The Ashes 2021/22

[Khan Sahab54]

 

[Khan Sahab54]

Waiting for someone complaining about the pitch

 

[ddrap14]

Seeing Australia dismantle England makes me even more proud of India‘s performance in Australia with almost an A team.

Dude, we had an A team too. Imagine having that scrub Hazlewood over the GOAT Boland

this post was made entirely out of satire

 

[icyman]

Waiting for a someone complaining about the pitch

Wait for Michael Vaughan!

 

[Bevab]

@wasteyouryouth except Bangladesh also have a decent set of spinners that can lead them to victory in home conditions for the most part (not withstanding recent events). They suffer from the same lack of potent bowlers in overseas conditions, the same issue of lack of quality batsmen to standup for themselves in overseas conditions.

Let's face it, at this point the English Test Side looks more and more like a rich man's Bangladeshi side. Fully waiting for @icyman's thread on why England should be stripped of test status in the near future.

 

[Loubs]

I find solace in the fact that India isn't the only side who makes a hero of a debutant

I'm guessing this gratitude isn't finished with yet. Maybe someone's grandmother will claim a hattrick?

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That's so poor.

Waiting for someone complaining about the pitch

Nothing wrong with the pitches, if one side can bat on it then so can the other but I see what you mean. Would be poor form if they did.

@wasteyouryouth except Bangladesh also have a decent set of spinners that can lead them to victory in home conditions for the most part (not withstanding recent events). They suffer from the same lack of potent bowlers in overseas conditions, the same issue of lack of quality batsmen to standup for themselves in overseas conditions.

Let's face it, at this point the English Test Side looks more and more like a rich man's Bangladeshi side. Fully waiting for @icyman's thread on why England should be stripped of test status in the near future.

I think Bangladesh beat England in a test match a while ago?

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

Devon Malcolm

Is this the same guy who got thrased by an 17 year old at The Old Trafford in 1990 after he hit him on his head? Just saw he once took 9/74!

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

I think Bangladesh beat England in a test match a while ago?

That was Australia in 2017.

Edit: Oh yes, England lost in 2016!

 

[GuyIncognito]

I'm waiting for Boycott's media rampage in the forthcoming days.

 

[Aislabie]

So I spent a little bit of time looking for modern Test openers who are comparable to England's current pair. This is what I found:

1. Zak Crawley
2. Haseeb Hameed
3. Blair Pocock
4. Hannan Sarkar
5. Stuart Matsikenyeri
6. Adrian Griffith

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

 

[icyman]

Fully waiting for @icyman's thread on why England should be stripped of test status in the near future.

Ha ha ha! There's no way I'm gonna compromise the retainer being paid to me by the Big 3

 

[Roooooot]

It was often said England wouldn't win a world cup until they took one day cricket seriously.

They won't win a test series until they take first class cricket seriously.

 

[Loubs]

That was Australia in 2017.

Edit: Oh yes, England lost in 2016!

Everyone has recently, Ireland too!!!

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It was often said England wouldn't win a world cup until they took one day cricket seriously.

They won't win a test series until they take first class cricket seriously.

Sadly T20 is the money spinner and most of our batsman are looking over their shoulder at their IPL contracts which, being honest, is lucrative.

 

[beechcroft]

I can confidently predict another one of those ECB or MCC enquiries into the future of English cricket, chaired by Lord someone-or-other. It will meet for several months in a Lords committee room, produce a report that is likely never to be released, and recommend some minor changes that will never get implemented, and make no difference anyway.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I can confidently predict another one of those ECB or MCC enquiries into the future of English cricket, chaired by Lord someone-or-other. It will meet for several months in a Lords committee room, produce a report that is likely never to be released, and recommend some minor changes that will never get implemented, and make no difference anyway.

There was some really good discussion between Trott, Moeen and Harmison on BT last night. As good as anything I've seen from the guys on Sky. Here's a coach, an active player and I'm pretty sure Harmi watches a lot of domestic stuff, all saying similar things. As opposed to Sky where, as good as it can be, it often feels like the only cricket some of them watch is what they commentate on.

Mo was excellent, I wonder if some of his difficulties in the England side might stem from the fact he seems fairly 'luded' (I can't be arsed thinking of the opposite word for deluded)