The England Cricket Thread

Drukk · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:15

You just knew this team would collapse before today even started, shocking to go from such a dominant position to a crushing defeat.

Sankari · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:22

Drukk said:
You just knew this team would collapse before today even started, shocking to go from such a dominant position to a crushing defeat.

I never expected it, and certainly not at Fortress Edgbaston.

Semple · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:24

Falling to pieces now, i'll be surprised if they can hold this out for another ~~half~~ hour.

Sankari · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:31

Credit to Woakes, he's doing the work of five English batsmen out there. Amazing scenes!

Sankari · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:46

Tea is looming. Can England hold on for a draw? I reckon they will!

Semple · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:55

Evangelion said:
Tea is looming. Can England hold on for a draw? I reckon they will!

If we could count on some good British rain, maybe!

If we had maybe 4 wickets left, we might have a chance of holding on.

Cob · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:55

No point sending Jimmy out

Semple · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:55

Spoke too soon, Broads already gone. *facepalm*.

Some of these players have to be pretty embarrassed by their performance today.

Sankari · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:56

Semple said:
Falling to pieces now, i'll be surprised if they can hold this out for another half hour.

Well, they did!

But not much longer, it seems.

Semple · 5 Aug 2019 at 14:58

Evangelion said:
Well, they did!

Semple said:

Falling to pieces now, i'll be surprised if they can hold this out for another ~~half~~ hour.

Click to expand...

But not much longer, it seems.

Fixed!

Locky · 5 Aug 2019 at 15:00

TonyTurbo78 said:
I don't listen to your predictions anymore.....the other week during the World Cup Final all you did is put down their chances on numerous occasions throughout the match, totally giving up on any optimism.....and what happened??

England and sport is crap and brings nothing but disappointment.. This will probably be a 5-0 drumming as i've seen nothing from this team which leads me to believe they will a game never mind the series..

Cob · 5 Aug 2019 at 15:16

Well played Australia. Fully deserved after regaining their balance on Thursday afternoon.

Might that be the last time we see Jimmy Anderson in an Ashes test?

mmj_uk · 5 Aug 2019 at 15:16

Smith and co should never have been picked again to represent their country after the way they cheated but you've got to hand it to him he's been excellent both innings with the bat.

Sankari · 5 Aug 2019 at 15:16

Nice start to the Ashes for us. Hope it continues!

mmj_uk said:
Smith and co should never have been picked again to represent their country after the way they cheated

Broad's a cheat, and he's never been dropped once.

Semple · 5 Aug 2019 at 15:17

Pretty embarrassing for England.

omnomnom · 5 Aug 2019 at 15:24

Evangelion said:
Nice start to the Ashes for us. Hope it continues!

Broad's a cheat, and he's never been dropped once.

Are you talking about when he edged it and didn't walk?

Not sure how you can compare something that happens all the time including yesterday when Australia were into bat with using sand paper on balls...

TonyTurbo78 · 5 Aug 2019 at 15:32

Locky said:
England and sport is crap and brings nothing but disappointment.. This will probably be a 5-0 drumming as i've seen nothing from this team which leads me to believe they will a game never mind the series..

Strange comment, were you disappointed they won the world cup then mate?

Monkeymatt · 5 Aug 2019 at 15:45

omnomnom said:
Are you talking about when he edged it and didn't walk?

Not sure how you can compare something that happens all the time including yesterday when Australia were into bat with using sand paper on balls...

Another one of these? Jesus wept. Smith & co aren't the first ones to tamper with the ball, and won't be the last.

England admitted doing it in '05, Faf Du Plessis has been caught doing it but didn't even miss a single game for it.

He broke the laws of cricket and admitted his crime, ICC would have banned him for one game but Cricket Australia stepped in and banned him for so much more and now he's served his time and deserves to play again.

Sankari · 5 Aug 2019 at 15:47

omnomnom said:
Are you talking about when he edged it and didn't walk?

Yep. He even admitted that he knew he'd edged it. So you can't claim it was a mistake. He blatantly cheated.

Not sure how you can compare something that happens all the time including yesterday when Australia were into bat with using sand paper on balls...

Cheating is cheating. You're just trying to excuse one type of cheating while selectively condemning another.

Sankari · 5 Aug 2019 at 15:50

Monkeymatt said:
Another one of these? Jesus wept. Smith & co aren't the first ones to tamper with the ball, and won't be the last.

England admitted doing it in '05, Faf Du Plessis has been caught doing it but didn't even miss a single game for it.

Don't forget that Broad and Anderson both tampered with the ball in 2010 against South Africa (using spikes of their boots on it).

And as you've already said, England is infamous for the old mint trick (as Trescothick openly admitted three years after using it to win the Ashes in 2005).