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Cricket
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Blackface in crowd 129 55.36%
References to Lord of the Rings 104 44.64%
Total: 233 votes
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tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
Omfg is everyone playing this test brain dead jesus Christ

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Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Put a loving second slip in.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Is there something in the air thats depriving batsmens brains of oxygen?

EMC
Aug 17, 2004

serious gaylord posted:

Is there something in the air thats depriving batsmens brains of oxygen?

The David Warner effect

Airstream Driver
May 6, 2009

An 80 run lead is massive in these 3 day games.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Troll runs from Broad today ??

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
To be fair, england losing all these quick wickets too will do nothing to calm australias batsmen.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
They're too thick to worry

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Warner is itching to play a few big shots to establish his innings

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
Lyon actually has the resemblance of a test level off spinner finally.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Lyon actually has the resemblance of a test level off spinner finally.

He's been a genuine great bowler for years and only idiots thought otherwise.

Airstream Driver
May 6, 2009

serious gaylord posted:

He's been a genuine great bowler for years and only idiots thought otherwise.

He's been about as good as Panesar for his entire career. Not sure I would call him great.

MUSCULAR BEAVER
Dec 26, 2014

HENDO! HENDO!
Wickets a brewin' here imo

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Why are they taking massive swings at everything???

Negligent
Aug 20, 2013

Its just lovely here this time of year.
Australians just have unrealistic expectations about spin bowlers

Oh it's turning a bit the Lyon should clean up on the last day, what's that he only got a couple of wickets what a shitlord

Dead Goon
Dec 13, 2002

No Obvious Flaws



Gotta play your natural game mate.

EMC
Aug 17, 2004

Starc is just terrible

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Lyons OK.

The game where he failed against south Africa was entirely the fault of Matthew Wade who dropped heaps of catches. In fact Wade almost destroyed Lyons career.

Lyon a solid bowler, a great number 11 and a hell of a fieldsmen. He frustrates me sometimes because he doesn't attack the stumps enough. I lean towards Clarke asking him to do that though.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Right I have to be up early for work so that's as much as I can watch. I wouldn't be surprised if the games over before stumps tonight. :xd:

MacDougall
Apr 21, 2008

Definitely Australian
I can't believe Lyon is only 27. He could play test cricket for another 10 years. He could definitely still improve.

snaeksikn
Feb 28, 2010

:qq::qq::qq::qq::qq::qq::qq:
i cant believe hes 27 because he looks 45

MacDougall
Apr 21, 2008

Definitely Australian

snaeksikn posted:

i cant believe hes 27 because he looks 45

Yeah that's kind of what I meant.

gay picnic defence
Oct 5, 2009


I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

snaeksikn posted:

i cant believe hes 27 because he looks 45

He's not as bad as Adam 'Chemotherapy' Lyth though

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer

serious gaylord posted:

Why are they taking massive swings at everything???

This is obviously a low scoring match and they could lose their wicket at any minute due to the minefield of a pitch and so they have to try and score off every ball to make it count.

Apart from Buttler, he needed to rein it in and grind himself a 50 to show he has patience and test credentials.

MikeCrotch
Nov 5, 2011

I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese
Ali is playing his natural game mate

EMC
Aug 17, 2004

Can Lyon bowl from both ends here? Johnson looks rough since lunch

Fanatic
Mar 9, 2006

:eyepop:
The crowd have broken Johnson.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
Useful stand this.

MikeCrotch
Nov 5, 2011

I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese

Fanatic posted:

The crowd have broken Johnson.

"ARE YOU JOHNSON IN DISGUISE" is still the best chant of this series

notaspy
Mar 22, 2009

Fanatic posted:

The crowd have broken Johnson.

He's like one of those computer game characters that has an amazing attack but once it's done he has to shut down

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
I might go along to day one of the women's ashes test.

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
I wonder how many wickets Ali will pick up.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Overconfidence from Broad.

Better than cowering in fear every ball.

MikeCrotch
Nov 5, 2011

I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese

serious gaylord posted:

I wonder how many wickets Ali will pick up.

If the first innings is anything to go by, 0

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.

goatface posted:

Overconfidence from Broad.

Better than cowering in fear every ball.

I'd rather he gets out after hitting 25 to 30 runs stupidly rather than getting out for single digits by cowering behind his bat.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Definitely. Means he might come into the bowling energetic rather than coming down from the nerves.

notaspy
Mar 22, 2009

What dumb gently caress way do we think Anderson will get out to?

MikeCrotch
Nov 5, 2011

I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese
Handy chunk from Ali there, hopefully England can get the 150 lead just in time to watch Smith get in ready for a double hundred tomorrow

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
They were saying earlier that theres been 1 innings out of the last 15 or something where the opening team have scored more than 300.

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MikeCrotch
Nov 5, 2011

I AM UNJUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF MY SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE RECIPE

YES, IT IS AN INCREDIBLY SIMPLE DISH

NO, IT IS NOT NORMAL TO USE A PEPPERAMI INSTEAD OF MINCED MEAT

YES, THERE IS TOO MUCH SALT IN MY RECIPE

NO, I WON'T STOP SHARING IT

more like BOLLOCKnese

notaspy posted:

What dumb gently caress way do we think Anderson will get out to?

Caught behind, how pedestrian

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