Is England good enough?

[Goat]

After England choked up the first test in a comedy of errors, the way the second test is now looks like being a draw.

 

Are they good enough to win a game or is, as Kevin Pieterson says, the English bowling line up too slow and timid?

 

The only thing I see from stopping this being a 5-0 whitewash to the Aussies again is the miserable English weather. 

[Lacessit]

Both sides have good batsmen and bowlers, IMO the difference is fielding. The Poms are dropping more catches.

[bignok]

Looks even. Lyon gone. Starc bowled terribly.

[isaanistical]

3 minutes ago, bignok said:

Looks even. Lyon gone. Starc bowled terribly.

yeah, Starc is shocking. Took nearly one over just now to get rid of Stokes..

[bignok]

16 minutes ago, isaanistical said:

yeah, Starc is shocking. Took nearly one over just now to get rid of Stokes..

2 for 80 isnt great. Poor shot.

[scottiejohn]

Would someone care to explain what this subject/OP is about?

"Is England good enough?" 

At what? 

The responses to the OP tell me nothing! 

????

[Liquorice]

17 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Would someone care to explain what this subject/OP is about?

"Is England good enough?" 

At what? 

Cricket, England v Australia - the Ashes.

# You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
# Each man that's in the side that's in the field goes out and when he's out comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
# When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
# When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.
# Sometimes, there are men still in and not out.
# There are men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.
# Depending on the weather and the light, the umpires can also send everybody in, no matter if they're in or out.
# When both sides have been in and all the men are out (including those who are not out), then the game is finished

 

????

[bignok]

9 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Please explain the above!

I read a post that does not explain what it is about!

The responses do no better.

I ask a simple question and get meaningless answers.

Is this some secret society gathering?

Pretty obvious the topic.

[Crossy]

At 311 for 6 we could be in trouble ????

 

324 for 8 at 18.25 Thailand

325 for 9 at 18.27

 

And now 325 all out - 91 runs behind.

 

[scottiejohn]

48 minutes ago, bignok said:

Pretty obvious the topic.

Not to me until the person above @Liquorice explained it all so succinctly!

You may notice, if you bother to read the OP and replies, that the word "cricket" was never mentioned until then!

Well that is all over now and I have had a good innings and so I am now OUT and going for my tea!

[bignok]

Stokes lost the Ashes on day 1 test 1. Worst declaration in history.

[scottiejohn]

You just don't get satire do you?

This is an international Forum!

The word cricket was not mentioned in the OP or the initial responses!

There are only a total of 12 teams have that been given Test status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) till date.

Test Cricket Playing Nations : List of All Test Teams (cricschedule.com)

Edited July 2, 2023 by Pink Mist
quoted post removed

[bignok]

28 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

You just don't get satire do you?

This is an international Forum!

The word cricket was not mentioned in the OP or the initial responses!

There are only a total of 12 teams have that been given Test status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) till date.

Test Cricket Playing Nations : List of All Test Teams (cricschedule.com)

Which other sports have both bowlers and batsmen?

[scottiejohn]

28 minutes ago, bignok said:

Which other sports have both bowlers and batsmen?

Rounders?

get a life and lighten up!

[scottiejohn]

42 minutes ago, bignok said:

Which other sports have both bowlers and batsmen?

Going by some of the comments above "England" don't appear to have either!! 

[ballpoint]

4 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Would someone care to explain what this subject/OP is about?

"Is England good enough?" 

At what? 

The responses to the OP tell me nothing! 

????

Hanging on in quiet desperation.

[Nemises]

RIP Bazzball ???? ????

 

Seemed a good idea at the time ???? 

[Lacessit]

11 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Would someone care to explain what this subject/OP is about?

"Is England good enough?" 

At what? 

The responses to the OP tell me nothing! 

????

There are clues in the OP, such as "test" , "bowling", and "Kevin Pieterson". The second post ( mine ) talks about batsmen, bowlers, fielding and dropped catches.

It's a bit like golf, with talk of drivers and wedges. Like the English, the Scots have rarely been much good at the game they invented. The current world # 1 is either Irish or Spanish.

 

Edited June 30, 2023 by Lacessit

[sipi]

After dating my wife for quite some time we decided to get married. Before the ceremony I told her "sweetheart, there's something I need to explain that I've been hiding from you. I'm crazy about golf. I play golf every weekend and watch every game on tv"

She said "that's ok sweetheart. There's something I need to explain that I've been hiding from you. I'm a hooker"

I said "that's ok sweetheart. When you're teeing off keep your left arm straight and your eye on the ball"

[Nemises]

BazzBall, where the last 6 wickets go for 9 runs. Genius. 

[2baht]

13 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Would someone care to explain what this subject/OP is about?

"Is England good enough?" 

At what? 

The responses to the OP tell me nothing! 

????

Croquet! Quick, hit the "confused" emoji! ????

 

 

Edited June 30, 2023 by 2baht

[Andycoops]

16 hours ago, Goat said:

After England choked up the first test in a comedy of errors, the way the second test is now looks like being a draw.

 

Are they good enough to win a game or is, as Kevin Pieterson says, the English bowling line up too slow and timid?

 

The only thing I see from stopping this being a 5-0 whitewash to the Aussies again is the miserable English weather. 

Since the release of the report on the institutionised way cricket behaves, I have stopped following it, I don't want to watch a bunch anti this anti that bigots running around a piece of grass, pretending it's a sport.

[carlyai]

At least you can laugh and smile about the humiliation. :)

I'm never wrong.

[bignok]

Cricket beats baseball

[scottiejohn]

11 minutes ago, bignok said:

Cricket beats baseball

What sport are those two teams playing and what was the score?

[Gsxrnz]

This clearly explains the game to all those that don't come from a Commonwealth country.

 

 

[bignok]

What is that?

[bignok]

Lucky for drs. Umpiring has been bad. Marnus lbw clearly outside off. Smith missed it by an inch in 1st innings.

[Grumpy one]

Watching paint dry and cricket are neck and neck in the boring race, followed closely with watching grass grow  

[bignok]

35 minutes ago, Grumpy one said:

Watching paint dry and cricket are neck and neck in the boring race, followed closely with watching grass grow  

Bazball is fun to watch