Just making a bad joke about how shit Paine and Root are as captains
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Just making a bad joke about how shit Paine and Root are as captains
Oh. I was being sarcastic about Paine and Root... -_-
I am still lost about Paine's review request.
Marnus Labuschagne, the man who dug in and won the Ashes. Sentences never even conceived in the wildest fever dream before.
If Paine wasn't the captain he'd have been replaced ages ago.
If Paine wasn't the captain he'd have been replaced ages ago.
If this was an anime someone would have already drawn the ghostly figure of Steve Smith standing behind Marnus Labushade giving him energy.
Regarding Tim Paine:
On one hand Tim Paine has stunk it up with the bat this series.
On the other hand, if Australia win this test, he will be seen as the captain who successfully rebuilt the team, won the Ashes on English soil, only a year after one of the most shameful episodes of Australian cricket history. They'll let him retire on his own terms after this rather than just dropping him unceremoniously.
Regarding Tim Paine:
On one hand Tim Paine has stunk it up with the bat this series.
On the other hand, if Australia win this test, he will be seen as the captain who successfully rebuilt the team, won the Ashes on English soil, only a year after one of the most shameful episodes of Australian cricket history. They'll let him retire on his own terms after this rather than just dropping him unceremoniously.
The other problem is that you need a captain to replace him and have exactly zero options not named Steve Smith. Head is the current VC but is hardly secure in his role.
Nathan Lyon is the only real option available in terms of having a secure place in the side. However it seems unlikely that he would be made skipper.
You could bring in Aaron finch as opener and give him more time/chances. Drop Kawahja, move Smith to 3 then have burns and Labushade round out the middle order plus one young batsman at 6, Carey at 7 and then the bowlers.
That's almost a complete deck shuffle and seems to revert much of the cultural change made with Paine and Ponting
Fuck Cricket.
Just waiting now for England to fuck up the rugby world cup too.
Just look at the scorecard for our innings. All the guys seem to be able to hit boundaries in their opening balls yet get themselves out. It would be almost unacceptable in Twenty20 and in test cricket it's simply unimaginable.
The white ball has fucked the team up. Get them using both of them even during ODI and Twenty20 season.
Just waiting now for England to fuck up the rugby world cup too.
Just look at the scorecard for our innings. All the guys seem to be able to hit boundaries in their opening balls yet get themselves out. It would be almost unacceptable in Twenty20 and in test cricket it's simply unimaginable.
The white ball has fucked the team up. Get them using both of them even during ODI and Twenty20 season.
I actually wouldn't be surprised if it's pretty flat today. The seam seemed to come off the grass and you'd think that'd be gone now.
He can't have a formal leadership position until next March, and tbh I don't think it'd be good for his game to get it back.
England have bowled very well. If they could take the catches and a smidgeon more luck, they'd be happy
LOL. England have only made over 300 3 times in their last 14 innings. Never more than 373
England can only draw the series at best. So Australia will retain.
Shit, I don't know why I kept thinking that England won the last test lol.
I was playing Ashes Cricket and it's funny how this ended up.
You enjoying it? I played quite a lot of that Brian Lara game on 360, even if it was kind of easy and not that good.
Jason Roy's test career:
vs Australia (third test): 9, 8
vs Australia (second test): 0, 2
vs Australia (first test): 10, 28
vs Ireland: 5, 72
unacceptable. But I dont think anyone in their right mind thinks he's actually a red ball batsman.
If England need a #3 I just scored 61 runs so I'm hitting form at the right time.
Fucking knackered though, way too hot to be outside.
Fucking knackered though, way too hot to be outside.
The worst outcome here would be we still lose but Denly plays a solid innings. He simply isn't good enough. If he wins us the game, he can prolong his dropping, but if not - bye bye please
I doubt it. We are the masters of fucking things up.
The World Cup was a bizarre outlier.
