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2nd Test, Lord's, London

mr_mister

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hazsa19 said:
‘Hatred’ :laugh: get a grip. Seriously, no one at a English ground gives a **** enough to feel such a strong emotion.
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You'd think it'd have to take severe dislike of the bloke to boo after that head hit. I guess there's every chance they were all drunk and didn't realise the seriousness of the situation. But I couldn't imagine not being completely tuned in and glued to the game after that first arm hit. It's Lords after all
 
trundler

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mr_mister said:
You'd think it'd have to take severe dislike of the bloke to boo after that head hit. I guess there's every chance they were all drunk and didn't realise the seriousness of the situation. But I couldn't imagine not being completely tuned in and glued to the game after that first arm hit. It's Lords after all
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Yes, it's not a good look either way. He's saying the crowd was too dumb to realise the severity of a bloke being hit in the head by a 95 mph bumper or they did but were just being dicks. Either way a bad look tstl.
 
morgieb

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mr_mister said:
So there may be no declaration at all? Even at tea?
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Possible, but at tea I think you're at a point where Australia can't lose.

I don't know how many overs have been lost today, so I think that will be key in deciding what happens today. I guess there'll be 80 overs bowled? So I think the best approach for England is to attack for 20 overs, get the target up to around 200 and hope that enough wickets fall to not need to declare. It's going to be an extremely delicate balance in any case, and frankly if I were Australia I'd bowl extremely dry and force England to up the pressure. We're 1-0, no need to play too agressively to bowl England out.
 
morgieb

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mr_mister said:
You'd think it'd have to take severe dislike of the bloke to boo after that head hit. I guess there's every chance they were all drunk and didn't realise the seriousness of the situation. But I couldn't imagine not being completely tuned in and glued to the game after that first arm hit. It's Lords after all
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Apparently Mark Taylor stated that a lot of people there yesterday were casuals, and had no idea of the significance of the issue.
 
Spark

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morgieb said:
Apparently Mark Taylor stated that a lot of people there yesterday were casuals, and had no idea of the significance of the issue.
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Which is exactly why I think it would be exactly the same down here, if not worse. There are a lot of "casual" Aus fans that only show up for the Ashes.
 
morgieb

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morgieb said:
Possible, but at tea I think you're at a point where Australia can't lose.

I don't know how many overs have been lost today, so I think that will be key in deciding what happens today. I guess there'll be 80 overs bowled? So I think the best approach for England is to attack for 20 overs, get the target up to around 200 and hope that enough wickets fall to not need to declare. It's going to be an extremely delicate balance in any case, and frankly if I were Australia I'd bowl extremely dry and force England to up the pressure. We're 1-0, no need to play too agressively to bowl England out.
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OK, only 10 overs were lost. That makes it somewhat easier for England to stay in the match.
 
the big bambino

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I wonder how Taylor would know that? Its irrelevant really. No one can be so ignorant as to be insensible to the impact of a cricket ball to the head. If they didn't they'd have gained an appreciation when they saw Smith on the canvas and eventually having to go off. So they knew he was hurt and know enough about cricket to understand why they are booing Smith. No excuses, it was trash behaviour and about the worst reaction I've seen to the well being of a cricketer, ignorance of his bravery and the so called sense of fair play the English reckon they're famous.
 
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https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics..._breach_code_conduct_abusing_steve_smith.html

An MCC member was ejected from the Lord’s pavilion on Saturday for verbally abusing Steve Smith.

Smith was walking through the Long Room after being dismissed for 92 in Australia’s first innings of the second Ashes Test when he was targeted by the unidentified member.

Witnesses to the incident say the individual shouted at Smith, calling him a “cheat” and a “disgrace”. The 30-year-old was banned for a year by Cricket Australia for his part in the ball-tampering scandal last year.

MCC introduced a code of conduct for its members following the club’s AGM in May, with the intention of stamping out poor behaviour.

The guidelines, which MCC said at the time were “both timely and necessary, reflecting the increasingly diverse profile of the membership and the current positive period of change for MCC”, were overwhelmingly voted in at the meeting.
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I do think at this stage the ball-tampering is being used as an excuse by some people to indulge in behaviour that they would otherwise accept is unconscionable.
 
hazsa19

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mr_mister said:
You'd think it'd have to take severe dislike of the bloke to boo after that head hit. I guess there's every chance they were all drunk and didn't realise the seriousness of the situation. But I couldn't imagine not being completely tuned in and glued to the game after that first arm hit. It's Lords after all
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I don’t even get your point? No one booed while he was down from what I’ve seen or heard.
 
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