The International Cricket Thread

[hilts_coolerking]

I don't like Wade.  He's a pre-sandpaper type Aussie.  But he's batted well here.

[PaulWinch again]

Two bloody rubbish reviews to burn our allocation.

[Villafirst]

Jofra Archer battle with Wade is great viewing. A little shit Wade is though. Cummins just taken a blow from Jofra!

[Villafirst]

Finally a wicket! Cummins gone!

[Villan For Life]

As much as Jack Leach has been a positive influence with the bat he’s an average bowler. Root has looked much more threatening and has a couple of wickets.

Now can we get two wickets tonight before the light ends play before they claim the extra half hour?

[PeterWithesShin]

Wade gone, that should be it.

[Villan For Life]

Well that was wrapped up pretty quickly.

[Nev]

I do feel better about it all than I did last week. There's plenty wrong but plenty to look back on and be pleased. And as Botham just said.....18 years.

[Villan For Life]

I do feel better about it all than I did last week. There's plenty wrong but plenty to look back on and be pleased. And as Botham just said.....18 years.

By the time they come back it will be 22 years, they will hate that.

I’m still gutted that we didn’t regain the Ashes though.

[Villa Lew]

Man of the series is gonna be a tough choice

[Villan For Life]

Nice touch from Beefy and Gower at the end with their personal toast. As much as I loved them as players I won’t miss them in the commentary box.

[thick_mike]

Hilariously crack handed goodbye between Gower and Botham on Sky.

[Villafirst]

Gower missed an opportunity with his summary. He neglected to mention the Lord's test....where the Aussies got out of jail with the weather! A certain England win with another 10 overs having lost a day and a half through rain.

[TopDeck113]

Lots of deficiencies in the Test set up that need addressing, but a drawn Ashes series to put alongside the World Cup is a pretty decent international summer when you consider some of the dross served up in the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. 

2-2 is probably about right - after all if Lord's hadn't been so weather affected we'd probably have won there. Stokes' brilliant rescue act at Headingley notwithstanding, Smith was the difference between the two sides and his absence in that Test probably is the reason they haven't won the urn outright.

[Villan For Life]

Gower was wearing a black tie at the end of play, now he’s changed his tie. If you’ve got something to say David, why not say it? Botham’s attire pretty much sums up his opinion but Gower has proved himself to be a corporate yes man.