The International Cricket Thread

[Proposition Joe]

Yep, into the tail now

[olaftab]

What's happened to Malan? Very good start to the series and now playing like a quiz winner.

[olaftab]

Stokes you idiot.

[Proposition Joe]

Stokes you idiot.

He's a tailender who doesn't bowl at the moment. He's not good enough to be number 5.

[Lsvilla]

What's happened to Malan? Very good start to the series and now playing like a quiz winner.

Not an excuse for overall form but maybe a factor in this knock - his wife gave birth last night 6 weeks early back here in England.

[olaftab]

Root bowled. End is here.

[olaftab]

What's happened to Malan? Very good start to the series and now playing like a quiz winner.

Not an excuse for overall form but maybe a factor in this knock - his wife gave birth last night 6 weeks early back here in England.

Wow thats hard. May be the team management should have sent him home?

[Proposition Joe]

It seems as soon as Crawley goes the team's runrate just seems to grind to a halt which completely takes the pressure off the Aussies.

[Proposition Joe]

I wonder if we'll see hide or hair of Boland again after this series. When England are having one of these tours, I reckon the Aussies could pick a random supporter before each match and they'll somehow get a 5-for. I feel our batsmen don't treat their bowlers as bowlers, but Aussie Bowlers. An Aussie Bowler is some kind of super-bowler, even if in reality they are not.

[Lsvilla]

What's happened to Malan? Very good start to the series and now playing like a quiz winner.

Not an excuse for overall form but maybe a factor in this knock - his wife gave birth last night 6 weeks early back here in England.

Wow thats hard. May be the team management should have sent him home?

I don’t think they could do anything as it was premature by quite a few weeks.

[Proposition Joe]

Oh England. For once the openers give us a platform, and the middle order just fuck it all up. England want to end the tour today I think.

[Risso]

And there we have it. They should have stayed at home.

[simboy]

Total and utter capitulation. Can’t field, can’t bat, can’t bowl.

[tomd2103]

I wonder if we'll see hide or hair of Boland again after this series. When England are having one of these tours, I reckon the Aussies could pick a random supporter before each match and they'll somehow get a 5-for. I feel our batsmen don't treat their bowlers as bowlers, but Aussie Bowlers. An Aussie Bowler is some kind of super-bowler, even if in reality they are not.

Maybe, as the pundits on SKY were saying that he would be a great overseas signing for a County given the line and  lengths he bowls.

[Proposition Joe]

The annoying thing is this particular game was there to be had. Who apart from Root got an unplayable ball? Who even got a good ball? Maybe Crawley, but he should have been further forward. Other than that, it was chop ons and shit shots.