3rd Test at Melbourne - December 26 - 30

[Gnske]

So were **** fighting and bear baiting once upon a time. And they were arguably more palatable than what we're seeing on your patch every four years.

Bear baiting sounds fun tbh

 

[honestbharani]

And @honestbharani

Still maintain he is better than Hameed and Sibley and has a higher ceiling than Pope. They should have opened with Burns and Crawley on the bouncier tracks.

 

[wpdavid]

Bear baiting sounds fun tbh

A gather that they employed better foot movement than Burns or Crawley.

 

[Gnske]

Still maintain he is better than Hameed and Sibley and has a higher ceiling than Pope. They should have opened with Burns and Crawley on the bouncier tracks.

What is your case for this.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Bear baiting sounds fun tbh

so does c*nt fighting

 

[honestbharani]

What is your case for this.

Pope seems like an Ian Bell at his best, and Crawley seems a KP at his best.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Crawley is terrible. Could be given the captain America super serum and still never come close to half what KP was

 

[Gnske]

Pope seems like an Ian Bell at his best, and Crawley seems a KP at his best.

What's more likely. Pope having an Ian Bell career or Crawley having a KP Career.

I know what I'm going to bet on. Crawley's ceiling is closer to that of Notre Dame's.

 

[honestbharani]

What's more likely. Pope having an Ian Bell career or Crawley having a KP Career.

I know what I'm going to bet on. Crawley's ceiling is closer to that of Notre Dame's.

I honestly think Pope has many different weaknesses compared to the one big one from Crawley. My instinct is to always back the guy who has more strokes to good balls, even if he has poorer defence. My feeling is that survival is a bit easier to teach than stroke making at the highest level.

 

[ImpatientLime]

lol at Jimmy tho

bowling his guts out like that at 39 and watching that parade of clowns collapse in the last hour. must be thinking about packing it in

 

[Shri]

must be thinking about packing it in

preferably before july 2022

 

[Shri]

Bear baiting sounds fun tbh

i knew you were a furry

 

[_00_deathscar]

I honestly think Pope has many different weaknesses compared to the one big one from Crawley. My instinct is to always back the guy who has more strokes to good balls, even if he has poorer defence. My feeling is that survival is a bit easier to teach than stroke making at the highest level.

They're all slightly different shades of the same ****.

 

[ashley bach]

Pope seems like an Ian Bell at his best, and Crawley seems a KP at his best.

Isn't comparing Pope to Ian Bell and Crawley to KP one hell of a mismatch?

 

[wpdavid]

Isn't comparing Pope to Ian Bell and Crawley to KP one hell of a mismatch?

Yup. As it is when people compare Pope to Hick and Ramprakash.

 

[ImpatientLime]

preferably before july 2022

he will come out of retirement every year until his last to take the new ball v india

 

[Spark]

I mean the KP comparison misses that KP was so much more than just the technical aspects of his batting, no? It was his approach to batting and mental attributes which set him apart.

 

[Gnske]

Maybe if Broad and Anderson bully Crawley they'll produce the next great ego

 

[Gob]

What's more likely. Pope having an Ian Bell career or Crawley having a KP Career.

I know what I'm going to bet on. Crawley's ceiling is closer to that of Notre Dame's.

After it was burnt to the ground obvs

In other news, if any of the PCR comes as positive, tour is ****ed right?

 

[Gob]

on the bright side, it will be the first bit of positive news to come from the england camp