The Official Cricket Thread

[Pidge]

Tough call with the expectation for more swing making him a decent call ahead of Robinson coming back. If Archer was fit his pace would probably have forced the issue. 

 

Will be interesting to see what the India lineup looks like. 

[Jairzinho]

Fucking hell, Ben.

[Pidge]

Dayum

[clangers]

Not the brightest this England side. Is this part of bazball?

[Jairzinho]

Losing the review is an interesting one. I think it should be lost, but I also think those that Australia reviewed in previous series where they knew it wasn't a stumping but didn't want to waste a review on a possible nick behind should also have been lost. Extremely difficult to police once you're into the realms of the honest reason for a review, though. 

[Remmie]

How many incredibly tight decisions has Smith been on the right side of just in this series? You can't give him any extra lives. 

 

Just to rub salt in the wound Stokes spits on his own chin on camera! 

 

I'd stop fielders throwing the ball in the air after a catch after that. It was basically a drop because of the celebration 

[Manny]

Smith is one of the jammiest fucks to ever walk the earth no doubt, but I can't argue with the decision, especially after the decision earlier in the series to rule that Starc dropped that one mid-catch.

[Jairzinho]

Ponting spot on re the ball as well.

 

Absolute joke. One is about 30 overs older than the other.

[Jairzinho]

Great stuff, they changed the session times and then just as they were coming back on to the pitch it started raining again. Rain we knew was on its way. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Bad decisions, avoidable decision making and a casual attitude has cost them a series that should/could of been comfortably won. Australia have been nothing special and will win 3-1 probably.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 minute ago, Jairzinho said:

Great stuff, they changed the session times and then just as they were coming back on to the pitch it started raining again. Rain we knew was on its way. 

It’s just not cricket. Problem being it fucking is.

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

On 29/07/2023 at 22:59, Remmie said:

Oh ffs forgotten about Pietersen. Like nails down a blackboard. 

 

The Carl Froch of cricket.

[lifetime fan]

You can tell from Stokes reaction he knew he fucked up.

 

Why (not on here) are people arguing otherwise? 

[Manny]

For what it's worth I don't think he's dropped it in the act of throwing it in the air in celebration as some people are suggesting, that his hubris has made him prematurely celebrate and that's what made him drop it. I think his arm comes round in a circular motion and his thigh, which is in the air as he jumped to catch it, gets in the way and he fumbles it. I can't argue with the fact that he hasn't landed on both feet and steadied himself before he drops it, so it goes the same way as the Duckett non-dismissal earlier in the series.

 

It's poor fielding but Stokes is normally reliable, and he's one of our best and most athletic fielders. Shit happens - unfortunately usually when fucking Smith is batting.

[lifetime fan]

4 minutes ago, Manny said:

For what it's worth I don't think he's dropped it in the act of throwing it in the air in celebration as some people are suggesting, that his hubris has made him prematurely celebrate and that's what made him drop it. I think his arm comes round in a circular motion and his thigh, which is in the air as he jumped to catch it, gets in the way and he fumbles it. I can't argue with the fact that he hasn't landed on both feet and steadied himself before he drops it, so it goes the same way as the Duckett non-dismissal earlier in the series.

 

It's poor fielding but Stokes is normally reliable, and he's one of our best and most athletic fielders. Shit happens - unfortunately usually when fucking Smith is batting.

Only Stokes knows if he’s going to celebrate or not - the natural motion of his arm would be the same whether he’s going to or not. 
 

It’s a fuck up though and not out. 

[Pidge]

The adrenaline of the moment got to him a bit I think, he wasn't aware of his own body and swung his arms forwards instinctively. It's split second stuff, but there's no way you can say it's a catch. He was gambling with the review. Shame Root (I think) didn't grab the fumble, but that's a harsh expectation. Slightly more controversial than the starc (which was never out on review), but not by much. Two correct calls.

[Jairzinho]

Neither remotely controversial, for me. Starc slid the ball on the ground, Stokes hadn't even landed on the ground yet. Clearly neither in control. 

 

Starc was dim, Stokes clumsy. 

 

Completely unrelated but what a great character Mo has. That non review there doesn't happen with most bowlers. 

[Jairzinho]

He's just unplayable in these conditions. 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

Fucking Bairstow - finally looking like a wicketkeeper.

[Jairzinho]

Pants getting well and truly shat by the Aussies here. 

 

Had a feeling fannying around blocking wouldn't work out well for Marsh. He'd have been better off trying to blast it. 

[Manny]

Greatest wicketkeeper of all time for me, Clive.

[Jairzinho]

Ha, didn't fancy it at all. 

[Pidge]

They're done now he's put the bails back the right way around.

[lifetime fan]

Now that’s some way to bow out…

[Pidge]

Great series, shame about Old Trafford. Both sides missing their first choice spinner for much of it, lots of ups and downs. Thank you, Stuart.

 

The fucking Ashes. Brilliant, really.