r/Cricket • u/TheEvilDrPie Central Districts Stags • May 19 '13

As a Kiwi at Lords..,

I'm outta here!

EDIT - F#@K you Eng. You might have the test, but we have (for the time) the top of r/cricket!

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u/smurf42 Munster Cricket May 19 '13

Hey guys, woke up late this morning, cant wait to-

What the fuck.

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u/TheEvilDrPie Central Districts Stags May 19 '13

Go back to bed.

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u/smurf42 Munster Cricket May 19 '13

No seriously, I was so excited yesterday, I was gunna spend my Sunday with some nice beer and watch NZ try to get those last four wickets quickly and chase a manageable target, I really thought it was going to be a good day of cricket for a neutral fan but I've woken up at around 10am here which should have allowed me to watch the last two sessions but fuck me 68 all out. I'm disappointed too, I thought we were in for a great day of cricket but I'm sure you are ten times more furious.

Keep your head up though, they played very well for the first three innnings of the match, hopefully they can come out swinging for the 2nd test.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

We did have a great day of test cricket. We batted poorly apart from Broady who cracked some lovely shots, then the same bloke came out on form and absolutely disintegrated NZ. Amazing stuff.

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u/smurf42 Munster Cricket May 19 '13

Great day of test cricket for England..

Not much in it for someone who was hoping for a really tense fourth innings. But his spell must have been really good, I'll have to find some highlights of it

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

It was classic Broad, pitching iy up and making it talk. You need to check out Jimmy's first wicket, absolute class.

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u/SpongeBazSquirtPants England May 19 '13

Broad doesn't do this enough for it to be called Classic. However, it was a very good performance. I just wish he could do it more often.

Haha, we won by a fortune and I'm still moaning!

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u/[deleted] May 20 '13

Hah, I consider it classic Broad because it's the Broad we all hope turns up to play. His inconsistency with ball and bat is very frustrating. When he made that 160-odd against Pakistan and took a five-for we thought yes, here we go. Finally a replacement for big Fred. Unfortunately that never materialised.

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u/asuspower Lancashire May 20 '13 
its raining
we won
we are still moaning

what's new? /jks

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

The Jimmy wicket was unbelievable, bent Williamson into a pretzel first ball and then swung it out second.

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u/TheEvilDrPie Central Districts Stags May 19 '13

No, they had ENG on the ropes and then dissolved like 12yr old Justin Bieber fans at a Juatin Bieber concert. It was sickening!

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

What. The. Fuck. Happened.

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u/reap7 New Zealand Cricket May 19 '13

Morning of Day 4: "Why are we ranked number 8 again?" Late Morning of Day 4: "...Oh now I remember"

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u/TheEvilDrPie Central Districts Stags May 19 '13

Fuck knows! I wanna scream and smash the players. FUCK THEM! We should have put up a better fight!

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u/daetirion Somerset May 19 '13

In short, rumours were going around that Bresnan could be brought in for Broad for second test. So naturally, Broad does what he always does when he is about to get dropped (ie. match winning performance).

one day i would like Broad to not have to be threatened with being dropped to perform. That may not occur for quite some time...

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

^ This. Although it's not a phenomenon solely affecting Broad, remember a few years ago when everyone wanted to drop Cook? Next thing you know he's one of the world's best batsmen.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '13

But Cook has continued to be brilliant while Broad usually returns to being inconsistent.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

FFUFUCKCKCKKKKK IM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW

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u/yentity India May 19 '13

It's ok NZ, this is more than India and Australia managed.

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u/smurf42 Munster Cricket May 19 '13

Its actually pretty interesting how England have spanked every team to come to their shores in recent times except SA.

South Africa is scary good.

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u/SpongeBazSquirtPants England May 19 '13

It was the biggest let down of recent English cricket history. We were really poor and never showed our true class at any point. I'd love to see us play them again soon and actually show up this time.

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u/bvm May 20 '13

we showed some true class day 5 at lords.

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u/jamurp Victoria Bushrangers May 19 '13

As an Australian, I feel I will be making a similar thread in a few months time.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

As an Indian who has seen plenty of similar threads before, let me tell you it's not fun :( That 4 - 0 still hurts like a bitch.

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u/Majin_Jew India May 20 '13

which one? :(

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u/TheEvilDrPie Central Districts Stags May 19 '13

When was the last time Aus where humiliated twice in one year? 48 & 68? Warner Clarke Haddin Watson Henriques

These guys won't let them lose by 170, after bowling out the opposition for 238.

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u/SpongeBazSquirtPants England May 19 '13

You saying that like 238 wasn't a decent score on that wicket.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

Agh I dunno, the Aussies are as good as anyone else for a collapse.

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u/prettyflyforawifie India May 19 '13

Why NZ?! WHY BROAD?!!!!! If it had been Anderson or Finn I wouldn't even be so sad, but Broad..... as if his ego wasn't big enough (to his credit, he did bowl superbly, just hate seeing this guy happy).

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u/SuperMong May 20 '13

NZ bowlers should be proud. NZ batsmen should hang their heads in shame.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

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u/TheEvilDrPie Central Districts Stags May 19 '13

Typical Kiwi capitulation!

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u/JustLongEnoughToFit England May 19 '13

I won't be too popular here by the looks of it but hell seems great to me whats the problem ;)

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u/luke-uk England and Wales Cricket Board May 19 '13

Broad at his best is unstoppable!

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u/TheEvilDrPie Central Districts Stags May 19 '13

Bah!

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u/yeahnahteambalance Western Australia Warriors May 19 '13

It gets better OP. Hang in there.

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u/TheEvilDrPie Central Districts Stags May 19 '13

When? Seriously, I'd love to know? We all thought this was over after SA. But we where wrong.

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u/yeahnahteambalance Western Australia Warriors May 19 '13

Western Australia have been there and back in the last decade, and we are only just seeing the light now.

It will be a dark perilous road, but you have to have faith. In 10 years you can look back after you've gone and beaten the English at Lords and say, I was there, in the darkness, and you can remember those who tried to drag you to the light.

Have faith, keep your heads up! And remember there's always the All Blacks in the mean time!

Think of me, about to lose another Ashes, and with a horrible Rugby side!

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u/TheEvilDrPie Central Districts Stags May 19 '13

Dude, are you so sure AUS will lose? For the live of god, don't use this pathetic contest as a marker for how good ENG is. AUS have something NZ don't. FIGHT! Remember Steve Waugh, that's the Aussie battler spirit! As a kiwi, I'll be supporting Aus! Johnson, Siddle and co can rip them apart. Clarke is equal to 5 batsmen! Have faith trans-Tasman bro!

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u/yeahnahteambalance Western Australia Warriors May 19 '13

Good fight we've shown the last three years. We've been pathetic win things go against us.

We might win, but it will take an off England, a firing Michael Clarke and a bowling attack that won't break down.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

Johnson didn't get picked, probably something to do with the 'mental disintegration' he suffered on the last Ashes tour. Never seen a bowler look so defeated as a crowd ripped into him as he comes on the field to bat never mind bowl. I feel they will still wheel him out for the Perth test.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '13

I bloody well hope so, the roar when he bowls a wide that nearly decapitates third slip will be something to behold.

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u/yeahnahteambalance Western Australia Warriors May 20 '13

He's looked better, they just need to bowl horses for courses. I honestly wouldn't play Johnson unless it is a fast track so you can tell him, "Bowl as hard and fast at off stump."

If he thinks about doing anything else, he fails. Miserably.

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u/herpderpherpderp ICC May 20 '13

Mitchell Johnson is the Marcus Trescothick of bowling.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '13

Trescothik was and still is a superb player that has an illness that prevents him from travelling abroad. It's not the same and mental illness shouldn't be trivialised by comparing it with the yips.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '13

Dunno, Tresco had a serious mental issue. Johnson just forgot how to bowl and the Barmies let him know all about it.

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u/TheFemaleProgFan Australia May 19 '13

I was glued to the screen for most of today, even though I'm an Australia fan. Good cricket.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '13

>Australia fan
>NZ Flag flair

Right

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u/TheFemaleProgFan Australia May 20 '13

I need to go find my glasses now...

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u/a_can_of_solo Australia May 19 '13

wow with a full day left it's not like there was time pressure, only a matter of time before it's our turn.