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[StanSP]

11 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Mate the openers will likely knick off anyway! 

Yep. 

10 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

Why does kohli always need to act like a complete bellend? They say he's a nice guy but he comes across like a total ****.

What did he do? 

[RowlattsFox]

That's an absolute beauty to be fair  

 

Over to you Joe. Hopefully India get carried away with trying to hit Root rather than taking his wicket. 

[Voll Blau]

6 minutes ago, AjcW said:

I think letting him open consistently isn't the right idea. But this is a shootout situation, one off, one innings, just do something different!

 

We are so vanilla and so behind the times in test cricket, which makes no sense when you see our approach to one day stuff.

Guess it couldn't have gone any worse than what we've witnessed so far!

[Goober]

Are these seriously the best opening batsmen we have in this country? **** me

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

Just now, StanSP said:

Yep. 

What did he do? 

New to cricket?

[RowlattsFox]

Hameed really looks like a guy they've just pulled from the crowd. Doesn't look comfortable out there at all. Not an easy situation of course and hopefully he can get through it. 

[Innovindil]

Least Sibley and Burns can do is go throw on a couple of grass skirts and get the rain dance started. Useless donkeys. 

[Finnegan]

15 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

New to cricket?

 

I find it weird how the English attitude towards individual behaviour shifts wildly from sport to sport. 

 

Kohli would be absolutely loved in football for his passion and enthusiasm, he'd be celebrated and smirked at in rugby for his chirping in the ear of the opposition and refs. 

 

And the exact same fans watching cricket find him irritating and off putting because of a few exuberant fist pumps and a bit of a swagger. 

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

Just now, Finnegan said:

 

I find it weird how the English attitude towards individual behaviour shifts wildly from sport to sport. 

 

Kohli would be absolutely loved in football for his passion and enthusiasm, he'd be celebrated and smirked at in rugby for his chirping in the ear of the opposition and refs. 

 

And the exact same fans watching cricket find him irritating and off putting because of a few exuberant fist pumps and a bit of a swagger. 

No he wouldn't.

 

He's an overly aggressive bellend with no sense of humour. Got upset because Anderson swore at him yesterday and then he proceeded to do the same. Guy is a clown (obviously a great player).

 

It's just totally unnecessary.

[AjcW]

Extra's is playing a blinder here, bet he was originally from South Africa!

[Voll Blau]

6 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

I find it weird how the English attitude towards individual behaviour shifts wildly from sport to sport. 

 

Kohli would be absolutely loved in football for his passion and enthusiasm, he'd be celebrated and smirked at in rugby for his chirping in the ear of the opposition and refs. 

 

And the exact same fans watching cricket find him irritating and off putting because of a few exuberant fist pumps and a bit of a swagger. 

I really like Kohli. His passion for his country is great and - most importantly - his love of Test cricket is super important for the future of that form of the game given the ridiculous influence India wields within the sport.

[leicsmac]

I've said on here before that I think that Kohli is a poor winner and a worse loser but there's no denying his skill at both batting and captaincy and, as Voll says above, he keeps India interested in Test cricket which is incredibly important.

Edited 16 August 2021 by leicsmac

[AjcW]

2 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

I've said on here before that I think that Kohli is a poor winner and a worse loser but there's no denying his skill at both batting can captaincy and, as Voll says above, he keeps India interested in Test cricket which is incredibly important.

We certainly wouldn't be complaining if we had a skipper with more edge/adventure!!

[StanSP]

33 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

New to cricket?

Course not but just wondering what in particular did he do today that caused the comment. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary

 

Everyone knows he is ultra passionate, sometimes abrasive and can be aggressive in his approach and general persona. 

 

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

2 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Course not but just wondering what in particular did he do today that caused the comment. I didn't see anything out of the ordinary

 

Everyone knows he is ultra passionate, sometimes abrasive and can be aggressive in his approach and general persona. 

 

Thought the incident between him and Anderson reflected very poorly on him tbh but I only need to turn the TV on to hear him chatting some utter shit.

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, AjcW said:

We certainly wouldn't be complaining if we had a skipper with more edge/adventure!!

Douglas Jardine had a ruthless streak to him - he won stuff but people's opinions were mixed.

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

8 minutes ago, AjcW said:

We certainly wouldn't be complaining if we had a skipper with more edge/adventure!!

Most people thought pietersen was an absolute **** including his own teammates.

Edited 16 August 2021 by Chocolate Teapot

[RowlattsFox]

Not sure we have any of the batting security to bat this out now. Best bet is for Root, Bairstow and Buttler to have a go. 

[Finnegan]

11 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

Most people thought pietersen was an absolute **** including his own teammates.

 

You're not seriously comparing the two though are you? 

 

I'm the resident, perpetual cricket novice. It's not my sport, I watch it as a massive casual and I don't hide that fact. But even I know Pietersen is a tool in far away his own class. 

 

Even David Warner doesn't reach those heights. 

[winteriscoming]

What is Nick Knight on about? 
Talking about Hameed he said - he played pretty well. 
He got 9 and was dropped on 4. 
Baffling comment. 

[Voll Blau]

Gutted for Hameed but that Gap Yah hairdo really wasn't doing him any favours.

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

16 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

You're not seriously comparing the two though are you? 

 

I'm the resident, perpetual cricket novice. It's not my sport, I watch it as a massive casual and I don't hide that fact. But even I know Pietersen is a tool in far away his own class. 

 

Even David Warner doesn't reach those heights. 

Not directly no but all nuance is lost here. We had a cricketer with 'edge' and 'aggression' and we all thought he was a bellend. Its far more complicated than that but as a country I don't think we really favour loud mouth, brash sportsman - my response was to that point.

 

Whether we'd really like kohli here I've no idea - the answer is probably yes if he scored runs and definitely not if he wasn't scoring. 

[Leicester_Loyal]

We are a shambles

[The People's Hero]

Got to admire Joe Root, taking on an entire Indian test side on his own!
 

 

[kingkisnorbo]

Top order continues to be the thing that really scuppers the test side. Fearful of what will happen in Australia over the winter. 
 

Just for context, there have been more bye’s registered than Sibley has scored registered across this test match. He has to go. Average shy of 30 doesn’t qualify an England opener.