The International Cricket Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Time’s up for Root as captain. The Test team needs a clean slate of leadership.

[PaulWinch again]

Also what’s the betting, and there’s absolutely no excuse on this pitch, that we’ll be about 80/4.

[Meanwood Villa]

Fucking boo

[PaulWinch again]

I just listened to the Sky Sports debate podcast from last night. I’ve said this before, but fucking hell Farbrace is a dreadful pundit. He steadfastly refuses to criticise anything England do. It reminds of the last Ashes in Aus, when we’d either taken no wickets or one wicket in the day and they’d scored 300 +, and he said we’d bowled well. It was embarrassing when he was in the England set-up, it’s bloody dreadful when he’s meant to be objective.

[taylorsworkrate]

Thats no surprise Paul. Root, Bayliss and co have always been very blaise about the continous batting failures themselves.

[UK Redsox]

Finally got him out

[UK Redsox]

Fucking boo

You are Fred MacAulay and I claim my five pounds

[PaulWinch again]

dreadful stuff this. It’s an awful display.

[hilts_coolerking]

It's been pretty close to unwatchable from England today.  An absolute horror show of a day.  Even if you take Smith out the Aussies have still got 270+ and counting with Starc and Lyon slapping us about.  The only two who have had any measure of control are Overton and Leach.  At the end of this series there needs to be a serious reset.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s been a fucking horror show. Unprofessional.

[PaulWinch again]

What’s slightly worrying is Jof looks a shadow of the player he can be.

[hilts_coolerking]

Starc hitting 90mph instantly.

[PaulWinch again]

Could have done with that from Jof.

I agreed with Woakes being left out, partially because he has looked a bit off colour and also because Root hasn’t been using him, but this is one of those games where he will start to be appreciated.

I think England got sulky due to the conditions yesterday, felt sorry for themselves, and never shook off that negative attitude. They were woeful.

[PaulWinch again]

Denly and Burns aren’t great with the short ball. They don’t watch it.

[PaulWinch again]

Fucking hell Denly, you can leave it.