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  • joe2019
    joe2019 Posts: 1,338
    Pross said:

    mrb123 said:

    Pross said:

    She was doing a podcast before and the BBC now seem to think podcasting is an edgy education in media that will appeal to the youth. Ebony or Isa would be better alternatives and who was the one with the fantastic Caribbean accent? I could listen to her all day.

    Michael Holding?

    Was talking female. Possibly Donna Symmonds.

    In terms of Caribbean accents, Tony Cozier's was superb. It came as a real surprise when I first saw him and learned he was white. It goes to show the mental image a voice can conjure.

    I assumed it was a joke...

  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,842
    joe2019 said:

    Pross said:

    mrb123 said:

    Pross said:

    She was doing a podcast before and the BBC now seem to think podcasting is an edgy education in media that will appeal to the youth. Ebony or Isa would be better alternatives and who was the one with the fantastic Caribbean accent? I could listen to her all day.

    Michael Holding?

    Was talking female. Possibly Donna Symmonds.

    In terms of Caribbean accents, Tony Cozier's was superb. It came as a real surprise when I first saw him and learned he was white. It goes to show the mental image a voice can conjure.

    I assumed it was a joke...

    👍
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    edited January 2022
    Thought so but you never know on here and had wondered when typing my original post if I was being clear to be honest
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,498
    Bairstow and Stokes possibly out of the next game with injuries. Billings drafted in possibl means no Buttler behind the stumps too
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,280
    Tashman said:

    Bairstow and Stokes possibly out of the next game with injuries. Billings drafted in possibl means no Buttler behind the stumps too

    I forget who it was this morning on TMS that was comparing Buttler to Gilchrist saying that with Gilchrist you got a match winning batsman who could also keep well. With Buttler at the moment you get neither.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,498
    joe2019 said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    Whilst we are on the subject of waking up to TMS can I say that Alex Hartley is an embarassment and a stunning indictment of the UK education system. How can a cricketer have no understanding of % or averages?


    She is awful, a genuine example of 'equality over quality'.

    She actually said 'wake up with a bit of wood' in commentary this morning.

    She doesn't exactly have a radio voice either.


    I heard that this morning. There was a very noticeable silence after it. Her "No Balls" podcast is full of "Bantz" and occasionally insightful. Some of their chats about womens sport have been quite insightful. It's a shame that Isa, Ebony and Ali Mitchell have all gone onto other things for this series. Alex Hartley seems to be the last female cricketer currently on the payroll so has been shoehorned in for the last 2 matches.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,280
    I heard this on the radio, and after the replay the commentator couldn't believe it had initially been given out before being reviewed - but even an umpire's brain is going to be scrambled by this.

  • joe2019
    joe2019 Posts: 1,338
    kingstongraham said:

    I heard this on the radio, and after the replay the commentator couldn't believe it had initially been given out before being reviewed - but even an umpire's brain is going to be scrambled by this.


    Should be classified as the worst LBW decision in history.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,498
    joe2019 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    I heard this on the radio, and after the replay the commentator couldn't believe it had initially been given out before being reviewed - but even an umpire's brain is going to be scrambled by this.


    Should be classified as the worst LBW decision in history.
    I can understand why he gave it, bat way out of the picture, a definite deviation of the ball and a noise too. Not a great decision but understandable in trying to join the dots
  • joe2019
    joe2019 Posts: 1,338
    edited January 2022
    Tashman said:

    joe2019 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    I heard this on the radio, and after the replay the commentator couldn't believe it had initially been given out before being reviewed - but even an umpire's brain is going to be scrambled by this.


    Should be classified as the worst LBW decision in history.
    I can understand why he gave it, bat way out of the picture, a definite deviation of the ball and a noise too. Not a great decision but understandable in trying to join the dots

    Really? I can't believe he gave it out. Clearly it's nowhere near the bat or pad, so how can it be given out.

    It's not like it's the first time a ball has ever hit the stumps without dislodging a bail.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,280
    Tashman said:

    joe2019 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    I heard this on the radio, and after the replay the commentator couldn't believe it had initially been given out before being reviewed - but even an umpire's brain is going to be scrambled by this.


    Should be classified as the worst LBW decision in history.
    I can understand why he gave it, bat way out of the picture, a definite deviation of the ball and a noise too. Not a great decision but understandable in trying to join the dots
    Think it's Jim Maxwell "Has that hit the pad just in front of off stump? They will challenge this of course, because why not?"



    Then "I'm not sure how Paul Reiffel gave it out" after the replay.
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    30-0.

    England's highest opening partnership in the series.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,280
    JimD666 said:

    30-0.

    England's highest opening partnership in the series.

    Australia's is only 57, so that might be in sight.
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    edited January 2022
    From Aggers:
    "England do have a chance to save this game and people will be expecting them to."

    Nope. We're expecting them to collapse and be all out by lunch. We hope they can save the game. We've all seen how well hope has done this series ;)
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    JimD666 said:

    From Aggers:
    "England do have a chance to save this game and people will be expecting them to."

    Nope. We're expecting them to collapse and be all out by lunch. We hope they can save the game. We've all seen how well hope has done this series ;)

    If the players expected to save this game then Leach would not have played that shot.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,609
    Watched day 3 highlights on the Beeb and it was painful bar Bairstow's effort. He showed presence and confidence.
    Why was Root, new to the crease flashing at a slightly wide ball?
    I know the wicket is bobbling up but some of the balls that got through to the stumps went through gaping holes left by the batsman.
    I can only imagine a Viv Richard's/Tendulkar hooking Boland and Cummings out of the park.
    Not a single late cut to the high ball for love nor money either.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    Blimey.
    Didn't expect to still be batting when I dragged myself out of bed. Really didn't expect them to survive the last couple of overs.

    Still not great, but a bit of fight at least.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,078
    There was no point during the final day when I thought England would get a draw including the final over.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    edited January 2022
    A bit of fight but you have to question why the Aussies batted on so long on day 4. They wouldn't have given England that opportunity in previous years.

    Whilst the England batting has rightfully been criticised the bowling really needs looking at too. How many times have England taken all 10 wickets so far in the series?
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    Pross said:

    A bit of fight but you have to question why the Aussies batted on so long on day 4. They wouldn't have given England that opportunity in previous years.

    Whilst the England batting has rightfully been criticised the bowling really needs looking at too. How many times have England taken all 10 wickets so far in the series?

    They all work on the same formula of 100 runs per session plus 100 so they will have seen their declaration as adventurous
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,280
    TheBigBean said:

    There was no point during the final day when I thought England would get a draw including the final over.

    Especially the final over!
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    I felt fairly relaxed about it, it was Smith bowling on a wicket not doing much.
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    verylonglegs said:

    I felt fairly relaxed about it, it was Smith bowling on a wicket not doing much.

    Weirdly I was more relaxed about Lyon bowling than Smith. It's the part timers that can (and nearly did) undo you.

    The one good thing about the Umpires not allowing the use of the Quicks was the last 3 overs went a bit quicker :)
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,078
    verylonglegs said:

    I felt fairly relaxed about it, it was Smith bowling on a wicket not doing much.

    Did enough for him to take a wicket in the previous over.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,842
    Pleased we avoided 5-0 but hard to take much solace from a match in which the opponents declared twice
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,078
    There 384 overs in the match which means 60 overs were lost due to rain (or slow bowling), so England really needed the weather to claim a draw.
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    TheBigBean said:

    verylonglegs said:

    I felt fairly relaxed about it, it was Smith bowling on a wicket not doing much.

    Did enough for him to take a wicket in the previous over.
    His first in 5 years according to the TMS statto. I just didn't feel he was suddenly unplayable after being drafted in as a stop gap.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,078
    In a series with little to cheer about, Broad getting Warner out for the 14th time made me smile.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    Hadn't even realised the final test had started. Looks like it will be wrapped up in 3 days.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,280
    What was that from Stokes?

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