just read mccallum is new red ball coach, appointed by 'cricket chief' rob key who appointed captain stokes

now, i get that i must be asleep and never see a paper, but fucking hell, ive missed all this happening

13 hours ago, L/H White said:

Me to

Going off too early as usual.

Allez, allez, howay.

7 hours ago, Sweep said:

I'm sure even you will admit that 14/1 for the 5:0 white wash is well worth a humble £10

I'm not sure they'll thrash us that badly, but the odds were just too good, as we will lose, I have little doubt about that, just probably 3-1 or 4-1 in reality. 

Fucking defeatists everywhere. You really think Australia were that impressive? No chance of Root rediscovering his mojo?

I'll KTF.

It was more Bizball than Bazball.

 

7 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

Did an SCG tour a couple of years ago and the guide was quite proud to say that more cricket days have been lost at the SCG than Old Trafford. I got quite emotional.😊 

Having spent a lot of time there and will hopefully continue to do so, I can confirm it’s true. It’s warm rain though.😉

Love Sydney, but I'd also love to be rich enough to live there. 

14 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

I honestly don’t think the wicket was bad. The first day was just about good bowling and poor batting. Today, the Aussies seemed to get movement off the pitch but were also very disciplined. Our bowlers were the opposite. Our batters were poor apart from Atkinson and Carse. Both Pope and Duckett could have gone before the break by playing and missing outside off stump.
 As Michael Vaughan said, be positive but with intelligence. 
All imo of course. There are a thousand opinions out there about this amazing Test. 😊

Fair enough. 

Must have been really bad batting for 19 wickets to topple in a day.

Anyway, Vaughan is right, but it's not new.

Results have been much better in recent years, but playing the situation is also a component of successful. 

I had one poor fucker arrive from Manc yesterday. He could only get tickets for days 4 & 5 

To make him feel better, I have promised him a cruise up the West Coast Highway in the V8 today with some lunch at a beachside gastro pub. The fucking weather has turned! Glorious recently - pissing down this morning but showing signs of at least turning dry by noon.

Hope so or the beast is staying covered in her garage spot and I'll be taking him in the Triton. You can't frighten a Triton 😉

Not sure not playing any of the test team in the pink ball warm up game is ideal preparation for the pink ball test.

listening to stick to cricket yesterday

Aus have won 11/12 pink ball tests 

also, summut along the lines of, half of crawleys england innings have resulted in single figure runs?

I think i'll chalk us down for 2-0 after this next test

Wood expected to miss 

Pink ball match today in Canberra.  I think it was set up as a preparation for the one in Brisbane. 
It isn’t. 
It could give fringe players a chance to shine. Konstas for Oz and Bethall for England. 
Aus. 308/8 dec

Eng. 30/0

4 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

Pink ball match today in Canberra.  I think it was set up as a preparation for the one in Brisbane. 
It isn’t. 
It could give fringe players a chance to shine. Konstas for Oz and Bethall for England. 
Aus. 308/8 dec

Eng. 30/0

Listening to the podcast Vaughan and Cook were saying our top 7 should all be having a bat in this 

Will Jacks in, Woody out. 

Anyone bothering?  Luxury of a 4am start this time. 

Trains are fucked this weekend which has put me off from going. 

4 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

Anyone bothering?  Luxury of a 4am start this time. 

Trains are fucked this weekend which has put me off from going. 

👍

Fucking hell 

 

Hahahahahahahahaha unreal. 

Good recovery.

Crawley is great when he plays like this.

Well worth his place.

Get them stacked up before dusk! 

Excellent recovery, thought we were doomed, get though first 20 mins after tea and away we go. 

Reasons to be optimistic.🤞

Ridiculous shot Brook

pink ball / day night is crap

1 hour ago, superjohnmcginlay said:

Ridiculous shot Brook

Thick as a brick

Average Joe Roooooooot!!!!!!

finally

take the handbrake off now joe

Seems like a very poor score 

Expert Vaughan reckons we should have been getting 400