The International Cricket Thread

[taylorsworkrate]

I've had enough and have gone to play golf.

At least that way I will only be frustrated by my own bad shots

[hilts_coolerking]

I'm looking forward to a quickfire 8 off 3 balls cameo from Bairstow.

Me and my big mouth.

[PaulWinch again]

I’d quite to see Foakes come out and say he wants the gloves. Interesting to see how Jonny would react to that.

[hilts_coolerking]

The most recent time we had a genuinely world class side it was based around Cook, Strauss, and Trott scoring big at the top of the order to let Bell and Pietersen and Prior go berserk on day 2.  Scoreboard pressure (and a top quality attack) then does the rest.

The point is you have to work hard to get into the position where the middle order can play their shots.  You can't just let them rock up and expect the ball to go to all parts.  It just doesn't work like that in Test cricket.  We really need to go back to basics.

[paul_e]

I’d quite to see Foakes come out and say he wants the gloves. Interesting to see how Jonny would react to that.

Probably hit a 50 and then act as if the discussion is over and go back to playing exactly as he this test.

[hilts_coolerking]

I’d quite to see Foakes come out and say he wants the gloves. Interesting to see how Jonny would react to that.

Probably hit a 50 and then act as if the discussion is over and go back to playing exactly as he this test.

Bairstow does seem a bit erratic mentally at the moment, a bit all over the place.

[Monty]

The emphasis on short form has resulted in a team of batsmen who think 30 is a decent score and 50 is job done.

[olaftab]

I'm looking forward to a quickfire 8 off 3 balls cameo from Bairstow.

Just need Vaughan to go into the changing room and tell him he’s a useless lump of meat devoid of any brain cells.

OK Jonny didn’t need to be told worked it out himself. Time for him to have a rest.

[UK Redsox]

What's the point in Jimmy batting ?

[hilts_coolerking]

What's the point in Jimmy batting ?

The Woakes ton.

[UK Redsox]

What's the point in Jimmy batting ?

The Woakes ton.

 

[dave shelley]

I'm watching The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb swapping one load of shit for another.

[aj2k77]

I hate losing to these mutant looking fucking babies.

[paul_e]

The emphasis on short form has resulted in a team of batsmen who think 30 is a decent score and 50 is job done.

I'm not sure I agree, I don't think any of the wickets we've lost have come because the batsmen have been playing like their job was done. I just think we've picked too many people who are out of form. Going into the game I'd have said Burns, Denly, Bairstow and Ali were all out of form (and Buttler hasn't been himself this summer either) 1 or 2 of them turning that around during the game is possible but expecting 4 people to bat themselves into form in an ashes test is awful judgement and many of us had 2-3 of them as being dropped for this game for that very reason.

Anyway, all over and lost by 251. Given where things were on Thursday afternoon and Friday evening that's truly pathetic and a bunch of the players need to have a look at themselves.

[olaftab]

That’s it they are dead to me now.😡