Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Given the circumstances....both match-wise and personally......this is one of the great test innings. That's not to excuse his actions in any shape or form, but he's an amazing batsman when he's on form. Agreed. Can’t excuse his actions but I’m quite happy for Smith. He seemed genuinely sorry for his actions (that I think he probably had the least to do with) and was really a broken man. Unlike those two arrogant wee wanks Warner and Bancroft who got what they deserved today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Smith trying to batter as many as he can before the new ball comes into play.And Root quite happy to wait for the new ball too by the look of the field settings in the last half hour or so, poor stuff from the skipper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 The Brexity fuckers in the England support showing what utter khunts they are. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Can England lose any their inevitable 3 early wickets tonight? Let’s see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 3 hours ago, jaggyness said: 4 hours ago, Savage Henry said: I think names would be sufficient. I just guess I always enjoyed that test cricket hadn't adopted this practice. Liked the whites. Don't really see the need for it in test cricket Agree. The name and numbers look crap. Bring back plain whites now. 2 hours ago, Tarmo Kink said: Can England lose any their inevitable 3 early wickets tonight? Let’s see. Only 2 overs, but they did well. Solid play and offered no chances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Without Archer their attack looked one paced, without Anderson and with Moeen's lack of penetration Broad and Woaks had way too much work to do to be effective after the second session. The openers have to knuckle down and sell their wickets dear to buy time for the middle order to kick off. Australias under powered batting got a let off by Englands under powered bowling. I feel they will make it tell. But Roy is incredibly gifted, if he can convert that into test runs they are up and running. The middle order has heft, the openers not so much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Agreed. Can’t excuse his actions but I’m quite happy for Smith. He seemed genuinely sorry for his actions (that I think he probably had the least to do with) and was really a broken man. Unlike those two arrogant wee wanks Warner and Bancroft who got what they deserved today.Right. Warner is a different league of odious. I don’t think there’s anything Gammon in saying that. Smith is also a significantly better player than the other two. On the note of odious players, the Kevin Pietersen documentary looks like a very good watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 While having no issue lauding a man who knocked seven shades of shite out of somebody who wasn’t fighting back. There was much more to that story. Much more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 There really wasn’t. The video evidence speaks for itself, and two men selling a story to the press doesn’t make him the hero that you seem to want him to be painted as. You read a lot into that, most of which isn’t true. It’s usually not a great idea to reduce a two-week trial into “the video evidence speaks for itself”, because it clearly doesn’t. There wouldn’t have been a two-week trial if it did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Tarmo Kink Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Stokes is an arrogant w****r tbh. Up there with Warner and De Kock in those stakes. I’m willing to move on from the 3 Aussies cheating. Warner and Bancroft still remain absolute wankers though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 What's all this chat about "the 16th most imposing ground in the world" that people keep tweeting/texting into TMS. Some honking patter no doubt.Tim Paine was asked about the atmosphere at Edgbaston & he replied by saying he could think of 15 more intimidating grounds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Stokes is an arrogant w****r tbh. Up there with Warner and De Kock in those stakes. I’m willing to move on from the 3 Aussies cheating. Warner and Bancroft still remain absolute wankers though.I was & still am willing to cut Smith some slack on it, the cheating was cooked up between that odious b*****d & the bowlers ( who would obviously notice the condition of the ball even if they were unaware) as well as some of the coaching staff who weren't exactly renowned for fair play through their careers. Smith was just too weak to stand up to them & therefore copped the flak as he is the Captain & should have put a stop to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 FFS, can they not just sub these umpires, this is getting beyond a joke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 FFS, can they not just sub these umpires, this is getting beyond a joke.It’s poor. In itself they aren’t all horrendous decisions - the Joe Root one was understandable, for one - but that must be seventy or eighty percent of the decisions they’ve got wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichtie78 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 England’s ‘Barmy Army’ are an absolute minter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Three thoughts: Joe Root has surpassed Graham Thorpe in test runs, 6745. Which is ridiculous, if you think about that. Glenn McGrath is disappointingly excellent on TMS. In addition to the decisions overturned by DRS, there have been four others that should/could/would have been. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Three thoughts: Joe Root has surpassed Graham Thorpe in test runs, 6745. Which is ridiculous, if you think about that. Glenn McGrath is disappointingly excellent on TMS. In addition to the decisions overturned by DRS, there have been four others that should/could/would have been. I can't honestly remember a worse umpiring performance, see the odd wrong call in matches but there must be about a dozen now and some of them have been utterly dreadful calls.McGrath is excellent, as are most of the TMS team.Very comfortable for England at the moment, 150 up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichtie78 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Think Australia missing Starc here, probably one of the best strike bowlers in the world. Saw an interesting graphic on twitter that out of all the Australians to take 100 test wickets, Starc is the only one to have a strike rate of less than 50. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Jinxed it. Root fails to convert again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 29 minutes ago, peasy23 said: McGrath is excellent, as are most of the TMS team. TMS really is excellent listening. The current combo of Jim Maxwell and Boycott are very good together (other than Maxwell saying the score the wrong way round). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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