Just not cricket

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While i admire your spirit in sending a steamship into Sydney harbour, guns blazing, the world has moved on a notch or two since the days when a game of cricket would cause an international incident. The last one i recall was in 1980(?) when an underarm daisy-cutter caused a royal kerfuffle between Australia and NZ.
JB should've been warned. He wasn't. Life goes on.
I think the days of "play up, play up and play the game" were cooked when the ECB took SKY money, stuck numbers on their backs and sold out to the highest bidder.

 

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And there's more, the 100 getting centre stage in the month of August.

 

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Only Americans and small children can get excited about that fast-food version of the Noble Game.

 

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While i admire your spirit in sending a steamship into Sydney harbour, guns blazing, the world has moved on a notch or two since the days when a game of cricket would cause an international incident. The last one i recall was in 1980(?) when an underarm daisy-cutter caused a royal kerfuffle between Australia and NZ.
JB should've been warned. He wasn't. Life goes on.
I think the days of "play up, play up and play the game" were cooked when the ECB took SKY money, stuck numbers on their backs and sold out to the highest bidder.

I wouldn't put money in Murdies pocket, Sky treat cricket as a full fat sports drink, everything is hyped up. Nothing today beats a Jim Laker and Richie Benaud commentary. Hardcore types turned the volume down and listed to John Arlott on the radio while watching the pictures.

Blup

 

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I recall an incident in a test match between Australia and New Zealand
Years ago

We’re bye the match result went down to the last ball

If a run had been scored who ever could have won the match

So one of the teams bowled and under arm ball

Caused a bit of a stink if I recall

 

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Was it in the spirit of the game? A NATION CRIES WHITHER CRICKET?! | First Dog on the Moon

You are still out even if the other fellow is a cad or a bounder

www.theguardian.com

 

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... Nothing today beats a Jim Laker and Richie Benaud commentary. Hardcore types turned the volume down and listed to John Arlott on the radio while watching the pictures.

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I'll add the immortal combination of Fred Truman and Brian Johnstone to that list. I still want to know if a bus is passing by when a Lord's Test is in full swing. I can imagine what Fred would have to say about this storm in a teapot.

 

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What about the understated Christopher Martin Jenkins.

 

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Forgot about him. He's so understated, y'know?

 

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Joe Root has called on supporters to scale back their barracking of Australia’s players when the Ashes action moves to his home ground of Headingley on Thursday, as the row over Jonny Bairstow’s dismissal at Lord’s continues to simmer. “You come to support your nation,” Root said. “It doesn’t need to go beyond that, it should never go beyond that.”

I'm sure the good folk of Yorkshire, famed for their fairness and tolerance, will be most gracious to our Antipodean cousins and limit their displeasure to rattling teaspoons on their china teacups..

 

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In the spirit of cricket Stokes (captain) whilst fielding on the boundary tried to save a four but pictures show his arm touched the boundary rope.
The umpire called for video evidence and the third umpire didn't think he'd touched the rope (a blind man on a galloping horse could see he had) and the batsman who had run two were therefore denied two runs as Stokes in the 'spirit of cricket' said f*ck all.
Another day another dollar eh.

 

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Rooted out on the second ball...OhGodMakeitstop@theGuarnaid.
Bazball is b@ll@x.

 

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Bazball is b@ll@x.

Perhaps they assessed their chances as zero, playing the traditional test way?

"Go down swinging" mentality?

 

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Perhaps they assessed their chances as zero, playing the traditional test way?

"Go down swinging" mentality?

England faced a similar problem when Botham was made captain: an attacking mentality is all fine n' dandy for a run chase but you have to adopt a pragmatic stance for a Test series and have a backup for Plan A when it becomes necessary. The best player in the team isn't always the best choice to lead them.

 

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Another two hours of brainless cricket.