It's The Ashes (again)

[SuperBob2002]

I'm seeing a load of nonsense on the BBC feed calling Australia boring. Presumably idiots that only want to watch sixes. It's called Test cricket. It's how it's been played for over a hundred years. And guess what? It's winning cricket. I know which cricket team I'd rather be watching.

I wish these folks would sod off and stick to the Hundred rather than criticise the beauty of Test cricket.

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Wake me up when the Aussies decide to wake up. Snooze fest.

Ash in Elland
SMS Message: If England are playing 'Bazball', then Australia are playing 'do whatever it takes to win the series ball.' from Paul (Ashford)
If England are playing 'Bazball', then Australia are playing 'do whatever it takes to win the series ball.'

Paul (Ashford)
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All joking aside, England have tried to play attacking, exciting cricket and right now Australia... aren't.

Ben in France

What utter drivel. Michael Vaughan is also a knob.

That's bollocks losers chat. Reminds me of when we used to lose to Stoke all the time and we had people saying "they'd rather lose than win like that" to make themselves feel better.

Isn't "do whatever it takes to win the series ball" the entire fucking point anyway?

A lot of shit being spouted on the BBC live feed, including the commentators! It would help if England bowlers (particularly Broad) would stop incessantly asking for the ball to be changed.

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A wicket at last!

Changing the ball is happening too often in county cricket. Not as bad as last summer, which was farcical, but it's all too frequent for my liking.

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Why didn't Bairstow bother moving for that catch? But for Root's brilliance that would have been another wicket he'd have cost us. Surely there's enough evidence now to select a genuine wicket keeper and let Bairstow concentrate on batting. Even England can't be so stubborn as to ignore the obvious? Surely?

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Again, I want to reiterate I'm not blaming Bairstow, he's being asked to fulfill a role he's clearly not fit for. He's a wonderful batter and should be selected as a batsman. This is on the selectors.