20-06-2023, 20:21
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Re: English Cricket
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The 30 or 40 runs they could and should have scored when they declared will cost them this match.
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Stokes has made some very costly decisions in this test.
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20-06-2023, 20:31
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Re: English Cricket
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Stokes has made some very costly decisions in this test.
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Including keeping Root on when a new ball was,available.
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21-06-2023, 05:57
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Re: English Cricket
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Including keeping Root on when a new ball was,available.
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l found that decision pretty staggering.
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21-06-2023, 09:35
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Re: English Cricket
Test cricket needs more support and closely won matches with lots of excitement give that. One team dominating (winning the game in fewer than 5 days), slow slogs and draws just push more people to short formats.
Still it is only a game and you can't win them all. Mistakes get made and hopefully learnt from.
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28-06-2023, 20:35
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Re: English Cricket
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Test cricket needs more support and closely won matches with lots of excitement give that. One team dominating (winning the game in fewer than 5 days), slow slogs and draws just push more people to short formats.
Still it is only a game and you can't win them all. Mistakes get made and hopefully learnt from.
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Tell it to the Aussies they are more interested in boring winning. So old fashioned....
Entertaining losing is the name of the name of the game these days, they'll catch up eventually...
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29-06-2023, 13:37
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Re: English Cricket
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Tell it to the Aussies they are more interested in boring winning. So old fashioned....
Entertaining losing is the name of the name of the game these days, they'll catch up eventually...
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The questionable decisions in the 1st test have cost us the Ashes.
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29-06-2023, 17:11
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Re: English Cricket
England have gone from brilliant to brainless in six overs. Only a no ball saved them from being in deep s**t.
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02-07-2023, 09:40
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Re: English Cricket
Sooooo, Duckett out or not out?
Not out for me.
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02-07-2023, 10:15
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Re: English Cricket
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Sooooo, Duckett out or not out?
Not out for me.
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Same here.
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02-07-2023, 11:36
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Re: English Cricket
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Same here.
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Mind you he should have retired after playing such an awful shot.
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02-07-2023, 12:56
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Re: English Cricket
Getting tasty now.
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02-07-2023, 12:59
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Re: English Cricket
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Getting tasty now.
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l have never heard Lords boo like that before.
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02-07-2023, 16:14
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Re: English Cricket
that is ashes done just hope we don’t lose 5-0
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02-07-2023, 16:15
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Re: English Cricket
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that is ashes done just hope we don’t lose 5-0
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Too many weak links in our squad allied with inflexibility in our overall tactical plans.
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02-07-2023, 18:04
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Re: English Cricket
Missed this afternoon, sunning myself on a remote Welsh beach with no reception. The Aussies want to win, we just want to be nice. Stuff the Ashes, think I prefer nice. They never get them anyway, they stay safely locked away at Lords.
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