Cricket thread

[jahooley]

Finally some good news after all this other shit that's gone down over there leading up to the Ashes.

Can't they fuck off Inverarity while they're at it?

[Madmya]

That'd be nice, I'd be happy if Pat Howard was chopped too. And then, finally, the man responsible for putting these rubbish people in charge, James Sutherland.

[Madmya]

And now Clarkey is no longer making team selections!

[General Chaos]

If he is not capable of discharging his duties as captain then fuck him off. He's a cripple anyhow.

[jahooley]

Rogers to open. Sense is starting to be made of the squad needed to at least put up a fight this series.

[Madmya]

How good is it? Suddenly we've got Watson and Rogers opening and I suddenly have more confidence. I actually think we're a chance at winning this now.

Khawaja not picked for the last warm-up game, not in the team you reckon? Unless it's a bat-off between Smith and Khawaja, Khawaja already having had his turn.

[jahooley]

I personally would like to see Uz get the call up - I like him a lot - but it's looking in Smith's favour. Which isn't bad, he's top-draw in the covers and should be good (enough) at 6. Plus they can go to him instead of bowling Clarke with that fucking back of his.

[Madmya]

Yeah I'd like to see Ussie in too. But I'm happy either way, just feels like we're finally heading in the right direction.

Also, 0/150 at lunch! Ohhh happy days.

[pilonv1]

Next week is going to be hell with the Ashes and Tour on at the same time

[jahooley]

Wait, so who's got the coverage from England then? Don't tell me...

[stanard]

9. They'll be showing it all live on Gem, apparently.

[jahooley]

Jesus.

Oh well. At least it will be the SkySports feed, not the channel 9 clowns calling the whole thing.

1 week to go!

[pilonv1]

If it's on GEM it should be HD as well. Tour looks fucking awesome on SDS HD

[Madmya]

I'm pretty sure with the last few England Ashes tours we've had the English commentary team when 9 broadcasts it. Channel 9 hosts it, but they cross over to the English feed, like the F1 coverage here.

Should be good in HD! I'm happy about it.

[pilonv1]

Yeah Nine always just broadcast the Sky(?) coverage. Will be nice in HD, hopefully I can get the ABC Grandstand commentary in sync.

Looking forward to the Australian innings being over by 10pm when I start watching the Tour on my iPad

[General Chaos]

So I am stuck in a house full of heathens. Need a stream! Apparently the ECB is streaming to all of Europe via Youtube.

[pilonv1]

So you need a VPN then?

[Madmya]

Ohh you poor bastard General. I'm assuming they'll want to watch Offspring, just say 'Nina's a shit cunt' while casually changing the channel.

[General Chaos]

At the outlaws in melb. I have been offered the TV if I want but that is being a shit guest. Will listen on tune in and sneak in the later sessions when they all crash...

[Madmya]

Ohh. I'd advise against calling Nina a shit cunt then.

Agar in for Lyon. I like it, KP struggles against left arm spinners and he can bat alright. Smith in for Warner... meh, non-plussed either way.

[Madmya]

Well what a start. Shit bowling, shit batting, shit everything but it's been damn entertaining.

[pilonv1]

I don't mind days like this, there's always something going on even if the skill level isn't high

[jahooley]

Well there's a few for the books. Easy wicket and ENG are bowling terribly but I'm still loving this.

[Madmya]

According to Stuart Broad you can hit it to gully and still wait for the umpire to give it.

[Ambrose Burnside]

Terribly unsporting, but it levels the shitty umpiring decisions at 1-1.

Great debut by Agar. The Australian team needed a more West Australian flavour