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Offline Steve67

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6045 on: December 08, 2021, 07:45:28 PM »
Undercooked yet again. The sad thing is, none of us are in the least bit surprised.

Offline Rory

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6046 on: December 08, 2021, 07:48:18 PM »
The worrying thing for me is that my main thought, like OzVilla and Prop Joe, was relief that we made 147. I was fearing worse.

Offline Woofles The Wonder Dog

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6047 on: December 08, 2021, 07:51:04 PM »
I’m adopting my default position on Ashes series down there. Hide behind the settee and pretend it isn’t happening.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6048 on: December 08, 2021, 07:54:21 PM »
I think the one thing they can’t really be criticised for is being undercooked. That’s not their fault, but it does make it strange that we chose to bat first given how undercooked we were and the conditions we were presented with.

Offline Beard82

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6049 on: December 08, 2021, 07:58:57 PM »
I think the one thing they can’t really be criticised for is being undercooked. That’s not their fault, but it does make it strange that we chose to bat first given how undercooked we were and the conditions we were presented with.
My dad always says - never judge until both sides have batted, might look quite different this time tomorrow

As you say - undercooked is a given. 

I would have liked to have seen Broad in the line up




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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6050 on: December 08, 2021, 08:07:36 PM »
Broad should have played. We need to bowl and field out of our skins on day 2. Conditions will probably be challenging for batting and we need to absolutely nail our lines and lengths, not give anything away, and catch perfectly.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6051 on: December 08, 2021, 10:19:18 PM »
FFS Joe you can not be batting on this morning at Gabba😡
Thanks Joe.

Offline Rory

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6052 on: December 08, 2021, 10:28:38 PM »
FFS Joe you can not be batting on this morning at Gabba😡
Thanks Joe.

It's your fault for jinxing us! We were on for 600 until you got involved 😉

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6053 on: December 08, 2021, 11:09:35 PM »
Tonight I have decided to watch with one eye closed and see if that changes out fortune😟

Offline Rory

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6054 on: December 08, 2021, 11:22:25 PM »
As others have said, you can't judge a pitch until both sides have batted on it. I don't think we have the firepower to stop the Aussies getting a solid lead, but you never know.

This is where Archer is such a huge miss. The Aussies didn't like facing him in 2019, and with the extra bounce, you think he'd have the pace to at least unsettle them and give us a chance.

Wood is fast and a very good bowler, but does he have that same fear factor?

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6055 on: December 09, 2021, 12:28:34 AM »
Wood clocking 94mph. Nice.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6056 on: December 09, 2021, 01:59:21 AM »
This is looking very ominous now.

Offline Rory

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6057 on: December 09, 2021, 02:00:25 AM »
This is looking very ominous now.

Yeah, getting painful. It's got that 1990s feel about it.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6058 on: December 09, 2021, 02:05:13 AM »
And Stokes injured. Can we forfeit?
« Last Edit: December 09, 2021, 02:09:14 AM by Rory »

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #6059 on: December 09, 2021, 02:52:24 AM »
Burns drops a sitter.

 


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