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

[Pistol Night]

Voice of reason out of England

Yep was pretty impressed with Vaughny when I watched that. Old school attitude. Can see why the Aussie guys like chatting with him

 

[A Pom]

They certainly are trying their best - they looked to have the fence, then advertising, and then a rope inside that. And it's not as if their grounds are real big to start with.

Standard for any major game in England. The grounds don't have electronic advertising boards, the ECB have a couple of sets that they send around the grounds that sit inside the original boarding.

 

[Maddo11]

Just remembered that Stokes won the toss and chose to bowl

 

[frankrizzo]

Just remembered that Stokes won the toss and chose to bowl

was 100 percent right call england got best of conditions entire match, past england sides would have rolled us day 1.

 

[rumply]

 

[Blue1980]

Why wait that long? Win this week and apologise at the presentation and all should be forgiven

Pat Cummins should release something like this

 

[AJ_2000]

We had two MCC members at one of the clubs I was with over there who had long room privledges .

One was 'invited' to join . He was a Cambridge double blue and got nominated by a member when he was 25, this got accepted when he around 50.
He only went in once , hated it and preffered being in the outer.

The others father was a member and so was the grandfather. They were 'old' $$$$$ and Oxford educated. The grandfather ( from memory ) was at the Oval for the 1882 test and saw Spofforths 14/90 .
Also moved in the same circles as WG.

I think you need the family link or to be nominated than approved after a long wait . Sounded like there is also an interview process .

Do you (or anyone else) know what gets a member access to the long room or pavilion over every other member?

Number of years a member? You don't notice any younger people in there.

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A club which requires life members to be nominated by a current MCC member and also pass an interview.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Everyone can play nice in t20

Except for Wade

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

 

[Moonwatcher]

Geoffrey Boycott was born in 1940. Even he doesn't remember 1932.

 

[Crankyhawk]

Feeds in to my pending psychological dissertation on the similarity between the cult of Bazball and the cult of Brexit and the ongoing detachment from reality, the certainty of British exceptionalism, and belief and feeling over fact.

The slavish adherence to the respective cults leads to their delusion and victimisation as we are all witnessing.

They are like children, both Sunak and Stokes. Everybody else's fault, nothing to do with their actions.
Observing the demise of the UK, as they plummet to irrelevance is, while inevitable, a bit sad to watch.

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Think Sunak is doing it as a way to improve dismal local popularity, doubt he really cares one way or another

 

[Mateyman]

Wade obstructed the field in a recent T20I or ODI and England made the decision not to appeal. Wade was our last hope of winning that match. I believe Stokes when he says he would have withdrawn the appeal.

That was a world cup warm up match - not really comparable

 

[Moonwatcher]

Just remembered that Stokes won the toss and chose to bowl

England would have had a heavier defeat had they batted first. No back to the wall innings from Stokes and they wouldn't have had the best of the weather.

 

[worbod]

Going to UK for fourth and fifth Tests...and sitting amongst the locals...I might need protection!

You might need to put on an English accent. Can you impersonate Michael Caine? John Cleese? King Charles? Frank Spencer?

 

[grumbleguts]

People who have lived in the UK would know better than me but how big is cricket over there? I get the impression it's dropped away and become almost niche/secondary to EPL

Does your average Joe in Milton Keynes follow it?

They follow it when England are winning, otherwise it's all a bit meh.

Its exactly the same as the Andymurryometer.

There was a site that measured how british Andy Murray was. When he'd lose, the percentage of news articles that called him Scottish would increase. "Scottish tennis ace, Andy Murray, has gone down in straight sets on Anna Kournikova" or something like that.

When he won, it was "British tennis star, Andy Murray, seals magnificent win over ..."

When he won Wimbledon, the Andymurrayometer hit 100% for the first time.

 

[Gough]

You might need to put on an English accent. Can you impersonate Michael Caine? John Cleese? King Charles? Frank Spencer?

Practice.

 

[DeathlyAccurate]

What about something like this?

Oh that’s beautiful to watch. The Kiwis at the end knew justice had been served!


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[DeathlyAccurate]

Loved Piers to Mel Farrell: You can't possibly be happy with that.
You condescending s**t. Get off your high horse.

Proceeds to speak over her and try to dictate her responses. I love how she couldn’t contain her cheeky smile the entire time.

 

[DeathlyAccurate]

Loved Piers to Mel Farrell: You can't possibly be happy with that.
You condescending s**t. Get off your high horse.

Then after the last guy (don’t know the names) cooked him and the country, Piers goes right back to the agreeable fossil Boycott for a final say lmao.

 

[Whiskers]

People who have lived in the UK would know better than me but how big is cricket over there? I get the impression it's dropped away and become almost niche/secondary to EPL

Does your average Joe in Milton Keynes follow it?

I know a Aussie cricket tragic living there. They don’t think it gets much coverage at all.
It’s all soccer, at least in London. Maybe other parts care more?

 

[kickazz]

They follow it when England are winning, otherwise it's all a bit meh.

Its exactly the same as the Andymurryometer.

There was a site that measured how british Andy Murray was. When he'd lose, the percentage of news articles that called him Scottish would increase. "Scottish tennis ace, Andy Murray, has gone down in straight sets on Anna Kournikova" or something like that.

When he won, it was "British tennis star, Andy Murray, seals magnificent win over ..."

When he won Wimbledon, the Andymurrayometer hit 100% for the first time.

 

[Gough]

I know a Aussie cricket tragic living there. They don’t think it gets much coverage at all.
It’s all soccer, at least in London. Maybe other parts care more?

Cricket held it's own until the Premiership began in 1992 and football started to become respectable, then it just became a juggernaut.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Cricket held it's own until the Premiership began in 1992 and football started to become respectable, then it just became a juggernaut.

Why was it disreputable prior to 92?

 

[badgrill]

keep saying Bairstow's laid very low throughout this, ironically perhaps the only one to realise they're better staying quiet rather than look like hypocrites.

reckon there's a fair chance he actually realised not long after he'd had a chance to ponder that he was a goose, even if his coach and team mates don't (publicly) say so

 

[grumbleguts]

What about something like this?

That's beautiful. At the end Vettori says something like "Take that you f**king cheats."

Good on him.