*Official* Fourth Test at Trent Bridge

[flibbertyjibber]

Similar to the Anderson ball to Brathwaite a few months back. Just got angle slightly wrong.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Yeah, a Faulkner debut in the fifth test would be sensational.

You're two years too late on this one lad. Debuted in the last Ashes in England.

 

[Biryani Pillow]

Australia need to bring Cummins and Zampa for the Oval for their equivalent of Rankin and Borthwick.

I umpired Zampa the other week.

Let's just say if if he played at The Oval and I was in the crowd I'd fear for my safety.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Told you it only works on your ****ty team

It was working when he was around. Rule of thumb is that he has to be here

 

[ajdude]

You're two years too late on this one lad. Debuted in the last Ashes in England.

you really need to frequent cricket chat more often.

or somebody needs to begin a cricketweb.net/forum memes thread.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

He only doesn't score in Eng cos he's too busy getting it on with his mrs there. Needs to not bring her.

You know Ian Healy used this as an explanation for Australia playing like **** in this series, yeah? You're basically Ian Healy now.

 

[Jono]

You're two years too late on this one lad. Debuted in the last Ashes in England.

wasn't he making a CW debut meme joke?

 

[Jono]

You know Ian Healy used this as an explanation for Australia playing like **** in this series, yeah? You're basically Ian Healy now.

are you not getting the jokes in this thread on purpose or something?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

you really need to frequent cricket chat more often.

or somebody needs to begin a cricketweb.net/forum memes thread.

 

[NUFAN]

Would Maxwell/Faulkner/M Marsh ever work in the same test side?Saw a tweet from an Aussie journo a couple of months ago saying Cricket Australia were really keen on working with Faulkner and Maxwell to integrate them into the test side in the future.

All 3 of them? No, it wouldn't work. Two could work but I don't think we should be going into a match with 2 of those bats inside the top 6 and that is what is needed if you want all 3 in your XI. These conditions are probably the worst for it, but you could kind of imagine Maxwell with one of the other two in some conditions.

 

[ajdude]

nice meme

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

are you not getting the jokes in this thread on purpose or something?

Nah I'm just pretty drunk.

 

[Jono]

Stokes is unplayable atm

 

[LegionOfBrad]

****ing hell Clarke has no clue right now.

And wow lol they actually moved the fielder 5 yards to exactly where Smith went through and he hit it right to him. Bellend.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Would be happy to see a Clarke ton today

 

[Biryani Pillow]

****ing hell Clarke has no clue right now.

And wow lol they actually moved the fielder 5 yards to exactly where Smith went through and he hit it right to him. Bellend.

He's groping like a 1970s Saturday evening TV star (one for the UK audience).

 

[Jono]

lol Warne saying Smith doesn't have the technique to bat 3 in England.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

did anyone find Clarke's "being aggressive against good bowling is the only way, live by the sword die by the sword" comments yesterday really weird? Like surely he doesn't genuinely believe that?

I honestly think it kinda depends. I do think you need to look to score, there's a reason why all the best batsmen are pretty attacking minded players. The "intent" thing isn't complete crap or anything, however overplayed it might be. Sometimes I think cricket fans (of the more serious variety) get in the mindset of thinking that if people just didn't play any aggressive shots they'd never get out, so any dismissal going hard at the ball is a wasted wicket. At the same time there's a world of difference between Warner style idiocy and just batting to survive.

 

[Spikey]

dcye is struggling here on debut

Shane Warne is just struggling fullstop

 

[LegionOfBrad]

When Broad is hooping it you know it's your day.