Cricket

[onlyonejackwalker]

Shit or bust, all or nothing, win or lose, kamikazee knockabout two effing days codswallop.

I was a Rovers fan in the 70's, an England cricket fan watching Haynes, Greenidge, Richards, Lloyd, Marshall, Garner, Croft, Holding, Roberts in the 80's, the Atherton years, the Graham Taylor years, the Steve Mclaren years, the Sven years, the Nasser Hussain years, the Venky years.

I don't mind losing. I'm USED to it. 

What i do mind is gifting victory to the opposition at a professional level. Two fucking days. Seriously??? We've got to be better than that.

Crawley 60 tests averaging just over 30. Its mind boggling how he keeps his job. Driving on the up not moving his feet time and time and time again when he has just walked to the crease. Against the worlds best. Thick as pig shit. Root and others also.

Players caught behind, or in the deep hooking. Hooking!!!! Why can't we just leave anything not on the stumps? And duck? Its so frustrating.

Gav, you'd be going mental if Rovers were 5-0 down before half time. Then recovering to 5-4, but ending up losing 14-7. Even if we did win 10-2 one week against some abject mess at home.

A five day test over in two days. It's cowardly. Thats what it is. Cowardly and spineless, spun and parcelled as brave and couragious for the unwitting and foolhardy.

Edited November 22 by onlyonejackwalker

[Gav]

Good to see you posting @onlyonejackwalker 

Hope you are well 👍

[onlyonejackwalker]

5 minutes ago, Gav said:

Good to see you posting @onlyonejackwalker 

Hope you are well 👍

Good evening as always Gav. Im battling on. Hope you and yours are good.

[K-Hod]

The bit that frustrated me the most was that I felt there were three wickets we gave away that were preventable, by just leaving it. As it was, they went for the shots and ended up out.

Absolute basics.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, K-Hod said:

The bit that frustrated me the most was that I felt there were three wickets we gave away that were preventable, by just leaving it. As it was, they went for the shots and ended up out.

Absolute basics.

Yeah, I saw an illustration of the balls that got Root, Brook and Pope out. They are all shoulder high about 2 ft outside the off stump. Absolutely no need to play at any of them. Significantly only one player was out bowled, all the rest were caught.  Just let the bowlers tire themselves out.

Edited November 23 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[jim mk2]

Boycott writing in the Sunday papers today said the way England play is "brainless" and he "can't take the team seriously anymore"

“They never learn, because they never listen to anyone outside their own bubble, because they truly believe their own publicity."

“A 40-run lead on a fast, bouncy, low-scoring pitch was huge and, with Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope together at one stage, England were in charge at effectively 100 for one. But as exciting as this England team can be, they are always only a blink of an eye away from self-destruction.

“Chasing balls away from your body on fast, bouncy pitches is fraught with danger. It’s like Russian roulette. Save those shots for low, slow surfaces where the odds are in a batsman’s favour.

“When the Aussies get stuck for a wicket all they have to do is go fishing. Dangle the bait and wait for a bite. Our lot can’t resist."

Who would argue with that? 

[wilsdenrover]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cz94pz4eqy1o

[oldjamfan1]

18 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

🤦‍♂️

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cz94pz4eqy1o

Complete arrogance. I think the fans are turning as well. 

[onlyonejackwalker]

16 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Complete arrogance. I think the fans are turning as well. 

Fans have spent thousands for a five day match. No guarantees of that, but less than two days on a decent wicket?

Now theyve got to go sight seeing in Perth.

We always had run a ball players like Gower, Botham, KP, Bairstow, etc. But they played like that naturally.

Forcing others to emulate isn't helpful.

Playing away is hard whatver the sport. You need an effective plan that minimises home advantage.

[47er]

Brook should be shot for that one. Played a wide ball from Starc, only the second ball since Starc came back on and caught in the slips. Just stupid.

[Gav]

Great come back by Zak Crawley after a disastrous pair in Perth, that takes some bottle.

If he could add some consistency to his game at international level he’d be one of the best ever, his stroke play, timing and vision at times is exquisite.

 

[jim mk2]

Brook is vice captain, where's the responsibility in playing a daft shot like that? Good recovery after a disastrous start (Pope played another awful cross-batted shot) and Crawley played well but it's all or nothing with him - he's either very good or dreadful. A Test average of 24 in the past year or so says it all - he's lucky still to be playing Test cricket

[47er]

Instant disaster! Stokes run out. Pair seemed really settled too.

[Gav]

1 minute ago, 47er said:

Instant disaster! Stokes run out. Pair seemed really settled too.

Awful by Stokes, never a run and Root saw that.

[jim mk2]

This lot have a death wish it seems. Brook and Stokes both nicely settled and then doing something silly. The useless Smyth gone too. 250 all out? 

[47er]

35 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

This lot have a death wish it seems. Brook and Stokes both nicely settled and then doing something silly. The useless Smyth gone too. 250 all out? 

248 for 6 so it won't be that bad Jim! They should get 300 at least from here and the pitch is already showing cracks so its not a complete disaster.

No team has got to that score at the Gabba batting first and lost I believe.

[jim mk2]

5 minutes ago, 47er said:

248 for 6 so it won't be that bad Jim! They should get 300 at least from here and the pitch is already showing cracks so its not a complete disaster.

No team has got to that score at the Gabba batting first and lost I believe.

Seven down, Jacks chasing another wide one. Brainless batting. The bowler didn't have to do anything.

I'd take anything above 270. 

Root 100. Well played Joe. Hope it sticks in the convicts' craw

 

 

[Gav]

I'd declare right now, get them in for the last 30/45mins.

[47er]

33 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

 

I'd take anything above 270. 

pessimist JIm!