I'm absolutely gutted, but it was certainly a hell of a game and a reminder why Tests are brilliant.I love cricket, I’m very very happy after that ending.
But not sure how England managed to throw that one away.
Can’t wait for the next four!
I'm absolutely gutted, but it was certainly a hell of a game and a reminder why Tests are brilliant.I love cricket, I’m very very happy after that ending.
But not sure how England managed to throw that one away.
Can’t wait for the next four!
But England had as many wickets remaining as Australia won by, so I doubt it would have made much of a difference
Pick a proper wicketkeeper and this doesn’t happen
One of those English no-balls would otherwise have got a wicket too.Australia bowled 4 no-balls; England bowled 23. That's pretty basic stuff to be getting wrong so often at the highest level
I was in bed. 0500 start!Where's @Pakenhamtrain got to? I figure they'd be here by nowgloatingtelling us how it was inevitable that Australia would win and England are rubbish
The tactics were strange. They sent the field out and it meant Australia could just play without risk.Did England lose the plot once they got Australia 8 wickets down?
Now that is a very good point, in particular the generosity of the latter whose over elevated opinion of himself is shared by the media.25 no-balls (plus runs scored from the extra balls?) bowled mainly by Stokes and Broad was my biggest problem with that test match.
No he shouldn't - he gave the Aussies a bit of thier own medicine and the media didn't like it! The more stupid quote was the 4 x number 11 that has made him look a bit silly!The downside, was, as others have said, the outburst from Robinson who should now be dropped as a result.
That and he carried on like a pork chop after getting a bloke out after making *Checks notes* 140.No he shouldn't - he gave the Aussies a bit of thier own medicine and the media didn't like it! The more stupid quote was the 4 x number 11 that has made him look a bit silly!
Your lads have been doing that to us for years, although usually for 7 not 140! . Waugh x 2, Ponting, Warne, Healy etc etc etc. Nice to see them get a bit of it back! I am all for it.That and he carried on like a pork chop after getting a bloke out after making *Checks notes* 140.
Let's be honest he had a reputation for being a flog and did nothing to improve on it.
England had the chance a few years ago to pick Simon Harmer, who had qualified to play for them years before South Africa showed interest, but chose not to (a) because the dearth of English-born spinners wasn't quite so bad then and, probably, (b} the Pietersen saga had a negative influence. Sam Hain at Warwickshire probably suffered through (b) too as a potential would-be successor to Jonathan Trott.Will England be looking for another spinner, especially that Joe Root was bowling more in the 2nd innings?
They could pick me! My bowling is so dreadful the Aussies won't know what's hit them... if I even manage to bowl it that far/that close to the wicketWill England be looking for another spinner, especially that Joe Root was bowling more in the 2nd innings?
Good choice with Liam Dawson, shame that Adil Rashid retired from Red Ball CricketThey could pick me! My bowling is so dreadful the Aussies won't know what's hit them... if I even manage to bowl it that far/that close to the wicket
On a more serious note, why not Liam Dawson? As a left-armer he's most similar to Leach, he's not a part-timer like Jacks, and he's not too young (Ahmed) or too rusty (Moeen).
Yes to the last question, though Yorkshire still pick him. His batting helped secure Yorkshire's first championship win in thirteen months last week, but it was only against Derbyshire in Division 2, hardly fearsome opposition.Good choice with Liam Dawson, shame that Adil Rashid retired from Red Ball Cricket
Does anyone know if Dominic Bess has gone off the boil?
I've found England often struggle finishing the opposition off, so many times over the years they've got an opposition down to 7 or 8 and all the plans which worked perfectly up until then seem to be thrown away.
Being a fast bowler makes him very different for a start. I doubt he'll do an Imran Khan and seek to lead his nation, but he seems to be doing a pretty good job on the cricket field. He's almost certainly more of an intellectual than Ben Stokes, but then with all due respect that wouldn't be too difficult. I think it was easy to choose him to replace Paine, given that Smith was out of the equation and others. like Steve Marsh, could not be certain of selection in their best XI.Having watched a couple of interviews with Pat Cummins, he seems quite a likeable person (for an Australian Captain), very different from any other captain in my lifetime.
Does anyone else agree? How does he go down in Australia @Pakenhamtrain? (The answer is probably very well as long as he keeps winning!)
Well, yes, but I wasn't really comparing him to Stokes (and thankfully one doesn't have to be an intellectual to be a good captain!). I agree that there wasn't a great deal of choice when Paine did what he did (do you mean Mitch Marsh?), I found myself actually watching the whole of his interviews, whereas with other captains Ponting, Clarke, Taylor for example I'd (mentally) switch off.Being a fast bowler makes him very different for a start. I doubt he'll do an Imran Khan and seek to lead his nation, but he seems to be doing a pretty good job on the cricket field. He's almost certainly more of an intellectual than Ben Stokes, but then with all due respect that wouldn't be too difficult. I think it was easy to choose him to replace Paine, given that Smith was out of the equation and others. like Steve Marsh, could not be certain of selection in their best XI.
I can't do links and in any case can't get the 28 minute programme to play for me but ''The Making of Pat Cummins'' by Kayo (Fox Cricket) appears by googling.Well, yes, but I wasn't really comparing him to Stokes (and thankfully one doesn't have to be an intellectual to be a good captain!). I agree that there wasn't a great deal of choice when Paine did what he did (do you mean Mitch Marsh?), I found myself actually watching the whole of his interviews, whereas with other captains Ponting, Clarke, Taylor for example I'd (mentally) switch off.
He seems at ease with himself.