We Love Cricket Thread 2nd Innings

[brimz]

What better way to starve off jetlag than watching Test cricket at 2am?

Argentina you went there , well done .

I haven't even been paying much attention to BL recently but i sure know you are or have been to Argentina .

 

[Stonking_thrompers]

so them convicts aint doin too bad in the cricket, eh.

 

[Stonking_thrompers]

Furthermore, the DRS referrals system is a fucking joke

 

[brimz]

Joke it may be but seeing as it plays such a big part in Test Cricket it might be an idea to try & get your head around it . What's that 2 out of 15 Lol!

 

[Stonking_thrompers]

Joke it may be but seeing as it plays such a big part in Test Cricket it might be an idea to try & get your head around it . What's that 2 out of 15 Lol!

A truly shocking record if accurate...

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

Oh dear, plenty of rain forecast for Manchester today and the morrow.

Shame.

 

[brimz]

I would rather us not regain the Ashes because of the weather tbh . I really wanted a 5-0 series white wash .

It'll have to do though

 

[brimz]

 

[Le'Mix]

Not sure the rain is gonna arrive. Hope it ends 2-1 in truth, I'd have liked 5-0 but that looks very unlikely, so next best is tight series ! And I have tickets for the the 4th day, 4th Test.

 

[deeCee]

Damn fucking rain! Just when we start doing something right ... RAGING!

 

[Le'Mix]

What an anti-climax. Not the way to get the Ashes. But it is funny.

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

Shame we didn't get the chance to knock off the runs to keep 5-0 in the frame but, oh well, Ashes stay here anyway.

 

[One Thousand Words]

Although one swallow doesn't make a summer, I see enough in Australia in the first and third tests to predict England are no hope of keeping the ashes come the return leg in Oz. England's bowlers are one dimensional and you can bet your house the wickets down there won't have the life rolled out of them.

 

[brimz]

If i was oz fan i would be pissed that it took till the 3rd test to work out what should have been fukin obvious regarding Team selection .

Fukin suicide going in to an Ashes series with a Teenage debut spinner no matter how many runs he scored . That's just one of many glaringly obvious fuk ups .

DRS well it would of been an idea to learn how it works , ffs . Amateurs

 

[One Thousand Words]

I would say England has wasted just as many DRS as Australia. The worrying thing is the number of just wrong decisions by the umpires period. Personally I would scrap giving teams any appeals and allow the third umpire to over turn incorrect decisions. But that does require having competent 3rd umpires, which in this series is lacking.

 

[brimz]

It's a mess really & action needs to be taken . Thing is will the ICC admit they fuked up & do the reasonable thing . Back a few years if you were out then well ...

It's the TV that has spoiled it . But we need the TV money so it's as much Sky as the ICC .

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

DRS works. Hotspot doesn't.

 

[One Thousand Words]

I was always happy with snicko, I don't know why they don't use it. At least hawk eye has improved the lbw accuracy

 

[StoneHappyMonday]

As Brimz said, its at the broadcasting rights holders bequest. Which is bloody stupid and as blatant an interference from money as you get.

 

[Le'Mix]

95% of decisions correct with DRS, 90% correct without. Those are the stats. i think it needs tweaking but on the whole is a better system.