Ashes 2023
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I woke up this morning, saw the headline about Bairstow and thought 'here we go'. Loaded up the clip expecting to see something heinous, unsportsmanlike, sneaky. Healy kicking off the bails type shit.
But what I saw was a batsman having a brain melt and wandering down the wicket without watching the ball. Clearly out.
But it's important to note the golden rule about the 'spirit of cricket'. It ONLY applies when in relation to a line-ball decision that goes against your team. So England are entirely fair to use it, as they have been entirely fair to ignore it on countless past occassions where the decision has gone their way.
They take a 2-0 moral lead and you just can't see Australia getting past them.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
It ONLY applies when in relation to favouring Australia
a line-ball decision that goes against your team.Fixed.
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Brain fart sure. In the rules, yep. Bit shit really though eh?
As a neutral, I can’t say I liked to see it. It’s very very different to someone falling out of their crease after trying to flick one down leg. Hell, even a mankad is arguably fairer given the batsman is trying to take advantage by going early.
This was a case of a ball being left, taken cleanly, no attempt at a run.
Just a bit shit IMO
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@voodoo spot on.
Worse than a Mankad for me for the reason you state.
Made for an exciting end of the match though. Aussie much the better side overall but England still capable of nicking a result in one of the remaining matches.
Need to sort out their bowling though. Way too vanilla.
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@NTA said in Ashes 2023:
@Cyclops said in Ashes 2023:
It's a marginal call, and ranks a pretty long way down the list of 'shit things Australian keepers have done'.
Over to you @MN5 ?
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Three months after the 2019 World Cup Final that I am never getting over, I sat through five days of the Barmy Army chanting 'Champions, Champions, ole ole ole' on a regular basis at Bay Oval. To the extent that the five year old even started randomly singing it afterwards.
So Ben Stokes can absolutely get in the bin with his post-match comments about ways he wouldn't like to win a game.
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@voodoo said in Ashes 2023:
This was a case of a ball being left, taken cleanly, no attempt at a run.
Yes a stumping.
The replay from behind was the best. The ball left Carey’s hands almost immediately as Bairstow was still grounded but leaning forward. Bairstow never even looked to see if the ball is taken cleanly. No one would complain if it was a spinner
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@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2023:
..and that wasn't the only time Bairstow attempted it in this Test
Which makes him even more 'dozy' to use Atherton's description
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@voodoo said in Ashes 2023:
Brain fart sure. In the rules, yep. Bit shit really though eh?
As a neutral, I can’t say I liked to see it. It’s very very different to someone falling out of their crease after trying to flick one down leg. Hell, even a mankad is arguably fairer given the batsman is trying to take advantage by going early.
This was a case of a ball being left, taken cleanly, no attempt at a run.
Just a bit shit IMO
I agree it is a bit shit from a personal perspective, but that been said it was completely legal and there is history of Baz (doing this attempting for NZ) and Eng team attempting and making dismissals like this in their history. Makes it a bit more amusing..given his stance
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@bayimports also to add to BMac's no beers amusement...
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@Donsteppa said in Ashes 2023:
@bayimports also to add to BMac's no beers amusement...
Context needs to come into it too, Bairstowe is a potentially dangerous batsmen so you do all you can to get him out early.
In the case of Murali you’d really only need to wait a few balls to get him again.
Extra shame on you B Mac.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
I woke up this morning, saw the headline about Bairstow and thought 'here we go'. Loaded up the clip expecting to see something heinous, unsportsmanlike, sneaky. Healy kicking off the bails type shit.
But what I saw was a batsman having a brain melt and wandering down the wicket without watching the ball. Clearly out.
But it's important to note the golden rule about the 'spirit of cricket'. It ONLY applies when in relation to a line-ball decision that goes against your team. So England are entirely fair to use it, as they have been entirely fair to ignore it on countless past occassions where the decision has gone their way.
They take a 2-0 moral lead and you just can't see Australia getting past them.
Was that with the green n gold eye patch on…. 😉
For me it was in the “that’s a little off” category as opposed to some of the hypa-bowl that has ensued since.
I’m more disappointed with Stokes attempted pull shot. That was not good and he didn’t need to do it.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Ashes 2023:
@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
I woke up this morning, saw the headline about Bairstow and thought 'here we go'. Loaded up the clip expecting to see something heinous, unsportsmanlike, sneaky. Healy kicking off the bails type shit.
But what I saw was a batsman having a brain melt and wandering down the wicket without watching the ball. Clearly out.
But it's important to note the golden rule about the 'spirit of cricket'. It ONLY applies when in relation to a line-ball decision that goes against your team. So England are entirely fair to use it, as they have been entirely fair to ignore it on countless past occassions where the decision has gone their way.
They take a 2-0 moral lead and you just can't see Australia getting past them.
Was that with the green n gold eye patch on…. 😉
For me it was in the “that’s a little off” category as opposed to some of the hypa-bowl that has ensued since.
I’m more disappointed with Stokes attempted pull shot. That was not good and he didn’t need to do it.
Eye patch is a permanent fixture, obviously.
I think 'that's a bit off' is a fair enough position to take. I disagree but that's OK. It's the holier-than-thou spirit of cricket stuff, the faux outrage, the 'death of civility' garbage that I can't stand.
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