Ben Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Bit suspect. It was already well known that his place was under threat. Quote
mirandashell Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 I was wondering that. There's obviously something going on in the dressing room. Going to be interesting with a new keeper. Quote
mirandashell Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Especially now there's this: Nevill, 29, has not represented Australia in a Test match, one-day international or T20 game but did play in their 169-run warm-up victory against Essex earlier this month. Quote
Raven Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Well, I guess the phase "England Collapse" was inevitably going to feature at some point this summer . . . Quote
mirandashell Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Oh don't..... Someone needs to have a stern word with the Lord's groundsmen! Quote
Raven Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 To be fair to them, they appear to have given England exactly what they asked for. It's just a pity we lost the toss . . . Quote
mirandashell Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Oh dear oh dear...... 64/6. I think England have given up. This is embarrassing. Quote
chesilbeach Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Been at work all day and just got home to see that the match had finished. I've only seen the score, so don't know if it was a bad England performance, a great one from the Aussies, or a combination of both. Not sure if I'll see any "highlights" but 1-1 in the series now … it's going to be an interesting summer! Quote
Raven Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Well, I guess the phase "England Collapse" was inevitably going to feature at some point this summer . . . Though I didn't expect it to happen twice in the same game . . . Dreadful stuff, I'm not sure I can see them recovering from this. Quote
mirandashell Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 (edited) It's going to be a struggle, I agree. Edited July 19, 2015 by mirandashell Quote
Brian. Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 That was a thoroughly entertaining test match from an English point of view. The Aussies will come back better though, the Lords test should be a ripper. Looks like I was correct about the Aussie bounce back I was away on holiday so I didn't see any of it and by the sounds of it I was lucky Quote
mirandashell Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 TBH, I didn't watch or listen to much of it either. And only partly because England got ripped a new one. I just don't like that kind of one-sided cricket. I like it to be a battle between the batsman and the bowler. Test cricket is at its best when it's a fight to the finish. Quote
Raven Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 I was away on holiday so I didn't see any of it and by the sounds of it I was lucky I was listening on TMS, it was pretty torrid (long periods of boredom when the Aussies were scoring and the bowlers weren't making much headway followed by English wickets dropping like nine-pins). It was frustrating because England are a lot better than they played, they just didn't seem to have any confidence. Quote
mirandashell Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 It's weird though, that they didn't. They seem to just give up and I can't work out why. It was pretty the same team as Cardiff and they played really well there. I just can't understand why they are so mentally fragile. Quote
Raven Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 I think the thing is that with a few notable exceptions they didn't play that well in Cardiff; they were almost 40-4 and if it weren't for Root and Balance we would have been in the mire there as well. I think the situation would have been different if we had won the toss at Lords and had we still lost, I don't think it would have been the pummelling we ended up getting. Quote
mirandashell Posted July 21, 2015 Posted July 21, 2015 Hmm.... I guess you're right about Cardiff. I'd forgotten the fine detail of the batting. Quote
Raven Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Well that went better than expected! (especially after we lost the toss!). Not out of the woods yet, though . . . Quote
Raven Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 I took the day off to go for a walk, because of the nice weather. That didn't happen because I spent most of the day listening to TMS . . . Was it worth it? I'll tell you if we win one of the final two! (Good result for England, though, either way. Especially after Lords). Quote
mirandashell Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Well that was fun! Bit of a shame for the supporters that it didn't last until today though. Saturday at Edgbaston is always great fun. There will be lot of fancy dress going back to the shop unused! This is turning into a very odd Test series. Quote
shirley Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 I bet it was awful for those people who had booked to go and see the cricket on the Saturday and sunday. Hoping for great things for the start of the 4th test this week. Can England do the same again please as I am going away on Monday. If they are still playing I will have to watch the scoring on my phone. Quote
Raven Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) I bet it was awful for those people who had booked to go and see the cricket on the Saturday and sunday. Saturday was fancy dress day as well, I'm betting there were a lot of costumes returned unused. Edited August 4, 2015 by Raven Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Watched Graeme Swann's Ashes Roadshow via the red button last night. Guests Jeff Thomson, Ian Healy and Allan Lamb. Great fun. I particularly liked Swann's tale about receiving his first England cap from Ian Botham Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Sitting here watching it in a state of disbelief I wouldn't be too quick to gloat, though - we've till got to bat Quote
Raven Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Australia all out for 60. If England hadn't given them 14 extras they would have been all out for 46! England 13/0 at lunch. Could be all over in two days, so much for my weekend listening to TMS! Quote
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