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Cricket
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Blackface in crowd 129 55.36%
References to Lord of the Rings 104 44.64%
Total: 233 votes
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runoverbobby
Apr 21, 2007

Fighting like beavers.
Shame about the plant life though.

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Coucho Marx
Mar 2, 2009

kick back and relax
Did they not have a reverse shot for snicko?

Smorgasbord
Jun 18, 2004

Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.
lol

runoverbobby
Apr 21, 2007

Fighting like beavers.
That wasn't nearly as obvious as the third umpire was making it out to be.

e: of course it's Dar lol

markgreyam
Mar 10, 2008

Talk to the mittens.
Which world cup did the third umpire win?

Centusin
Aug 5, 2009
Interesting that Joe Roots reaction was to punch a door, serious anger management issues in the English dressing room

garycoleisgod
Sep 27, 2004
Boo
Can they call Stoneman back after he's left the field?

I thought they couldn't, so why were they checking again?

I don't think he was out

Airstream Driver
May 6, 2009

Root should have bowled

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
hahah Dar mugs another batsman

Smorgasbord
Jun 18, 2004

Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.
It was probably out, but that evidence was nowhere near convincing enough to overturn the on field call under the usual DRS conventions

racing identity
Apr 5, 2017

by FactsAreUseless
I’m watching on mute but t looked like it hit the glove that wasn’t on the bat?

Coucho Marx
Mar 2, 2009

kick back and relax
Yeah, if they shrugged and said it's inconclusive, I would have been fine with it.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Smorgasbord posted:

It was probably out, but that evidence was nowhere near convincing enough to overturn the on field call under the usual DRS conventions

Yeah I agree. The reverse angle certainly look liked it hit his top glove on the handle and there was the noise past the gloves. I would be annoyed if an Australian copped it but also umpires are giving out caught behinds on snicko quite regularly so its not anything outside of the norm either.

Centusin
Aug 5, 2009
Mitch Marsh still hasn't bowled - specialist batsman?

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Scylo posted:

Mitch Marsh still hasn't bowled - specialist batsman?

He hasn't been bowling much for Western Australia since he came back from injury so I wonder if he has a lot of overs in him

webmeister
Jan 31, 2007

The answer is, mate, because I want to do you slowly. There has to be a bit of sport in this for all of us. In the psychological battle stakes, we are stripped down and ready to go. I want to see those ashen-faced performances; I want more of them. I want to be encouraged. I want to see you squirm.
Can you bet on failed DRS reviews? Assuming you can, it’s gotta be Watson. Though I dunno who’d give you decent odds against Watson being out lbw/reviewed/failed.

runoverbobby
Apr 21, 2007

Fighting like beavers.
Last 45 minutes of C9: "come on, loving try and smash Lyon for 15 every over you loving pussies"

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice
malan is the bomb

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Our over rate is terrible

runoverbobby
Apr 21, 2007

Fighting like beavers.
It's bad but you probably lost 2 or 3 from Stoneman's head injury.

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
england showing a bit of fight here, which is weird because the australian media has spent the time between tests telling me they were completely mentally destroyed and ready to head home

EMC
Aug 17, 2004

I'm at the ground at the moment and man the Australian attack looks really pedestrian, since they got Stoneman out they have been ordinary

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice
can someone please tell adam gilchrist to stop constantly using the term ‘irish swing’ on british television

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

EMC posted:

I'm at the ground at the moment and man the Australian attack looks really pedestrian, since they got Stoneman out they have been ordinary

They have been alright. The carry is gone from the ball. Starc is trying to conjure up some reverse swing but its not doing a lot. I think its a pitch that you ideally want a lot of wickets with the new ball. England have earned the right to wack around the dead ball for a bit.

Airstream Driver
May 6, 2009

Smith is real bad at reviews.

Coucho Marx
Mar 2, 2009

kick back and relax
that was a total waste, looked not out live too

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
dont worry guys, mitchell marsh has got this

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
Problem is, England will be 280ish for four when the new ball comes, but two quick wickets and their 300 for six with the long juicy tail exposed to the quicks with a new ball and break to rest up. There's a ton of potential Englanding available here.

BrigadierSensible
Feb 16, 2012

I've got a pocket full of cheese🧀, and a garden full of trees🌴.

Smith replaces MMarsh with himself.

Which of these is the All-Rounder?

edit: It was changing ends for MMarsh. That'll put the fear of god into the batsmen with teh 100+ partnership.

BrigadierSensible fucked around with this message at 10:13 on Dec 14, 2017

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
there's also a good chance starc and cummins break down and can't play the rest of the series.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
I just don't get how a curator can think a pitch like this will provide 5 days of entertaining cricket. It forces the fielding team into being so negative when the best cricket is when both sides are attacking.

runoverbobby
Apr 21, 2007

Fighting like beavers.

Important


Less important

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Yeah I know advertising revenue is more important than entertaining cricket its just kinda poo poo and really making the Australian test summer boring. I mean England might put us under some scoreboard pressure and we collapse in an entertaining way I guess.

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
the waca just makes me sad now

Ratios and Tendency
Apr 23, 2010

:swoon: MURALI :swoon:


Hahaha

Smorgasbord
Jun 18, 2004

Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.
:lol:

edit: hahah here come the excuses

Centusin
Aug 5, 2009
Loving this great catching

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
slips fielding in general seems to have gone downhill since the 90s imo

edit: but every other type of fielding has improved, weird.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
That would have carried to Smith right ??

Can they loving catch in WA

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Smorgasbord
Jun 18, 2004

Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

Seams posted:

slips fielding in general seems to have gone downhill since the 90s imo

Stephen Fleming was very good, and Ross when his eyes are working.

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