NPR

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:38 am We're going to do this

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:30 am Not selecting a spinner? Jadeja has 223 Test wickets @25. He is #6 on the all-time India spinners list by wickets taken, with a better average (and strike rate) than 4 of the 5 people ahead of him.

The problem is the one guy ahead of him with a better average is... Ashwin.

inactionman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 1:25 pm Chris Woakes ton to take it home. Couldn't have written a better script.

Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 2:20 pm Root done, 182/7

inactionman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 1:25 pm Chris Woakes ton to take it home. Couldn't have written a better script.

Cartman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 2:29 pm It's just so bloody hard to chase a healthy target on the last day
One wicket brings two and then you fucked

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 8:01 pm That yorker to get Bairstow was an absolute peach.

Enzedder wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 1:01 am No problem - I reckon the Army were fine with it but woke journalists aren't.

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:25 am Not sure "woke journalists" (cmon Enz, you're better than that) have anything to do with the idea that a cricket captain taunting the crowd is a shitty thing to do, and I say this as a fan of Kohli's aggression on the field.

Also not sure how people are "on the receiving end of trumpets" - they play a handful of boring tunes they know, they don't throw them at people

Kiwias wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:39 am Watching the Bangladesh vs BCs T20 and there was probably the worst review of an umpire’s decision in history.

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:25 am Not sure "woke journalists" (cmon Enz, you're better than that) have anything to do with the idea that a cricket captain taunting the crowd is a shitty thing to do, and I say this as a fan of Kohli's aggression on the field.

Also not sure how people are "on the receiving end of trumpets" - they play a handful of boring tunes they know, they don't throw them at people

Thor Sedan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:04 am Although we are missing a couple of our big boys - we have been pretty rubbish on this tour.

Not really sure if CDG could play any worse......maybe the mullet needs to go?

But in saying all that - how do these pitches benefit Bangladesh in any way? Absolute bunsen burners that they won't find the likes of anywhere else except maybe in a couple of grounds in India. It is like they are sacrificing their international record to cement their home record. And feckin' hell it is cricket by way of drudgery.

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:25 am Not sure "woke journalists" (cmon Enz, you're better than that) have anything to do with the idea that a cricket captain taunting the crowd is a shitty thing to do, and I say this as a fan of Kohli's aggression on the field.

Also not sure how people are "on the receiving end of trumpets" - they play a handful of boring tunes they know, they don't throw them at people

Biffer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:57 am

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:25 am Not sure "woke journalists" (cmon Enz, you're better than that) have anything to do with the idea that a cricket captain taunting the crowd is a shitty thing to do, and I say this as a fan of Kohli's aggression on the field.

Also not sure how people are "on the receiving end of trumpets" - they play a handful of boring tunes they know, they don't throw them at people

In my experience, the people on the receiving end of the trumpets are other crowd members. Shits on your day out if there's someone two seats away playing a shit trumpet really badly for seven hours.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:07 am

Biffer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:57 am

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:25 am Not sure "woke journalists" (cmon Enz, you're better than that) have anything to do with the idea that a cricket captain taunting the crowd is a shitty thing to do, and I say this as a fan of Kohli's aggression on the field.

Also not sure how people are "on the receiving end of trumpets" - they play a handful of boring tunes they know, they don't throw them at people

In my experience, the people on the receiving end of the trumpets are other crowd members. Shits on your day out if there's someone two seats away playing a shit trumpet really badly for seven hours.

It's not as irritating as having to listen to "Barmy Army" for 7 hours.