:engerland: 🏏 :Ireland: The 4 day Test. Eng v IRE

[PhilippineSaint]

WICKET

Murtagh b Woakes 2 (Ire 38)

[CB-Saint]

There was some agricultural flailing at the end

[PhilippineSaint]

ENGLAND fucking WIN BY 143 RUNS

[PhilippineSaint]

the system would not let me post without swearing

[CB-Saint]

Modern cricket is strange - how can you get skittled for 85 in the first innings and end up winning by lunch on the third day

[Nottarf-Krap]

Well that was a crazy game of cricket. If it was a county game the pitch inspectors would be called in for sure.

[saintbletch]

@Barry-Sanchez

I notice all the experts have gone quiet.

@Goatboy

Unfortunately you’re still banging on. You were the one banging on about our mentally weak one day team. How did that work out?
Test cricket is a different beast and we will struggle because we have no established top 3. We have a decent bowling attack though so let’s wait and see how things pan out

Lol

[Goatboy]

Well done bazza. Please tip us for an Ashes humiliation.

[Barry-Sanchez]

Oh dear Lord, that wicket was OUR wicket and we got skittled, people are so jingoistic when it comes to sport, politics and they flay someone but its ok to be completely delusional about sport , what bollocks.

We’ll skittle them and rightly so, we shouldn’t even be in this position

[saintbletch]

Day 3 highlights

YouTube

[Barry-Sanchez]

We’ll get done in the Ashes, I simply think we haven’t got the batting strength, what do you think?

[Barry-Sanchez]

That won’t stop the farmers on here saying we could beat Mars and Jupiter by 10 wickets regardless of what they score.

[Goatboy]

Root actually complained about the wicket (which is unusual).
As I’ve said, without a decent top three we will struggle in the Ashes BUT if Roy and Root score a fuckton of runs and our middle order goes about its business I reckon we may scrape through. Too many variables to predict at the moment though. It will only take an injury to Smith for example, and Warner to run out of P60 and the Aussies look vulnerable.

[Barry-Sanchez]

Warner and Smith are more than capable of winning it, their bowlers are better than ours as well.
Your optimism is shared by professionals, just have a look at the Australians squad to ours, yours is one of blind optimism and I’ll finish this series will be won by the bowlers and not the batsmen, this could help us or it could hinder us, I can’t call that but I can say we’re a weak batting side and Ireland put us to the sword for 2/3 of the days.

[lifeintheslowlane]

@Barry-Sanchez

ok to be completely delusional about sport , what bollocks.

Yeah we know Baz but we still love you for it.

[Barry-Sanchez]

It makes me laugh, people want facts and figures for wanking and planting tomatoes yet when it comes to sport their team need no such things, pure delusional bellendery.

[lifeintheslowlane]

@Barry-Sanchez

pure delusional bellendery

Can I nominate this as Baz’s Buzzword Bingo Phrase of the week.
Well done Baz.

[Barry-Sanchez]

Go for it, share it at cheese parties, it’ll go down a hoot.

[Nottarf-Krap]

I don’t need facts or figures for wanking, I wrote the fucking manual.

[Goatboy]

“Warner and Smith are more than capable of winning it”
I know, that’s why I mentioned Smith getting injured as a factor (and Warner getting banned for foul play)
“their bowlers are better than ours as well.”
Debatable
" yours is one of blind optimism"
I don’t think I’ve been over confident of our chances.
“and I’ll finish this series will be won by the bowlers and not the batsmen”
It’s a team game bazza. We will need to bat, bowl and field well to win.
“Ireland put us to the sword for 2/3 of the days.”
Aren’t you always the one who goes on about it being the result that matters?