mikey Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) We used to be all too very nice about walking. Alec Stewart, gentleman cricketer, who'd always walk and there were a few times where it was shown that the ball didn't carry and he'd given his wicket away by not waiting for the umpire. Edited August 21, 2013 by mikey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Kerrigan not having the best debut, it's been embarrassing to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted August 21, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 21, 2013 Kerrigan looks nervous. Can't judge him yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 You can if you're Boycott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 21, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) I can't remember a player looking so nervous on his debut. He looked absolutely petrified. Even at this early stage, I'd be surprised if he plays for England again, which is a shame. Fortunately, we're not short of good young spinners in this country. Â Woakes got better as the day went on but it's still a strange selection. He hasn't had a brilliant season. If they wanted an all-rounder, they might have been better off picking Scott Borthwick as he could have played the second spinner role as well plus they could have chosen Tremlett or Onions. The team would have looked stronger then. Still, you don't get many chances to experiment in test matches, so fair enough. Edited August 21, 2013 by Devon Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted August 21, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 21, 2013 You can if you're Boycott  They were talking about that on TMS today. Sir Geoffrey once said a test would be a draw after 1 over. It wasn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LariatTom Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Not the greatest debut for Kerrigan. I just wonder whether he could have benefited from having had some more outings for the Lions before being thrown into the Test side. He also got absolutely slaughtered by Watson not too long ago, so I imagine that was still at the front of his mind when bowling. He's been a great bowler for Lancs, and I'd still say he should have an England career in the future. It may be worth taking him to Australia still, just to get him as part of the England set-up a bit more and actually get some time working with the team. Another winter in the Lions would probably be his best bet though. Nothing to say he couldn't come back into the frame after two or three years though.. Â Great innings from Watson, just a bit of a shame he couldn't do something like that when it actually mattered and the series was alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted August 25, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 I want to like cricket, but the fuckwits that run it do a good job of making it very hard to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 25, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 It's a fucking disgrace. And not just because I had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted August 25, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 Can you imagine if England had needed to win that game to take/save the series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digforvictory Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Be interesting to see what Warne makes of that ending. Â He was a truly phenomenal player but I have to say I've found Warne to be a total knobhead throughout this series, Constantly on the wind-up, incredibly biased, just terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted August 25, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 Apart from the bullshit finish what a great days cricket. My brother just shouted at the tv "WHO BOOKED THIS SHIT VINCE FUCKING RUSSO". He does not normally go for the wrestling analogy but in this case he was correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 25, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) Was there even the smallest chance that they would have gone off if it had been a limited overs match? No. Why should tests be any different? It's ridiculous. The umpires deserve to be booed and so does Clarke for whingeing about the light at the end after being so keen on a result.  Be interesting to see what Warne makes of that ending. He was a truly phenomenal player but I have to say I've found Warne to be a total knobhead throughout this series, Constantly on the wind-up, incredibly biased, just terrible.  Shane Warne is fantastic. He's been brilliant and unbiased. Edited August 25, 2013 by Devon Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted August 25, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 Clarke was only keen on a result if the Aussies were not going to lose. Â As for Warne, he has been good as a commentator generally. Botham's crisps trick on him was brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 25, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 25, 2013 Clarke was only keen on a result if the Aussies were not going to lose. Â He owes me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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