Cricket thread

[Diocletian]

Getting sick of holding Cummins' beer for him....is he going to open the bowling with Smith & Labuschagne for his next trick?   

[one-eyed]

Aussies 1/39 at Tea.

Khawaja  18
Warner   17*
Labuschagne 4*

Another soft dismissal. Why play away from your body at a ball two feet wide of off stump 5 minutes before the end of the session?!

[Francois Jackson]

Poms all out for 592 with a lead of 275.

Bairstow very entertaining with a rapid 99 off 81 not out before green caught Anderson LB.

Had a laugh but also applaud Bairstow, he exposed our bowling line up for the utter dog doodoo it has been, bar Hazelwood.

Anyway I expect us to be at least 5 wickets down by stumps. Need a miracle.

It was a great innings I watched all of it. He was like a superstar lol

This test has been a disaster and the so called captain has had a shocker.

[WilliamPowell]

And some people thought again was a terrible Captain 

Tim Paine was our best compared to clueless Cummins

I know he's not a selector but he has input and our selections in this series have beggared belief and he is a party to that.

Our batting has been 2nd rate

Our bowling and fielding plans shambolic

And Cummins' captaincy pathetic

[Francois Jackson]

And some people thought again was a terrible Captain 

Tim Paine was our best compared to clueless Cummins

I know he's not a selector but he has input and our selections in this series have beggared belief and he is a party to that.

Our batting has been 2nd rate

Our bowling and fielding plans shambolic

And Cummins' captaincy pathetic

you see berrys call he was set to retire? I am not a cummins fan, but I very much doubt that when they still lead the series 2.1

Watching old mate Johnny think he was a superstar was very funny though. Thats the only funny i saw on day 3

[WilliamPowell]

you see berrys call he was set to retire? I am not a cummins fan, but I very much doubt that when they still lead the series 2.1

Watching old mate Johnny think he was a superstar was very funny though. Thats the only funny i saw on day 3

Yes I did read what Darren Berry said

Silly statement, Cummins won't quit the captaincy they will have to sack him. And let's be honest they won't.

What Cummins has shown is against average opposition that dont challenge his captaincy calls he is good against opposition that do challenge he is clueless

[Damo]

Everyone is very quick to pot Cummins
Definitely the in thing and he’s an easy whack

But I don’t hear many having much to say about Ronald

80-90% of what goes on will be decided before heading out each session and updated at drinks breaks .. all I hear is Cummins Cummins Cummins

Very little about the pathetic strategies that are being put together by the coach

[WilliamPowell]

Everyone is very quick to pot Cummins
Definitely the in thing and he’s an easy whack

But I don’t hear many having much to say about Ronald

80-90% of what goes on will be decided before heading out each session and updated at drinks breaks .. all I hear is Cummins Cummins Cummins

Very little about the pathetic strategies that are being put together by the coach

Damo,

I said this about our coach a couple of weeks back, when we went short pitch bowling crazy and it wasn't working

And our coach has a lot to answer for. He concocts these plans 

But I don't apologise for whacking Cummins. He clearly isn't pushing back on our coach the clown that the plans are crap and as Captain at some point he has to stand up and say "no, it isn't working"

[Damo]

I realise you said that WP
In a post directly after potting Cummins

And I counted seven times you’ve potted Cummins since and zero mention of Ronald

And apart from that mention from you , I can’t see much else where Ronald cops it .. I think he’s getting off very lightly in the public and media compared to Cummins, who is copping an absolute caning

I’m not pro Cummins as captain btw , I think Smith should be captain without doubt ..

[one-eyed]

Aussies 5/214 at Tea.

Labuschagne  111 .... tried to play a cut shot to Joe Root and got a slight edge to the keeper. Loose shot before the Tea break.
Marsh  31*
Green   3*

We still trail by 61 runs.

[one-eyed]

No play during the final session due to rain. So that's stumps Day 4.

Up to the weather gods tonight/tomorrow.

[Andyy]

Forecast is rain most of the day with an opportunity around 9-12 so if they can survive 35 overs or so blocking they might draw

[WilliamPowell]

I realise you said that WP
In a post directly after potting Cummins

And I counted seven times you’ve potted Cummins since and zero mention of Ronald

And apart from that mention from you , I can’t see much else where Ronald cops it .. I think he’s getting off very lightly in the public and media compared to Cummins, who is copping an absolute caning

I’m not pro Cummins as captain btw , I think Smith should be captain without doubt ..

Fair call Damo, don't agree with the Smith as Captain but that's a topic for another day 

TBH the Coach should be sacked. He's proven this series and in India that he's not up to it but the players especially Cummins love him so he will stay

But end of the day Cummins is the one out there on the field directing what goes on and currently he is showing that he has no idea of doing anything outside what is concocted in the dressing room. He needs to be able to make calls on his own. Currently he seems to advice from every player when things go pear shaped. Until he is prepared to do that I reckon he will keep getting whacked

[Damo]

I realise you said that WP
In a post directly after potting Cummins

And I counted seven times you’ve potted Cummins since and zero mention of Ronald

And apart from that mention from you , I can’t see much else where Ronald cops it .. I think he’s getting off very lightly in the public and media compared to Cummins, who is copping an absolute caning

I’m not pro Cummins as captain btw , I think Smith should be captain without doubt ..

Fair call Damo, don't agree with the Smith as Captain but that's a topic for another day 

TBH the Coach should be sacked. He's proven this series and in India that he's not up to it but the players especially Cummins love him so he will stay

But end of the day Cummins is the one out there on the field directing what goes on and currently he is showing that he has no idea of doing anything outside what is concocted in the dressing room. He needs to be able to make calls on his own. Currently he seems to advice from every player when things go pear shaped. Until he is prepared to do that I reckon he will keep getting whacked

He will get whacked no matter how he goes about it now

The guy is a soft target

Being a very strange unit probably doesn’t help his cause 

Reckon he will be the last fast bowling captain we have

[Francois Jackson]

I realise you said that WP
In a post directly after potting Cummins

And I counted seven times you’ve potted Cummins since and zero mention of Ronald

And apart from that mention from you , I can’t see much else where Ronald cops it .. I think he’s getting off very lightly in the public and media compared to Cummins, who is copping an absolute caning

I’m not pro Cummins as captain btw , I think Smith should be captain without doubt ..

Fair call Damo, don't agree with the Smith as Captain but that's a topic for another day 

TBH the Coach should be sacked. He's proven this series and in India that he's not up to it but the players especially Cummins love him so he will stay

But end of the day Cummins is the one out there on the field directing what goes on and currently he is showing that he has no idea of doing anything outside what is concocted in the dressing room. He needs to be able to make calls on his own. Currently he seems to advice from every player when things go pear shaped. Until he is prepared to do that I reckon he will keep getting whacked

He will get whacked no matter how he goes about it now

The guy is a soft target

Being a very strange unit probably doesn’t help his cause 

Reckon he will be the last fast bowling captain we have

 

though credit where credit is due im struggling to see what more you can do other than win a series?