Iām investigating ruff-dawg, I donāt know if Iāll go through with it.
At least thereās no bloody Ballance in the first test. England look they need a bit of help from the pitch or conditions - Woakes is the quickest out of that lot? Australian batting line up doesnāt exactly have you quaking in your boots though - obvs Smith and Warner (if he plays) can pile em on, and I like Khawaja, but the rest are probably on a par with our lot?
Really hope Bairstow can have a good series, if he could be what Prior was a bunch of times, itād be such a great boon. Knock a hopefully tiring bowling attack around a bit. Got to bat plenty of time before that though, get that Kookaburra ball dead with minimal wickets lost. Hoping Stonemanās aussie experience comes through.
Fair enough man. I appreciate not everyone has the same appetite/tolerance for eye-wateringly bad puns.
This is quite a good read -
The Analyst with Simons Hughes and Mann can be quite a decent listen.
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Rugby is horribly predictable come at me
A big team gets an unimpressive win against a minnow and itās considered a massive shock.
Im feeling a thread in this
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Iāve taken the next two days off so I can watch us get annihilated and fuck up my sleeping pattern simultaneously. Got the days off for the Perth test too. Really need to evaluate my life choices.
Good move - was just thinking I wish Iād booked tomorrow off.
Iām focused on staying awake to watch the first hour.
Fixed!
Canāt believe youāve butchered my thread title without even asking me
Actually that was poor form, sorry. (I can change it back?)
Nah itās alright man.
Iām just clutching at straws for a way to will England to victory. Can someone like GazBaz do a Trott and mark middle and off for six hours at a time?
Iām remaining cautiously optimistic but I think thatāll change by the time I head to bed at 1am. Really hope Stoneman opens well.
My dad was looking forward to getting home from the footie and watching the first session, until I mentioned it was on BT Sport.
At least Iāve got my dodgy-box for tonight and tomorrow. Not sure what Iām going to do at the weekend when Iām at work though
Do you know anybody with BT Sport that you could borrow log on deets for the app? Thatās what I do.
Iāve seen Cameron Bancroft play for Gloucestershire a bit. He had some decent knocks, but nothing to make me think he was going to be a future Ashes opening batsman. So expect him to be closing in on a triple century this time tomorrow
Yes, yes I do. Good thinking!