*Official* Fourth Test (Old Trafford, Manchester) 19-23 July

[flibbertyjibber]

Fancy letting this pair put on a 100 stand.

Crawley might average 30 by the end of the series.

 

[halba]

With Australia's body language, England are going to win this 3-2

Which is an incredibly flattering result as Bairstow drop catches in the first two, should be 5-0. They've been village.

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

Fancy letting this pair put on a 100 stand.

Crawley might average 30 by the end of the series.

 

[halba]

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@thierry henry please verify. Green seems freakishly tall but he’s only got 1-2cm on Starc and Haze.

No. Green and Marsh aren't fast bowlers. They are meant to be batters that bowl a bit.

 

[Spark]

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[Spark]

Geez that's a bad drop.

 

[RightArmMystery]

Mo's now been dropped. This is comical stuff. How much have we paid the Aussies for this?

 

[morgieb]

Which is an incredibly flattering result as Bairstow drop catches in the first two, should be 5-0. They've been village.

I know I shouldn't be responding seriously to halba posts, but c'mon. Australia have played plenty of good cricket this series. They maybe haven't handled key moments all that well, but saying that England should be cruising through this series if Foakes (or a keeper who could actually catch) was playing is idiotic as hell.

 

[White Ball]

Straya won’t lose the series but they are probably glad they did win both the first two games

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Which is an incredibly flattering result as Bairstow drop catches in the first two, should be 5-0. They've been village.

Ignoring your hatred of your own side the old Aussie side is starting to look their age. Dad's army aren't they.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is a shambolic session by Australia

 

[Spark]

This is a shambolic session by Australia

Cummins is having his own personal howler in the field

Anyway do people believe me now that the bowling (and I guess fielding/tactics) have been the key problem in this series?

 

[Kraken]

I know I shouldn't be responding seriously to halba posts, but c'mon. Australia have played plenty of good cricket this series. They maybe haven't handled key moments all that well, but saying that England should be cruising through this series if Foakes (or a keeper who could actually catch) was playing is idiotic as hell.

haha cmon man don’t take the Halba bait

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

@Pothas predicted this.

 

[halba]

I know I shouldn't be responding seriously to halba posts, but c'mon. Australia have played plenty of good cricket this series. They maybe haven't handled key moments all that well, but saying that England should be cruising through this series if Foakes (or a keeper who could actually catch) was playing is idiotic as hell.

The first test- England gave a very generous declaration with Root still at the crease also. They barely lost that, should've been won.

But yes, I have a tendency to be very reactionary lol.

 

[Spark]

How the **** is that the one we catch

 

[morgieb]

I have no idea what the hell is going on. The first session was actually OK-ish, but Australia have just completely lost the plot. We'll probably turn this around now I've said this but this has the feel of England racking up 600 then dismissing us for 150.

 

[RightArmMystery]

It's over. What a dire innings that was, but we'll take it.

 

[morgieb]

I have no idea what the hell is going on. The first session was actually OK-ish, but Australia have just completely lost the plot. We'll probably turn this around now I've said this but this has the feel of England racking up 600 then dismissing us for 150.

lol, and we finally catch one now I've posted this

 

[Spark]

Seriously a trillion false shots in the last hour and the wicket ball is the one he absolutely creams. Funny old sport.