Cricket

for the past few years with these regular collapses we keep hearing bullshit "we wont make kneejerk decisions" and it keeps happening because nothing is done.
Root has to be sacked. He along with the head coach is responsible. His batting has suffered as captain, he has not been leading from the front scoring centuries.
New coach needs a clean slate to change the mentality.

The ECB needs restructured too as its only interested in money from 20/20/the hundred etc

They'll lose comfortably but Root will score a hundred and they won't have the balls to sack him as a result.

well if he starts scoring centuries then fair enough. At least he'd be leading from the front. I want to see some fight. Noone throwing their wicket away with stupid attacking shots, grind the runs out.

Root has lost more than half of his ashes tests won zero.

I think he should go after this test though unless he saves it, but he wont no matter if its 4-0 or not.

there's nothing id like more than root to score 200 and win the test but what's the chances of that?

I don't blame Root, none of these cunts can bat, he'll likely get replaced but what can you do

well they can show the fight Root & Denly are doing. No stupid shots and throwing away wickets. Build partnerships, bat a long time. And it needs to be more than 1 partnership. When one of these get out then start over and build another one. We dont want 2 quick wickets that so often lead to another 5 for only 20 runs. Make the Aussies get you out with beauties dont give wickets away.

and if Butler & Bairstow chuck their wickets away drop them like they surely will drop Roy.

Foakes deserves a chance

thank fuck for DRS.

Is this the point where they build up our hopes then well you know

Well Played Root & Denly though. That's the fight every batsmen should be showing.

I'll go fucking nuts if they collapse tomorrow

My prediction looking pretty good so far, if I was a betting man I'd have put money on it.

This is an incredible innings from Stokes.

Astonishing.

He has gone full Carlos Brathwaite.

Jesus fuck

Leach has to survive two from cummings

Lyon is the only one who looks like he can take a wicket.

Six, two to win!!

omg

jesus fucking wept, whatever performance enhancing drugs they are on...

hahahahahahahahaha

Oh my lord wtf

Unbelievable

scenes

Leach has got to face this over

And lol that was lbw

A single

Tied!

Four!!

I should probably take back everything I've said about them the last two and a half days

yeessssssssssssssss

amazing Ben Stokes for a knighthood!

Well now

That lbw was for Warne and McGrath ever existing

Looks like I picked the wrong day not to listen to the cricket.

same (but millennium tbrr)

This is even more impressive than Botham in '81, right?

hope so, hate that dude

Stokes is hardly Prince Charming either tbh.

I retrospectively realise I have always believed this https://t.co/5z0fMX9RZi

— Dan Davies (@dsquareddigest) August 25, 2019

anyone comedown yet

even better than the World Cup final!

if we do win the Ashes I might agree

I wonder what the Australian public just waking up will think after expecting to have retained the Ashes?

The players have been really magnanimous though. They accepted the LBW wrong call and admitted it was their own fault for wasting that review but I wonder how the press will accept it.

this was pretty good but of course they still can't resist the temptation to mention that Stokes was born in NZ https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/we-can-all-die-happy-now-cricket-doesn-t-get-any-better-than-this-20190826-p52knk.html

Like the way everyone here just applauded how great Smith's been (comparing to Bradman) I think they will just stand back and admit it's one of he greatest innings ever.

Shame its not on council telly for everyone to watch

This must be the highest successful run chase ever for a team bowled out under 100. How on earth did England win after being bowled out for 67? It just doesn't happen. It only happens for other teams against England. Never happens for us. We better not to back to old habits though. Surely the players know they need to just grind out the runs and dont give up their wickets cheaply. Dont make me shout at them again!