5th Test at Hobart - 14-19 Jan 2022

[cnerd123]

found it:

‘Time for bed’: Police called to move on partying Australian and England cricketers

Footage has emerged of Australian and England cricketers, wearing their playing attire from the night before, being spoken to by police during a drinking session in Hobart.

www.smh.com.au

they were still in their whites lmao

 

[ImpatientLime]

found it:

‘Time for bed’: Police called to move on partying Australian and England cricketers

Footage has emerged of Australian and England cricketers, wearing their playing attire from the night before, being spoken to by police during a drinking session in Hobart.

www.smh.com.au

they were still in their whites lmao

true alpha move tbh

letting all the other hotel guests know

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I remember Geoff Lawson used to get stick for piss ups during Ashes series, because he was the only one who didn't turn up.

 

[greg]

Get the impression that the coverage of this in England is being magnified by the presumption that it was somehow breaking Covid rules. Whatever might have happened earlier in the series, having a few drinks with the opposition and being a bit noisy, and then dispersing immediately when asked to do so, shouldn’t even reach apology stage IMO.

 

[Gob]

They may have interesting things to share

 

[Line and Length]

A 'nothing' story ... another media beat-up.

 

[Daemon]

found it:

‘Time for bed’: Police called to move on partying Australian and England cricketers

Footage has emerged of Australian and England cricketers, wearing their playing attire from the night before, being spoken to by police during a drinking session in Hobart.

www.smh.com.au

they were still in their whites lmao

Whoever leaked the video needs his head examined. I imagine Thorpe sent it to someone in the group who then leaked it.

Nothing really wrong with the behaviour there from everyone else tbh.

 

[Burgey]

He seems to be pointing out the players for... legal reasons...? Really bizarre.

Maybe he filmed it in case stories got out they'd resisted the cops or something. Or maybe he (rightly) thinks ACAB. He also may well have filmed it and sent it to someone else in the camp who then leaked it.

 

[Spikey]

I figure it's 100% the first point. But why he posted it in a groupchat (or something like that) is beyond me

 

[Gnske]

He had a cigar in the hotel room? So what? That's classy, it's not like he's huffing down a Winnie blue. That's some style.

Another victim of the PC police. #gustice4gooch

 

[Gnske]

Whoever leaked the video needs his head examined. I imagine Thorpe sent it to someone in the group who then leaked it.

Nothing really wrong with the behaviour there from everyone else tbh.

Hard to narrow it down if you ask yourself which batsman is most likely to be pissed off at Gooch for being a useless batting coach.

Vaughan will say it's Hameed.

 

[Gnske]

lol its Graham Thorpe, got the wrong Graham. Who cares, useless.

 

[Adders]

Wondered wtf gnske was talking about there, but then I frequently do tbh.

 

[Gob]

Wondered wtf gnske was talking about there, but then I frequently do tbh.

Me too

 

[nightprowler10]

http://instagr.am/p/CY0eoi4NLJm/
Other than Root at the SCG and Broad in the drawn test it’s pretty much the same delivery again and again nipping either way.

Begs the question, will he go on to take 500 wickets at 20?

Don't want to take anything away from Boland, that's an amazing series for him, but boy that's some batting. Reminds me of Pakistan in South Africa.

 

[Yorker48]

"Tom Brown is a high-performance coach with Warwickshire County Cricket Club and is completing a PhD in talent identification and development in cricket.
Inside the indoor nets at the famous Edgbaston ground in Birmingham, he told the ABC just how skewed England's selections had become.

"We looked through all the specialist batters that debuted (for England in Tests) since 2011, and we found that 95 per cent of them have been white, 77 per cent of them have come from private schools, only 30 per cent of them have managed to average over 30 or more, with one player averaging 40 or more, which was Joe Root," he said.

"Our research highlighted that you were 13 times more likely if you're white and privately educated to be selected as a professional cricketer than if you're white and state educated."
In the UK, around 7 per cent of the school-age population attends what are referred to as independent fee-paying schools. Brown's statistical analysis suggests the England team's top order is a more elitist cohort than what you find in the UK's House of Lords."

And that is why the English cricket team is a joke.

 

[Spikey]

yeah private school kids are the worst. australian cricket needs to accept this before it's too late

 

[stephen]

"Tom Brown is a high-performance coach with Warwickshire County Cricket Club and is completing a PhD in talent identification and development in cricket.
Inside the indoor nets at the famous Edgbaston ground in Birmingham, he told the ABC just how skewed England's selections had become.

"We looked through all the specialist batters that debuted (for England in Tests) since 2011, and we found that 95 per cent of them have been white, 77 per cent of them have come from private schools, only 30 per cent of them have managed to average over 30 or more, with one player averaging 40 or more, which was Joe Root," he said.

"Our research highlighted that you were 13 times more likely if you're white and privately educated to be selected as a professional cricketer than if you're white and state educated."
In the UK, around 7 per cent of the school-age population attends what are referred to as independent fee-paying schools. Brown's statistical analysis suggests the England team's top order is a more elitist cohort than what you find in the UK's House of Lords."

And that is why the English cricket team is a joke.

"Cricket is an upper class sport in England" is not exactly a revelation.

I'm assuming the focus on skin colour is because immigrants from Pakistan and India are playing at similar rates regardless of class.

 

[stephen]

yeah private school kids are the worst. australian cricket needs to accept this before it's too late

1/3 students in Australia go to a private high school.

But I agree with the sentiment, we should be broadcasting all the international cricket on FTA.

 

[Shri]

so anyway, been watching Triple M youtube commentary clips and mark taylor is very likeable and has good vibes when he commentates even if he doesn't say anything useful about the match going on