Indy 3,310 Posted December 18, 2021 What a total load of rubbish, I’ve never seen such a rubbish squad of players, a spinner who can’t spin, two old crocks are our best two bowlers, an injured Stokes who looks absolutely knackered and the rest would struggle to get into my old Sunday Southwold team. Utterly embarrassing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,817 Posted December 18, 2021 Did you have to start this Indy?🥴😥😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KernowCanary 214 Posted December 18, 2021 Worse team in any sport to ever be allowed to call themselves World Champions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 3,310 Posted December 18, 2021 44 minutes ago, Herman said: Did you have to start this Indy?🥴😥😀 Sorry Hermo, but I got up early morning to watch thinking this test will be different! Today’s collapse just highlighted how poor this side are, they’re awful! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted December 18, 2021 Phone call for Mr Burns He's just gone out to bat I'll wait Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,578 Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Herman said: Did you have to start this Indy?🥴😥😀 Just be thankful CambridgeshireCanary isn't a cricket fan. They'd be a new thread every time a wicket fell...🤓 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,817 Posted December 18, 2021 19 minutes ago, PurpleCanary said: Just be thankful CambridgeshireCanary isn't a cricket fan. They'd be a new thread every time a wicket fell...🤓 It'd be a quick onslaught of posts luckily/sadly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,578 Posted December 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Herman said: It'd be a quick onslaught of posts luckily/sadly. Only when England are batting... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,817 Posted December 19, 2021 16 hours ago, PurpleCanary said: Only when England are batting... It's Australia's turn this morning. Not that they have much to worry about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,817 Posted December 19, 2021 Only 467 to chase. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted December 19, 2021 loosing Root on the last ball was a blow, let us hope the rest can stay in and not collapse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,189 Posted December 19, 2021 I think past experience tells us the chances of batting out the final day 😟 Root missed a trick when he copped one in the gonads. He should have rolled down the wicket and puked up on a length Match abandoned due to unfit pitch To be fair, he probably wasn't thinking straight at the time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KernowCanary 214 Posted December 26, 2021 That was just rubbish, totally humiliated. Just how did we win the World Cup again!?. Winning that jinxed us as we have now as things are going, lost two Ashes series out of two ever since winning it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted December 27, 2021 How can the one day team score more in fifty overs than our test team? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 3,310 Posted December 27, 2021 2 hours ago, keelansgrandad said: How can the one day team score more in fifty overs than our test team? 😂😂 we actually score more in 20 over cricket! Might as well just open with Roy and Bairstow, we’d have the same number of wickets down after ten overs but at least have a few runs on the board! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Apples 1,325 Posted December 27, 2021 Joe Root is an appalling captain.🤦♂️😭 Apples Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1902 1,167 Posted December 27, 2021 There's something about your top three scoring 38 across both innings that makes it a little difficult to win test matches. Honestly though, it's been a shambolic tour. Selection has been chaotic and reactionary, the captaincy has been poor and Silverwood continues to be uninspiring and uninspired. Usually cricket is my solice from the travails of my football team.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,026 Posted December 27, 2021 England cricket team teaming up with NCFC in the Premier League. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aggy 758 Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/the-ashes/dismal-graph-proves-englands-test-side-is-a-laughing-stock/news-story/8188311a17bc6e7dc302086abfca5bec?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=news.com.au Sport&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=SocialBakers Our third highest test run scorer in 2021 is extras. Edited December 27, 2021 by Aggy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,026 Posted December 28, 2021 Well done to the lads for lasting half an hour tonight. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,817 Posted December 28, 2021 Absolutely pathetic showing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,271 Posted December 28, 2021 The players don't know how to play this form of the game anymore. As with football TV money talks and I can't see test cricket being prioritised anytime soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted December 28, 2021 New Zealand won the Test Championship and nobody goes to watch. T20 and the Eski's are in abundance. There are only three countries that really give a fig about test cricket. And most of our players would rather be earning big in the T20 format where you can just throw the bat at anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aggy 758 Posted December 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, keelansgrandad said: New Zealand won the Test Championship and nobody goes to watch. T20 and the Eski's are in abundance. There are only three countries that really give a fig about test cricket. And most of our players would rather be earning big in the T20 format where you can just throw the bat at anything. The test championship is a strange one. There’s the “final” but that’s a one off match. I wonder if having a six week proper ‘tournament’ at the end of it might help… get Ireland, Netherlands, Afghanistan, etc in the qualifiers as well, have four years where series are played - perhaps on a seeded basis. Then the best eight sides go into the ‘finals’. 1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th, 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs 5th. A week off before the semis - Winner of g 1 vs winner of g4, winner of g2 vs winner of g3. Week off. Final. The test match arena seems like the one form of the international game which could stay miles ahead of the franchises. The short form is already at risk of being overtaken in relevance (think champions league vs Euros in footy) - so I’m a bit surprised there isn’t more focus on the test match arena by the icc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,983 Posted December 28, 2021 The England cricket team collectively came up with the worst use of a bat since the street market in Wuhan.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlands Yellow 4,026 Posted January 9, 2022 Another defeat looming after having a draw in the bag. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,817 Posted January 9, 2022 Well, things are finally looking up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,201 Posted January 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, Herman said: Well, things are finally looking up. There should be an Honours Board at each ground for glorious 'not outs' that saved a test, it's just as good as a '5 for' or a hundred. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badger 2,407 Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) Only test cricket can produce the slow, compelling torture of the last couple of hours of this test! As the person from the fanzone on BT Sport said, only in cricket could you have the world's best batsman bowling to the world's best bowler for a draw in a dead rubber and it be so exciting! 😀 Edited January 9, 2022 by Badger Added extra words 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
