5th Test Australia vs England @ Hobart 14-18 Jan 2022

[JJ]

Borland is quite the story

Strange sloppy test this one, both teams but obviously English excellence in that respect

Little bit of movement and Davey is Chris Martin, and Broad just owns him

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Little bit of movement and Davey is Chris Martin, and Broad just owns him

Um, did you see the dismissal? He chased a wide one that didn't move.

 

[Hutty1986]

Um, did you see the dismissal? He chased a wide one that didn't move.

Stop it. The bloke who would leap into NZ's best ever 11 is a fraud, and that's that.

 

[Bazal]

Stop it. The bloke who would leap into NZ's best ever 11 is a fraud, and that's that.

He's up there with the greatest flat track bullies of all time, but the obsession with him from fans of The Nice Guys(TM) has gotten quite bizarre.

Like, everyone has acknowledged it for years. He's also a knob. Everyone's acknowledged that for years too

 

[The_Frog]

Heroic from Boland. Showed more character than every one of our batters that got out tonight.

Wants to emulate Dizzy perhaps.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Hmm.

Tom Harrison writes to Cricket Australia to involve English players in the Sheffield Shield

Tom Harrison writes to Cricket Australia to involve English players in the Sheffield Shield

Australia has only six teams in its premier first-class competition, meaning opportunities for outsiders are limited

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[Twizzle]

 

[TheParraboy]

We most likely have a 150-160 run lead if Sir Woakes of Birmingham isnt dropped twice within 5 runs of your highness being at the crease

Poms dismiss us before lunch today (called tea in a D/N test) then this test will go down to the wire

Bat till tea (called dinner in a D/N test) will have a lead of around 350 or so , and should be more than enough to go 4-0

 

[JJ]

He's up there with the greatest flat track bullies of all time, but the obsession with him from fans of The Nice Guys(TM) has gotten quite bizarre.

Like, everyone has acknowledged it for years. He's also a knob. Everyone's acknowledged that for years too

Tom Latham is chasing him as a flat track bully, needs a poor attack too… Davey can destroy pretty much anyone in his condition

 

[JJ]

We most likely have a 150-160 run lead if Sir Woakes of Birmingham isnt dropped twice within 5 runs of your highness being at the crease

Poms dismiss us before lunch today (called tea in a D/N test) then this test will go down to the wire

Bat till tea (called dinner in a D/N test) will have a lead of around 350 or so , and should be more than enough to go 4-0

Think your first innings has just about made it safe, they’ll regret the drop and the very poor bowling matched by fantastic batting

 

[Hutty1986]

He's up there with the greatest flat track bullies of all time, but the obsession with him from fans of The Nice Guys(TM) has gotten quite bizarre.

Like, everyone has acknowledged it for years. He's also a knob. Everyone's acknowledged that for years too

Bit harsh imo. The thing is, his debut hundred was an absolutely brilliant one at Bellerive, in bowler friendly conditions. Obviously got destroyed on the last UK tour, and his record in England/India is poor, but has scored some incredible hundreds against truly world class attacks in SA. Just because those conditions are similar to ours doesn't mean they weren't great knocks (and series winning ones). Think he also has a couple of tons in Bangladesh; on the surface that's not ultra impressive, but the Bangas are tough to beat at home. That's aside from the 2 hundreds he should have scored this summer, and the many times he's played a dumb shot with the opposition seemingly at his mercy.

 

[Eelectrica]

Can Scotty retire hurt with that hand injury and bat later and still bowl? Because if so, that's what I'd be doing.

 

[Bazal]

Bit harsh imo. The thing is, his debut hundred was an absolutely brilliant one at Bellerive, in bowler friendly conditions. Obviously got destroyed on the last UK tour, and his record in England/India is poor, but has scored some incredible hundreds against truly world class attacks in SA. Just because those conditions are similar to ours doesn't mean they weren't great knocks (and series winning ones). Think he also has a couple of tons in Bangladesh; on the surface that's not ultra impressive, but the Bangas are tough to beat at home. That's aside from the 2 hundreds he should have scored this summer, and the many times he's played a dumb shot with the opposition seemingly at his mercy.

I don't think it's harsh tbh.

I think he's scored a couple.of hundreds, particularly that one at Bellerive, that gave him some leeway but as his career has progressed he's turned more and more into a flat track bully.

When he started he was a lot better, but I think him being a mental midget has had a lot to do with it. Zero chance 2021/22 Davey scores that Hobart hundred.

 

[Eelectrica]

Maybe we could loan England Joe Burns for the rest of the tour. He's not doing a whole lot and could be an upgrade to Rory.

 

[TheParraboy]

Can Scotty retire hurt with that hand injury and bat later and still bowl? Because if so, that's what I'd be doing.

Id retire him at 50*

 

[TheParraboy]

Maybe we could loan England Joe Burns for the rest of the tour. He's not doing a whole lot and could be an upgrade to Rory.

Rest of the tour = no more games

Or you suggesting womens ashes?

 

[Eelectrica]

Rest of the tour = no more games

Or you suggestion the womens ashes?

For some reason I thought they were playing some ODI's. The rest of the game then.

 

[hineyrulz]

No bat pad lol, Ellen is the pits as skipper.

 

[hineyrulz]

Bit of a soft shot by Head, we need at least another 100 more IMO.

 

[Bazal]

England are having the tinniest Test of the summer here.

Could have easily been rolled for 50-100 less and now their entire plan seems to be hope they get strangles off shit rocks