Cricket 2012: Cricket has always been a game stuck in the past

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Blackface in crowd	129	55.36%
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monkeu: Jun 1, 2000; by Reene

-Spiffy- posted:

Has he mentioned which elephant he enjoyed killing the most.

Robert Key?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:40

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# ? May 22, 2024 11:15

a real chump: Jul 30, 2003; noice; Nap Ghost

Pretty telling that they won't bowl Starc.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:40

EMC: Aug 17, 2004

Negligent posted:

Someone posted on fb a dumb meme we're not booing him because he's aboriginal it's because he's a wanker

Most people should just admit it is both of those things then everyone can move on

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:41

Negligent: Aug 20, 2013; Its just lovely here this time of year.

I wouldn't be riding too high a horse since the bowling has also been horseshit

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:41

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

Might as well bowl Smith

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:41

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

Negligent posted:

I wouldn't be riding too high a horse since the bowling has also been horseshit

True but they are bowling England out over the series and have taken 20 wickets pretty often lately. They won't here but they are the least of the issue.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:42

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

Root and Bell are riding on some strong luck here

By luck I mean Clarke fumbling an easy catch

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:43

monkeu: Jun 1, 2000; by Reene

Give Davey a spell.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:45

EMC: Aug 17, 2004

The batting has been totally horseshit but honestly the pace bowling has been really poor - both in this game and the first test. The only time they got it right was in Lords which was the least friendly bowling deck of them all

I just don't think you can play both Starc and Johnson, Johnson needs to run in and bowl as fast as he can and be fine with giving some runs away. Starc is trying to do the same but he is just a bad test bowler right now, and Hazlewood has been ultra disappointing after a solid start. I would guess Cummins comes in for Starc and S.Marsh for Voges.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:46

webmeister: Jan 31, 2007; The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.

Negligent posted:

Someone posted on fb a dumb meme we're not booing him because he's aboriginal it's because he's a wanker

And then I de friended that person

I never booed <other Indigenous player>, therefore I'm not a racist.

Almost literally the "some of my best friends are black/gay/whatever" defence

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:46

Negligent: Aug 20, 2013; Its just lovely here this time of year.

when Michael "Mick" "Slats" Slater says its slipping away it was lost ten overs ago

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:47

monkeu: Jun 1, 2000; by Reene

This may go to 5 days yet what with the new better England side's rollicking run rate.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:48

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

monkeu posted:

This may go to 5 days yet what with the new better England side's rollicking run rate.

Of 4 per over?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:53

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

EMC posted:

The batting has been totally horseshit but honestly the pace bowling has been really poor - both in this game and the first test. The only time they got it right was in Lords which was the least friendly bowling deck of them all

I just don't think you can play both Starc and Johnson, Johnson needs to run in and bowl as fast as he can and be fine with giving some runs away. Starc is trying to do the same but he is just a bad test bowler right now, and Hazlewood has been ultra disappointing after a solid start. I would guess Cummins comes in for Starc and S.Marsh for Voges.

We bowled ok at Cardiff. We let root get away after he was dropped and struggled with the tail in the second innings.

I think that clarke isn't using them all that well. Not letting them settle into spells. Cook is giving his bowlers long spells. So they are getting the message from clarke that they need to be bowling wicket balls

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:54

IceAgeComing: Jan 29, 2013; pretty fucking embarrassing to watch

There's no need to go quickly, they could score 10 runs a session and still win by tea tomorrow

And 4 an over is good for test cricket

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:54

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

monkeu posted:

This may go to 5 days yet what with the new better England side's rollicking run rate.

Good job we don't have Trott anymore, we'd have been here forever

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:54

monkeu: Jun 1, 2000; by Reene

serious gaylord posted:

Of 4 per over?

In my defence it's Friday night here in Australia and I went and made myself two more drinks and England still hadn't made another run.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 14:56

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

That was an interesting shot

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:00

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

Haha that mean baby

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:01

monkeu: Jun 1, 2000; by Reene

Can we get the third umpire on that? I reckon the spout never made contact with the eye.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:01

Halo14: Sep 11, 2001

Crowd has been more entertaining than the sport. What am I still doing up?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:02

Seams: Feb 3, 2005; ROCK HARD

I guess England's chance of winning the next Test is even higher with that over-rated piechucker Jimmy Anderson out of the team.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:04

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

Seams posted:

I guess England's chance of winning the next Test is even higher with that over-rated piechucker Jimmy Anderson out of the team.

Yep it's a worry

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:05

Negligent: Aug 20, 2013; Its just lovely here this time of year.

I assume Ian Bell has heard every Bell-related insult in the book a million times

but he is still a bellend

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:05

monkeu: Jun 1, 2000; by Reene

Well done NAB. I didn't think I could hate a condescending bank ad more than the Italian words of wisdom "ship in the harbour" one... But here comes the new "I'm a yuppie and I own a cafe and this first girl's order is she wants to fuuuuuuck".

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:07

Unimpressed: Feb 13, 2013

And, with that, it's time to go to bed, surely even England can't lose from here, right?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:09

Seams: Feb 3, 2005; ROCK HARD

Unimpressed posted:

And, with that, it's time to go to bed, surely even England can't lose from here, right?

They could, but they won't.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:10

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

Good cricket that over.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:11

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

Hahahaha Aggers is slowly losing the will to live from talking to Boycott

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:12

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

At least get them on the pitch

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:13

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

AAAAAAAAARE YOU JOHNSON IN DISGUISE

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:14

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

Haha the ball is giving Johnson a hard time

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:26

BrigadierSensible: Feb 16, 2012; I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

Has Ian Healy conceded that Australia might not win this test yet?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:27

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

This thread has me really confused about something. Is Adam Lyth a goblin or is he a troll?

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:29

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

BrigadierSensible posted:

Has Ian Healy conceded that Australia might not win this test yet?

They are doing the autopsy right now

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:30

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

Mister Chief posted:

This thread has me really confused about something. Is Adam Lyth a goblin or is he a troll?

Goblin, trolls are good at hitting things

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:30

Antifreeze Head: Jun 6, 2005; It begins; Pillbug

Mister Chief posted:

This thread has me really confused about something. Is Adam Lyth a goblin or is he a troll?

Literal goblin.
Figurative troll.

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:31

Negligent: Aug 20, 2013; Its just lovely here this time of year.

all I'm hearing from the bitching about no.s 4, 5 and 6 is that we need watto

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:32

Byolante: Mar 23, 2008; by Cyrano4747

Mister Chief posted:

This thread has me really confused about something. Is Adam Lyth a goblin or is he a troll?

house elf

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:32

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# ? May 22, 2024 11:15

Negligent: Aug 20, 2013; Its just lovely here this time of year.

with a side order of why didnt you pick haddin, he bailed us out of trouble so many times down under

# ? Jul 31, 2015 15:33

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