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Ah the home Ashes series is almost upon us, my personal favourite sporting event (not down under, that's just generally depressing.) I need something big sporting wise to focus on and quit my worrying about QPR for a while.
Anyone going?
I was at the first day of the World Test Championship at the Oval yesterday. The Aussies looked in depressingly good nick with the bat and their pace attack appears as terrifying as ever.
I think it's going to be an exciting, tough, tense series that'll go down to the wire. I only managed to get tickets to the very final day of the Ashes on 31st July at the Oval, you never know.
I predict...
Crawley to average less than 20 with Duckett getting closer to mid 30s Brook to really secure his position as an outstanding talent and mainstay of the team Pope to struggle again~ Root, in what could be his last home Ashes, proving his worth again Bairstow - haven't a clue which version turns up post broken foot
Broad - an Ashes too far? You'd be mad to write him or Jimmy off. Robinson to nab Smith at least four times..
Shame they don't have the class to retract the appeal as I believe Stokes would have done.
Still we may be 2-0 down but we have the moral high ground again so all is back to normal.
Good job the Aussies are professional cricketers because there is no way they would ever get anyone to play them in casual cricket with their approach to the game. Cynical is putting it mildly it has certainly fired Mr Stokes up and I fully expect someone on the England side to Mankad Smith while he's off touching his toes 35 times in between overs
As much as I detest Australian cricket and all they stand for, you can't call it cheating. It is within the laws, the correct decision was given and Bairstow (as usual) as thick as a whale omelette.
Sandpaper - now that was cheating.
I've always thought Cummins was a decent bloke. Having seen Bairstow ground his foot on the ground and then walk off at the end of the over, I would have thought he would have given a warning, revoked the appeal. But he didn't have to. Ironically, it has probably meant they will have a few nervier moments having fired up Stokes. But they will still win, as they would have done if they had just waited until Bairstow hit one down fine leg's throat.
A similar thing happened in a test in Trinidad in 1974 between Tony Greig and Alvin Kallicharran. In that case though, the appeal was withdrawn overnight.
As much as I detest Australian cricket and all they stand for, you can't call it cheating. It is within the laws, the correct decision was given and Bairstow (as usual) as thick as a whale omelette.
Sandpaper - now that was cheating.
I've always thought Cummins was a decent bloke. Having seen Bairstow ground his foot on the ground and then walk off at the end of the over, I would have thought he would have given a warning, revoked the appeal. But he didn't have to. Ironically, it has probably meant they will have a few nervier moments having fired up Stokes. But they will still win, as they would have done if they had just waited until Bairstow hit one down fine leg's throat.
A similar thing happened in a test in Trinidad in 1974 between Tony Greig and Alvin Kallicharran. In that case though, the appeal was withdrawn overnight.
The riot that incurred after the incident may have played a part in the withdrawal
Even a few rowdy members in the long room thought it wasn’t right.But in the laws of the game bairstow was out.The spirit of the game is a different matter.
Isn't cheating by its very definition breaking the laws? Clearly under the laws if the umpires decided the ball wasn't dead, it isn't dead. It's a stumping. So it isn't cheating.
It's bad form, terrible sportsmanship, yes.
But not cheating.
But it is very funny to stoke up more hatred for the Aussies. Excellent.
Let's all take a deep breath , if we lose this match it won't be all down to the Baristow incident, it will be a small part of it but we can't forget how poor our batting decisions have been at times.
AND WHEN I DREAM , I DREAM ABOUT YOU AND WHEN I SCREAM I SCREAM ABOUT YOU!!!!!
Isn't cheating by its very definition breaking the laws? Clearly under the laws if the umpires decided the ball wasn't dead, it isn't dead. It's a stumping. So it isn't cheating.
It's bad form, terrible sportsmanship, yes.
But not cheating.
But it is very funny to stoke up more hatred for the Aussies. Excellent.
Right then, if Spirit Of The Game and Fair Play is to be eschewed,and it will be a precedent in sporting terms,how can you logically support FFP? Moral high ground in this world obviously ain't worth sheeit.
Whatever we all think about the decision Bairstow should be lucky if he keeps his place. His keeping as been average at best, and that decision he made was reckless... He may keep his place I'd Pope is not fit for Headingley then he will move up and hopefully Foakes will come in
Isn't cheating by its very definition breaking the laws? Clearly under the laws if the umpires decided the ball wasn't dead, it isn't dead. It's a stumping. So it isn't cheating.
It's bad form, terrible sportsmanship, yes.
But not cheating.
But it is very funny to stoke up more hatred for the Aussies. Excellent.
The Aussies welcomed back two cheats after a token suspension and timed before an ashes series and world cup because they are good players. The bloke who wasn't as good got dumped.
They complain about someone else doing a mankad but are more than prepared to bend the rules because winning is everything to them. Within the rules yes, but a shit act that the captain should have dealt with. Very very poor form but sadly no surprise.
To see the long room at Lord's react like that, wow. Says it all. Australians should be as ashamed about this as they were about the famous (here anyway) underarm delivery v New Zealand.
Maybe time to give Broad his head here.... New ball due in less than 10 overs... if Stuart can give it the heave and perhaps get 15-20 runs with the field up ... Robinson is half decent... May take the pressure off Stokes
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