The Association Football Cricket thread

[Zidane98]

Bring ScoMo on more often. Joins commentary. Immediate wicket

Let's hope that Djokovic's DRS review to Scomo giving him out doesn't get up.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

3-0 down, lost the ashes, pressures off and some batsmen other than Root decide to make some runs

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

As I say that, cya stokes!!

 

[glenferry23]

Nice to see a bit of fight finally. Have barely watched any of this test, havent really bothered considering how inept England have been. I did see a replay though of that ball that hit Stokes’ off stump however failed to dislodge the bail. Not sure I’ve ever seen it like that before, amazing.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

1 more and we are into the tail.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Did someone say KFC.

 

[glenferry23]

Well played for Bairstow. That’s probably the game now.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Brilliant stuff

 

[Bradesmaen]

Can almost not tell where the pitch starts and ends it's that green

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Can almost not tell where the pitch starts and ends it's that green

Maybe that’s why Marnus was so confused where his stumps were?!

Quite a green tinge but been a little over exaggerated in the media…

 

[RPCB]

England Cricketers are morons.

 

[glenferry23]

Broad gets his bunny again, for a pair.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Boy, the subcontinent is going to be ugly for us.

 

[Loonerty]

Boy, the subcontinent is going to be ugly for us.

Why's that?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Why's that?

That post was a more of a reaction to Warner falling again. Realistically though, we've struggled there for ages (even a weak Sri Lanka managed a 3-0 whitewash in 2016) and Warner will effectively have us one player down. I'm confident in our bowlers, but I have concerns over our batting. Hopefully Smith can get back to some form, and Labs, Head and Green can handle the condition (all three are unproven there in tests).

 

[Zidane98]

Uzzie nearly had his head taken off by that one. 250 will be enough of a lead on this pitch.

 

[Zidane98]

And thats the poms all out. Were actually looking threatening at the start of the 4th innings.

 

[glenferry23]

I’ve had to do a double take, wtf. Switched it off with England 0-60 something, and fully expected some wickets in the night session. But bowled out? 10 wickets in 20 odd overs? That’s utterly embarrassing.

Won’t get a better opportunity than that to win an Ashes Test here, and they absolutely ****ed it up. Couldn’t believe the scorecard when I checked it, but in a way, it’s actually very believable.

 

[Magma]

for the sum of its parts its the worst side i can recall seeing. unfit, underprepared, tactically woeful, no ability to play the bounce or turn and no willingness to stay in and fight. and it's not like this is an all time great australian team, yet still got flicked aside with relative ease. one wicket short of a whitewash, no score above 300 in 10 innings. what a mess

 

[Art Vandelay_]

 

[Zidane98]

 

[Frank Bunn]

Surely, it's just a marketing gimmick to label any women's games between England and Australia as 'The Ashes'.

The origin of the term refers to a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and "the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia". This tradition is about men's cricket.

The term has no relevance to women's cricket between the two countries, moreso when it is being extended to One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 International matches.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Shield season may not be completed due to WA premier being a campaigner.

Essentially there is a date in March that 14 quarantine needs to end by and if it doesn’t WA won’t commit to playing.

 

[Magma]

well, langer gone. been so poorly handled and disrespectful of the man

 

[jd2010]

Only positive from this seeing his former teammates/current mates go in to back up their mate. Terribly mishandled and seems like a great coach