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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13500 on: November 21, 2025, 03:14:04 AM »
Looks like 3 days at Scarborough beach

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13501 on: November 21, 2025, 03:15:04 AM »
Is anyone really surprised? Same old capitulation in Australia

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13502 on: November 21, 2025, 03:19:03 AM »
I'm gonna try to stay up until 3. Aftab, do NOT let them be shit. Thanks.

FFS. You had one job. 😡
🤦🏽‍♂️ I resign

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13503 on: November 21, 2025, 05:42:36 AM »
Stay asleep everyone. It’s not a good morning to wake up to.😩

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13504 on: November 21, 2025, 05:46:03 AM »
Sigh. Our batting. By the time it's all over we can probably count on our thumbs the number of innings over 200 from England this series.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13505 on: November 21, 2025, 05:46:56 AM »
Stay asleep everyone. It’s not a good morning to wake up to.😩

Is the pitch doing much or is it just our shitness?

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13506 on: November 21, 2025, 05:49:51 AM »
Ah yes, here we go again.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13507 on: November 21, 2025, 05:53:07 AM »
It’s fast but surprisingly the added bounce in not there, it’s keeping reasonably low more or less all dismissals are due to brilliant line length and pace from Starc. There is not much threat from other bowlers but batters really look out of touch. Playing like first day of nets in April.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13508 on: November 21, 2025, 05:57:03 AM »
Not a very bright shot that. It’s very disappointing.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13509 on: November 21, 2025, 05:57:27 AM »
It appears yet again that England are mentally beaten before even getting out onto the field in Australia.

Yes Starc has bowled very well but this has been a spineless pathetic effort from the batters. Australia are missing Cummins and Hazelwood and Boland potentially has an injury and this is how England "seize" their chance?

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13510 on: November 21, 2025, 05:57:49 AM »
It’s fast but surprisingly the added bounce in not there, it’s keeping reasonably low more or less all dismissals are due to brilliant line length and pace from Starc. There is not much threat from other bowlers but batters really look out of touch. Playing like first day of nets in April.

Almost as if we had no warm-ups!

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13511 on: November 21, 2025, 06:02:15 AM »
Idiotic stuff.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13512 on: November 21, 2025, 06:04:32 AM »
Thing is when you bat so abysmally you basically leave yourself needing snookers even if there is something in the pitch. Less than 200 is probably a series killer, short of something remarkable.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13513 on: November 21, 2025, 06:04:54 AM »
Idiotic stuff.

Way way too kind.

It was a disgrace of an innings

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #13514 on: November 21, 2025, 06:06:09 AM »
It’s so easy for Australia now.

 


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