The International Cricket Thread

[taylorsworkrate]

Why is Root bowling Overton as the enforcer?

Smith could smoke a cigar by the time the ball gets down to him.

[PaulWinch again]

I’d love to see the success rate of the ‘enforcer’ role whenever England have used it. Difficult to quantify, because it’s a notional thing, but my perception is it never works. I always think of the period when Broad did it and he was far less effective.

[UK Redsox]

Should be a good lunchtime discussion with Simon Hughes and Stephen Fry

[taylorsworkrate]

Really really poor drop from Roy.

This is Blues from England.

[Villan For Life]

Finally we get Smith out.

Edit. How can a left arm spinner bowl a no ball?

[taylorsworkrate]

No we don't

[UK Redsox]

Leach you absolute numpty 

[taylorsworkrate]

Comedy cricket from England. Fucking pathetic.

[olaftab]

sadly no.

[taylorsworkrate]

Losing the ashes in the most hilarious way possible.

[Villan For Life]

No ball aside, Leach has bowled well to Smith since lunch.

[taylorsworkrate]

Nice of us to bring Denly on to give them some easy runs before the new ball.

Root has got to lose the captaincy. He has been a joke.

[PaulWinch again]

This has been a dreadful, and barring rain and Ashes losing day, awful.

[cdbearsfan]

A wicket after lunch might have given us a bit of momentum. Roy has dropped the Ashes.

Be nice to think our top order could dig in and England get a massive score to take the series to a fifth test on something of a high.

More likely, 150 all out.

[taylorsworkrate]

We don't deserve to win the ashes after putting in a session like that. Drops were inexcusable, and a spinner overstepping is unforgivable.

Don't expect any fight from our batsmen. Stokes had a miracle innings at Headingley, but lightning will not strike twice. Need at least a day and a halfs worth of rain, which isn't forecast.