3rd Ashes Test England v Australia July 6-10 1930hrs @ Headingley

[NSWCROW]

Only night Ch9 show it here and it's ****en raining

 

[chickenonachain]

Wonder if Carey will get an apology from Sir Alistair Knob?

Ashes cricket 2023: Cricket Australia blast Alex Carey rumours over false haircut walkout​

The Australian cricket team has slammed a story that has emerged about wicketkeeper Alex Carey as the Ashes takes an ugly turn.

Cook suggesting Alex Carey walked out of a UK hairdresser without paying.

Leeds barber Adam Mahmood told The Sun newspaper that the Australian wicketkeeper had left his cash only hairdresser without paying and that he had given Carey a deadline of Monday to pay back the $57 Australian dollars.

Cricket Australia has categorically denied Carey has even had a haircut or visited a barber since the team was in Chelsea in London.
Teammates including Steve Smith, who was with Carey at the time, verified that Carey had not visited a barber.

It’s understood a different Australian squad member had visited a local barber who paid for a haircut by international transfer immediately, having walked into the barber not knowing it was cash only.

The squad member has the receipt which they will take to the barber today to clear up any misunderstanding.
Sir Alastair Cook took to BBC radio and said he had his hair cut at the same Leeds hairdresser and repeated the false story on air without checking with the Australian team.

“He says ‘one of them, I think Alex is his name’. I said ‘Alex Carey, wicketkeeper?’” Cook said on radio.

“He says ‘he hasn’t paid.’ It was one of those cash only barbers and he promised him he would do a transfer later on in the day.”
Cook said told fellow commentators: “True story. He might have paid by now.”

Only problem is the story wasn’t true and Carey was wrongly accused.

This can’t be newsworthy can it

 

[Malifice]

Can some of you please stop praying for rain it's ******* cringe.

This game is 50/50, some of you acting like we are well behind

They're cheering on the rain, because that locks up the Ashes.

Not a great way to win them, but I'd take it.

Re the rain, it's looking pretty grim not just today, but also tomorrow and Monday as well.

Called a draw on this test, and that's still where my money is.

 

[Iamspock]

Englands's dreary cold wet miserable climate might explain their ingrained whinging.

What about the gigantic chip on each shoulder?

 

[TigerCraig]

This can’t be newsworthy can it

Only when Carey sues

 

[Tugga27]

This can’t be newsworthy can it

Maybe Cook shouldn't come out with allegations if he doesn't know the full story.

 

[darko]

Hope it rains next 3 days

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

They're cheering on the rain, because that locks up the Ashes.

Not a great way to win them, but I'd take it.

Re the rain, it's looking pretty grim not just today, but also tomorrow and Monday as well.

Called a draw on this test, and that's still where my money is.

Avatar bet mate?

 

[Tugga27]

I’d love to hear the Barmy Army chants, they are hilarious.

Yesterday they called Murphy a s**t Harry Potter

That's just hilarious
So witty and clever.

They're as funny as a fart in an elevator.

 

[largebus]

There's another band of showers in about an hour so good luck getting more than half a day's play in.
It looks like it'll hit Silverstone when F1 qualifying starts as well

 

[Belnakor]

They're cheering on the rain, because that locks up the Ashes.

Not a great way to win them, but I'd take it.

Re the rain, it's looking pretty grim not just today, but also tomorrow and Monday as well.

Called a draw on this test, and that's still where my money is.

If this is a draw I don’t want the team celebrating like they did in 2019. The jobs not done until we win the series. “Securing the ashes” is just steak knives.

 

[Tugga27]

FFS, even ICC officials are coming for us.
I hope we belt these pricks.

ICC INTEGRITY QUESTIONED AS BROAD-WARNER RIVALRY TAKES SINISTER TURN
The father of Stuart Broad has raised eyebrows by entering the Ashes sledge-fest even though he is an International Cricket Council match referee.

Chris Broad, a former England international himself, mocked David Warner with a post on Twitter which attempted to make light of his son’s penchant for dismissing the Australian opener.

Broad posted a meme of Bart Simpson writing on the chalkboard in the famous scene from The Simpsons credits, with the words ‘Stuart Broad has got me out again.’

At first glance it might seem all in good fun and part of the banter typical of the Ashes, with Warner now out 17 times to Broad Jnr in Tests.

But as a current match referee, it was a questionable move bordering on inappropriate given the integrity of the position he holds as a leading official.

News Corp contacted the International Cricket Council for comment, who declined to comment on whether the post was a breach of their standards and protocols for match officials.

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

That's just hilarious
So witty and clever.

They're as funny as a fart in an elevator.

Apologies Tugga I’m a jovial fella.

 

[frankrizzo]

They're cheering on the rain, because that locks up the Ashes.

Not a great way to win them, but I'd take it.

Re the rain, it's looking pretty grim not just today, but also tomorrow and Monday as well.

Called a draw on this test, and that's still where my money is.

Anybody know what leeds is like for drainage? one thing i remember from last wc is how awful some englands grounds are for being ready to play after rain we are used to our grounds not taking too long after heavy rain but some of theirs 90 minutes rain can then mean another 3 hours to dry outfield.

 

[The King!]

Can some of you please stop praying for rain it's ******* cringe.

This game is 50/50, some of you acting like we are well behind

True , but it is nice the poms watching their hopes fade

But point taken , let's play

 

[Malifice]

Anybody know what leeds is like for drainage?

Dunno mate. Was a pretty lightning outfield though. Very hard ground.

Today looks a write off, as does much of tomorrow and the day after.

When our boys do come on, all we need to do is bat for time.

 

[The King!]

Umm rain should mean i get to see some game from 1993 with Boonie batting or something

 

[FullyBigKPro]

English weather

 

[Silly Mid On]

Dunno mate. Was a pretty lightning outfield though. Very hard ground.

Today looks a write off, as does much of tomorrow and the day after.

When our boys do come on, all we need to do is bat for time.

On CricInfo they are saying the ground is very dry and hard because the weather had been dry lately. The groundstaff think the rain won't soak in but sit on the ground as a result making it hard to dry.

But who knows?

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Umm rain should mean i get to see some game from 1993 with Boonie batting or something

I’d be keen on the plane trip video.

 

[CakeEater]

Umm rain should mean i get to see some game from 1993 with Boonie batting or something

Yeah, dont tell me i have to talk to Mrs Cakeeater

 

[FromTheBoundaryLine]

Anybody know what leeds is like for drainage? one thing i remember from last wc is how awful some englands grounds are for being ready to play after rain we are used to our grounds not taking too long after heavy rain but some of theirs 90 minutes rain can then mean another 3 hours to dry outfield.

Not sure if it’ll cope with English tears on top of normal precipitation.

 

[The King!]

I’d be keen on the plane trip video.

Shame that Warnie wasn't on the 89 tour, could have had Boonies beer attempt in that shocking mini series.

 

[danstar]

Wonder if Carey will get an apology from Sir Alistair Knob?

Ashes cricket 2023: Cricket Australia blast Alex Carey rumours over false haircut walkout​

The Australian cricket team has slammed a story that has emerged about wicketkeeper Alex Carey as the Ashes takes an ugly turn.

Cook suggesting Alex Carey walked out of a UK hairdresser without paying.

Leeds barber Adam Mahmood told The Sun newspaper that the Australian wicketkeeper had left his cash only hairdresser without paying and that he had given Carey a deadline of Monday to pay back the $57 Australian dollars.

Cricket Australia has categorically denied Carey has even had a haircut or visited a barber since the team was in Chelsea in London.
Teammates including Steve Smith, who was with Carey at the time, verified that Carey had not visited a barber.

It’s understood a different Australian squad member had visited a local barber who paid for a haircut by international transfer immediately, having walked into the barber not knowing it was cash only.

The squad member has the receipt which they will take to the barber today to clear up any misunderstanding.
Sir Alastair Cook took to BBC radio and said he had his hair cut at the same Leeds hairdresser and repeated the false story on air without checking with the Australian team.

“He says ‘one of them, I think Alex is his name’. I said ‘Alex Carey, wicketkeeper?’” Cook said on radio.

“He says ‘he hasn’t paid.’ It was one of those cash only barbers and he promised him he would do a transfer later on in the day.”
Cook said told fellow commentators: “True story. He might have paid by now.”

Only problem is the story wasn’t true and Carey was wrongly accused.

something something, england always whinging

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Looking at these English rain radars makes me appreciate how good the BOM radar is. It is so much more defined and easier to navigate.

You'd think the Poms would lead the world in rain radar technology