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SPower said:
Well done team,
Cricket the winner. Stokes is some player with another incredible innings against us.
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One of the all time great innings from Stokes and he didn't even get MotM. Robbed.

The judges must have adopted the Brownlow/AFL media formula that says BoG must come from the winning team. It makes a mockery of the award.
 
Carey clearly man of the match
 

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Interesting discussion about the “spirit of cricket” going on right now. I didn't especially like the Bairstow "stumping" as a mode of dismissal but I think there's been some pretty selective slants on it from the English team and media. So I don't mind the discussion but it's a bit rich coming from McCullum and Bairstow who have indulged in this sort of thing themselves in the not too distant past. Also what about Starc's disallowed catch of Duckett late on Day 4? That wasn't England's fault of course, but if we want to discuss the laws of the game vs the spirit of cricket that incident can't be ignored. It was just as bewildering and could have been just as pivotal to the outcome.

In each case the umpires were technically correct but each time it left one side very unhappy with the way the rules are interpreted. The ICC may just need to tweak the laws of the game to deal with these sorts of literal interpretations of the laws.

No doubt the British tabloids will crank it up as "the cheating Aussies" though, so it'll make for some spicy contests for the rest of the series. Australia just needs to stay chilled and focussed. England, the media and the crowds will be trying to use it to distract Australia from playing at their best.

Bring it on!
 
ASHES COMP - SECOND TEST RESULT

Congrats to chez_ferret who held on to his lead throughout the final day, not an easy feat with no bowlers in his team! Here is the final scoreboard for the second test:



And if you look at the "series" tab you can see the series leaderboard where RandomDog (First Test winner) is still narrowly in front. If you can't be bothered here's the relevant table ... in black and white:

ENTRYFIRST TESTSECOND TESTTHIRD TESTFOURTH TESTFIFTH TESTTOTAL
RandomDog132571080024057
Mofra130361044123477
ossie_21110671180122868
dogwatch100251282722852
chez_ferret91541307022224
Wocka102531113421387
Snarls Barkley100131105121064
flamethrower83291202320352
Cudi60551158217637
Next Waiting5763946015223
grassman755150863113781
Bulldoge1231212312


I'll publish the multipliers for the Third Test tomorrow. It starts at Headingley (Bairstow/Brook territory) on Thursday and it should be a humdinger after yesterday's kerfuffles.

New entries welcome, just nominate four players including one of them as a power player. Anyone who has already entered and forgets will get their second test team rolled over. If a sub is needed it's the player not already in your team who has the lowest multiplier.

No rule changes for this one grassman75 ossie_21 !
 
dogwatch said:
Interesting discussion about the “spirit of cricket” going on right now. I didn't especially like the Bairstow "stumping" as a mode of dismissal but I think there's been some pretty selective slants on it from the English team and media. So I don't mind the discussion but it's a bit rich coming from McCullum and Bairstow who have indulged in this sort of thing themselves in the not too distant past. Also what about Starc's disallowed catch of Duckett late on Day 4? That wasn't England's fault of course, but if we want to discuss the laws of the game vs the spirit of cricket that incident can't be ignored. It was just as bewildering and could have been just as pivotal to the outcome.

In each case the umpires were technically correct but each time it left one side very unhappy with the way the rules are interpreted. The ICC may just need to tweak the laws of the game to deal with these sorts of literal interpretations of the laws.

No doubt the British tabloids will crank it up as "the cheating Aussies" though, so it'll make for some spicy contests for the rest of the series. Australia just needs to stay chilled and focussed. England, the media and the crowds will be trying to use it to distract Australia from playing at their best.

Bring it on!
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I didn't like the action personally but it was just dumb cricket by Bairstow. My team is full of dumb cricketers and even we aren't stupid enough to be wondering out of the crease so carelessly. As a keeper himself he should know better and would've done the same in that situation. I do think Stokes would've withdrawn the appeal but like the mankad its a legitimate dismissal and whilst I don't personally like it, if someone goes through with the appeal, fair play. It is nobody else's fault in this situation but the batsman and the carry on has been overblown. I do think if the situations were reversed our fans and media would've reacted as they did and they would've been telling us to get over it.

It is funny that England has overtaken us as the self appointed moral arbiters of cricket.
 
Snarls Barkley said:
I didn't like the action personally but it was just dumb cricket by Bairstow. My team is full of dumb cricketers and even we aren't stupid enough to be wondering out of the crease so carelessly. As a keeper himself he should know better and would've done the same in that situation. I do think Stokes would've withdrawn the appeal but like the mankad its a legitimate dismissal and whilst I don't personally like it, if someone goes through with the appeal, fair play. It is nobody else's fault in this situation but the batsman and the carry on has been overblown. I do think if the situations were reversed our fans and media would've reacted as they did and they would've been telling us to get over it.

It is funny that England has overtaken us as the self appointed moral arbiters of cricket.
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Lol in what world would Stokes have withdrawn the appeal? What has he possibly shown to make you think that
 
dogwatch said:
ASHES COMP - SECOND TEST RESULT

Congrats to chez_ferret who held on to his lead throughout the final day, not an easy feat with no bowlers in his team! Here is the final scoreboard for the second test:



And if you look at the "series" tab you can see the series leaderboard where RandomDog (First Test winner) is still narrowly in front. If you can't be bothered here's the relevant table ... in black and white:

ENTRYFIRST TESTSECOND TESTTHIRD TESTFOURTH TESTFIFTH TESTTOTAL
RandomDog132571080024057
Mofra130361044123477
ossie_21110671180122868
dogwatch100251282722852
chez_ferret91541307022224
Wocka102531113421387
Snarls Barkley100131105121064
flamethrower83291202320352
Cudi60551158217637
Next Waiting5763946015223
grassman755150863113781
Bulldoge1231212312


I'll publish the multipliers for the Third Test tomorrow. It starts at Headingley (Bairstow/Brook territory) on Thursday and it should be a humdinger after yesterday's kerfuffles.

New entries welcome, just nominate four players including one of them as a power player. Anyone who has already entered and forgets will get their second test team rolled over. If a sub is needed it's the player not already in your team who has the lowest multiplier.

No rule changes for this one grassman75 ossie_21 !
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More so than Lords, I’ve heard this is a lovely part of the world to take a walk.
 
Good luck to any representatives of England taking the moral high ground on anything.

They're a nation who owe everything they have to a long history of subjugating, colonising and exploiting other peoples and their land.

Something that the locals probably considered not in the spirt of the game at the time.
 
dogwatch said:
Interesting discussion about the “spirit of cricket” going on right now. I didn't especially like the Bairstow "stumping" as a mode of dismissal but I think there's been some pretty selective slants on it from the English team and media. So I don't mind the discussion but it's a bit rich coming from McCullum and Bairstow who have indulged in this sort of thing themselves in the not too distant past. Also what about Starc's disallowed catch of Duckett late on Day 4? That wasn't England's fault of course, but if we want to discuss the laws of the game vs the spirit of cricket that incident can't be ignored. It was just as bewildering and could have been just as pivotal to the outcome.

In each case the umpires were technically correct but each time it left one side very unhappy with the way the rules are interpreted. The ICC may just need to tweak the laws of the game to deal with these sorts of literal interpretations of the laws.

No doubt the British tabloids will crank it up as "the cheating Aussies" though, so it'll make for some spicy contests for the rest of the series. Australia just needs to stay chilled and focussed. England, the media and the crowds will be trying to use it to distract Australia from playing at their best.

Bring it on!
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Not too distant past indeed! Bairstow attempted the same mode of dismissal himself earlier in this test. And McCullum has just shown himself to be a hypocrite of the highest order, given he has used that method in a test v Sri Lanka "with no regrets".

Snarls Barkley said:
I didn't like the action personally but it was just dumb cricket by Bairstow. My team is full of dumb cricketers and even we aren't stupid enough to be wondering out of the crease so carelessly. As a keeper himself he should know better and would've done the same in that situation. I do think Stokes would've withdrawn the appeal but like the mankad its a legitimate dismissal and whilst I don't personally like it, if someone goes through with the appeal, fair play. It is nobody else's fault in this situation but the batsman and the carry on has been overblown. I do think if the situations were reversed our fans and media would've reacted as they did and they would've been telling us to get over it.

It is funny that England has overtaken us as the self appointed moral arbiters of cricket.
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I don't believe for a minute Stokes wouldn't withdraw a dismissal. It's easy for him to say that when it is totally meaningless. Except his own keeper has attempted the same dismissal this series! Stokes' comment about not wanting to win like that are completely and utterly hollow.

Having said that, I've lost almost all interest in cricket, just caught a little last night because someone else wanted to watch it. These guys hit it further and harder than players in the past because they literally HAVE BIGGER BATS!

Viv Richards, Collis King, Lance Cairns etc hit balls over the fence at the G and even VFL Park in WSC days, not some bs rope boundary metres inside. Even then, some of the gamesmanship, esp by Australia (Chappells) and England (Tony Greig wanting to make the Windies grovel!) against other teams was embarrassing. Then S Waugh and McGrath took sportsmanship to new lows, along with various Indian players, NZ guys rigging games, etc. Cronje, Azarhuddin they were all in on it.

Game has been spiralling for years, and T20 and only 3 genuine test nations being competent will slowly kill it off.
 
Just on the “spirit of cricket” discussion am I the only one who thinks the mankad is ok? Test players speak out against it and the law makers change the rules to make it harder but I have no problems with it. I see it as a form of cheating, the batsmen is trying to steal an advantage and the rule requires the batsman to stay in his crease. Simple. You try to play outside the rules tough luck if you get run out. I don’t understand why so many are against it. If you what to be “ gentlemanly” fine give one warning. But after that bad luck.
 
geoffjennings79 said:
Not too distant past indeed! Bairstow attempted the same mode of dismissal himself earlier in this test. And McCullum has just shown himself to be a hypocrite of the highest order, given he has used that method in a test v Sri Lanka "with no regrets".



I don't believe for a minute Stokes wouldn't withdraw a dismissal. It's easy for him to say that when it is totally meaningless. Except his own keeper has attempted the same dismissal this series! Stokes' comment about not wanting to win like that are completely and utterly hollow.
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I don't think we'll ever know or find out one way or the other because Bairstow can't hit the stumps.
 
ASHES COMP - THIRD TEST

I'm getting in early with this as I'll be away from the office for a while. I hope to be able to keep the live leaderboard going throughout the test (but I certainly won't be staying up to stumps each night!)

The multipliers are shown below for each player. They are also in the "3rd Test" tab of the live scoreboard.

There are 12 players on this list. I think Murphy is a certainty to replace Lyon. I've also put Boland on the bottom of the list as I think he is a chance to come in and give Hazlewood a rest. Not that Hazlewood bowled poorly but they may want to keep the seam bowler rotations going to ease their workload (bad luck if you also happen to be captain though, Pat).

If anyone else comes in unexpectedly (eg Marsh) I'll post a multiplier for them ASAP.

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TO ENTER:
Just post four different player names, designating which one is your "Power Player". Your Power Player gets a 50% points uplift for you. If you fail to nominate a PP then it will be the first player on your list.

If you have already entered for Test 1 or 2 and forget to enter for this test your previous team will be rolled over. If one of them isn't playing you get the substitute which is the player not already in your team who has the lowest multiplier, i.e. the sequence of subs will be Smith, Cummins, Carey, Khawaja.

If you are playing for the first time the rules and point scoring formulae were outlined in the OP (with a slight tweak for the second test).
 

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RandomDog is going for:

Green (PP)​
Murphy​
Carey​
Hazlewood​
 
Thanks for organising, Dogwatch!

For the third test I'll go with:
Labuschagne
Smith
Starc (PP)
Cummins
 
Smith (PP)
Khawaja
Starc
Murphy
 
I’ll go

Head (PP)
Cummins
Carey
Boland

If no Boland I’ll have Green.
 
Labuschagne (PP)
Khawaja
Boland
Carey
 

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