Certified Legendary Thread 2nd Ashes Test England v Australia June 28-July 2 1930hrs @ Lords

[Coasters7]

No real issue with the Foakes one personally because the batsman left his ground whilst attempting to balance himself as a result of the position he got into to play the shot. The Stewart one is the questionable one really.

Not sure if you’re reading your own dribble or just trolling, but being okay with the Foakes one and against the Carey one is absolute garbage.

Foakes waits for the batsmen to slightly lift his foot, trying to gain an advantage on timing rather than any significant mistake from the batsmen.

Carey noticed a fatal pattern in Bairstows game and made him pay for it.

At best you could argue both are fair game and both the batsmen’s fault and I wouldn’t have much of a problem with that. Although I’d still probably argue Foakes’ was more of a dick move purely because the batsmen was grounded for a good 5 seconds after the play whilst Bairstow was halfway down the pitch whilst the ball was still well in play

But claiming Foakes’ was more in the right is bullshit, sorry

 

[Crankyhawk]

So if your assumption is incorrect it is other people's problem .

Next time a batsman gets given LBW, they should just claim they assumed it was going down leg side

Sounds like a lot of batters actually…

I keep on hearing about this withdrawing their appeal.

But seriously when was the last time a team withdrew their appeal? As l cannot remember it happening.

India (was posted earlier, think was Ian bell the English batter walked off thinking session was over)

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Short memories poms?

 

[Zach Package]

Poms have half the cricket participation Australia do despite 2.5 times the population. Result is essentially an illiterate crowd that don't actually understand the nuance because the game has fallen behind a paywall. English fans have been ****ed by the ECB.

Apart from everyone inside the England Camp (Cult) everyone worth listening to on the English side has had no problem with Kez stumping YJB because they actually have some idea of what is going on.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

England are the epitome of ‘we’re happy to do it but we’ll piss and moan endlessly if it happens to us.’

 

[DamoESP]

Two-nil down is ‘perfect situation’ for Bazball, says Ben Stokes

With the Ashes on the line England captain is not not daunted by two-test deficit, claiming side can fight back

www.telegraph.co.uk

Thoughts?

hahahaha God, they love huffing the copium

 

[Blue1980]

He is an awful captain and has proven it over and over again, he has no tactical ability at all.

The team wins despite his god awful leadership and tactics not because of it.

Also nice bit of revisionist history there, the team played significantly better after he left India he did nothing to "go close" to winning in India.

So basically you want him sacked because of the first 2 tests in India?

 

[ciggybuttbrain]

Someone earlier referenced Johnny Walker - if a talented person could redo this logo:

View attachment 1727938

But change:

Walker to Bairstow.
Make the mad hold a cricket bat instead of a cane, wear a cricket helmet instead of a top hat, and pads instead of boots..... that would be gold.

 

[Gak Attack]

100% they also take a run should he have been in his crease and the ball diverted somewhere where they had time to run.

 

[Iceman!]

Imagine playing at home, winning the toss twice, having the absolute best of the conditions for almost the entirety of the two tests, having the other teams best spinner get injured early in the test, still somehow being down 2-0 and wanting to blame a correct umpiring call for why you have been hard done by

 

[Bedi]

How about Broad carrying on like an absolute ******* tool. The bloke can't help it and has no self awareness whatsoever!!

yep the biggest cheat of them all

 

[Blue1980]

We are world champions and are two up in the Ashes.

None of these pre Paine and Cummins sides had done that in an ashes since 2001.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Imagine playing at home, winning the toss twice, having the absolute best of the conditions for almost the entirety of the two tests, having the other teams best spinner get injured early in the test, still somehow being down 2-0 and wanting to blame a correct umpiring call for why you have been hard done by

And claiming you’ve got the opposition exactly where you want them.

 

[beatnik]

On the starc non catch, I was taught in my schoolkid cricket (as a non bowling number 11) that its not a catch until you stand up and hold the ball up without the ball touching the ground. Anything else that occurs in between (eg the toss backs over the boundary) can be done as long as the ball is not touching the ground (so for diving catch you clearly need hand under ball).

I’ve never heard that…must have been a local thing

Once you have control of the ball, it’s a catch - you can chuck it away, roll it to the bowler…put it on the ground, it’s still a catch

 

[beatnik]

Not sure if you’re reading your own dribble or just trolling, but being okay with the Foakes one and against the Carey one is absolute garbage.

Foakes waits for the batsmen to slightly lift his foot, trying to gain an advantage on timing rather than any significant mistake from the batsmen.

Carey noticed a fatal pattern in Bairstows game and made him pay for it.

At best you could argue both are fair game and both the batsmen’s fault and I wouldn’t have much of a problem with that. Although I’d still probably argue Foakes’ was more of a dick move purely because the batsmen was grounded for a good 5 seconds after the play whilst Bairstow was halfway down the pitch whilst the ball was still well in play

But claiming Foakes’ was more in the right is bullshit, sorry

He’s a troll

 

[Joffaboy]

Two-nil down is ‘perfect situation’ for Bazball, says Ben Stokes

With the Ashes on the line England captain is not not daunted by two-test deficit, claiming side can fight back

www.telegraph.co.uk

Thoughts?

Black is white. Up is down, Bazball has saved test cricket, England are 2-0 up, and Brexit was a good idea.
In the land of British exceptionalism, delusion and alternate reality reigns supreme.
The ultimate 'feelings' over facts.

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[Gough]

Gideon with the mike drop.

 

[samFFC]

Someone earlier referenced Johnny Walker - if a talented person could redo this logo:

View attachment 1727938

But change:

Walker to Bairstow.
Make the mad hold a cricket bat instead of a cane, wear a cricket helmet instead of a top hat, and pads instead of boots..... that would be gold.

From Twitter last night, don't have the original tweet but will check

 

[BGman]

Post match interview by Ben Stokes and first question from the Pommie scribes was about the Carey run out of Bairstow, so was the second and third, before Stokes asked that instead they refer to the game in general. No cigar for guessing what the next question was about.

 

[kickazz]

The funniest part for me is the irony around all this deflecting, crying, excuse making, finger pointing etc is that it’s just as piss weak and unaccountable as Bazball.
Whilst all this goes on it falls to address the real issue - England are s**t.
They are a one man team surrounded by dumb, lazy players and a dumber coach.
But keep deflecting Poms and bring a 5-0 our way.

And the longer they deny it, the harsher the reckoning will be.

 

[sherb]

Watching this, the funniest thing is the short leg fieldsman (not sure who it is) when he sees the ball hit the stumps.

He turns to appeal to the square leg umpire. "Whoops, he's not there, he must be on the other side of the pitch".

Didn't notice it last night.

 

[JackOutback]

As I assume many have been saying on here, I don't exactly love the Bairstow dismissal, but the hypocrisy of England having a whinge and saying they would have withdrawn the appeal is hilarious, because people have just dragged out all the occasions where they (and McCullum did exactly the same). Including Bairstow in the same bloody Test. If it's cheating, England are cheats too. Stop trying to scramble to some imaginary high moral ground.

Better team won in the end, despite all the nonsense.

 

[beatnik]

If Stokes is concerned about the spirit of the game, why not focus on the safety of the players his nation is supposed to be hosting?

When a visiting team is verbally and physically assaulted at close range, it’s time for Lords to install a players race that separates them from the drunken hooliganism that makes up English sport

 

[Crankyhawk]

Not sure if you’re reading your own dribble or just trolling, but being okay with the Foakes one and against the Carey one is absolute garbage.

Foakes waits for the batsmen to slightly lift his foot, trying to gain an advantage on timing rather than any significant mistake from the batsmen.

Carey noticed a fatal pattern in Bairstows game and made him pay for it.

At best you could argue both are fair game and both the batsmen’s fault and I wouldn’t have much of a problem with that. Although I’d still probably argue Foakes’ was more of a dick move purely because the batsmen was grounded for a good 5 seconds after the play whilst Bairstow was halfway down the pitch whilst the ball was still well in play

But claiming Foakes’ was more in the right is bullshit, sorry

Tbf he did also earlier say that bairstow was an idiot for leaving crease

 

[Crankyhawk]

I’ve never heard that…must have been a local thing

Once you have control of the ball, it’s a catch - you can chuck it away, roll it to the bowler…put it on the ground, it’s still a catch

It was to teach us what control of the ball was I think.