4th Ashes Test England v Australia July 19-23 1930hrs @ Old Trafford

[Rich the babe Evans]

Rain costing us 3-1

Nah 4-1... have to settle for 3-1

 

[Kuuz]

Does this clown know what Pyrrhic means?

I don't think he knows what "win" is.

 

[Substance]

You can all go to bed now. Can get $42 for an England win

 

[Visions]

The way we have navigated this rain has been very disciplined by the team, no risks taken, good cricket

Losing only one wicket in a day an half is great going!

 

[Peter Bixley]

No had they declared immediately after lunch they would of been 170 or so ahead.

They would of had to bat again regardless there is simply not enough time to force a result.

It looks to me like Stokes is blameless, really. Any declaration on the third day wouldn't have made a difference.

But no doubt he got spooked by the Edgbaston declaration. If he'd continued to follow the Bazball mantra, he'd have actually put Australia in again late on day 2, perhaps giving himself the chance in the 30 overs yesterday to chase down 200. In normal cricket, you don't declare with a 50-run lead. But he knew about the weather and betrayed himself.

 

[ams4crows]

 

[ibd77]

Ahh the English summer.

 

[Headless]

I’ll sleep well knowing the Ashes are in safe hands Heady.

Good on you, BLUE. It's important to remain rested.

 

[to1994]

No had they declared immediately after lunch they would of been 170 or so ahead.

They would of had to bat again regardless there is simply not enough time to force a result.

We were pretty shell shocked that day. I honestly think if they'd had most or all of the day to bowl at us we would of fallen over.

Keeping us on the field half the day gave us hope that rain could save us and it likely has.

Two decisions cost them this Test, failing to declare aggressively & also selecting Anderson for sentimental reasons. They desperately needed 20 wickets this Test and they chose a bowler past his prime, justifying it by saying he can keep the run rate down, meanwhile Tongue who has proven he can take our wickets on a flat pitch sits on the side-lines.

 

[AJ_2000]

We would have won 2005 if Mcgrath doesn't get injured imo

We should go back and claim that one as a 5-0 as that's where the series was headed

 

[Peter Bixley]

Between the cricket, the trans rants, and the oil blokes does he even not whinge?

Nope. With him being an Arsenal fan, this is standard behaviour.

 

[two blue tiger]

You can all go to bed now. Can get $42 for an England win

Taking your advice. Night all........

 

[010203]

Alison Mitchell via the BBC blog: ''Rain is really coming down hard now. There's not much wind so it's very vertical.''

This, my friends will end in a draw with Australia celebrating and England feeling like they won as Baz said after Edgbaston.

 

[tigland]

I’ll sleep well knowing the Ashes are in safe hands Heady.

 

[Visions]

You can all go to bed now. Can get $42 for an England win

Draw in to the unbackable $1.01 with Sportsbet, just what the Aussie women would have been paying in the 4 x 100 relay.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Nope. With him being an Arsenal fan, this is standard behaviour.

Poor Arsenal lol

 

[Peter Bixley]

We were pretty shell shocked that day. I honestly think if they'd had most or all of the day to bowl at us we would of fallen over.

Keeping us on the field half the day gave us hope that rain could save us and it likely has.

Two decisions cost them this Test, failing to declare aggressively & also selecting Anderson for sentimental reasons. They desperately needed 20 wickets this Test and they chose a bowler past his prime, justifying it by saying he can keep the run rate down, meanwhile Tongue who has proven he can take our wickets on a flat pitch sits on the side-lines.

I'd have hated to be up against Wood, Woakes, Broad and Tongue. We got a favour from them there, no question.

 

[grumbleguts]

Smashed like guitars?

I remember in that era, Kieren Perkins had a commercial where he said "I still write my name on my milk."

So what d!ckhead. Klim is literally milk spelt backwards.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Draw in to the unbackable $1.01 with Sportsbet, just what the Aussie women would have been paying in the 4 x 100 relay.

The $3.50 for the draw pre test was nice

 

[Old M8]

after today I’ve warmed to the idea of the next test being rained out and us winning 2-1

It’s been so fun

 

[RandB]

Sitting in an English garden
Waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come you get a tan
From standing in the English rain

- John Lennon

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Ladies, Gents, and the English.

May I introduce to you Matera92 and his rather dashing avatar.
Welcome brother bear!

 

[beez]

It's amazing the amount of crap being posted in this thread for a rain delay... got a few laughs at least reading through it

I've actually really, really enjoyed the last few hours.

I've had to watch the series on 9now so I've refrained from reading much of the threads in real time because of the delay. But tonight has been a delight.

Good to see that Bigfooty will never change: the nuff-nuffs who post the same inane, bipolar rubbish mixed in with the insightful, respectful posters, complemented by a bit of comedy at the expense of the English.

 

[Scorpus]

How do you give the MOTM award to the rain?

Do you fly up in a plane and drop the rewards into the clouds?

 

[Visions]

Not all bad news for them. They get their money back if its washed out!