Opinion Cricket thread

[DarkPhoenix]

One of root or Ali gone and we are in a good spot. This is the danger partnership

 

[Twinkletoes]

One of root or Ali gone and we are in a good spot. This is the danger partnership

Woakes - GORN

Root - GORN

England have lost 2 for 1 run already today.

Looking' good for Aus now.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Lyon tracking for man of the series.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Woakes - GORN

Root - GORN

England have lost 2 for 1 run already today.

Looking' good for Aus now.

And theres Ali, looking good.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

FIRST BALL OF THE NEW BALL!

What a ripping decision

 

[DarkPhoenix]

If we win I'll be tweeting Piers Morgan a picture of Smith laughing

 

[DarkPhoenix]

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Never in doubt. Great decision by Smith to rest up the bowlers and not enforce the follow on. Heading for a 5-0 whitewash.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

MoTM Shaunus Marshus

 

[Hojuman]

And.... ........l told you so.

Very confident..

 

[muttley45]

And.... ........l told you so.

Very confident..

Handscome safe for one more crack Hoj ?

 

[gokangas]

The openers were running off the field before the celebrations had finished, it's largely his decision.

Coach has huge input. Call looks good on paper now but I still think it was a poor call. Gave em a sniff.

 

[giantroo]

When Smith was asked on ABC whether he would do it again, he didn't answer it and just said that we won. While the win justified the decision, his tone and response back sounded like he wouldn't have made the same decision again.

 

[Hojuman]

Handscome safe for one more crack Hoj ?

Yep, l reckon. 2 games, only 2 good scores. Smith & Marsh. Change a winning team. No.

Stick with 'em.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

The review signal, they're having a go at Smith because he wasted the reviews early and doesn't have one.

That was highly amusing. Even funnier that their own captain blew a review on an appeal his own bowler thought was a waste of time. Turns out the call at the toss was the costliest mistake by either side, so suck it.

Good comeback by Australia's bowlers. Seems like daytime is their time to shine.

 

[Hojuman]

Was confident of win. Bowlers had a good rest, late start and once the Poms lost 1 or 2 wickets too much doubt about. Go for win slogging or block all day. Neither was going to work.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Handscome safe for one more crack Hoj ?

Depends on team balance.

The WACA pitch has been a road to bat on for the last 4 years and the selectors may see the need for a 5th bowler to come in and spread the load.

If that's the case, Cmon down Mitch Marsh.

 

[darko]

Yep, l reckon. 2 games, only 2 good scores. Smith & Marsh. Change a winning team. No.

Stick with 'em.

Agree.

 

[Bigeasy]

Poor decision not to enforce the follow on in these cirmustances but we got the result. Winning and learning is better than losing and learning.

 

[giantroo]

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Picked it.

Now Handscomb's position is reliant on how the fast bowlers pull up.

 

[Passmore]

Picked it.

Now Handscomb's position is reliant on how the fast bowlers pull up.

I didn’t think he was bowling at the moment.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

I didn’t think he was bowling at the moment.

Yep. Was clocked at 145 kms in a recent game.

 

[Passmore]

Yep. Was clocked at 145 kms in a recent game.

Ok I thought he was still injured. I see he bowled 13overs in the recent game and 9 the previous. Nothing in the first three.

 

[Thewlis Dish]

Yep, l reckon. 2 games, only 2 good scores. Smith & Marsh. Change a winning team. No.

Stick with 'em.

Depends how you define a good score. There have been 50s to Paine, Warner, Bancroft, Marsh and Khawaja, and a glut of starts. PH is the only one to not make some sort of a score and he'll rightly be under pressure for Perth.