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when the batter was not even attempting a run
He was stumped not run-out
https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-laws-of-cricket/dead-ball
https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-laws-of-cricket/stumped
Flem’s Verdict: Cummins shows true class on and off the field as England contradict their words with actions
Stumpings are an immoral dismissal.
COMMENT: Cummins failed the moral test and tarnished these Ashes. He had the chance to be a legend and blew it
With all due respect this is nonsense
COMMENT: Cummins failed the moral test and tarnished these Ashes. He had the chance to be a legend and blew it
Maybe Bazball is simply the responsibility we abdicated along the way.
UK View: 'He didn't look like a leader. He looked pathetic' - Cummins caned but Poms also skewer 'dozy' Bairstow
If I had dropped the world’s best gloveman to shoehorn my unfit, best mate and golf buddy into the side only to watch him drop catches, miss stumpings, concede 31 byes over 2 tests and gift his wicket on 3 occasions, I too, would invoke the “Spirit of Cricket” to cover for his latest brain fart.
If I had won the toss, had conditions on my favour for 5 days, saw the opposition lose a front-line bowler for three and half days, watched my teammates lose 9 wickets for 140 runs after being in a dominant position I too would invoke “spirit of cricket” to cover up for our inadequacies.
It was genius from Carey, pure and simple. Watch the over. 51.3, duck, don’t look at the ball, walk out of crease 51.4, duck, don’t look at the ball, walk out of crease 51.5, duck, don’t look at the ball, walk out of crease, 51.6 gone. His keeping has been exemplary, his clarity around DRS invaluable.
Aussies 2-0 up despite sensational Stokes ton as Lord's erupts over run out controversy, cheating accusations
Just need to go harder, talk more rubbish, play more golf, bowl more no-balls and a win by 150 runs is well in sight here.
UK View: 'Are you joking?' Stunned ex-stars turn on England's 'absolute shambles' in 'worst day of Bazball era'
Are these guys ok?
Ashes Scout: Loud-mouth Robinson taunts Aussies again - 'surprised they didn't go toe to toe', Ponting's shock England coach reveal
Worth noting that Queensland have zero (0) Penrith players in their squad.
'Chill, all you idiots have work tomorrow': Luai takes aim at critics as Fittler reveals Blues star copped death threats
England will persist because they have talked themselves into a corner with their current approach. You can’t pour on the confidence they have over the last couple of months and back off at the first sign of trouble. But they can’t gloss over some of the selections and tactics for the 1st Test.
Picking a spinner who hasn’t bowled more than 4 overs in anger for two years was nuts. No wonder his finger split open like an overboiled hot dog. Dropping the best gloveman in the world for a guy who looks very under done hurt them terribly. Foakes may have scored half the runs but so might Australia with his hands behind the stumps. Both selections cover for a batting lineup that except for Root look to have plenty of shortcomings.
On a track that offered so little the declaration was brainless and tinged with more than a little hubris. Likewise, their approach to batting. At least half a dozen wickets gifted to Australia by tripping over their own ego. Most of which got Australia back in to the first innings or restricted the chase to a manageable number. Net Run Rate doesn’t win a Test series and I reckon Brook, Duckett, Crawley and Ali don’t have the skill set to respect the match situation and a bowling attack that is significantly better than anything they have faced in the last 12 months.
England have been free-wheeling and front-running for some time and were doing so for most of this test. Though when the pressure came on their skills let them down through misfields, no-balls, dropped catches and poor shot selection. Australia read the conditions and the situation on day 1. They put their ego to the side and let England stumble on their own over-confidence. The let me entertain you / results don’t matter vibes will be put to the test if they go 2-0 down at Lord’s
Flem's Verdict: One of the great wins of all time puts Aussies in box seat for Ashes as problems start mounting for England
English media when Australian bowler tells English batsman to f*ck off: “Disgrace. Boorish convicts are lowering the tone again, tally ho old bean”
English media when English bowler tells Australian batsman to f*ck off: “we’re saving test cricket, you know what I mean, innit?”
UK View: 'Hardly angelic' - Poms react to 'ironic indignation' after Uzzy abuse, Green hailed as 'finest' of all time
The game is a fair way along considering we are 7 sessions in.
Pretty disappointing reply from Australia on that pitch. Head and Green gave away good starts, Warner couldn’t park his ego for more than half an hour and Marnus forgot where his off stump was for the first time in 4 years. The second morning and the 22 ball Boland-Cummins spell aside there has been nothing there for the bowlers. Funky fields, daring declarations and rattling along at 5 an over sounds great but if the reality is an Ashes series on 5 pitches like this Bazball could be doing more harm than good to Test cricket.
Should Australia get an hour or two with some cloud cover, on a pitch that will potentially be under the covers for most of the night they can make some serious inroads. Root being the exception, England’s batting line-up doesn’t look to have the technique for English conditions and the hubris from the English playing group and fawning adoration from media and pundits is going to age like milk should England be 5 or 6 down at lunch on day 4.
*Marnus and Smith need to be banned from all DRS consultation
Rain cuts short enthralling day after Green stunner, more Bazball chaos leaves Ashes opener on a knife's edge
Say it Warner, nobody cares, but Usman is the nicest bloke in the world.
Not sure what is more pathetic honestly, the Australian social media reaction to it after years of dishing it out or the Poms rushing to defend Robinson because it is “great theatre”, and Ricky Ponting was mean to Alec Stewart 20 years ago.
The hubris from England in the lead up and during has been a bit different for them, hope it doesn’t bite them on the arse…
'If you can't handle that': Defiant Pommie paceman defends disgraceful 'f---ing prick' send-off
Fixed it for you
The Roosters are set to chase compensation in the form of a six-figure from the Dragons if they entice Ryles to walk before his three-year contract ends at the end of next year. It is very much their right to do so.
Seeking compensation? Roosters too precious about assistants leaving early for head coaching roles elsewhere
Thanks mate 👍
ANALYSIS: Why Rennie had to go and the ruthless Eddie edge that makes the Wallabies World Cup contenders
Did Eddie Jones write this?
One thing that never changed under Rennie was the dumbness of the Wallabies. Ill-discipline and poor decisions cost them plenty of test matches. If Eddie can sort that out with some fit players I have no doubt he can achieve some results in the short term. 5 years seems a bit nuts though, better have some clauses in there…
ANALYSIS: Why Rennie had to go and the ruthless Eddie edge that makes the Wallabies World Cup contenders
Been following rugby league for about 4 decades and it is pretty clear that the Roosters are everyone’s second favourite team and generally attract well-wishers from all NRL fans.
So for us neutrals, who is the most bearable NRL premiership winner?
Normally I would condemn Nic White but it was Faf de Klerk so I’m going to allow it
Boks stealing rugby’s soul, not White and Koroibete
Grade 3?!?! That’s nuts.
Robbo praises 'down and dirty' Jared after Roosters send out Premiership warning with fiery win over Storm
Belter of a game. Andrew Gee and the injury to Daniel Tupou were the only thing that stopped Melbourne conceding 30+ last night. To have that sort of disruption to both edges in defence and keep Melbourne to 14 is massive. It will probably be a bridge too far to win the comp but a top 4 side won’t be keen to potentially run into the Rooster in week 2.
Not sure JWH has anything to worry about, the Justin Olam incident shouldn’t have even been a penalty and the NAS tackle was just big boy cuddles. Collins should be in strife, if the Carrigan one is now the benchmark that’s a week or two. Elbows to the head of Walker (Muster) and Suualii (NAS) were ordinary but it’s Melbourne so it should be sweet.
I don’t like the history of Matt Lodge, I don’t know if he should bein jail or playing rugby league but there is no denying his talent. If any team was going to get him switched on at this sort of career cross-roads it was the chooks and he is in the top 3 or 4 props going around in recent weeks. That forward rotation last night with SST back looks very imposing.
Big shout out to Stuart Thomas, Stop calling once-mighty Roosters heavyweights – they’re now featherweights, keep ’em coming 👍
Robbo praises 'down and dirty' Jared after Roosters send out Premiership warning with fiery win over Storm
Definitely, player welfare, mentoring and development outside the game needs to be more than a box ticking exercise. NRL and the clubs should be treating these guys as an investment. I’m not advocating endless chances and no constraints but they need to be set up to succeed first. Serious infractions like assault, sexual assault and the like need to have serious consequences but I don’t care if some 23 year old winger gets on the bags with his mates in the offseason.
Love-hate relationship: Sometimes it makes me sick and ashamed to be a rugby league fan
I worked in the finance industry in Sydney for 20 years Albo and most of the “atrocities” in this article were a Friday night at a Justin Hemmes bar. Those men were considered captains of industry and future Liberal Party MPs.
Love-hate relationship: Sometimes it makes me sick and ashamed to be a rugby league fan
my circle of friends, associates and colleagues rounds out somewhere in the vicinity of 500, around the same number of players registered in NRL squads across the 16 teams, they do not seem to be appearing in court at anywhere near the same rate.
Would you really know though? Don’t be surprised if you have a couple of DV offenders, a handful of low range DUI charges and sprinkling of substance abuse issues in that group of 500 fine upstanding citizens.
Not to excuse some of sexual assault and domestic violence issues but the game takes very young men and puts them in to high pressure environments often throwing amounts of money at them which their families would take years to accumulate. Fame, fortune, attention, often a long way from home without ever being provided the tools to deal with these changes. The culture shock for a young Pacifika or Indigenous man going to Sydney or Brisbane for the first time cannot be understated. Often you have a 16- to 18-year-old boy, going into these clubs severely underprepared for the life they are starting. All professional sports should have a duty of care to instil values and standards from the outset to these guys, they should be responsible for educating their young players on being grounded young men. Dishing out harsher fines or punishments does nothing.
Back in the day a try scorer would be jogging back to halfway, and the screen graphic would say Bobson Dugnutt, 24 years, Garbologist or Teacher or Police Officer. Players had responsibilities outside the game. Now they are simply a commodity, one serious knee injury away from the garbage pile. The game, the media and the fans blow so much smoke up the backside of players it is little wonder many think they are above the law. I recall a study about 5 years ago where approximately 65% of Rugby League players abuse alcohol both in and out of season, 10 – 12% suffered depression, 14% anxiety. I would stop at a pub in Alexandria for a beer after work occasionally and see a very high-profile Souths player smashing schooners and feeding pineapples into the pokies half an hour after training. We have a week where we are talking about mental health in the game after the tragic loss of Paul Green but addressing the underlying causes to some of this behaviour barely gets a run.
Love-hate relationship: Sometimes it makes me sick and ashamed to be a rugby league fan
Feel the chooks are building, that performance against the Panthers was pretty good a few weeks back and they have been humming in attack. Would be surprised if they don’t win 4 of their last 6. Looking over my shoulder if I’m Parra and that run home.
Four sides in a scrap for eighth - who sneaks into the finals?
Bloke should be in politics…oh that’s right
NRL admits bunker got Cowboys call wrong: 'We don't believe there was enough to award a penalty'
Should the opposition have the temerity to dismiss our batsmen by valid albeit inconvenient methods we will invoke Spirit Of Cricket™ to tarnish their victory and conceal our ineptitude.
The spirit of cricket was murdered in cold blood by sunburnt thugs - and the game might never recover