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[Randall]

Would have been madness on day 2 but you half thought they might declare and give us a few overs to fuck a few wickets away

[tungsten tossers]

Would have been madness on day 2 but you half thought they might declare and give us a few overs to fuck a few wickets away

It was discussed on the BBC comms... they thought India would give England about 5 overs to face

[Randall]

Would have been madness on day 2 but you half thought they might declare and give us a few overs to fuck a few wickets away

It was discussed on the BBC comms... they thought India would give England about 5 overs to face

Games over anyway
Duckett no doubt thinks we are ahead in the game

[Captain Hobo]

Has there ever been a bigger fluke of an innings than Pope in the First Test?

He's made 100 runs in the rest of the Series.

[Randall]

Has there ever been a bigger fluke of an innings than Pope in the First Test?

He's made 100 runs in the rest of the Series.

Will keep him in the side forever
Root doesn't want to bat 3
With England's kamikaze openers you can't blame him

[Captain Hobo]

Has there ever been a bigger fluke of an innings than Pope in the First Test?

He's made 100 runs in the rest of the Series.

Will keep him in the side forever
Root doesn't want to bat 3
With England's kamikaze openers you can't blame him

Vice-captain too.

[Randall]

Has there ever been a bigger fluke of an innings than Pope in the First Test?

He's made 100 runs in the rest of the Series.

Will keep him in the side forever
Root doesn't want to bat 3
With England's kamikaze openers you can't blame him

Vice-captain too.

Averages 34
Will play 100 tests with that record

[Randall]

Another failure up top for Smith as well

[Captain Hobo]

Another failure up top for Smith as well

Yeah. I wonder how long it'll take them to admit it was a mistake.

They took Matt Renshaw who's a specialist Opener to NZ and he's carrying the drinks.

[HalloweenJack]

Another failure up top for Smith as well

Yeah. I wonder how long it'll take them to admit it was a mistake.

They took Matt Renshaw who's a specialist Opener to NZ and he's carrying the drinks.

They might as well have taken you to NZ. I’m sure you could carry the drinks as good as Renshaw.

[Randall]

Another failure up top for Smith as well

Yeah. I wonder how long it'll take them to admit it was a mistake.

They took Matt Renshaw who's a specialist Opener to NZ and he's carrying the drinks.

The middle order is as weak as ours
Throwing Smith away up top is crazy

[HalloweenJack]

Has there ever been a bigger fluke of an innings than Pope in the First Test?

He's made 100 runs in the rest of the Series.

Will keep him in the side forever
Root doesn't want to bat 3
With England's kamikaze openers you can't blame him

Our openers have generally put on decent stands. The collapse tends to come thereafter.
I think Pope and YJB have to come under scrutiny at least.
Brook will return ( boy have we missed him in India, he would have been Englands leading run scorer in my opinion)
I think you have to give players a chance and for most part Bazball has worked, but England have to have some more Bazballers ready to slot into the team.

[HalloweenJack]

Another failure up top for Smith as well

Yeah. I wonder how long it'll take them to admit it was a mistake.

They took Matt Renshaw who's a specialist Opener to NZ and he's carrying the drinks.

The middle order is as weak as ours
Throwing Smith away up top is crazy

I would say our batting line up is better than the Aussies. Their bowling is superior though.

[Randall]

Has there ever been a bigger fluke of an innings than Pope in the First Test?

He's made 100 runs in the rest of the Series.

Will keep him in the side forever
Root doesn't want to bat 3
With England's kamikaze openers you can't blame him

Our openers have generally put on decent stands. The collapse tends to come thereafter.
I think Pope and YJB have to come under scrutiny at least.
Brook will return ( boy have we missed him in India, he would have been Englands leading run scorer in my opinion)
I think you have to give players a chance and for most part Bazball has worked, but England have to have some more Bazballers ready to slot into the team.

They are virtually bottom of the test rankings
Where is it working?

[Rogg]

Has there ever been a bigger fluke of an innings than Pope in the First Test?

He's made 100 runs in the rest of the Series.

Will keep him in the side forever
Root doesn't want to bat 3
With England's kamikaze openers you can't blame him

Our openers have generally put on decent stands. The collapse tends to come thereafter.
I think Pope and YJB have to come under scrutiny at least.
Brook will return ( boy have we missed him in India, he would have been Englands leading run scorer in my opinion)
I think you have to give players a chance and for most part Bazball has worked, but England have to have some more Bazballers ready to slot into the team.

They are virtually bottom of the test rankings
Where is it working?

That they are only virtually bottom could be viewed as a positive.

[HalloweenJack]

Has there ever been a bigger fluke of an innings than Pope in the First Test?

He's made 100 runs in the rest of the Series.

Will keep him in the side forever
Root doesn't want to bat 3
With England's kamikaze openers you can't blame him

Our openers have generally put on decent stands. The collapse tends to come thereafter.
I think Pope and YJB have to come under scrutiny at least.
Brook will return ( boy have we missed him in India, he would have been Englands leading run scorer in my opinion)
I think you have to give players a chance and for most part Bazball has worked, but England have to have some more Bazballers ready to slot into the team.

They are virtually bottom of the test rankings
Where is it working?

https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/te ... /mens/test

3rd in the world currently.

HJ 1 Randall 0

[Randall]

Has there ever been a bigger fluke of an innings than Pope in the First Test?

He's made 100 runs in the rest of the Series.

Will keep him in the side forever
Root doesn't want to bat 3
With England's kamikaze openers you can't blame him

Our openers have generally put on decent stands. The collapse tends to come thereafter.
I think Pope and YJB have to come under scrutiny at least.
Brook will return ( boy have we missed him in India, he would have been Englands leading run scorer in my opinion)
I think you have to give players a chance and for most part Bazball has worked, but England have to have some more Bazballers ready to slot into the team.

They are virtually bottom of the test rankings
Where is it working?

https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/te ... /mens/test

3rd in the world currently.

HJ 1 Randall 0

What was that oche posted the other day?

[HalloweenJack]

Will keep him in the side forever
Root doesn't want to bat 3
With England's kamikaze openers you can't blame him

Our openers have generally put on decent stands. The collapse tends to come thereafter.
I think Pope and YJB have to come under scrutiny at least.
Brook will return ( boy have we missed him in India, he would have been Englands leading run scorer in my opinion)
I think you have to give players a chance and for most part Bazball has worked, but England have to have some more Bazballers ready to slot into the team.

They are virtually bottom of the test rankings
Where is it working?

https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/te ... /mens/test

3rd in the world currently.

HJ 1 Randall 0

What was that oche posted the other day?

Oche ?

CH posted the latest table for the 2025 Test Championship, which is different to the actual rankings.
I think Randall was getting confused.

[Rogg]

You've made me look like an idiot Randall.

[Randall]

Aha I knew I'd seen a list
Lost 2 against a weak aussie side at home and 4 against weak Indian team away
Certainly grounds for concern