imavillan

terrible start from the Bears

Bears v Essex next Essex have won the toss and decided to bowl first

after Crawley 1/1 England - 11/10 that lot

what a pile of dung shot that was from Crawley...

no price for the follow on but the bookies still have us as faves 5/6 England - 11/8 the Aussies - 8/1 the draw

what rhymes with Duckett?

well done Wood....five wicket haul now come on Crawley, Duckett, do it

getting punished now 100 partnership from 118 balls feels like this game is slipping away

50 from 59 balls for Marsh thats a good knock for them tbf

104 runs 4 wickets down bowling well, but, apart from the 2 dropped catches, why am i not feeling too excited?

jeez...now Root drops a dolly ffs

there you go....

you were saying? bang on Woaksy

absolutely, great wicket

great start from Broad...bye bye Warner

Three times now we've won the toss. Let's hope they get this one right. Uphill battle now being 2 down though

change of subject from the....spirit of the game...... Next years England fixtures have been announced. Next years England men and women's schedule 2024 ENGLAND MEN’S HOME SCHEDULE Men’s IT20 Series v Pakistan Men 22 May: 1st Men’s IT20 – Headingley, Leeds 25 May: 2nd Men’s IT20 – Edgbaston, Birmingham 28 May: 3rd Men’s IT20 – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 30 May: 4th Men’s IT20 – The Kia Oval Men’s Test Series v West Indies Men 10-14 July: 1st Men’s Test – Lord’s, London 18-22 July: 2nd Men’s Test – Trent Bridge, Nottingham 26-30 July: 3rd Men’s Test – Edgbaston, Birmingham Men’s Test Series v Sri Lanka Men 21-25 Aug: 1st Men’s Test – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester 29 Aug – 2 Sept: 2nd Men’s Test – Lord’s, London 6-10 Sept: 3rd Men’s Test – The Kia Oval Men’s IT20 Series v Australia Men 11 Sept: 1st Men’s IT20 – The Ageas Bowl, Southampton 13 Sept: 2nd Men’s IT20 – Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 15 Sept: 3rd Men’s IT20 – Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester Men’s One-Day International Series v Australia Men 19 Sept: 1st Men’s One-Day International – Trent Bridge, Nottingham 21 Sept: 2nd Men’s One-Day International - Headingley, Leeds 24 Sept: 3rd Men’s One-Day International – Seat Unique Riverside, Chester-le-Street 27 Sept: 4th Men’s One-Day International – Lord’s, London 29 Sept: 5th Men’s One-Day International – Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol

put a lot of thought into that response

somebody posted and shared this on a Villa FB group the other day to use as a wallpaper for your phone. I've put it on mine and have to say it looks pretty good. Thought i'd share it here for anyone else to use who is not on facebook

have to agree to disagree nobody was lambasting Bairstow when he did it the day before, i guess because he didn't get the wicket but even if he had the majority of England fans would have been saying that's clever play. Stokes and all would also be saying a different thing. All seems very salty to me

he didn't tap his bat I've watched this umpteen times and still see nothing wrong with what Carey did. https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/cricket/12913413/the-most-controversial-moment-of-the-ashes-so-far-alex-carey-stumps-jonny-bairstow

this is the best post on the issue and sums it up to a t.... just to add, Bairstow did not look round to see where there ball was, he assumed it was dead and it was reckless from him The ball went to Carey who through it back instantly back at the stumps I think we are being rather salty and covering up our own misdoings and while a lot of the Nation are against it, Australia (as you would expect) have a different view of it.

Test match or not, the point being though is 'the spirit of the game' that everyone keeps harping on about. Clearly it's an accidental collision, if England played 'in the spirit of the game' they would nat have taken to wicket.

a example of the spirit of the game.... there are many other examples of this out there from all teams playing cricket. Just get on with the game and stop making excuses for poor decision making