Ashes 2023
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@MajorRage said in Ashes 2023:
Please find me quotes where anybody has said England would have won without it?
@MajorRage said in Ashes 2023:
Yes, the coach and captain have had a few words about it (although neither said they would win if it hadn't happened)
Stokes has been widely reported saying "I would not want to win a game in that manner" not take a wicket. The inference is clear even though I don't believe Stokes thinks it cost the game. It is certainly suggestive (and hypocritical) enough to incense the rabid element amongst England's fans.
I don't as a rule read Twitter except for links posted here. In fact, I don't do social media.
@MajorRage said in Ashes 2023:
The reaction of almost half of the ex players that Bairstow is in the wrong and they have nothing to whinge about? Hussain, Morgan & Atherton who pretty much so lead the commentary team for a start? Or do you just read the pick n choose quotes from the usual England bashers on this thread?
I should have said the over-reaction is as if they would have won. Which I still believe. Completely over the top by fans and media (and fading politicians). Plus if half have said there's nothing to whinge about it still means a lot have come out in attack mode.
Still it keeps the pot simmering nicely until Thursday
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@KiwiPie said in Ashes 2023:
I keep seeing that Bairstow's dismissal spurred Stokes to start bashing sixes. It wasn't the manner of the dismissal that caused that, it was a mountain of runs required and Stuart Broad at the other end with 3 batsmen worse than him to follow.
Broad must be the worst batsman who’s ever scored a test hundred. He looks clueless and woeful at times.
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@dogmeat Wow. That is seriously reaching.
@barbarian That isn’t even close to the same. You can’t seriously believe that.
Proves my point about Twitter trawling though. No doubt I could do the same to find Carey / Cummins being unsporting arses then proudly post like it proves something.
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@barbarian Apart from being out stumped I don't think there is much comparison at all. Bairstow as keeper is standing up and Patel still has his bat in the air (and his foot) but is inside the crease when the stumping is made.
Bairstow the batsman ducks a low bouncer, the ball bounces before it reaches Carey. Bairstow has time to scrape his mark inside the crease and wander two - three steps down the wicket before the bails come off.
One is more fluid and in the moment than the other. TBF to Carey he does release the ball before Bairstow leaves his crease.
I think you're being abit defensive bringing this up to support the act.
It doesn't need supporting. It's within the laws of the game. It's a bit of shithousery but so what.? If it happened at Eden Park for sure I'd give the Aussie's heaps, but as has been repeatedly pointed out in the pantheon of dirty acts by Ausie keepers it doesn't even count.
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Gideon Haigh in the Oz
Because let’s be frank: it was not a day since every other English supporter had found themselves arguing for the letter of the law in the instance of Starc’s catch-that-wasn’t. Rightly so. This is a Test match. Laws apply with greater force in a skirmish between nations about a border and a dispute between neighbours over a fence.
The booing, as is most booing, was mainly harmless, carrying on as it did long past the point anyone could remember what they were booing, and becoming chiefly about companionship.
The parrot cry of ‘same old Aussies, always cheating’ also invites the question of from whom they might have learned it. After all, you can trace the line of Ashes tit-for-tat back to the Oval in 1882 when, coincidentally, WG Grace ran out the Australian Sammy Jones for wandering out of his crease under a misapprehension the ball was dead. “I taught the lad a lesson,” Grace is reputed to have said afterwards; just so.
But the jostling of players in the members? Really? By virtue of the antiquity of the Long Room, and the assumption that people-like-us know how to behave, Lord’s retains the privilege of unusual proximity to the players [dash] the frisson from hearing a player’s spikes on the hardwood floor is one of cricket’s glories.
They will not have it long, however, if blimps and prigs want to vent fury on their visitors because they are unaware of the laws that … checks notes …. their own club sets for the world. And what could be a worse look in the week of the Equity in Cricket report than puce-faced, dim-bulb snobs picking fights with a placid, softly-spoken Muslim player? Chaps, pull yourselves together. -
@MajorRage said in Ashes 2023:
@barbarian That isn’t even close to the same. You can’t seriously believe that.
The central issue is exactly the same. The batsman believes the ball is dead, so moves his foot. And given the time elapsed he may be fair enough in assuming the ball to be dead.
However that's not what the law is. Clearly the fielding team has decided the ball isn't dead, so it's incumbent on the batsman to stay in his crease until they do.
Both fair play, both out. Stay in your crease until the ball is dead.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
@MajorRage said in Ashes 2023:
@barbarian That isn’t even close to the same. You can’t seriously believe that.
The central issue is exactly the same. The batsman believes the ball is dead, so moves his foot. And given the time elapsed he may be fair enough in assuming the ball to be dead.
However that's not what the law is. Clearly the fielding team has decided the ball isn't dead, so it's incumbent on the batsman to stay in his crease until they do.
Both fair play, both out. Stay in your crease until the ball is dead.
Complete bullshit.
There is not one single thing to compare.
Anyway I’m moving on. He was out by the laws and that’s all that matters. I strongly believe if it was opposite way, many on here would hold completely different views.
But like a lot of posts on here (which I’ve called out) I can’t prove that. So perhaps I’m as guilty of hypocrisy as others.
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It's not even "shithousery", it's just part of the game. The premise that the batsmen wasn't trying to score a run or gain an advantage so it's not OK makes no sense in the context of a stumping. Stumpings come about when the batsmen either leaves his ground to play his shot, or he makes a silly mistake and gives the keeper a chance to stump him. Bairstow made the stupid mistake of wandering out if his ground while the ball was still live. You can't do that, even if you've scraped the pitch with your foot. As I said, this won't happen to Bairstow again, because he won't make the same mistake again.
Let me put it this way - if he had looked around and saw the ball heading for the stumps, do you think he would have still wandered down the pitch? Or stayed put to ensure he doesn't get stumped? And would anyone have complained if the ball hit the stumps but Bairstow was aware enough to stay put? No way, the problem in this scenario is Bairstow wondered off down the pitch while the ball was hurtling towards the stumps, which is an embarrassing thing to do.
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@MiketheSnow beautiful article making superb points.
Right up until he bought a players religion into it which then makes obvious inferences.
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@MiketheSnow said in Ashes 2023:
But the jostling of players in the members? Really? By virtue of the antiquity of the Long Room, and the assumption that people-like-us know how to behave, Lord’s retains the privilege of unusual proximity to the players [dash] the frisson from hearing a player’s spikes on the hardwood floor is one of cricket’s glories.
They will not have it long, however, if blimps and prigs want to vent fury on their visitors because they are unaware of the laws that … checks notes …. their own club sets for the world. And what could be a worse look in the week of the Equity in Cricket report than puce-faced, dim-bulb snobs picking fights with a placid, softly-spoken Muslim player? Chaps, pull yourselves together.While acknowledging the rights and wrongs of the Report discussed in the other thread, I have wondered if the Lords Members scored a public-perception own goal with their timing...
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
The best one I've seen. Close to a like for like comparison.
For me the difference is the reaction time of the keeper.
Bairstow waits and invites the batsman to lift his foot.
Carey pretty much throws it immediately.
They're not directly comparable, but I think Carey's actions are much less questionable
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@No-Quarter said in Ashes 2023:
It's not even "shithousery", it's just part of the game. The premise that the batsmen wasn't trying to score a run or gain an advantage so it's not OK makes no sense in the context of a stumping. Stumpings come about when the batsmen either leaves his ground to play his shot, or he makes a silly mistake and gives the keeper a chance to stump him. Bairstow made the stupid mistake of wandering out if his ground while the ball was still live. You can't do that, even if you've scraped the pitch with your foot. As I said, this won't happen to Bairstow again, because he won't make the same mistake again.
Let me put it this way - if he had looked around and saw the ball heading for the stumps, do you think he would have still wandered down the pitch? Or stayed put to ensure he doesn't get stumped? And would anyone have complained if the ball hit the stumps but Bairstow was aware enough to stay put? No way, the problem in this scenario is Bairstow wondered off down the pitch while the ball was hurtling towards the stumps, which is an embarrassing thing to do.
If he had stayed in his ground and the ball deflected away for an overthrow you could almost bet your bottom dollar the batsmen would have taken the run.
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@barbarian said in Ashes 2023:
The best one I've seen. Close to a like for like comparison.
The most shocking thing of all is that Bairstow actually looks like a competent keeper in this clip. I’m amazed. Reminds me of the time I saw Chris Martin hit a boundary back in the day.
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@MN5 said in Ashes 2023:
Reminds me of the time I saw Chris Martin hit a boundary back in the day
Presumably an outside edge or a french cut?
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@bayimports said in Ashes 2023:
@MN5 said in Ashes 2023:
Reminds me of the time I saw Chris Martin hit a boundary back in the day
Presumably an outside edge or a french cut?
Harbhajan Singh straight back over his head at the Basin. Astonishing
Has to be seen to be believed!
