Cricket: International Discussion Thread

cavedog said:
England threw this game honestly. When they started the batting today it was aggressive but a bit reckless at times.
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Betel and Smith showed they can’t handle pressure, otherwise England did fine.

India also messed up enough times.
 
Pegging said:
Another great series. It will be a while before we see something this good again.

The next decent to watch cricket is the ashes in Australia. That should be 4 - 1 to the Aussies. If England are lucky.
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We play Pakistan in October , Pakistan not released the fixture list yet.
We then tour India early December.

White ball tours to Aus starting Sunday. Then September in England.
 
stefan9 said:
We play Pakistan in October , Pakistan not released the fixture list yet.
We then tour India early December.

White ball tours to Aus starting Sunday. Then September in England.
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Yeah, I am talking about proper test cricket. White ball cricket is boring.
 
Pegging said:
Yeah. We have two tests where India will beat us.
We haven’t won since we got lucky in 2000
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We have drawn quite a few there. Last 2/3 series have been disasters thought. Hopefully we can change things.
 
Pegging said:
The next decent to watch cricket is the ashes in Australia. That should be 4 - 1 to the Aussies. If England are lucky.
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Hmm, could be closer than that. Think we can all agree that the Australian batting line up in is a bit of a shambles at the moment. They have got phenomenal batters who can destroy a bowling line up, but they have also shown a fragile side. Yes, they will be at home but the English seamers will back themselves on those fast bouncy wickets. I wouldn't blame England if they went there feeling quietly confident, especially if they go at full strength.
 
Agent_Smith said:
Hmm, could be closer than that. Think we can all agree that the Australian batting line up in is a bit of a shambles at the moment. They have got phenomenal batters who can destroy a bowling line up, but they have also shown a fragile side. Yes, they will be at home but the English seamers will back themselves on those fast bouncy wickets. I wouldn't blame England if they went there feeling quietly confident, especially if they go at full strength.
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England need wood and archer fit and in form, otherwise their bowling is lacking bite.
They only have 3rd and 4th seamers.

The Aussies don’t have a top 3 right now. Their bowling is as good as it gets.
 
Aussies won't prepare these batting friendly tracks for bazzball. They will back smudge to get them a score on bowler friendly tracks and back their 4 ATG attack.

Also its already 1-0 as there is a pink test and we know no one beats Starc in those.

There is also the small issue of England's bowlers being very injury prone. Don't see them lasting 5 tests. The Aussie seamers outside of Hazlewood are not injury prone.
 
I enjoyed this series, however, I missed the last ball as my Dstv stream bombed out and would not reconnect. Eish!
 
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