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  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    Gutting 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    Bazball is no fucking use if you go round missing catches (Bairstow) and bowling no balls (Broad). Both batsman out there should be back in the hutch. 
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    13 No balls already from England, far too many.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Both sides have been a bit sloppy, with missed chances and no balls 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    blackpool72 said:
    If Foakes ain't playing for the rest of the series then he must be shaging one of the selecters daughters 
    Who do you drop? 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,675
    Cafc43v3r said:
    blackpool72 said:
    If Foakes ain't playing for the rest of the series then he must be shaging one of the selecters daughters 
    Who do you drop? 
    Bairstow if necessary. 
    Foakes is averaging 51 in county cricket this season. 
    I know Bairstow is a better batsman but if he keeps missing stumpings and dropping catches he's a liability. 

    Plus he's a ginger headed Yorkshire gobshite and I can't stand him.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Cafc43v3r said:
    blackpool72 said:
    If Foakes ain't playing for the rest of the series then he must be shaging one of the selecters daughters 
    Who do you drop? 
    Stokes. He can captain off the field, by regularly coming onto the pitch to bring drinks, fresh gloves etc 😉
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,675
    killerandflash said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    blackpool72 said:
    If Foakes ain't playing for the rest of the series then he must be shaging one of the selecters daughters 
    Who do you drop? 
    Stokes. He can captain off the field, by regularly coming onto the pitch to bring drinks, fresh gloves etc 😉
    Actually that would work
    Foakes could keep wicket and Bairstow plays as a batsman only 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited June 2023
    blackpool72 said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    blackpool72 said:
    If Foakes ain't playing for the rest of the series then he must be shaging one of the selecters daughters 
    Who do you drop? 
    Bairstow if necessary. 
    Foakes is averaging 51 in county cricket this season. 
    I know Bairstow is a better batsman but if he keeps missing stumpings and dropping catches he's a liability. 

    Plus he's a ginger headed Yorkshire gobshite and I can't stand him.
    Bairstow is without a shadow of a doubt one of our best 5 batsmen.  100% he should be in the team.

    That's a different argument to if he should keep.

    Maybe we tell Pope he either opens or is dropped 😉 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,675
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  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    Take Stokes out and put Foakes in and we are a better team no doubt 
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    Why why why did we throw away valuable runs and declare for no gain 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,675
    DamoNorthStand said:
    Why why why did we throw away valuable runs and declare for no gain 
    If Bairstow took his chances and Broad never overstepped Australia would probably be out by now.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Hindsight is brilliant.  Never known to be wrong.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    Carey edges one between keeper and slip
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,675
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Hindsight is brilliant.  Never known to be wrong.
    Neither am I 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Hindsight is brilliant.  Never known to be wrong.
    To be fair, everyone said it last night too.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    North Lower Neil said:
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Hindsight is brilliant.  Never known to be wrong.
    To be fair, everyone said it last night too.
    This. It was obviously the wrong decision last night and it’s being proven the wrong decision after todays play. Every run is going to count….. 
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    North Lower Neil said:
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Hindsight is brilliant.  Never known to be wrong.
    To be fair, everyone said it last night too.
    But no-one was saying it at around 2pm today.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    The way its going Australia will get a smallish lead (less than 50) and bazball will collapse with England being all out for less than 200 & Oz win. 
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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    Wheresmeticket? said:
    Hindsight is brilliant.  Never known to be wrong.
    To be fair, everyone said it last night too.
    But no-one was saying it at around 2pm today.
    Because it had been and gone.  Point still stands.

    It wasn't trying to get a few overs under the lights in a day night game, or not wasting time letting numbers 10 and 11 scratch around for 10 more, Root was in.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    golfaddick said:
    The way its going Australia will get a smallish lead (less than 50) and bazball will collapse with England being all out for less than 200 & Oz win. 
    Are you more or less confident of this prediction than you were of your prediction England wouldn't make 250 in the first innings? 

    Asking for a bookmaker. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Declaring just so that a "result" is more likely isn't ideal if it benefits the opposition more 

    And while the 4 overs of bowling last night were entertaining, another few overs of Root smacking 4s and 6s would have been pretty "entertaining" too...
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Looking at the weather forecast, play should start tomorrow at 11 ok, but rain is likely before the lunch interval and will probably ruin the rest of the day...
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Should Foakes have played?
    Should Crawley have played?
    Should Wood have played?
    Should Pope bat at 3?
    Should Stokes be playing?
    Should we have declared?

    Anyone would think we were well behind in the test, there are loads of "questionable" decisions.  There were for the Pakistan tour. We keep winning.  There is probably a 50/50 chance we win this test, against the "best team in the world".  Enjoy it 😉
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Should Foakes have played?
    Should Crawley have played?
    Should Wood have played?
    Should Pope bat at 3?
    Should Stokes be playing?
    Should we have declared?

    Anyone would think we were well behind in the test, there are loads of "questionable" decisions.  There were for the Pakistan tour. We keep winning.  There is probably a 50/50 chance we win this test, against the "best team in the world".  Enjoy it 😉
    Yes
    yes
    yes
    yes
    yes
    no
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    That's why I love test cricket. At its best it lurches from existential crisis to euphoria. Over 5 days. Love the swings in momentum 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    We’ll probably get quick wickets in the morning and everyone will be happy again…
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    killerandflash said:
    Looking at the weather forecast, play should start tomorrow at 11 ok, but rain is likely before the lunch interval and will probably ruin the rest of the day...
    Weather forecast keeps changing. Checked at 6am it said pretty rainy day. 

    Now checked again and all 3 apps say different things. Common one is cloudy all day and rain at 6. 
    BBC saying raining now (it isn’t) and 20%chance of rain between now and 11am. Then again at 1ish. 
    iPhone weather says cloudy but 30%chance of rain from 4. 
    Metoffice say cloudy and 50%chance of rain at 6. 


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