The Cricket Thread

[Roy1983]

What a morning. How poor are Australia these days. An embarrassment to their country and boy do I love it.

 

[scaramanga]

https://twitter.com/x/status/629260282594877440

 

[markysimmo]

 

[markysimmo]

If and when England win this match, they will seal a fourth successive home Ashes win.

By the time Australia come again in 2019, they will have not won in England for 18 years.

Since 2001, the only team to win the Ashes away from home are England in 2010-11

 

[markysimmo]

That is embarrassing, bowled out in time to make the OZ final cut newspaper edits for tomorrow I would have thought

 

[Jurgen the German]

This test could be even short than the last one.

 

[scaramanga]

Looks like Hazlewood's a bit ruffled.

And then a misfield. Mental weakness everywhere.

 

[scaramanga]

Is that Russell Crowe?

 

[Gilzeantoscore]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. there is something in the wicket and if Australia bowl as well as England, then anything could happen. Uhoh... Lyle gone...

 

[markysimmo]

22 behind with 8 wickets left, a decent lead is required here to really really put the pressure on a fragile aussie team

 

[scaramanga]

Now Starc shaking his head at his own slips.

They really are falling apart mentally.

 

[scaramanga]

Looks like Root's getting his eye in. Fishing a long way outside off for some of them though.

 

[markysimmo]

We seem to be over our little wobble now

 

[markysimmo]

99/3 at tea, 39 in front

 

[markysimmo]

Good partnership forming here 152/3, Bairstow with 20, Root more than Australia

 

[SoundAndVision]

Australia are brick, boring series.

 

[markysimmo]

Australia are ****, boring series.

Boring ??? In what way, us pretty much hammering the best team in world cricket and winning the ashes back, no this really isnt boring

 

[SoundAndVision]

boring because it isnt competitive.

 

[markysimmo]

boring because it isnt competitive.

It's not our fault we're so much better than the Aussies again is it

 

[markysimmo]

100 for Roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot, what a player this lad is