westham,eggyandchips wrote:A nothing match against the sweatys, then the cheats.....sorry Aussies in a ODI series is mouth watering. A few players missing for them. I want a whitewash. Ok, a whitewash in ODI is not the same as The Ashes, but it'll do for me.
At this rate, let’s hope it is a nothing game and is not recorded anywhere - the Sweaties look like they are on for a shock win. Well deserved if they do, and whilst it is a different format, England aren’t coping at all well with being ranked no. 1.
Nice comment by Ian Ward when an Ali 6, bounced into the fish and chip van ... ‘that ball got battered!’
Credit to Scotland as they played very well, 371 is an amazing score. Poor decision making from England today which meant we couldn’t quite do it - incredible to score 365 and lose!
On the face though, it is very embarrassing. Maybe a good wake up call prior to playing the Aussie’s
Moeen was well set and then tries to smash the spinner out of the ground when he came on. Another over or two of knocking it about and we'd have been home and dry.
Probably the end for Billings as well.
Our bowling did for us. Some of it was bloody terrible.
Fair play to the Jockulars and good news for the game of cricket if it means more of the associate nations getting to play more regular first class internationals.
sendô wrote:Forget the score (convicts out for 214), I want to know how much abuse they'll all taken over the ball tampering.
Same. I noticed Langer was in the press a few days ago, explaining how his team would "front up" to the challenge posed, that the crowd would be hugely abusive of them. Basically tried to paint the convicts as the wronged party here - as per f*cking usual.
This is the warm up for next year, when Smith and Warner come back into the fold in the world cup. Can't wait for that as levels of abuse will be delightful.