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Post by elstoof on Jul 21, 2023 13:41:34 GMT
Credit where it’s due, he’s had a cracking test so far. Vindication for him and the selectors
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Post by nazo on Jul 21, 2023 13:42:35 GMT
Can't believe you lot wanted to drop him.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Jul 21, 2023 13:46:43 GMT
Well this has been a fun little session.
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Post by The12thMonkey on Jul 21, 2023 13:53:48 GMT
Stranded on 99, but I doubt JB is too unhappy about it.
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Post by elstoof on Jul 21, 2023 13:55:50 GMT
He better not fucking drop one
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Post by Youthist on Jul 21, 2023 14:05:25 GMT
Letting them get 0-2 ahead with some very marginal
moments and sloppiness will I fear ultimately cost us here. 0-2 with the English weather is a massive ask.
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Post by Youthist on Jul 21, 2023 14:05:51 GMT
But yes - this innings has been fantastic.
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Post by monkman5000 on Jul 21, 2023 15:52:33 GMT
That bounced, unfortunately.
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Post by askew on Jul 21, 2023 15:55:07 GMT
Boooo
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Post by elstoof on Jul 21, 2023 17:03:47 GMT
He’s a bit special Wood, isn’t he
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Jul 21, 2023 17:20:52 GMT
He’s a bit special Wood, isn’t he Yes. |
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Post by jimnastics on Jul 21, 2023 18:26:14 GMT
The forecast for tomorrow has always been terrible but I've just seen it's got noticeably worse on Sunday than when I checked earlier... I think we're fucked, which is a genuine travesty.
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Post by elstoof on Jul 21, 2023 19:10:02 GMT
Reckon we’ll get a bit of cricket in stops and starts
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Post by Dougs on Jul 21, 2023 19:10:23 GMT
We couldn't done anything else tbh.
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Post by Dougs on Jul 21, 2023 19:11:02 GMT
Reckon we’ll get a bit of cricket in stops and starts Looks pretty nasty tbf. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jul 22, 2023 0:59:53 GMT
It will suck if the rain stops it; you emphatically deserve to win this game. But if the series ends up drawn, you can claim the moral victory.
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Post by Dougs on Jul 22, 2023 7:38:04 GMT
Might get 30 mins today and maybe a couple of hours tomorrow max.
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Post by elstoof on Jul 22, 2023 15:48:25 GMT
Finally a breakthrough
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Post by askew on Jul 22, 2023 15:50:30 GMT
gg marnus
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Post by Tomo on Jul 22, 2023 17:15:48 GMT
Such a fucking stupid excuse for a sport. Build up to the best crescendo there's been in ages and it gets obliterated by... inclement weather. So stupid.
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Post by elstoof on Jul 22, 2023 17:52:54 GMT
Forecast looking a bit better tomorrow, if we can get a few hours we have a chance
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Post by Tomo on Jul 23, 2023 13:51:24 GMT
Weather tomorrow according to forecast: sunny with cloudy intervals
Cricket: nah, couldn't possibly delay play by a day
What a stupid sport
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Jul 23, 2023 13:57:51 GMT
S’all part of test cricket, innit. Especially when you’ve got a test series over here.
I’m finding all the cries of how unfair it is and that rules need to change now that it’s potentially stopping an England from winning a bit embarrassing.
Probably shouldn’t have chucked away the first two tests if we really wanted a chance.
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Post by Tomo on Jul 23, 2023 14:12:58 GMT
I don't care about the fact Aus will retain the Ashes. It's just depriving what would be an amazing final test. If Australia won the final test, it would still be an amazing sequence of events. Instead, it's almost literally ending with a damp squib.
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Post by Tomo on Jul 23, 2023 14:16:14 GMT
Also "it's just cricket" is such a bs excuse. Cricket was one of the first sports to introduce video supported officiating, and has done so in a excellent way. It's modernised in that regard, yet completely archaic with it's approach to weather.
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Post by X201 on Jul 23, 2023 15:11:22 GMT
Weather forecasts are miles better than they used to be too. On Day 1 we knew that play would be lost over the weekend, so why not subtract overs from Day 5 and put them onto earlier days.
Start earlier and finish later too.
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Post by Youthist on Jul 23, 2023 15:52:37 GMT
S’all part of test cricket, innit. Especially when you’ve got a test series over here. I’m finding all the cries of how unfair it is and that rules need to change now that it’s potentially stopping an England from winning a bit embarrassing. Probably shouldn’t have chucked away the first two tests if we really wanted a chance. Regardless of the score or this test, it is blatantly clear that the weather stopping the sport from happening and then calling a draw when playing at the highest level when the series only occurs every two years in this day and age is utter nonsense. |
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Post by askew on Jul 23, 2023 16:28:33 GMT
Bulllllshiiiiitttt hollow victory.
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Post by eleven63 on Jul 23, 2023 16:58:15 GMT
Yep, a load of bollocks. It's 2023 for fucks sake!
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Post by Whizzo on Jul 23, 2023 17:31:49 GMT
No rain for weeks and as soon as the Ashes starts it begins to change.
Meanwhile large parts of Europe are literally on fire.
I blame Brexit.
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