Big Cricket Thread

[Truckosaurus]

Perfect, Starc!

 

[Ochre]

5-0

 

[Biggie]

 

[larrikin]

Time to put up a fight Poms.

Actually, happy for you not to.

 

[Doashuey]

Great toss to lose. The pitch has some life but our bowlers have also been on the money from ball one.

Thoughts on winning the toss and bowling 1st HoneyBadger35 ?

 

[Ochre]

Great call by Huddo

 

[Agent93]

Gotta hand it to Burns, that's such a pommie way to start the Ashes. Just play straight and block it you dope.

 

[Campaigner for good]

Meanwhile on Kayo, Warne is talking down that first delivery. It was just a 'half volley on leg stump'. It was a half volley but it was pretty quick and importantly kept swinging back.

We know you don't like Starc Shane but come on it was a good delivery to someone who has a habit of walking across their stumps and falling towards the off side.

 

[Truckosaurus]

Meanwhile on Kayo, Warne is talking down that first delivery. It was just a 'half volley on leg stump'. It was a half volley but it was pretty quick and importantly kept swinging back.

We know you don't like Starc Shane but come on it was a good delivery to someone who has a habit of walking across their stumps and falling towards the off side.

I thought this was a good opinion piece:

Why is Shane Warne so harsh in his criticism of Australian players?

The leg-spinning great didn’t handle criticism well as a player but he doesn’t mind handing it out as a commentator.

www.watoday.com.au

But I think it misses a very important part of Warne's psyche: if you're his mate you're golden, if you're not you're dirt. He plays favourites. It's one reason why he would have been a terrible captain for Australia.

 

[Agent93]

But I think it misses a very important part of Warne's psyche: if you're his mate you're golden, if you're not you're dirt. He plays favourites. It's one reason why he would have been a terrible captain for Australia.

Which is why I hate his commentary, I can't deal with the continual promotion of his guys. A couple of years back you'd have thought Stoinis was the next coming of Kallis instead of the average Shield cricketer he is.

 

[kane249]

Gotta hand it to Burns, that's such a pommie way to start the Ashes. Just play straight and block it you dope.

Batting equivalent of this

 

[Agent93]

Batting equivalent of this

Should've been worth a few more runs. Also, was that Jimmy Anderson coming over at the end of the clip with the comfort hug? That guy is doing well to still be in the test squad at his age.

 

[Dazzler9]

This England batting line up.

 

[Agent93]

I work in an office with a lot of British people. Someone's stuck this video (looping) on one of the main display screens.

 

[Dazzler9]

Green with his first Test wicket!

 

[Agent93]

Green with his first Test wicket!

First ball of the spell too.

 

[Keys]

Great call by Huddo

This is how thread bans start

 

[Dazzler9]

First ball of the spell too.

Which lasted one over!

 

[Dazzler9]

Good signs, apparently -

Green really looks a lot better today than he did last summer. He just seems to be getting over his front leg more completely and he's bowling real heat - up around 140kph.

 

[Keys]

Cummins on the cusp of a Pfeiffer in his first innings as skipper

 

[Keys]

Cummins on the cusp of a Pfeiffer in his first innings as skipper

And there it is

 

[DanWCE]

Can't Captain and bowl, they said

Cummins wraps up with a Michelle.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Good toss to lose.

 

[Truckosaurus]

Cummins <3

 

[Agent93]

So now that Greenie has his first wicket, how long before the pundits pile into him for not being Kallis?