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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    Take your meds, your blood pressure is surging . . . but thank you for speaking for the whole world . . . it gives you that little bit of missing credibility
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    Yup, amazing how he has jumped out of the woodwork after 3 tests...I bet if they lose the next text, silence will ensure again. (for another 18 months or so, until the next Ashes win.)
    Fuck me, it's Dumb and Dumber!

    You do realise who started this thread, don't you?

    You lot really are sharing brain cells (and cousins) in Wonglepong Creek or squeaky bum time is definitely getting to you all.

    Which one is it?

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    I reckon Panama is in the orange and Willy is in the blue.

    The Ashes Thread.-dd_main-png

    What say you, folks?
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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    I commented earlier ...
    http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...est-record-sky

    A peak of 2.1m viewers on Sky.

    That's about 1 in 30 of the UK's population.

    For one of the most exciting day of sports you're likely to see, that's exceedingly shit.

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    ^Yep, agree. The UK has allowed Sky Sports to take over just about all sports coverage these days. I think a lot of cricket fans (my Dad included) were limited to just watching the match highlights after it had finished.

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    Football will always be number 1, but I just wish more people could see the joy of cricket. Unfortunately, Sky pay top dollar and the ECB will go for that in the short term.

    I grew up watching Lancashire on Ceefax/Teletext in the 80s and 90s, refreshing every time a run was scored, and I don't think we're doing enough to encourage the next generation when so much more could be done these days to attract a younger crowd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    What say you, folks?
    You really do believe you're talking to the world . . . fascinating . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    You do realise who started this thread, don't you?
    That's a non sequitur. I am not talking about who started the thread or not, I am referring to you being absent for the thread for most or all of the test, but them jump in crowing once you have won it.

    Typical English fair weather, poor sportsmanship .

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    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post

    Ball-tracking on an appeal for LBW against Ben Stokes



    Specsavers (Australia) have countered and offered umpire Joel Wilson who officiated in the 3rd Ashes Test, after his disastrous decision to give Ben Stokes 'not out' in an clear LBW decision which could only be attributed to his obvious poor and short vision, a similar deal of free glasses for life.

    Neither Joel Wilson nor the ICCUA (International Cricket Council Umpires Association) are yet to reply.


    Maybe they are deaf as well as blind
























    They really ought to offer them to all the convicts who decided they should use that last review.....

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    ^ Fair play Harry ... fair play.

    Agreed

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    You are trying to compare Test cricket with ODI.

    ODI is about as interesting as Tiddleywinks or chess.
    Ben-Day +2, I enjoyed this analysis from a mate of mine “Here’s my take away from this. The press maul England for not breeding test cricketers and yet England have been bowled out for under 100 on many occasions including when Geoffrey B was playing and everyone was a “proper” test cricketer. That is not to cover up the failings of the batting line up at the moment but the press don’t mention the fact that what has ultimately won England this game is a one day innings full of one day shots (that didn’t even exist in Geoeffrey’s day) excuted by a cricketer who has honed those skills playing one day cricket. You can’t have your cake and eat it. One day cricket breeds better fielders, better running between the wickets and better tactics, a higher run rate which all infiltrate the test game. It also creates players who don’t know where their off stump is or how to the leave the ball but I would defy anyone to score runs on that pitch on the first two days. What the press should have been going on about is not that England got under 100 but that Australia made as many as they did in the first innings which was a function of a couple of hours of rank bowling by England.”

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    Monkey boy will be along shortly Dave to ask you where you've been. Still i am looking forward to more waterworks from the Aussies idc - fuking funny how they are all on here bleating about whinging poms, the cheating crybabies, haw haw haw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kmart View Post
    ^Yep, agree. The UK has allowed Sky Sports to take over just about all sports coverage these days. I think a lot of cricket fans (my Dad included) were limited to just watching the match highlights after it had finished.
    The ECB and County cricket get enormous sums from Sky in exchange for rights, and as a result County players are now full time and on decent contracts; gone are the days of cricketers playing one day and selling life insurance the next.

    If you give away the rights to the Beeb for fuck all, or ITV for a pittance, it will have a catastrophic effect on the game.

    That's just the way it is now. If Sky weren't making money out of it, they wouldn't pay these amounts.

    It's just business baby.

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    Quote Originally Posted by daveboy View Post
    Ben-Day +2, I enjoyed this analysis from a mate of mine “Here’s my take away from this. The press maul England for not breeding test cricketers and yet England have been bowled out for under 100 on many occasions including when Geoffrey B was playing and everyone was a “proper” test cricketer. That is not to cover up the failings of the batting line up at the moment but the press don’t mention the fact that what has ultimately won England this game is a one day innings full of one day shots (that didn’t even exist in Geoeffrey’s day) excuted by a cricketer who has honed those skills playing one day cricket. You can’t have your cake and eat it. One day cricket breeds better fielders, better running between the wickets and better tactics, a higher run rate which all infiltrate the test game. It also creates players who don’t know where their off stump is or how to the leave the ball but I would defy anyone to score runs on that pitch on the first two days. What the press should have been going on about is not that England got under 100 but that Australia made as many as they did in the first innings which was a function of a couple of hours of rank bowling by England.”
    I think you're mostly right there, but I do think the shit shots that get England batsmen out are motivated by the fact they've got it in their heads that they have to keep the run rate up.

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    I think it's more to do with technique unsuited to red ball cricket, particularly the lack of footwork.

    Particularly Jason Roy.

    There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to run well, field well but also understand that the red ball is far less predictable than the white.

    The problem for England's coaches was that they were given such a short amount of time to change the white ball habits.

    We've had problems at the top of the order for so long now.

    Onetime wonder boy Haseeb Hameed can't even get a county cricket contract now.

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    It's a combo of poor technique and lack of confidence. A batsman who thinks he can bat for 90 overs is in no rush to swing the bat unless the ball is poor.

    Some of these guys think they need to score often cause they don't believe they can last that long.

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    That's true.

    In England's case I believe two completely different teams of managers and coaches are needed.

    Bayliss is 100% a white ball specialist, and we are seeing the result of that.

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    When the fuck did Warne become a pompous snowflake, the fucking wanker. Getting all whiney because Matt Prior ribbed Lyon.

    What a short fucking memory that fat c u n t has got.




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    Excuse me? Just because Lyon knocked you over for fun, there’s still no need for that kind of silly and immature behaviour. Grow up, and enough of those stupid comments. Let’s celebrate the wonderful game of test cricket & the Ashes please ! https://twitter.com/mattprior13/status/1165656190141050880 …

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    Ruh Roh another Russian linesman?



    "I have seen the DRS on my lbw shout, which obviously shows up with three reds, but DRS has got that completely wrong, as it flicked my front pad first and didn’t spin. It shows how crucial it is to make sure you use your reviews.

    When you get to a situation like that, you still need one. If they had one they would have used it and ended up winning. I still cannot believe it was three reds. I thought, as soon as it hit me, that it was sliding down leg because there was no spin,” Stokes was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz after the match."

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    When the fuck did Warne become a pompous snowflake, the fucking wanker. Getting all whiney because Matt Prior ribbed Lyon.

    What a short fucking memory that fat c u n t has got.

    700 wickets and hasnt been fat for many years.

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    Prior is a nobody wannabe

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    The umpires have been poor throughout for both sides.

    On this particular call, I believe it was the correct decision by the umpire because 1) the ball was bowled from very wide - from the umpires perspective it must have looked like it was going down leg.

    The Ashes Thread.-screenshot-2019-08-27-19-03-a

    2) the batsman had a good stride out of his crease - these types of balls are very very rarely given out by the on field umpire because there are too many unknowns (it's impossible for an umpire to know how much the ball will spin...).

    The Ashes Thread.-screenshot-2019-08-27-19-04-a

    If the batsman had been hit on the back leg and the ball had been bowled from closer to the stumps and followed inline then it would have been given out.

    I see no justification for this to be given out; 9 out of 10 times this would be given not out for the reasons I have mentioned. People who have watched cricket for years will know this.

    But, if there had been a referral and it had then been given out by ball tracking technology, that'd be fine - that's what the technology is there for. Although, there are many videos on Youtube of just how wrong ball tracking can be...

    Just as the one-day WC final, England were fortunate to scrape through. But, just as then, it was in the hands of the opposition, and Australia (as NZ did) had opportunities to win the match right upto the end.
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    Cycling should be banned!!!

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    How many more days of whiny aussie been done hard by bollix have we got before they are 2-1 down?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NamPikToot View Post
    How many more days of whiny aussie been done hard by bollix have we got before they are 2-1 down?
    The fourth Test at Old Trafford, Manchester, that begins on September 4.

    Tickets for this iconic fixture are now SOLD OUT for Days 1 - 4





    Is this the grounds with the temporary stand erected for the ICC ODI's ?

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    Fucking dumb playing tests in September in Manchester. End of the mini hot spell in the UK today and weather forecast for rest of this week shit and at this time of year highly unlikely to improve for next week. Be surprised if get 3 full days of play next week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jordon View Post
    700 wickets and hasnt been fat for many years.

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    Prior is a nobody wannabe

    Who was it when fatty tried sledging an England player by saying "I've been waiting two years to bowl you out again"

    and the reply came back "Looks like you spent it eating".


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    Quote Originally Posted by buriramboy View Post
    Fucking dumb playing tests in September in Manchester. End of the mini hot spell in the UK today and weather forecast for rest of this week shit and at this time of year highly unlikely to improve for next week. Be surprised if get 3 full days of play next week.
    The current forecast has a 20% chance of couple of hours of rain on the morning of the fifth. That's it.

    In fact the forecast for the rest of this week isn't bad either.

    Where are you looking?

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