.

We need to show some backbone. Our worst day of the tour by far.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[hineyrulz]

We are not winning this our best hope is rain for a 60% of the remaining test and get a draw.

We looked clueless today

Tactically we've been clueless all tour, they learnt nothing from 2019. This was a bat first 450 plus deck. The scary thing is we were thinking of sending them in as well. Cummins makes Paine look like Taylor/Waugh as a captain.

 

[JJ]

Who doubted Bazball? Crawley is Gordon Greenidge one day, but Blair Hartland most of the time

Seriously though, Bazball, when it's rolling, asks questions that aren't normally asked, and asks them for long periods... you have to strike a balance, and teams have struggled with that tbh... but also the Poms struggle with balance at times too

 

[King-Gutho94]

After sitting with all the arrogant poms today.

It reminded me why we love it whenever England lose and the misery it causes especially when it comes to the soccer world cup every 4 years when they choke.

Your not supposed to call it soccer in England but f**k them I call it soccer not football.

 

[Bazal]

I didn't watch after the first session but how much short shit did we bowl for creeper Zak Crawley to get f**ken 190 odd?

Whoever put bowling coach is shouldn't be allowed through immigration. This whole series has been some of the most impotent plans and captaincy I can remember.

 

[mozza91]

Our side on paper looks like the 2023 Roosters. Unfortunately they’re also playing like the 2023 Roosters.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

We must be struggling. JJ has entered the chat.

 

[jargan83]

That had to have been some of the most inept Cricket I've ever seen from an Australian side. Unfortunately Patty looked like a deer in the headlights.

 

[Eelectrica]

Hope the rain does not save us. Only way we’re getting a rethink in tactics is if we are demolished.

Don’t deserve to be saved by rain actually.

 

[hineyrulz]

Hope the rain does not save us. Only way we’re getting a rethink in tactics is if we are demolished.

Don’t deserve to be saved by rain actually.

Surely after yesterday they can’t believe these tactics are the way to go?? It should have been at Lords when we got lucky but obviously they were too stupid to realise.

 

[some11]

We need to draw level before losing our first wicket if we’re gonna win this. Unfortunately that means our bald donkey openers need to not be bald donkeys. If not, and it makes me f**king sick to say, we need to just bat into day 4 and force a draw, particularly if Starc can’t bowl.

Sorry mr shaman but none of this will happen.

I've just accepted we're probably going to a decider.

 

[Cheese sandwich]

We only won the first 2 tests because the poms played a heap of ridiculous shots getting themselves out. Now they're not skying them down the throats of the boundary riders we're not getting wickets as someone inexplicably has decided on the most negative game plan in history.

If these morons let these arrogant pricks win drop the lot of them.

 

[Eelectrica]

Surely after yesterday they can’t believe these tactics are the way to go?? It should have been at Lords when we got lucky but obviously they were too stupid to realise.

I think the only way for them to learn is to get hit by the truck that’s coming.

 

[Twizzle]

surely someone, or any one of our bowlers, must realize that bowling short on these slow pitches doesn't work

even if you're a bowler you must realize that short balls are easier to play and score off than length balls

 

[Fangs]

Any slower balls yesterday? I don't recall one but missed the last 20 overs and watched highlights this morning.

 

[Slackboy72]

Any slower balls yesterday? I don't recall one but missed the last 20 overs and watched highlights this morning.

What highlights were there? This was up there with Paine losing a home series to the India B team.