The International Cricket Thread 2018

[robleflaneur]

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/the-team-that-just-doesn-t-get-it-20180325-p4z663.html

I don't think the writer gets it.It's the sheer hypocrisy of the Aussie cricketers aided by their press that's been the biggest problem.Witness Lehman the coach castigating the S.African crowds for their dreadful abuse of his players,this from a man who advocated the Australian crowds to pile abuse on Stuart Broad to the extent that hopefully Broad would have to quit the tour.Or the tactic  under Border and Waugh of mental disintegration.Add to that the odious sledging to which they subjected teams and their philosophy was be man enough to take it,but when it comes to Warner and his marital situation that becomes a no go area.
Other teams ,including England,have tampered with the ball but to have a leadership group amateurishly plotting it and Lehman sending a message ,obviously about it being spotted,.to Bancroft who subsequently hides the tape under his trousers,it just sends the game to a very low level.Well at least we might never hear them talking about a line in sporting behaviour that they won't cross.

[manic-road]

I have actually been enjoying watching the Aussies squirming over the cheating.

[aj2k77]

Fantastic seeing those wankers getting it big time from the crowd and getting a good hiding.

[Drummond]

Nice interview with Stuart Broad, suggesting the Australians have been winning for years and their bowlers managing to get reverse swing so well, so why would they change tactics now...

[UK Redsox]

....meanwhile, England lost by an innings

Quite a few players got starts but no one pushed on. Yet another wicket in the final over of a session (Stokes)

[robleflaneur]

And it could get worse.Somone on Trade me,the NZ equivalent of ebay,has posted a listing for Australian Sports Tape suitable for cheating in cricket.Very funny ,if only I had the intelligence to attach the link.

[cdbearsfan]

https://touch.trademe.co.nz/listing/view/1581640969

[steamer]

They have not stopped moaning since they got here.
The press is nasty to them
They have been sledged on field, Wow
That nasty Quinton de Kock mentioned something to Warner about his wife and Sonny Boy Williams, this after being abused on pitch from Lunch to Tea by Warner.
Those devilish S.African fans wearing Sonny Boy Williams masks at the next test, boorish. granted but I feel it might have been seen a tad humorous if done by Aussies in Melbourne.
Lehman. always a fans favourite over the years here, moaning about the worlds worst fans.
Well at least we know now they were managing to produce the swing.
 

[tomd2103]

....meanwhile, England lost by an innings

Quite a few players got starts but no one pushed on. Yet another wicket in the final over of a session (Stokes)

Even the poor weather conditions couldn't help us. I think the time is fast approaching to wipe the slate clean with the test side and start again.  We have been in decline for some time now and with certain players, good performances have now become the exception rather than the norm.  Too many of the top order fail too often, the bowling attack is too similar and lacks real pace and we need to look at other spinning options.

[TopDeck113]

They have not stopped moaning since they got here.
The press is nasty to them
They have been sledged on field, Wow
That nasty Quinton de Kock mentioned something to Warner about his wife and Sonny Boy Williams, this after being abused on pitch from Lunch to Tea by Warner.
Those devilish S.African fans wearing Sonny Boy Williams masks at the next test, boorish. granted but I feel it might have been seen a tad humorous if done by Aussies in Melbourne.
Lehman. always a fans favourite over the years here, moaning about the worlds worst fans.
Well at least we know now they were managing to produce the swing.
 

Warner has struck me as the worst sort of bully: all too ready to dish it out, but ultimately unable to take it. This series in South Africa has simply confirmed that.

[Steve67]

Why the hell is Trevor Bayliss still the England coach?  We are going backwards!

Mind you, at least we can speculate being cheated out of the ashes!!

[PaulWinch again]

Warner dishes out and can’t take it, bellend.

[OzVilla]

Warner dishes out and can’t take it, bellend.

You sound surprised.

[Chris Jameson]

There are very few cricketers I really cannot stand, Warner is easily my most hated player.

[tomd2103]

Why the hell is Trevor Bayliss still the England coach?  We are going backwards!

Mind you, at least we can speculate being cheated out of the ashes!!

Bayliss has done an excellent job with the ODI sides, but has definitely taken us backwards in test cricket.  Maybe time to look at the set up and if not remove him, then certainly look at the coaches and cord of senior players. 

I doubt anything will be done though until we start losing home test series on a regular basis.