Jonny Bairstow allegedly head-butted Cameron Bancroft in a bar in Perth after the tour game, in case anyone was wondering why Bairstow was the subject of particularly egregious sledging.
Reviewing Broads decision I can't see a hot spot on the bat at all. There is a small mark on the BACK of the bat, but that is about at least an inch above where the ball passed the bat, and as for snicko.........the "sound" comes after the ball has passed the bat.
Just who is the 3rd umpire............Dennis Lillie ??
You should have another look. Because that decision was 100% right.
There's a small hot spot that appears at *exactly* the point at which the ball and bat coincide, as well as something appearing close on the back of the bat.
Snicko shows the spike appearing between the two frames before and after the ball meeting the bat: it's perfectly timed.
FFS the old dear in SW1 needs to have a quiet word with the CPS, knight Stokes for sticking up for the gays and then stick him on the first plane down under.
I haven't totally given up on this Test, I've seen plenty fail to get a total like this including Australia on quite a few occasions. However what does encourage me is that they are not that good (not that I ever believed they were) and the rest of the series will be very close.
Their batting is better than us. Their Bowling in Australian conditions is better than us and their fielding is better than us. Apart from all that we are quite equal. I had us down at the beginning of the series as The Aussies winning four Tests, I have seen nothing to change that prediction.
Australia's bowling is MUCH better than England's. And them having Smith makes their batting better too.
Be interesting to see how many games Cook will be given if he continues to fail. As far as I can see, England haven't got another opening bat in the party.
I haven't totally given up on this Test, I've seen plenty fail to get a total like this including Australia on quite a few occasions. However what does encourage me is that they are not that good (not that I ever believed they were) and the rest of the series will be very close.
Their batting is better than us. Their Bowling in Australian conditions is better than us and their fielding is better than us. Apart from all that we are quite equal. I had us down at the beginning of the series as The Aussies winning four Tests, I have seen nothing to change that prediction.
Australia's bowling is MUCH better than England's. And them having Smith makes their batting better too.
Be interesting to see how many games Cook will be given if he continues to fail. As far as I can see, England haven't got another opening bat in the party.
I think Cook will play at the very least the first four Tests. If we are 4-0 down by then and he's still not scoring runs, they might replace him.
I haven't totally given up on this Test, I've seen plenty fail to get a total like this including Australia on quite a few occasions. However what does encourage me is that they are not that good (not that I ever believed they were) and the rest of the series will be very close.
Their batting is better than us. Their Bowling in Australian conditions is better than us and their fielding is better than us. Apart from all that we are quite equal. I had us down at the beginning of the series as The Aussies winning four Tests, I have seen nothing to change that prediction.
Australia's bowling is MUCH better than England's. And them having Smith makes their batting better too.
Be interesting to see how many games Cook will be given if he continues to fail. As far as I can see, England haven't got another opening bat in the party.
I think Cook will play at the very least the first four Tests. If we are 4-0 down by then and he's still not scoring runs, they might replace him.
We haven't got many English openers knocking on the door. Who would you replace him with?
I haven't totally given up on this Test, I've seen plenty fail to get a total like this including Australia on quite a few occasions. However what does encourage me is that they are not that good (not that I ever believed they were) and the rest of the series will be very close.
Their batting is better than us. Their Bowling in Australian conditions is better than us and their fielding is better than us. Apart from all that we are quite equal. I had us down at the beginning of the series as The Aussies winning four Tests, I have seen nothing to change that prediction.
Australia's bowling is MUCH better than England's. And them having Smith makes their batting better too.
Be interesting to see how many games Cook will be given if he continues to fail. As far as I can see, England haven't got another opening bat in the party.
I completely agree with your first point. Our strike bowlers are far too slow for the conditions and our spinner is erratic (at best). Until both issues are addressed we've no chance down under.
I haven't totally given up on this Test, I've seen plenty fail to get a total like this including Australia on quite a few occasions. However what does encourage me is that they are not that good (not that I ever believed they were) and the rest of the series will be very close.
Their batting is better than us. Their Bowling in Australian conditions is better than us and their fielding is better than us. Apart from all that we are quite equal. I had us down at the beginning of the series as The Aussies winning four Tests, I have seen nothing to change that prediction.
Australia's bowling is MUCH better than England's. And them having Smith makes their batting better too.
Be interesting to see how many games Cook will be given if he continues to fail. As far as I can see, England haven't got another opening bat in the party.
I think Cook will play at the very least the first four Tests. If we are 4-0 down by then and he's still not scoring runs, they might replace him.
We haven't got many English openers knocking on the door. Who would you replace him with?
Ok, so who recognises our "main fan" in this, the first guy up singing ?
I asked last year but no one recognised him. I'm 99% sure he supports Charlton and I used to see him home and away donkeys years ago, but now haven't seen him for possibly 20 years. His hair used to be shorter.
Yes, CE, a familiar face from the mid 90's when daughter & I used to travel on Betty's coach to away games.
His name is Matt and I'm trying hard to remember who used to be a part of his group....
I haven't totally given up on this Test, I've seen plenty fail to get a total like this including Australia on quite a few occasions. However what does encourage me is that they are not that good (not that I ever believed they were) and the rest of the series will be very close.
Their batting is better than us. Their Bowling in Australian conditions is better than us and their fielding is better than us. Apart from all that we are quite equal. I had us down at the beginning of the series as The Aussies winning four Tests, I have seen nothing to change that prediction.
Australia's bowling is MUCH better than England's. And them having Smith makes their batting better too.
Be interesting to see how many games Cook will be given if he continues to fail. As far as I can see, England haven't got another opening bat in the party.
I think Cook will play at the very least the first four Tests. If we are 4-0 down by then and he's still not scoring runs, they might replace him.
We haven't got many English openers knocking on the door. Who would you replace him with?
Rory Burns... been knocking on the door for a couple year now. Reportedly ignored by the selectors for scoring runs ugly and not looking a good as others at the crease.
I haven't totally given up on this Test, I've seen plenty fail to get a total like this including Australia on quite a few occasions. However what does encourage me is that they are not that good (not that I ever believed they were) and the rest of the series will be very close.
Their batting is better than us. Their Bowling in Australian conditions is better than us and their fielding is better than us. Apart from all that we are quite equal. I had us down at the beginning of the series as The Aussies winning four Tests, I have seen nothing to change that prediction.
Australia's bowling is MUCH better than England's. And them having Smith makes their batting better too.
Be interesting to see how many games Cook will be given if he continues to fail. As far as I can see, England haven't got another opening bat in the party.
I think Cook will play at the very least the first four Tests. If we are 4-0 down by then and he's still not scoring runs, they might replace him.
We haven't got many English openers knocking on the door. Who would you replace him with?
Rory Burns... been knocking on the door for a couple year now. Reportedly ignored by the selectors for scoring runs ugly and not looking a good as others at the crease.
Ok, so who recognises our "main fan" in this, the first guy up singing ?
I asked last year but no one recognised him. I'm 99% sure he supports Charlton and I used to see him home and away donkeys years ago, but now haven't seen him for possibly 20 years. His hair used to be shorter.
Yes, CE, a familiar face from the mid 90's when daughter & I used to travel on Betty's coach to away games.
His name is Matt and I'm trying hard to remember who used to be a part of his group....
Well I'll be - it's only Matt Goss! (No not that one). Me, Karen, Pete Wray, Dean Humphrey, Mark Cann, Ian Smith, Kev Porch, Maxine Hubert etc all used to hang out together (mostly near the dartboard in the Oak). As far as I know he lives in Aus now?
Jonny Bairstow allegedly head-butted Cameron Bancroft in a bar in Perth after the tour game, in case anyone was wondering why Bairstow was the subject of particularly egregious sledging.
Jonny Bairstow allegedly head-butted Cameron Bancroft in a bar in Perth after the tour game, in case anyone was wondering why Bairstow was the subject of particularly egregious sledging.
What is it with Gingers ??
He nutted the bloke......in other words he gave him a ginger nut.
“Are you here for all five days, mate?” asked a friendly Aussie soon after I had arrived at The Gabba for Day 4. “That will depend on England’s players”, I retorted. “You guys will get a decent score on this track, I reckon”, he replied. We discussed the day ahead at length as Root and Stoneman started comfortably. It seemed like a different battle from the last overs of Day 3 when the crowd was roaring. The ground looked empty for Day 4. Perhaps, Aussies like or need a lie in on a Sunday.
Runs came reasonably easily and I started to wonder if my friendly neighbour was right – England will get a decent score on this track. I started thinking of how long it would take to score 350 and have time to bowl the Aussies out. As I was imaging Anderson ripping through the Aussie top order, one from Lyon turned a bit more and Stoneman edged to slip. 12 runs later Malan gave the same combination of Smith and Lyon a wicket, which made it 74 for 4.
Root and Moeen Ali set about trying to stage a recovery. Again, this pair looked comfortable. Even though the ground was filling up a little, there was a distinct lack of atmosphere and the Aussies consequently seemed tamer even though two wickets had already fallen. Just as thoughts of recovery were forming in my head, Root, who had played faultlessly, stopped playing what might have been a captain’s innings and missed a straight one that hit his pads. I didn’t like the way Root slouched his way off the field. What message did that send to his team mates? We’re beaten, perhaps.
The afternoon looked better as Moeen Ali and Bairstow made batting look easy. It was enhanced by the discovery of a beer called Iron Jack, sold, it seemed, at just one of many bars in the ground. It wasn’t the best beer I’ve ever consumed, but it was better than the appalling Castlemaine XXXX. Having downed a schooner or two of Iron Jack, I was confronted with my biggest decision of the day. Curiously, the third umpire would be making his biggest decision of the match soon afterwards.
My big decision was whether to put the plastic glass (can you have a plastic glass?) into the bin marked Co-Mingling Recycled or General Waste. An official was standing next to the bins and she didn’t know either. I didn’t want to get it wrong as Australia is a place of rules. Every 10 minutes, there is an announcement telling you what fine you will get in you encroach on the field, behave in a racist manner or throw anything. “If you throw, you go” is the slogan I have heard about 100 times now and it’s a fine of A$706 if you use bad language or threaten any of the players or officials. However, singing “Broad is a w****r” at the top of your voice comes with a tax rebate and an improved pension pay package.
My apologies for my digression. You’re probably still wondering whether I chose the Co-Mingling Recycled or General Waste. Well, I chose Co-Mingling Recycled – or CMR, as I came to call it. An Aussie who had enough plastic glasses to start one of those silly beer snakes then came along and chose the General Waste, but it was too late for me to change my mind.
Back on the square, all was going well until the painful Paine whipped off the bails for the umpteenth time standing up to Lyon. He claimed Moeen Ali as his first victim of the innings and the third umpire was called upon to see if it was a stumping or not. The third umpire watched the video 100 times before making his decision. With each viewing, the Aussies cheered more loudly. In equal measure, it became more and more obvious that it was definitely not out. As the out/not out display on the scoreboard whirled around making it as tense as who would be fired by Lord Sugar, I relaxed as it had to be not out if the third umpire needs so long to make a decision. To my amazement, the word “OUT” came up in big letters. The next few words that came out of my mouth will not be recorded here. Moeen Ali did indeed look like a victim of Paine – and, the third umpire.
Any hopes of recovery now looked slim after the incredulous decision. England succumbed meekly, yet another less crucial decision went against England when painful Paine was the only person in the ground to think that Broad had nicked one from Starc. Unless my eyes deceive me, I couldn’t see anything on hot spot to match the sound on Snicko, but Broad was gone. Painful Paine whipped off the bails yet again when Ball was a foot inside his crease. The English contingent assumed it would be out with mocking “Howzats”. In truth, we were stuffed. The Aussies were on the up and up and we were down and out.
Setting Australia 170 to win never looked enough. The consensus seemed to be that we needed to set a target of 250 or more. As we came out to field, the body language didn’t look good. “We’ll give it a go in Adelaide” was what I read into the English players’ appearance in the field. Anderson bowled well, Broad fairly well, but the rest looked half hearted. I don’t know if Bancroft is a rabbit, but we are clearly trying to play him into the team for the rest of the series – clever tactic if he is a rabbit.
Runs came easily. Warner batted attractively but I felt as though I still might be able to pick off the odd four from Woakes, Ball or Moeen Ali. Day 5 will be a formality as the Aussies need 50-odd to go one up. As for our team, Cook, Ball and Woakes all came up well short of the mark in this game; most of the others need to do a bit better and someone needs to excel. I don’t know if any of this team will be consigned to cricket’s equivalent of the Co-Mingled Recycling, but I think there was some General Waste – Cook’s two bad dismissals, Root not going on to get a ton, inadequate bowling, promising partnerships that floundered and no attempt to dominate at any time. Australia are not a great team, but they look good enough at the moment. Someone needs to do what Smith did and dominate for at least a period of the game.
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There's a small hot spot that appears at *exactly* the point at which the ball and bat coincide, as well as something appearing close on the back of the bat.
Snicko shows the spike appearing between the two frames before and after the ball meeting the bat: it's perfectly timed.
Correct decision by the third umpire.
On pacy pitches our tail without Stokes looks very vulnerable
Be interesting to see how many games Cook will be given if he continues to fail. As far as I can see, England haven't got another opening bat in the party.
His name is Matt and I'm trying hard to remember who used to be a part of his group....
Possibly @Algarveaddick ?
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Gabba Gabba Gabba – Day 4 – Nails in the coffin
“Are you here for all five days, mate?” asked a friendly Aussie soon after I had arrived at The Gabba for Day 4. “That will depend on England’s players”, I retorted. “You guys will get a decent score on this track, I reckon”, he replied. We discussed the day ahead at length as Root and Stoneman started comfortably. It seemed like a different battle from the last overs of Day 3 when the crowd was roaring. The ground looked empty for Day 4. Perhaps, Aussies like or need a lie in on a Sunday.
Runs came reasonably easily and I started to wonder if my friendly neighbour was right – England will get a decent score on this track. I started thinking of how long it would take to score 350 and have time to bowl the Aussies out. As I was imaging Anderson ripping through the Aussie top order, one from Lyon turned a bit more and Stoneman edged to slip. 12 runs later Malan gave the same combination of Smith and Lyon a wicket, which made it 74 for 4.
Root and Moeen Ali set about trying to stage a recovery. Again, this pair looked comfortable. Even though the ground was filling up a little, there was a distinct lack of atmosphere and the Aussies consequently seemed tamer even though two wickets had already fallen. Just as thoughts of recovery were forming in my head, Root, who had played faultlessly, stopped playing what might have been a captain’s innings and missed a straight one that hit his pads. I didn’t like the way Root slouched his way off the field. What message did that send to his team mates? We’re beaten, perhaps.
The afternoon looked better as Moeen Ali and Bairstow made batting look easy. It was enhanced by the discovery of a beer called Iron Jack, sold, it seemed, at just one of many bars in the ground. It wasn’t the best beer I’ve ever consumed, but it was better than the appalling Castlemaine XXXX. Having downed a schooner or two of Iron Jack, I was confronted with my biggest decision of the day. Curiously, the third umpire would be making his biggest decision of the match soon afterwards.
My big decision was whether to put the plastic glass (can you have a plastic glass?) into the bin marked Co-Mingling Recycled or General Waste. An official was standing next to the bins and she didn’t know either. I didn’t want to get it wrong as Australia is a place of rules. Every 10 minutes, there is an announcement telling you what fine you will get in you encroach on the field, behave in a racist manner or throw anything. “If you throw, you go” is the slogan I have heard about 100 times now and it’s a fine of A$706 if you use bad language or threaten any of the players or officials. However, singing “Broad is a w****r” at the top of your voice comes with a tax rebate and an improved pension pay package.
My apologies for my digression. You’re probably still wondering whether I chose the Co-Mingling Recycled or General Waste. Well, I chose Co-Mingling Recycled – or CMR, as I came to call it. An Aussie who had enough plastic glasses to start one of those silly beer snakes then came along and chose the General Waste, but it was too late for me to change my mind.
Back on the square, all was going well until the painful Paine whipped off the bails for the umpteenth time standing up to Lyon. He claimed Moeen Ali as his first victim of the innings and the third umpire was called upon to see if it was a stumping or not. The third umpire watched the video 100 times before making his decision. With each viewing, the Aussies cheered more loudly. In equal measure, it became more and more obvious that it was definitely not out. As the out/not out display on the scoreboard whirled around making it as tense as who would be fired by Lord Sugar, I relaxed as it had to be not out if the third umpire needs so long to make a decision. To my amazement, the word “OUT” came up in big letters. The next few words that came out of my mouth will not be recorded here. Moeen Ali did indeed look like a victim of Paine – and, the third umpire.
Any hopes of recovery now looked slim after the incredulous decision. England succumbed meekly, yet another less crucial decision went against England when painful Paine was the only person in the ground to think that Broad had nicked one from Starc. Unless my eyes deceive me, I couldn’t see anything on hot spot to match the sound on Snicko, but Broad was gone. Painful Paine whipped off the bails yet again when Ball was a foot inside his crease. The English contingent assumed it would be out with mocking “Howzats”. In truth, we were stuffed. The Aussies were on the up and up and we were down and out.
Setting Australia 170 to win never looked enough. The consensus seemed to be that we needed to set a target of 250 or more. As we came out to field, the body language didn’t look good. “We’ll give it a go in Adelaide” was what I read into the English players’ appearance in the field. Anderson bowled well, Broad fairly well, but the rest looked half hearted. I don’t know if Bancroft is a rabbit, but we are clearly trying to play him into the team for the rest of the series – clever tactic if he is a rabbit.
Runs came easily. Warner batted attractively but I felt as though I still might be able to pick off the odd four from Woakes, Ball or Moeen Ali. Day 5 will be a formality as the Aussies need 50-odd to go one up. As for our team, Cook, Ball and Woakes all came up well short of the mark in this game; most of the others need to do a bit better and someone needs to excel. I don’t know if any of this team will be consigned to cricket’s equivalent of the Co-Mingled Recycling, but I think there was some General Waste – Cook’s two bad dismissals, Root not going on to get a ton, inadequate bowling, promising partnerships that floundered and no attempt to dominate at any time. Australia are not a great team, but they look good enough at the moment. Someone needs to do what Smith did and dominate for at least a period of the game.
Me neither...
I'd be surprised if our confidence isn't shot and the series quickly runs away from us.