That great English weather saved game 4. Wonderful rain. Merv says hi.

and the poms are whinging about it as per usual, it great when things go their way but not anyone elses. They have become the complete whingers, they grass a catch and call it a fair catch, the wicket keeper  tries to run out a batsman when he is out of his crease then whinge when the aussies do it, they snick a ball on the way through but pretend they didnt  and refuse to walk then whinge when the aussies do it. Really shows how pathetic the poms have become, they even had the wickets made to their demands as well as the shortening of boundaries to suit their BS new play but still lost, shows how incompetent they really are, the children need to grow up and realize that they need to play cricket and not bazzball, also have to realizee it is their garbage weather that is also the problem, all in all it couldnt have happened to bigger idiots, Australia won the first 2 tests with their doctored grounds, hahahahaha, only ones responsible are the poms

As Pat Cummins said, an anticlimax.

 

The Poms should not whinge about their weather having saved Australia from defeat, the same weather has saved their bacon multiple times.

It's a pity it rained. Australia would have been 3-1.

whingers v the cheaters ????

England threw caution to the wind in their first innings of the fourth test because they were aware of the weather and it came off for them. They batted too long. That was an error in judgement.

 

Australia came into the game knowing the weather also and the unlikelihood of being bowled out twice whilst still behind on the scoreboard.

 

If the weather wasn't known, both teams would have played a different style of game. Australia were highly defensive in their bowling and fielding options they were still reserved but less so in their batting.

Australian bowlers look like they are out of options with the Duke ball. They are not prepared to set full attacking fields and bowl a consistent line for any amount of time which leads to very defensive play. Leg Theory with 2 back behind square is a very defensive "attacking" option.

Having a deep third man, a deep gully and deep backward point all on the boundary to Baristow was rather tepid field planning to say the least.

Dan Vettori spent a lot of time yawning during that test. Maybe he needs to be working on more attacking strategies to get England's bats out.

1 hour ago, bignok said:

That great English weather saved game 4. Wonderful rain. Merv says hi.

I dunno Big Bird. I would have preferred it didnt rain. I am sure we would have won anyway. The English are good at one thing, and that is losing everything apart from the toss.

 

The dropped catches, the stupid batting, the limp wristed bowling, the poor captains decisions, the ground staff preparing a batting pitch with rain forecast. 

 

I think they have won one test against Australia out of the last nine.

An Aussie Test legend has exposed some truly staggering, clueless comments from the deluded, whingeing English cricket team.

 

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/it-is-wrong-england-is-so-salty-it-hurts-after-fourth-test-hypocrisy/news-story/569d6a27b23263ce3d51d21aa8d3b97f

 

 

 

England’s costly errors throughout the series crippled their chances of winning back the urn for the first time in eight years — and it seems they are looking for someone else to blame.

 

Typical. 

Aussie sport broadcaster Gerard Whateley also delivered a scathing rant when speaking on his SEN radio show, slamming England for claiming to be “moral victors”.

“Seriously, cry me a river England,” he said.

“The bleating coming from the other side of the world – honestly. You’d think there had never been a Test match washed away. And that the weather had never assisted the home team’s endeavours previously.”

He went on to say England had been selective in their memory and said the home team had been “shameless” in preparing pitches that best suited their advantage.

“In defeat they have claimed to be moral victors,” he said.

“They have applied the letter if the law and the spirit of the game selectively to suit their actions. They have whinged relentlessly.

 

I could not have said it better myself. They have their heads shoved up their own ....... they believe their own bullsh..

 

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/it-is-wrong-england-is-so-salty-it-hurts-after-fourth-test-hypocrisy/news-story/569d6a27b23263ce3d51d21aa8d3b97f

England’s biggest whinger has been exposed as a hypocrite as the Poms launch a full-scale moral offensive after Australia retained the Ashes.

 

 

news.com.au/sport/cricket/ashes-4th-test-day-5-live-englands-worst-nightmare-coming-true/news-story/32ae35a757273f4a7ba57c07b9eeaf14

Ben Stokes has hit back at suggestions England should have declared earlier at Old Trafford, claiming anyone who thinks that was an option doesn't understand cricket like he does.

 

Yeah, right mate. What a tosser.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/ashes-2023-ben-stokes-reveals-his-one-regret-in-series/102639012

 

>As Pat Cummins said, an anticlimax.

 

Defo. The Aussies winning with a dodgy stump at Lords and the getting a draw at OT with rain whilst behind on the score card nothing to shout about. I expect the England team will stick it to them at he Oval to show their true skills, if it doesn't rain.

36 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

>As Pat Cummins said, an anticlimax.

 

Defo. The Aussies winning with a dodgy stump at Lords and the getting a draw at OT with rain whilst behind on the score card nothing to shout about. I expect the England team will stick it to them at he Oval to show their true skills, if it doesn't rain.

And hopefully remain unbeaten in a home series against the Aussies going back to 2001. The last time the Aussies won a series in the UK God was still a young lad. (I can already picture the abuse if Aussies go on to win the 5th test) :-)

9 minutes ago, Keeps said:

And hopefully remain unbeaten in a home series against the Aussies going back to 2001. The last time the Aussies won a series in the UK God was still a young lad. (I can already picture the abuse if Aussies go on to win the 5th test) :-)

Poms have won once in Oz since 1980s

Now, I'm not going to mention that though am I? I'm an arrogant, whingeing Pom :-)

 

The last win for England in Oz though was 2011 so a decade more recent than Aussies last win in the UK. England also won three matches by an innings in that series. Also the first team to score 500+ in 4 innings in an Ashes series. 

Wow, some sad comments from Ozzies on here 

 

There have been 4 tremendous Test matches and it was a real shame this was spoiled by the weather.

 

2-2 going into the final Test would've been fantastic.

 

And sorry to say, whatever legacy they may have this current Australian team will always be remembered for "sandpaper" gate.

 

"We saw you cry on the telly!" 

 

RAZZ

19 minutes ago, Keeps said:

Now, I'm not going to mention that though am I? I'm an arrogant, whingeing Pom :-)

 

The last win for England in Oz though was 2011 so a decade more recent than Aussies last win in the UK. England also won three matches by an innings in that series. Also the first team to score 500+ in 4 innings in an Ashes series. 

2006/7 was 5 nil

 

55555

6 minutes ago, RAZZELL said:

Wow, some sad comments from Ozzies on here 

 

There have been 4 tremendous Test matches and it was a real shame this was spoiled by the weather.

 

2-2 going into the final Test would've been fantastic.

 

And sorry to say, whatever legacy they may have this current Australian team will always be remembered for "sandpaper" gate.

 

"We saw you cry on the telly!" 

 

RAZZ

Poms ball tampered in 2005. Admitted in a published book!

https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/09/15/england-have-no-moral-high-ground-over-ball-tampering/

Same old Aussies. 

 

Always cheating.

 

Dont watch cricket anymore.  Too childish now. The stumping affair.  Kids in the playground.  Tigers for 2023 Premiership. Yeah baby!  He says with a childish grin. 

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

Same old Aussies. 

 

Always cheating.

 

https://www.theroar.com.au/2019/09/15/england-have-no-moral-high-ground-over-ball-tampering/

 

Same old Poms always cheating 

9 minutes ago, bignok said:

2006/7 was 5 nil

 

55555

So was 2013. Unfortunately, to the Aussies again. :-)

1 minute ago, TimeMachine said:

Dont watch cricket anymore.  Too childish now. The stumping affair.  Kids in the playground.  Tigers for 2023 Premiership. Yeah baby!  He says with a childish grin. 

Stumping was mild. Footballers do far worse.

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Same old Aussies. 

 

Always cheating.

 

Agreed. All bad as each other though.  If any decent people enter they are soon transformed by the culture. 

1 minute ago, bignok said:

Stumping was mild. Footballers do far worse.

Haha.  A little agreement with you.  Are you talking about the sexy photos?  Faking for frees? High cowardly hits?  

Afl culture is pretty good compared to others.  Elbow to the stomach one moment and then shake hands and laugh afterwards. 

3 minutes ago, TimeMachine said:

Haha.  A little agreement with you.  Are you talking about the sexy photos?  Faking for frees? High cowardly hits?  

Afl culture is pretty good compared to others.  Elbow to the stomach one moment and then shake hands and laugh afterwards. 

All grubs

Nobody cares but Indopak and sad Colonial throwbacks

Transformed by Culture ? remind us where you Aussies came from. POM is Prisoners of Mother England  Ooops we cant remind you of your heritage before us POMS sent our naughty boys to Botany Bay Yor country men ( Australians ) were running round the bush chucking spears and funny shaped pieces of wood. and as for cheating who first came up with the Term  " Sledging " . You won your Ashes because of bad weather not winning it on the field.

2 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

Transformed by Culture ? remind us where you Aussies came from. POM is Prisoners of Mother England  Ooops we cant remind you of your heritage before us POMS sent our naughty boys to Botany Bay Yor country men ( Australians ) were running round the bush chucking spears and funny shaped pieces of wood. and as for cheating who first came up with the Term  " Sledging " . You won your Ashes because of bad weather not winning it on the field.

Yes the convicts were poms not aussies.