[Cricket] **** England v Australia, 1st Specsavers Ashes Test, Edgbaston. Official match thread ****

[The Wizard]

A crowd full of grown men singing whole again by Atomic Kitten, only in English cricket

 

[BensGrandad]

Eh ? What exactly does that mean ?

To answer the earlier question, that confirms it’s definitely not cricket.

Simply that they will knock off those 90 plus set us a large total to get in the 4th innings. Probably a century by Smith and also one other.

 

[The Wizard]

4 boundary midfielders with Ali on this early, absolutely bizzare captaincy

 

[BensGrandad]

Random thought - can you ban certain users from certain threads if they prove they’re not intellectually up to the debate?

Everybody is entitled to an opinion and whether they turn out to be correct or not with theirs is just a matter of time. Even if they are wrong it doesn't preclude them from having an opinion and expressing it. As they say freedom of speech.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Go on Mo!

 

[dazzer6666]

Simply that they will knock off those 90 plus set us a large total to get in the 4th innings. Probably a century by Smith and also one other.

Looking very likely so far.

 

[The Wizard]

Out comes the wall, Bancroft tickling one off his pads, daft batting. 27-2.

 

[BensGrandad]

Well I think Australia are going to reach 730-2 by the close, Lance Stroll will win the Grand Prix tomorrow by three minutes, Virgil van Dijk is not good enough to play Premier League football and my cat will place in the 19.36 at Hove dogs on Tuesday night.

You can’t tell me I’m a thick-as-shit attention seeker because it’s just my opinion.

But totally absurd with no logic. Unfortunately some people on here consider that they are always right and know everything and that other opinions do not matter or are totally irrelevant.

 

[BensGrandad]

These are the two we need to remove to stand any chance of winning,.

 

[Triggaaar]

But totally absurd with no logic.

Unfortunately some people on here consider that they are always right and know everything and that other opinions do not matter or are totally irrelevant.

That's really not the case. Anyone predicting the scores is guessing, and they know they're guessing, but those guesses are within the realms of possibility. Some however, as you say, are totally absurd with no logic.

 

[Triggaaar]

These are the two we need to remove to stand any chance of winning,.

What do you mean? If we don't remove either of them, then obviously we can't win. If one stays in but we bowl the rest out cheaply (basically like the first innings), then we'll be in with a chance.

 

[rogersix]

Random thought - can you ban certain users from certain threads if they prove they’re not intellectually up to the debate?

nudging ever closer to 70k!

 

[BensGrandad]

I can accept if I get it wrong as in my view that we would bat until tea time and get 200 + lead but it was said more in hope that expectation . I said I think that 2 will get centuries and these are the 2 that I was alluding to..

 

[Triggaaar]

Probably a century by Smith and also one other.

I said I think that 2 will get centuries and these are the 2 that I was alluding to..

Had you forgotten Khawaja's name?

 

[dazzer6666]

But totally absurd with no logic. Unfortunately some people on here consider that they are always right and know everything and that other opinions do not matter or are totally irrelevant.

Brilliant fishing [emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122]

 

[The Wizard]

Starting to look ominous this partnership

 

[Rodney Thomas]

I can accept if I get it wrong as in my view that we would bat until tea time and get 200 + lead but it was said more in hope that expectation . I said I think that 2 will get centuries and these are the 2 that I was alluding to..

Have you every played the game, BG? And if so, to what level?