We couldn't do this could we?
Never in doubt.Squeaky bum time for the Aussies. 6 overs left................
( draw still the favourite)
Never in doubt.
Archer and Butler might want thier time again after that bouncer. Turning your back and having a laugh isnt the way you go about it. Not after Phil Hughes.
Theres very few things ill get pissed off at in the cricket but thats one of them.
https://twitter.com/danbrettig/status/1163048721548005377
For those who like cricket administration. The first time a concussion sub has been used.
Indeed he shouldn't have go back out. Where he was hit was the exact place Phil Hughes was hit.aye aye whatever I think the 10 overs lost in the morning were crucial to delivering a draw.
For the first time in a long time the Aussie batsmen looked a little scared, physically, of an England bowler. Lots of backing away.
I didn't see that ( and i have watched the replays) but it isn't on if true. In the interviews i heard with Archer he seemed genuinely concerned for Smith and for what had happened to him. That was a hell of a ball mind. 96mph! Thank god for helmets. Also no way Smith should have been allowed back out on the field.
We see that stuff all the time down here in aussie rules. Some players end up concussed and just try to keep playing and need the doctor/physio to just about drag them off.
I can only assume they use the same SCAT5 test they use in AFL. Apprantly it's not easy to fudge it. Some players fail it when normal let alone after a belt to the head.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket...ed-lords-pavilion-allegedly-verbally-abusing/
Good grief is that the sort of riff raff they let into the MCC these days.
I didn't see that ( and i have watched the replays) but it isn't on if true. In the interviews i heard with Archer he seemed genuinely concerned for Smith and for what had happened to him. That was a hell of a ball mind. 96mph! Thank god for helmets. Also no way Smith should have been allowed back out on the field.
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None of the press photos I saw, nor the TV coverage, gave this impression, indeed I could see concern in the eyes of Buttler, Denly and Bairstow which no-one could feign. The bowler should always stay out of these situations, as happened with poor Phillip Hughes: they have, or should have, a lot of thinking to do in the immediate aftermath, regardless of how ot turns out. Anyone who could then boo Smith in these circumstances (again, there seem to be totally different accounts) needs to go home and take a good look in the mirror. Warner (the main culprit in sandpapergate by any unbiased account) is getting his own comeuppance on the field of play, and long may it continue.Of course, social media was quick to pick up on this and of course the usual suspects made the assumption that Buttler (who I believe was first to get to Smith as he was fielding at short leg) and Archer were laughing at Smith, but I have read that, quite correctly, in such a situation the bowler also needs to be supported. Protocols have been developed in this area and it would be totally inappropriate for the bowler - having just felled a batsman - to be left alone with his thoughts. Buttler, to my mind, did the right thing.
England win the toss and will bowl
England win the toss and will camp out in the pavilion all day. It's chucking it down here in Lancashireland and the radar suggests it's all on it's way to Headingley. With two Tests after this one, we're into September and I think that's ridiculous. Sure we've had the World Cup taking just over half of the summer (it was too long IMO, just to please TV companies who can cover India a minimum of nine games...) so why does the Ashes have to follow? Surely that should have been put back a year so we could have a shorter series and not go into September?England win the toss and will bowl
I'm not a cricket fan at all but I do love listening on the radio when the Ashes are on. It's the only time I do pay attention to the game. I love playing the Aussies. It's a great rivalry.
I was enjoying the commentary today on 5 Live but now it's been postponed at 4:00pm. It's the middle of the day! It's not dark. It's daylight.
Why?
I was enjoying the commentary today on 5 Live but now it's been postponed at 4:00pm. It's the middle of the day! It's not dark. It's daylight.
The football is on. Finals implications. Much more important.I was hoping our resident Aussie would have some sort of comment to pass on yesterdays performance! Where have they got to?
Look, just let me enjoy this moment before it all comes crashing down around my ears in a few hours when England are reduced to not very many for five or six wickets
No he isn't. Walking wicket is a more appropriate description.Roy out cheap again. Root will follow shortly.
England selectors please listen: JASON. ROY. IS. NOT. A. TEST. OPENER.
Root will follow shortly.
No he isn't. Walking wicket is a more appropriate description.
It's like slow motion with Root. The ball was halfway down the pitch and you could see exactly what was coming. It's painful to watch.
i warned you: England 36 for 4