In Ashes Down Under ?

[bwildered]

 Gave it away by the middle order in the first innings, blown away top order in the second.
Situation vacant leaflets to be going up in all county grounds throughout the land come the start of the season.

[LeedsExile]

Congratulations Harrison and Graves. You have destroyed English cricket. Your finest hour.

[nat]

Congratulations Harrison and Graves. You have destroyed English cricket. Your finest hour.

Yep. When is Harrison going to front up and do an interview?!

England actually spent longer in quarantine upon entering Australia (14 days) than it look them to lose the Ashes series (12 days).
Probably gone into hiding, or officially quarantine .

[Andy]

Congratulations Harrison and Graves. You have destroyed English cricket. Your finest hour.

Never put a Yorkshireman in charge of anything.  I think the numpty who took the county and National game off our screens in 2006 ought to take some of the credit for this and the general decline in red ball cricket standards over the past two decades.

[essexfan548]

"In affectionate remembrance of English cricket, which died (again) in Melbourne on 28 December 2021.

Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances. RIP.

The body will be cremated and the Ashes will remain in Australia."

Good article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59808298

5 stages of Ashes grief

[LeedsExile]

Has Ashley Giles said anything? What does he do?

[bwildered]

 Perhaps it is time for performance related pay for the executives. Gross salary to be divided into thirds for T20, 50 and Test teams with a sliding scale in performance within the categories.
Let’s not forget with the emphasis in the white ball game recently we only reached semi final T20 World Cup.

[bobw]

Perhaps it is time for performance related pay for the executives. Gross salary to be divided into thirds for T20, 50 and Test teams with a sliding scale in performance within the categories.
Let’s not forget with the emphasis in the white ball game recently we only reached semi final T20 World Cup.

Unfortunatly they would write off the test team and consentrate on the other two. Unlike now......oh wait.

[Andy]

So, our erstwhile coach is self-isolating.  Hope they remove all sharp objects from his hotel room.  I'd laugh if this coincides with an upturn in performance by the team...

[bwildered]

 Average start for England in the fourth, but yet again bowling lines still not tight enough, something Essex did brilliantly last season. Perhaps Nel needs to be employed into the coaching set up once the series is finished.

[Andy]

Average start for England in the fourth, but yet again bowling lines still not tight enough, something Essex did brilliantly last season. Perhaps Nel needs to be employed into the coaching set up once the series is finished.

Mmmm.  Our bowlers at ECCC were better before Nel got involved. Indeed, since he took over, Porter has gone backwards (form wise) and our next generation of seamers seem far from the Porter/Cook standard.

Interesting how the England bowlers have again been too short and wide with the new ball.  Seems strange that Spoons has allowed this to happen time and again, especially since he’s an ex-seamer himself.

[Perov]

Porter went backwards after being involved in the England set up.
Cook has come on in the past three years whilst Nel was here.
I'd be more worried about what the batting coach does.

[Andy]

Porter went backwards after being involved in the England set up.
Cook has come on in the past three years whilst Nel was here.
I'd be more worried about what the batting coach does.

We have a batting coach?  Seriously? I knew we had someone who used to look after the youth cricketers who was nominally doing something with the first team. 

Porter was picked for a Test squad, but little chef has been too…perhaps his father (rightly) told him to ignore whatever numpty was coaching the seamers.

[nat]

Porter went backwards after being involved in the England set up.
Cook has come on in the past three years whilst Nel was here.
I'd be more worried about what the batting coach does.

We have a batting coach?  Seriously? I knew we had someone who used to look after the youth cricketers who was nominally doing something with the first team. 

Porter was picked for a Test squad, but little chef has been too…perhaps his father (rightly) told him to ignore whatever numpty was coaching the seamers.

If only they had come to me. 50p coin on the top of off stump, hit the stump and you get the money, all of it.

More top training tips in my forthcoming coaching franchise scheme.

[Andy]

If only they had come to me. 50p coin on the top of off stump, hit the stump and you get the money, all of it.

More top training tips in my forthcoming coaching franchise scheme.

You still supergluing it on?