Ashes 2023

[Nick]

If this was a county match I would agree but its not its an Ashes series where the temperature gets ramped up and anything goes bar murder .Indeed ,England need to get their game face on ,its all been too pally so far .Lets hope so

And as Broady said to Carey, forever you will be remembered for this incident.

[Nick]

I guess that's the difference between Australia and England — Australia takes sport seriously, whereas England "play the game" according to some quaint rules of chivalry...

Really? That's why 3 players got banned for CHEATING, and the poor lad Bancroft has had his career ruined by Smith and Warner, the same Warner that punched Joe Root in the face in a pub when he was a young lad. If that's what you call serious then you can keep it.

SAME OLD AUSSIES, ALWAYS CHEATING!!

[Nick]

who should have reviewed properly but only checked if he was out of his ground.

?? I take it you don't watch Cricket then? If you mean out of his crease, he was, and the umpires made the only decision they could. Saying that, he dabbed his foot and that should have been enough for Carey. There was a great opportunity for the Aussies to put right Sandpaper gate and they blew it. It is going to be feisty now!

[Streetwalker]

Agree on the MCC.  It was poor by the Ozzies though who should have withdrawn the appeal and by the umpires who should have reviewed properly but only checked if he was out of his ground.  

If this was a county match I would agree but its not its an Ashes series where the temperature gets ramped up and anything goes bar murder .

I guess that's the difference between Australia and England — Australia takes sport seriously, whereas England "play the game" according to some quaint rules of chivalry...

Indeed ,England need to get their game face on ,its all been too pally so far .

Expect to see mankads next test which could get toxic.

Lets hope so

[patman post]

Agree on the MCC.  It was poor by the Ozzies though who should have withdrawn the appeal and by the umpires who should have reviewed properly but only checked if he was out of his ground.  Expect to see mankads next test which could get toxic.

I guess that's the difference between Australia and England — Australia takes sport seriously, whereas England "play the game" according to some quaint rules of chivalry...

[Unlucky4Sum]

Shame England supporters get so upset that the England wicketkeeper gets dismissed by the Australian wicketkeeper because he wasn't paying attention and thought the ball was out of play.

Good to see the MCC applying the rules and penalising members who behaved badly over the completely legit dismissal.

And good end to the game though — England ended up within spitting distance of winning...

Agree on the MCC.  It was poor by the Ozzies though who should have withdrawn the appeal and by the umpires who should have reviewed properly but only checked if he was out of his ground.  Expect to see mankads next test which could get toxic.

[patman post]

Shame England supporters get so upset that the England wicketkeeper gets dismissed by the Australian wicketkeeper because he wasn't paying attention and thought the ball was out of play.

Good to see the MCC applying the rules and penalising members who behaved badly over the completely legit dismissal.

And good end to the game though — England ended up within spitting distance of winning...

[Nick]

Broad is on fire 🔥. Could pull the win off here. 

[Unlucky4Sum]

Is this thread from HG Wells "Time Machine"?

  

[Barry]

Is this thread from HG Wells "Time Machine"?

[Unlucky4Sum]

Smith and Warner should not be in the Oz side after what they did.
Good start by England though.

Very good start
 
Saw Smith off the field a while back, he was in Pitt St Mall (Sydney) at some promotion for one of his sponsors and he really couldn't have done more to ensure the many kids there have a great 5 minutes they'll never forget.  He was a fool with that cheating those years ago but I can forgive him.
 
Warner is just a thug that can bat well.  Root seems to have no issues with him and it didn't happen on the field so I guess he should be allowed to be a member of their team.
 
And even better that they were Broad's victims of the morning

[Nick]

Smith and Warner should not be in the Oz side after what they did.
Good start by England though.