Cricket: International Discussion Thread

[Agent_Smith]

England will need to play well from here to have a chance. Go barmy army!

First hour tomorrow will be crucial. Important for their chances that Stokes and Brook survive. Things may have been made easier for them with the possible withdrawal of Nathan Lyon.

 

[RunningFromFat]

Holland have started well vs Sri Lanka, I hope they can keep it up.

 

[Pegging]

Good old days.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674712831487246336

 

[Maurice Kitching]

First hour tomorrow will be crucial. Important for their chances that Stokes and Brook survive. Things may have been made easier for them with the possible withdrawal of Nathan Lyon.

The loss of Lyon is huge. England had an opportunity this morning to capitalise. Looks like they've decided to chuck it.

 

[Dan C]

Hazlewood to Bairstow, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

ENG 312/7

 

[Maurice Kitching]

Jonny "Bazball" Bairstow. Not test cricket.

 

[Maurice Kitching]

Catch!

 

[Dan C]

325 all out.

Aussies got a decent 91 run lead

 

[Speedster]

In the hypothetical situation of a 5-0 whitewash, does bazball survive?

 

[RunningFromFat]

In the hypothetical situation of a 5-0 whitewash, does bazball survive?

Bazball will be immortalised when they come back from 0-2 to win the series.

 

[RunningFromFat]

The aussies are geniuses. So the poms want to be aggressive right? Well, keep trying to be aggressive to top quality aggressive bowling and see what happens.

Now they're in a situation where they had to resort to slowed down cricket and that didn't work out either. Caught in two minds, do we attack with our new-found freedom but oh wait, we are dropping like flies now...

 

[Maurice Kitching]

In the hypothetical situation of a 5-0 whitewash, does bazball survive?

Rhetorical?

 

[Dan C]

In the hypothetical situation of a 5-0 whitewash, does bazball survive?

"England are entertaining but must also learn to play sensibly" - Michael Vaughan

 

[Maurice Kitching]

"England are entertaining but must also learn to play sensibly" - Michael Vaughan

I've watched a couple of the Crickbuzz interviews where he was fairly critical and saying pretty much the same thing.

 

[Dan C]

Day 3: Lunch Break - Australia lead by 103 runs

 

[Dan C]

The Aussies are batting very slowly. But they have so much time left to get a score that's beyond England.

 

[Dan C]

Day 3: Tea Break - Australia lead by 172 runs

Seems England don't have an answer so far.

 

[Neoprod]

Looks like Aus want to grind them down for another couple sessions. 400+ lead by tea time tomorrow maybe.

Pitch has looked much better for bowling today than previous days. If Broad, Anderson and Robinson could bowl around 85mph consistently, I reckon the Aussies would be in a lot of trouble. They're bowling too slow to make the batsmen commit early.

 

[Dan C]

Looks like Aus want to grind them down for another couple sessions. 400+ lead by tea time tomorrow maybe.

Pitch has looked much better for bowling today than previous days. If Broad, Anderson and Robinson could bowl around 85mph consistently, I reckon the Aussies would be in a lot of trouble. They're bowling too slow to make the batsmen commit early.

Hmm, I don't think so.

Day 3: Rain stops play - Australia lead by 221 runs

The fourth innings average is about 180 at Lords

 

[Speedster]

Looks like Aus want to grind them down for another couple sessions. 400+ lead by tea time tomorrow maybe.

Pitch has looked much better for bowling today than previous days. If Broad, Anderson and Robinson could bowl around 85mph consistently, I reckon the Aussies would be in a lot of trouble. They're bowling too slow to make the batsmen commit early.

You mean like good old, proper test cricket?