Ashes 2019...

[macstheman]

Cheats do prosper it would seem!!
I bet Lyon will use the conditions better than Ali. Oh, for a decent spinner. All tripe we have at the moment!!
This could be a winning score knowing England's ability to chuck wickets away and with Anderson knackered we are in the poo!!
The Aussies will be all over us like a rash when we attempt to bat!!
Who will stand up for England??

[AdiSalisbury]

We just need to bat properly. Aussie's are already 100 more than they should've been, superb batting by Smith. Got to bring Archer in next match.

[macstheman]

What about Root's captaincy??
To me he is very naive tactically!!
Oh, finally out, five for Broad, well done!!
Too many to England methinks. Now for 5 mins of ****ting oneself,glad I'm not opening!!

[Geoff Parkstone]

Im glad that you arent as well Mac

[ramAnag]

Im glad that you arent as well Mac

Lol...they did well. Burns must have about the ugliest stance going but if it works, who cares?

[macstheman]

God, when was the last time I opened??
Must be nearly 40 years ago!!
I suddenly feel very old!! If they play with a beach ball I might spot the 'wrong 'un'!!

[MadAmster]

God, when was the last time I opened??
Must be nearly 40 years ago!!
I suddenly feel very old!! If they play with a beach ball I might spot the 'wrong 'un'!!

1998 for me mac. I had always been a left handed #6 or #7 end of innings slogger with a modicum of success. After moving to Holland I realised teams were full of sloggers so I changed modus and became more secure and moved up the order and opened in my latter years. A collar bone injury saw me no longer able to bowl my medium pacers or my spinners with any accuracy, much to the glee of some of the opposition including 2 Yorkshiremen who played for Hilversum. None of our bowlers, a few of whom were better than me, couldn't get them out and we lost to them several years on the trot. One year I came on when the 2 had built a quick half century partnership and got them both within 2 overs. After that I was brought on whenever they came to the wicket and I had the drop on them for some strange reason and, because they weren't scoring the runs we beat them regularly. After the injury, throwing, as well as bowling, was so inaccurate that I moved to the slips with some success and, when our keeper moved back to England I took that position over. Saving my legs for when batting. A further, very bad, shoulder injury 5 years ago curtailed my thoughts of going back to play with the vets as I can only move it to 90 degrees to my body and each movement is painful. That won't change. I even had to stop playing golf. 18 months after the accident I tried a bucket of balls at the driving range and the pain forced me to stop after a dozen balls. Golf out the window too.

[Manofpride]

I'm not ***ist but a woman commentating on cricket just doesn't seem right!

[Andy_Faber]

I'm not ***ist but a woman commentating on cricket just doesn't seem right!

I think the female commentary on the world cup was pretty good, quite enjoyed it, and I don't think the lack of 'having been there' mattered, but along with most things these days there is an obsession with pushing females into commentary just to get the PC/virtue signalling points up - IMO some of the females commentating on Men's football are really poor, as was the Channel 5 anchor for the cricket world cup. It'd be nice to get to a position where the best person for the job was actually doing that job. Females commentating on Male sports, great - IF they are up to it

[AdiSalisbury]

Why's that MoP? There's some very talented female players out there, many play in the local leagues and are better than a lot of the men... Including me! Nothing wrong with their knowledge of the game, and more interesting than some of the male commentators