3rd Ashes Test - Headingley

[Jap Stammer]

So much for batting for five sessions and leaving them 200-250 to make us bat again.

I really should have known better.

 

[mackembhoy]

Good job we’ve spent the last 4 or 5 years only giving a shit about the World Cup. What are we supposed to do now with a generation of cricketers that can’t play the red ball?

Spot on.

Hence why I was surprised you predicted a draw yesterday morning

 

[SAFC 2012]

ODI cricket has ruined our test team

 

[Silly Point]

I don't want to go tomorrow

 

[The Snowman]

england still clear favourites

 

[MagicRat]

Not normally an advocate for sweeping changes mid series. But they’re needed now

 

[Mainze]

I don't want to go tomorrow

I know how you feel Jofra.

 

[sedling]

So... people plan ahead, save for tickets, look forward to an absorbing *test* match played with mental skills as important as technique....

...and they get this abysmal fare?

No wonder the 5 day game is fading away imo

 

[The Snowman]

getting parity isnt the big issue but we'd need a significant lead given we bat last

 

[Hulkenburger]

england still clear favourites

6/5 Australia win. Easy money?

 

[The Snowman]

all jofras sterling work, wasted

 

[Steak Pie]

it baffles me...its a 5 day game...why do they feel the need to prod at everything...whats up playing a defensive shot..straight bat and just defend ffs theres no hurry

And they have 3 man pace attack. They can't bowl all day, no thought of tiring them out.

 

[The Snowman]

6/5 Australia win. Easy money?

iv just laid england, silly price

 

[brandon]

I dont understand the betting in cricket. We're still favourites. The odds seem totally blind to the disadvantages of batting last.

And the fact we can’t bat for f***ing toffee.

 

[Hulkenburger]

iv just laid england, silly price

They're 11/10 draw no bet even.

 

[Fletch73]

it baffles me...its a 5 day game...why do they feel the need to prod at everything...whats up playing a defensive shot..straight bat and just defend ffs theres no hurry

It's the morning of day 2. JUST. BAT. TIME.
What could be better than being out in the middle of an Ashes test, in glorious sunshine all day. What's going on in the dressing room that they're all so f***ing keen to spend so much time in there?

 

[Boo]

Terrible shots, but I think the psychology goes like this. Hazelwood in particular has beaten the bat countless times so they're trying to make the most of the 'bad ball'. But they're making rash decisions, out of desperation.

 

[Jap Stammer]

Nobody ruins a Bank Holiday weekend quite like England.

 

[sedling]

Boycott nails it for me:

Joe Root might just be in a poor trot, that happens. But he has to start winning Tests against Australia, he's had seven goes and hasn't managed one yet.

He won't get a better day to bowl yesterday and a better day to bat today - he has to win this Test. If he can't win this then he may as well give up the job.

Their best batsman isn't playing, you couldn't ask for anything more. Root has had moments as captain when you think 'what the hell is going on here?'

Australia were 120-2 on a juicy pitch last night and we still had four slips. You had to stop the flow of runs. He hasn't grasped the nuances of the game.

 

[The Snowman]

They're 11/10 draw no bet even.

1.74 on betfair