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Honestly test match cricket has a way of ruining me. Never really watched it until 2019 ashes with Stokes at headingly.
Stayed up until 3am weds morning - left for work at 6am
Woke up at 3am this morning again left work at 6am.
Felt flat, angry, hopeless. Promised myself this morning to forget about the cricket and get a decent sleep tonight.
Now im wide awake playing out scenarios where stokes, Archer, Tongue all get centuries and now starting to believe.
Win this match, we win the series, nailed on.
The momentum of a test match cricket game is mentally draining, when its spread across 5 days
I do kinda like it tho
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Test cricket is the first 5 series of Game of Thrones, the sopranos, breaking bad. Long form spells interspersed with red hot spells of intense drama. T20 is watching a reel on twitter, its 20 seconds of crowd work by a comedian. A bag of haribo.AdTheAddicK said:Honestly test match cricket has a way of ruining me. Never really watched it until 2019 ashes with Stokes at headingly.
Stayed up until 3am weds morning - left for work at 6am
Woke up at 3am this morning again left work at 6am.
Felt flat, angry, hopeless. Promised myself this morning to forget about the cricket and get a decent sleep tonight.
Now im wide awake playing out scenarios where stokes, Archer, Tongue all get centuries and now starting to believe.
Win this match, we win the series, nailed on.
The momentum of a test match cricket game is mentally draining, when its spread across 5 days
I do kinda like it tho
To understand test cricket is to love it and consign yourself to rained off run chases, batting collapses the like of which England have always been market-leaders in. To feel the raw fear english batsmen felt as Courtney Walsh or Curtly Ambrose had a ball tossed at them by Brian Lara and given a wide grin and a wink to go and cause come stumps to rocket out of the ground. Failing that to break a few ribs. Its Allan Donald and a tough northern posh boy from Manchester facing each other down. Its Shane Warne doing things physics should not allow a cricket ball to do, poor Mike Gatting.
Its also Ben Stokes carrying a cricket bat that need two mere mortals to lift, out to the middle of Headingly as we dribbled to another tragic collapse and failure. A beer snake holding more attention than the bed shitting taking place in the square. Then Stokes becoming an immortal as Jack Leach cleans his specs at the other end not knowing what the fuck is happening around him. Its Monty Panesar the guy who dangled the ball on string but stubbornly refused to take fielding or batting seriously, displaying such a dedication to being a shit fielder and batsman the first test in Cardiff was all over. Then the Lutonian blocked and held off a tiring but still rabid Australian attack to seal a draw on the day Oasis played their last ever UK show before Liam finally going too arsehole for his brother to handle.
You tasted the crack of a truly unfathomable run chase by a one man wrecking ball of a cricketer. Test match cricket crack and now you are tainted for eternity7 -
This is beautifulCarter said:
Test cricket is the first 5 series of Game of Thrones, the sopranos, breaking bad. Long form spells interspersed with red hot spells of intense drama. T20 is watching a reel on twitter, its 20 seconds of crowd work by a comedian. A bag of haribo.AdTheAddicK said:Honestly test match cricket has a way of ruining me. Never really watched it until 2019 ashes with Stokes at headingly.
Stayed up until 3am weds morning - left for work at 6am
Woke up at 3am this morning again left work at 6am.
Felt flat, angry, hopeless. Promised myself this morning to forget about the cricket and get a decent sleep tonight.
Now im wide awake playing out scenarios where stokes, Archer, Tongue all get centuries and now starting to believe.
Win this match, we win the series, nailed on.
The momentum of a test match cricket game is mentally draining, when its spread across 5 days
I do kinda like it tho
To understand test cricket is to love it and consign yourself to rained off run chases, batting collapses the like of which England have always been market-leaders in. To feel the raw fear english batsmen felt as Courtney Walsh or Curtly Ambrose had a ball tossed at them by Brian Lara and given a wide grin and a wink to go and cause come stumps to rocket out of the ground. Failing that to break a few ribs. Its Allan Donald and a tough northern posh boy from Manchester facing each other down. Its Shane Warne doing things physics should not allow a cricket ball to do, poor Mike Gatting.
Its also Ben Stokes carrying a cricket bat that need two mere mortals to lift, out to the middle of Headingly as we dribbled to another tragic collapse and failure. A beer snake holding more attention than the bed shitting taking place in the square. Then Stokes becoming an immortal as Jack Leach cleans his specs at the other end not knowing what the fuck is happening around him. Its Monty Panesar the guy who dangled the ball on string but stubbornly refused to take fielding or batting seriously, displaying such a dedication to being a shit fielder and batsman the first test in Cardiff was all over. Then the Lutonian blocked and held off a tiring but still rabid Australian attack to seal a draw on the day Oasis played their last ever UK show before Liam finally going too arsehole for his brother to handle.
You tasted the crack of a truly unfathomable run chase by a one man wrecking ball of a cricketer. Test match cricket crack and now you are tainted for eternity0 -
I think getting rid of Strauss might be a bit harsh.Covered End said:We are not good enough against the better opposition, end of story.
The point I think we nearly all agree on is that to improve the situation in Test cricket we need to return to the tried and tested.
We can't produce players good enough to win in Australia if we are not playing enough County Championship cricket and at the right times in the year.
Stating the obvious not playing in August is ridiculous.
We can't train players to throw the bat at every ball and then expect them to be able to defend properly.
We can't have accurate bowlers if we're not getting them to play and practice in the County Championship.
I'd get rid of Strauss, Key, McCallum and if Stokes doesn't want to revert to authentic Test Cricket, then make someone else captain, but keep him in the side.0 -
Strapped in and ready for 2 hours of disappointment0
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50* (159) for Stokes0
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Well batted the captain
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Mahoosive six from Archer0
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Followed by an immaculate forward defence shot. Very mature batting.fenaddick said:Mahoosive six from Archer2 -
I love watching Archer bat. Always good value.1
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Would love a Jof 50…1
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These 2 showing the rest of the team how they should have gone about their innings.1
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How many times is Swan going to tell that "Strauss at second slip" story? He said exactly the same thing at lunch yesterday.
I've only watched about an hour or so of the live coverage of this test and he's told it twice!0 -
Archer total balls faced so far: 71
Crawley, Duckett, Pope total balls faced: 593 -
Just goes to show how much easier it is to face a soft ball too0
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Massive oversimplification. We didn’t get out from stupid batting yesterday.golfaddick said:These 2 showing the rest of the team how they should have gone about their innings.0 -
Longest England innings of the series, passing the first innings in Brisbane at 76.2 overs0
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100 partnership between these two0
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Starc and Cummins look dangerous with the new ball. I don’t expect us to last too much longer now…..0
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Will last at least another few minutes - drinks break!Callumcafc said:Starc and Cummins look dangerous with the new ball. I don’t expect us to last too much longer now…..0 -
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Lead is under 1001
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Deficit is under 1000
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Half century for Archer off 971
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Maiden half century in Tests for Jofra Archer0
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Well played Jofra0
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Starc bowls Stokes for 830
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Starc bowls Stokes for 83. A familiar dismissal for Ben Stokes.274-90
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Stokes is FURIOUS with himself0
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Thought i'd see one more over tonight and that happens. Great innings though.0
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Not a lot he could do about the ball tbh. Just another very good ball - not a delivery that one of ours could produce.fenaddick said:Stokes is FURIOUS with himself1
