The International Cricket Thread

[olaftab]

A superb innings but turning down about a dozen singles  at 6 down was a mistake. Other than he obvious it allowed Aussies to set their own tactics to manage him.

[taylorsworkrate]

Lyon going off injured when we were 190/1 in our first innings should have been the defining moment of the test match and perhaps the series as a whole. It was such a wonderful opportunity.

[PaulWinch again]

Lyon going off injured when we were 190/1 in our first innings should have been the defining moment of the test match and perhaps the series as a whole. It was such a wonderful opportunity.

Yep it’s that first innings balls up that’s cost us this game.

[beness]

They are killing me with building my hopes up.

[Pete3206]

Fuck off.

[Risso]

Game over - good effort (second innings) but overall, thrown away again. And they cheated.

[German James]

Game over - good effort (second innings) but overall, thrown away again. And they cheated.

FIFY. 

[Pete3206]

Bairstow looks like he's going to cry.

[Monty]

Fifty runs huh.

[Jon Crofts]

Australia could avoid all this controversy by simply not being ******.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Game over - good effort (second innings) but overall, thrown away again. And they cheated.

Far be it from me to defend a bunch of upside down lager gargling offspring of convicts but I don't think they cheated. 

[Gareth]

Strauss is a pompous eliteist twat…‘perhaps there are some who wouldnt normally come to Lords in’

[Stu]

Not as bad as expected I guess. Australia seem to get rattled easily and are as cynical as they’ve ever been, but England don’t put the pressure on enough, instead they make dumb decisions. 0-2 to the sandpapers.

[Stu]

Strauss is a pompous eliteist twat…‘perhaps there are some who wouldnt normally come to Lords in’

What’s the context of that remark? I switched off after the last wicket.

[Gareth]

Strauss is a pompous eliteist twat…‘perhaps there are some who wouldnt normally come to Lords in’

What’s the context of that remark? I switched off after the last wicket.

They were talking about Lords actually having an atmosphere for the first time ever