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

[The Casey Cat]

For that f$$kwit broad talk about the spirit of the game is hypocritical as f$$k

My opinion of him is just trash

He appeals for shit that is no where near out as much or more than any bowler I've seen. Love to know how that's in the 'spirit of the game'.

 

[The King!]

Stokes played an awesome knock.

But with 70 odd and plenty of time would he not have been better to prod it around more , the field was back, they had the game swung their way. Why keep trying to slog

 

[Pistol Night]

Is that a guilty or salty look he's giving?

That’s the look of an overweight, red headed Pom coming face to face with a handsome, charismatic Australian captain

 

[kickazz]

A couple of bad eggs.
When the team came back out, the Members in the Long Room gave them extra applause.
I am sure the vast majority would be appalled by the behaviour of a couple of manchild halfwits.

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Yeah fair play the MCC seem to have done what they can to get on top of it pretty quickly

 

[kickazz]

Stokes played an awesome knock.

But with 70 odd and plenty of time would he not have been better to prod it around more , the field was back, they had the game swung their way. Why keep trying to slog

Yeah they were getting close to the point where actually taking some of those singles would have really made a difference and put the blowtorch on the Aussies.

 

[Coach_Required]

What happened to this spirit of the game when you hit the ball and see a fielder has clearly caught the ball so you walk if it isn't a no-ball?

 

[tigland]

Actual scenes of Bairstow's face when he realised he was run out.

 

[AJ_2000]

That's because the CEO of the MCC told them off

School boy stuff

 

[The Casey Cat]

Not in the spirit of the game. It was end of the over, Bairstow planted his foot then was strolling to talk to Stokes.

Never planted anything and immediately walked off and Carey immediately let go of it. Unsurprised to see you being a goose about it though.

 

[CrowBloke]

Don’t forget:

• Having the physio run on at Cardiff 2009 to stall for a draw
• Resting fast bowlers whenever they wanted to get gun fielders on the ground
• Cooking the pitch at The Oval into a dustbowl when they needed a result to win the series

Their sanctimony is hilarious.

I agree --- it is hialrious as well as nauseating --- and your examples add to the steaming turd-pile of Pommie cheating.

I saw footage this morning of Bairstow trying to run out/stump Labuschagne in the same manner ie batsman out of his crease, throw at the stumps by keeper, but Bairstow's throw missed.
Good enough for Bairstow to attempt, but not good enough when he's on the receiving end.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Bunch of hypocrites

Yes but the throw was deliberately wayward and they of course wouldn't have appealed anyway

 

[aabp1978]

From crickets moral guardian after he was caught at first slip and didnt walk…even though he admitted he hit it…

“Ahead of the fifth Test at The Oval, which starts on Wednesday, Broad says England have developed a ruthless streak.

"We've been accused of all sorts, but those things aren't remembered - it's winning the series that will be remembered," he said.

"We do have a win-at-all-costs mentality. I think we're quite an unpleasant team to play against at the moment.

"Teams won't play against us and enjoy the experience. That's what we want."

 

[Nuggetz]

Bairstow tried to run out Labs in the same way as Carey but he failed. England can't do anything right

 

[ams4crows]

Again, no one has an issue with stumpings in general. They have an issue with stumping someone who was only out of their ground on the assumption the ball was dead. Marnus was out of his ground to attempt to play a shot. Whether you have an issue with Bairstow's dismissal or not it's a completely different situation.

Marnus left the ball?? He certainly wasn't "playing a shot" it was exactly the same except Marnus had some more brain cells to realise the ball wasn't dead yet and Baristow missed the stumps because he's a shit keeper

 

[Coach_Required]

Stokes played an awesome knock.

But with 70 odd and plenty of time would he not have been better to prod it around more , the field was back, they had the game swung their way. Why keep trying to slog

He was lucky we dropped 2 chances while he was batting as well.

 

[Pistol Night]

From crickets moral guardian after he was caught at first slip and didnt walk…even though he admitted he hit it…

“Ahead of the fifth Test at The Oval, which starts on Wednesday, Broad says England have developed a ruthless streak.

"We've been accused of all sorts, but those things aren't remembered - it's winning the series that will be remembered," he said.

"We do have a win-at-all-costs mentality. I think we're quite an unpleasant team to play against at the moment.

"Teams won't play against us and enjoy the experience. That's what we want."

Is that a typo? Whinge-at-all-costs mentality I assume Broad bean meant

 

[Nuggetz]

Don't let this win mask our shithouse bowling tactics to Ben Stokes. We should've easily won that game but dumbass bowling tactics allowed Stokes to prosper. If you're going to bowl it short, at least do it outside off stump where he can't hit boundaries, likely to get frustrated & play a rash shot. We kept bowling it into his arc so he could slog 6s & 4s.

 

[Pistol Night]

Don't let this win mask our shithouse bowling tactics to Ben Stokes. We should've easily won that game but dumbass bowling tactics allowed Stokes to prosper. If you're going to bowl it short, at least do it outside off stump where he can't hit boundaries, likely to get frustrated & play a rash shot. We kept bowling it into his arc so he could slog 6s & 4s.

Yep. Anything short was getting the treatment.

 

[Andrew Mc]

Finally, a 'days since' I can get around!

This is the other one: How many days since the Montague Street Bridge has been hit

 

[The_Todd07]

Stokes played an awesome knock.

But with 70 odd and plenty of time would he not have been better to prod it around more , the field was back, they had the game swung their way. Why keep trying to slog

Because England have 4 #11s

 

[Nuggetz]

Yep. Anything short was getting the treatment.

Tbh I don't mind the short bowling tactic but bowl it outside off where he wasn't hitting boundaries & was getting frustrated. Don't bowl it into his strength, ****ing infuriating.

 

[tigs2010]

This must have come up already, but Jonny tried to get Marn out the exact same way Carey did, but of course he missed by plenty haha

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It has, but its still funny every time I see him miss by 10 metres lol

 

[TFFM]

None of the Poms argument here makes any sense...

So if Bairstow was behind the crease when Carey hit the stumps and it rolled to the boundary. Stokes would not have accepted the boundary? the crowd wouldn’t have cheered for the 4 runs?

 

[kickazz]

He appeals for s**t that is no where near out as much or more than any bowler I've seen. Love to know how that's in the 'spirit of the game'.

He doesn't even appeal, that would require actually looking at the umpire

 

[Iamspock]

Bairstow always looks and walks like he is constipated, but he's about to lose control.