The Ashes 2023

[McBain]

Bairstow seems incapable of offering an opinion on when to review.

Broad absolutely fuming.

Not happening now for Anderson and Stokes needs to freshen things up here.

Noticing that too. Most keepers would be right in the Captains ear.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Yeah Australia 100% going to go hard from here

 

[maccavennie]

Right come on now Jimmy need to get up and running here

 

[Ivo]

Stokes shouldn't be playing. He's clearly injured or not fit. He can 'captain' from the dressing room in a way. Maybe woakes should have come in for him, let stokes rest/recover an extra week.

 

[Bohemian Toffee]

Stokes shouldn't be playing. He's clearly injured or not fit. He can 'captain' from the dressing room in a way. Maybe woakes should have come in for him, let stokes rest/recover an extra week.

Sky commentary saying he's calm, I think he looks a bit detached from the game. Passing him by.

 

[maccavennie]

Let's hope that's the last bit of play for the day.
In fact let's hope that's the last bit of play for the whole weekend, call it a draw and move onto next week instead

 

[moggeridge]

Get in the rain! What’s the forecast for the weekend? We go 0-2 down here and it’s curtains

 

[Walken]

Hope this England side and Ben Stokes sack them all off and go play 20/20 and milk that circuit. The way their own fans and pundits have gone after them for getting bested by the best team in to world is a joke. All those old tits dressed as fruit salads in the crowd can shuffle off aswell, worst atmosphere in cricket at Lords.

 

[Ivo]

Just a thought... If we're playing baz ball... Why isn't Buttler keeping wicket? He's been crap for England's test side but that's because he was being asked to block.

I personally don't think he's good enough, and he's done f all for Lancashire too. Just asking the question.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Just a thought... If we're playing baz ball... Why isn't Buttler keeping wicket? He's been crap for England's test side but that's because he was being asked to block.

I personally don't think he's good enough, and he's done f all for Lancashire too. Just asking the question.

Not sure he fancies it. Talk of a 4 year contract with the IPL as well.
Thought he batted alright for England tbh.

Problem with this england team is they’re not brutal enough with chopping and changing players I think. They have their favourites.

Broad, Anderson and Robinson shouldn't all be in the same team at once.

 

[PITA]

It depends on the batsman as well. Taking on the short ball with the men back is probably ok for someone like Bairstow because he is able to regularly hit it over or wide of the fielders. For other batsmen I think its a high risk shot.

Their are lots of easy singles available with the field placings. Taking 4 or 5 singles an over is absolutely fine.

LOL. So they're bowling short and you expect 4 or 5 singles per over. Again, what international team did you captain?

 

[PITA]

Club third team lol

I dont think that really matters though. I just dont see amy way of not losing wickets in a test match by going for the hook with 3 men in the deep. Not for every player anyway. For some players it's a higher percentage shot because they can clear the boundary regularly

So your POV is pointless. Fine.

 

[PITA]

Why do they always start at 11am ? Why not start at 9am so you have a bigger window to play in given the UKs dodgy weather ?

If I walk in my garden at 8:30 in the Summer months the grass is wet because of dew. Just making an observation.

 

[ToffeeTim]

LOL. So they're bowling short and you expect 4 or 5 singles per over. Again, what international team did you captain?

So your POV is pointless. Fine.

You need to be an international captain to comment on sport?

Of course players of the calibre of Root, Pope, Brook etc are good enough to score 1s and 2s to the men in the deep and let the short ones at that awkward height go by. I'm not good enough to play short bowling but they are good enough.

England collapsed playing reckless cricket when they had a chance to take the game from Australia. Its not controversial to say their batting was extremely poor given the quality and ability of the players.

 

[PITA]

We’ve got to dismiss them for 200 max or it’s 0-2

LOL. As if.