The Cricket Thread 2013

[taylorsworkrate]

That's it. Rain or defeat.

Utterly pathetic but totally predictable

[PaulWinch again]

Now KP gone, this is fucking pathetic. Both reviews gone, and if we lose we'll thoroughly deserve it. We have been pretty poor across the series, a few individual displays excepted, now the Aussies are performing we look completely hopeless.

[PaulWinch again]

Also what is the point of hotspot? If they're now disregarding it, why bother having it?

[PaulWinch again]

I'm only guessing here, but I reckon that's at least the 5th time this series we've been 3 down for under 40.

[taylorsworkrate]

Had to laugh when Nasser said that hotspot is 98 to 99% accurate. What a load of bollocks. Unless the batsman knocks the cover of it, it doesn't show up. It's embarrassing for the ICC.

[Chris Jameson]

This should possibly go in a 'unpopular cricket opinions' thread but...I wouldn't be too upset if Australia were to win this Test. Would be nice to see cricket featuring still on the back pages and TV news for a few more weeks before we get the football saturation, once the Ashes series is won it will be relegated to a few paragraphs between the latest Mourinho musings and whether Ferguson will be staying away from Old Trafford, neither of which I give a flying fuck about.

[taylorsworkrate]

Our batsmen have seemed totally unprepared for this innings. As if they expected not to have to bat for a no of hours. Cook played completely the wrong line, Trott played a poor shot down the legside and KP played a ridiculously loose shot to a decent ball.

[PaulWinch again]

Our batsmen have seemed totally unprepared for this innings. As if they expected not to have to bat for a no of hours. Cook played completely the wrong line, Trott played a poor shot down the legside and KP played a ridiculously loose shot to a decent ball.

That's what Cook and Trott have looked like all series, in fairness to KP, Cook and Root's opening partnership has been so diabolical, and Trott so poor that he's essentially been an opener this series.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

This should possibly go in a 'unpopular cricket opinions' thread but...I wouldn't be too upset if Australia were to win this Test. Would be nice to see cricket featuring still on the back pages and TV news for a few more weeks before we get the football saturation, once the Ashes series is won it will be relegated to a few paragraphs between the latest Mourinho musings and whether Ferguson will be staying away from Old Trafford, neither of which I give a flying fuck about.

I can see what you mean. However I had a flutter on this test being a draw before it started, so this is a frustrating morning for me!

[PaulWinch again]

If we retain the Ashes today, there should be no real celebration. We've been terrible in this game, and we deserve to lose.

[PaulWinch again]

I am wondering if Flower's time as head coach is coming to an end. He's been great for us he really has, but we've been on a fairly steady decline for a while and that doesn't appear to be being addressed. I know we're 2-0 up here, but that is mainly through Australia being desperately poor in the first two games.

[PaulWinch again]

If Australia hadn't dropped a couple of simple catches, Root wouldn't have made double figures in this series. He has one brilliant innings, 4 shockers and one to be decided.

[Chris Jameson]

You could probably say that about every single player, if they hadn't been dropped, if snicko had been available, if the umpires weren't so poor etc etc.

[taylorsworkrate]

Watching the cook wicket again. How on earth could he review that?

[PaulWinch again]

You could probably say that about every single player, if they hadn't been dropped, if snicko had been available, if the umpires weren't so poor etc etc.

Maybe but it's rare that players give gilt edge chances every single innings within the first few overs. At the moment the Cook and Root partnership isn't working at all.