For me the cricket is fine, a bit slow but we are doing what we needed to do. Grinding you into the dirt so can hardly complain though can I?Anyone, glad we had that decision as it has given us something to talk about
The cricket itself has been absolutely tedious
By my reckoning, there are eight who are better (ten if you include Billy and Simon). The four non-Aussie non-English 'Elite' umpires are bringing the game into disrepute. Time the ICC to reverse their stupid 'neutral umpires' policy. Shakoor Rana's dead.Such shocking umpiring so far... are there no better umpires available than this? Would rather have a decent Aussie umpire tbh
I'm loving it.Anyone, glad we had that decision as it has given us something to talk about
The cricket itself has been absolutely tedious
Confirm what?Can anyone else confirm this for me?
Umpires are like players. They're better when they're not sucking in front of everyone and their counterparts are.Anyone pining after Billy Bowden has clearly forgotten how bad he was. Attention seeking prat.
Nah that's a silly way of looking at it, as every England fan will tell you this has been the day we needed. 1 wicket lost in two sessions with over two days left.England have been really poor IMO, on a pitch that is still excellent they've batted slowly and still lost wickets, they have only got away with it cos they're so far in front. It would look bad if Root and Bell were both out in single figures, as they should've been.
Silly? England aren't grinding us into the dirt, they are slowly lowering us into a grave of our own making, most teams would have come out swinging and buried us, lost opportunity, our bowlers can now remain confident for the next game while the English batsmen gain little from the experience.Nah that's a silly way of looking at it, as every England fan will tell you this has been the day we needed. 1 wicket lost in two sessions with over two days left.
Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfoaustralia have dismissed only 3 batsmen in the 96-99 range in the last 8 and a half years - and one of them was a run-out
Other than the chance to go 2-0 up in a 5-match series. I know who will be happier if that happens, the result is everything.Silly? England aren't grinding us into the dirt, they are slowly lowering us into a grave of our own making, most teams would have come out swinging and buried us, lost opportunity, our bowlers can now remain confident for the next game while the English batsmen gain little from the experience.
There's still a session to go and frankly today should have been about just keeping Australia in the field all day.Silly? England aren't grinding us into the dirt, they are slowly lowering us into a grave of our own making, most teams would have come out swinging and buried us, lost opportunity, our bowlers can now remain confident for the next game while the English batsmen gain little from the experience.