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Post by askew on Feb 16, 2023 6:55:49 GMT
> Crawley, dropped on zero & bowled by no-ball on three, nicks off for four
Oof.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 16, 2023 6:59:08 GMT
Declared?! WTF!
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Post by jono62 on Feb 16, 2023 7:54:35 GMT
Yeah that makes no sense. Might as well have had a whack for a couple of balls. |
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Post by Dougs on Feb 16, 2023 8:13:04 GMT
Alternatively, Bazball knew exactly what they were doing....putting them in under the lights for an hour or so!
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Post by lordofthedunce on Feb 17, 2023 6:59:02 GMT
England getting frustrated by a great stand by NZ at the end here.
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Post by askew on Feb 17, 2023 7:04:48 GMT
83-5 at one point…
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Post by Dougs on Feb 17, 2023 7:36:36 GMT
Bah, didn't look at the FoW. That's frustrating.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 18, 2023 7:09:49 GMT
What are we going to do when Jimmy and Broady can't turn their arm over anymore? Amazing stuff with the bat too.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 18, 2023 7:11:02 GMT
Unplayable
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Post by The12thMonkey on Feb 18, 2023 8:06:34 GMT
I see the Nighthawk has been busy. 4 bowled  |
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Post by Dougs on Feb 18, 2023 9:04:23 GMT
Was one of those Broady spells where he's just on fire. Glad I got up early to watch!
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Post by askew on Feb 18, 2023 22:41:39 GMT
Season 2 of The Test is out. Couple of episodes in: Marnus is a character; Pat, Gary, and Usman seem alright; Scott Bolan’s story is uplifting; can’t believe Warner and Smith were allowed back in, but Bancroft hasn’t featured since 2019.
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Post by askew on Feb 24, 2023 7:35:20 GMT
Huh. I went to bed when it was 21-3.
I wake up and it’s 315… for 3.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 24, 2023 7:36:15 GMT
Ha, exactly the same here. Hell of a knock by Brook
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Post by The12thMonkey on Feb 24, 2023 8:50:20 GMT
And it turns out all Joe Root needed to do to work out his place in the team was just be Joe Root. Top work all round!
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 24, 2023 8:56:38 GMT
Season 2 of The Test is out. Couple of episodes in: Marnus is a character; Pat, Gary, and Usman seem alright; Scott Bolan’s story is uplifting; can’t believe Warner and Smith were allowed back in, but Bancroft hasn’t featured since 2019. The weirdest thing about Warner was that, up until very recently, he kept asking to be considered for leadership roles. I can understand letting them back in the team - maybe they shouldn't have their entire careers killed because of one terrible thing - but there's a fair distance between that and wanting to be team captain. |
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Post by jimnastics on Feb 24, 2023 10:05:11 GMT
Season 2 of The Test is out. Couple of episodes in: Marnus is a character; Pat, Gary, and Usman seem alright; Scott Bolan’s story is uplifting; can’t believe Warner and Smith were allowed back in, but Bancroft hasn’t featured since 2019. The weirdest thing about Warner was that, up until very recently, he kept asking to be considered for leadership roles. I can understand letting them back in the team - maybe they shouldn't have their entire careers killed because of one terrible thing - but there's a fair distance between that and wanting to be team captain. The beauty of tests in SA is that the timing works out well to watch here in the UK, I remember having that test on in the background whilst I worked and seeing it unfold live. Seeing the first shots of Bancroft pulling that bit of sandpaper out from his pants was one of the biggest WTF?? moments I've ever had watching sport, absolutely amazing stuff! |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 24, 2023 10:10:17 GMT
It is quite possibly one of the dumbest moments in the history of Australian sport. Three people throwing their reputations down the toilet, for no real reason.
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Post by jono62 on Feb 24, 2023 16:10:09 GMT
Great win for the Saffers in women's cricket.
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Post by Gruf on Feb 24, 2023 19:56:58 GMT
Ha, exactly the same here. Hell of a knock by Brook Brutally Astounding, I found myself laughing at some of the shots he played. |
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Post by jimnastics on Feb 24, 2023 21:21:04 GMT
Ha, exactly the same here. Hell of a knock by Brook Brutally Astounding, I found myself laughing at some of the shots he played. His scoring wheel is ridiculous... all round the park, it's basically impossible to ball to him at times! Flat batting Wagner back past him got a big howl of approval this end 
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Post by lordofthedunce on Feb 24, 2023 22:01:45 GMT
It is quite possibly one of the dumbest moments in the history of Australian sport. Three people throwing their reputations down the toilet, for no real reason. I dunno, watching Steve Smith cry was pretty great |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Feb 24, 2023 22:12:18 GMT
I like Steve Smith  Warner can fuck right off though. |
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Post by Dougs on Feb 24, 2023 23:32:38 GMT
Got to love declaring 30 mins before lunch.
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Post by lordofthedunce on Feb 25, 2023 7:49:29 GMT
Such an interesting approach to it all. England are trying to control the narrative in every match. It must be such a great dressing room to be part of.
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Feb 25, 2023 8:25:39 GMT
England are the team to beat IMO.
We (NZ) look awful, really need some big changes, Australia and India are good teams but not amazing, if Babar Azam is removed the Pakistan team is bang average. Haven't seen enough of SA or the Windies but the results don't suggest they're much of a threat.
The pitches in India will probably cause havoc with the results at the world cup but overall England have the best team in the world right now in ODI and Test.
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Feb 25, 2023 22:38:26 GMT
I swear Alastair Cook's jaw is getting even more ridiculous in retirement.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 26, 2023 7:13:55 GMT
Good fight back by NZ. Life in the game yet. But surprised they were put back in tbh.
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Post by jimnastics on Feb 26, 2023 9:20:40 GMT
Good fight back by NZ. Life in the game yet. But surprised they were put back in tbh.
I hate the follow-on, always feels to me like you're giving the opposition a chance to put the pressure back on, especially when your lead was only a smidgen over 200 like ours was. In "Bazball" it makes even less sense, one of the benefits of the follow-on before was that it gave you time to bowl the opposition out again and not having to worry about when to declare in your second innings, but it's not like that's a problem anymore. If we had just batted again we could currently have a lead of 400+ with 2 days left to bowl them out (that feels much more like the current aggressive Engand way of doing it), worse case scenario we could have fucked our second innings but still had a lead of 350 which you'd think is still plenty. As it is we could easily be looking at one of those silly 150+ run chases, lose 3 or 4 and anything can happen.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 26, 2023 9:32:56 GMT
Yep. Was an odd decision. Maybe the wicket is getting flatter or something?
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