The England Cricket Thread

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It’s nice to actually have a team that can bat down to 10.

 

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Think Anderson will be back in for Robinson. Also at old Trafford for his last ashes test he'll be fired up. Bairstow has to to be dropped, dropped so many and delivered so little with the bat. .

Really? Bring Anderson back. He’s been awful.

 

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Next test is at his home ground so if Robinson isn't fit I think he'll play.
Bairstow has to give up the gloves though, it's hard to win the ashes with a crap keeper although somehow we managed it in 2005. The only question really is whether you retain him as a better if Pope is injured, it's not long ago that he played some very good innings for England.

I don’t know how Jones was ever eligible to play for England

 

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Days 4 & 5 look like a write off

 

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Gonna be some serious slogging soon

 

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Can’t even score 200, garbage player

 

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Did that even bounce lol?

 

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Even if it stops raining, the Aussies will whinge and moan about the surface not being dry and safe enough.

 

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Play resumes, I predict Australia won't survive the session.

I predict you’re a complete and utter doom monger who makes constant predictions in the desperate hope you’ll be proved wrong

 

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Got him! Umpires are oblivious to clear edges these days

 

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I think thats it for the day sadly

 

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Will be back on again within 10 minutes

 

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Cue England and the press trying to "big up" the final test as an opportunity to square the series when, in reality, no one will care.

This debacle is everything that's wrong with test cricket and will turn off seasoned viewers, let alone attract new ones.
With The Hundred starting again next week, I fear many prospective new fans will feel that one-day formats are not only better entertainment but simply 'fairer'.

In my mind it’s 2-2. It won’t be in the record books but for me that is the real result.

Its a total farce that it’s come down to this

 

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We wanna have a 400 lead really. The oval is pretty good for run chases.

 

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Nothing happening at all, just dead out there. Need a wicket badly.

 

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This is all too easy for Aus, we’re looking a bit clueless

 

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Think we’ll get another hour in somewhere today

 

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The chase is now only 249-0.

England will be praying for rain at this rate.

 

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COLLAPSIO!