[bazzap]

Hope this is only muckraking, looking for a headline


Ashes Spot Fixing Claim

[bazzap]

Hey Forkey,



There was no need for Mitch Marsh. According to the Cricinfo app, we already had an allrounder in the team

[Fork Handles]

In his first test, he was considered a leg-spin allrounder. Steve Waugh was also picked to be an allrounder at the start. Which just illustrates my point about the infatuation with finding a jack of all trades.

[Frankie]

England now praying for rain. Malan and Bairstow did well after a shaky start then the last 6 wickets fall for 34 runs. FFS. Match turning collapse. Think the Aussies have enough now, maybe too many the way England have performed so far in this series.

And Baz was right that Mitch Marsh should never have been selected 180 odd n.o. Him and especially Smith should not play another match in this series. England might be in with a sniff then, but thats probably being over optimistic.

[bazzap]

This

BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: "Laws of cricket: 'The major responsibility for fair play rests with the captains...' Smith has admitted not merely cheating, but planning to cheat. Everything else in that ill-tempered series is irrelevant to this. By his own actions, Smith's position as captain is untenable."

Jonathan Agnew has got it exactly right IMHO. He has to go

[Fork Handles]

Does KP qualify for Australian citizenship?

[bazzap]

I wrote this on Facebook a few minutes ago

To wear the Baggy Green is probably the highest honour in Australian sport. To dishonour that cap is unacceptable. Yes, Aussies play the game the hardest and play to win but always within the rules (sometimes push those boundaries) but to knowingly cheat is intolerable.

It's time for Sutherland and CA to show some mettle and show that cheating is not tolerated in Australian cricket. Smith, Bancroft and whoever else was involved should be removed immediately and never allowed to return. Probably forfeit this Test as well.

I go back to watching an Ashes Test in 1962 at the SCG and, other than Phil Hughes dying, this is probably the saddest day in Australian cricket for me. ☹️

Feeling gutted at the moment

[kuranda_bagman]

Originally Posted by bazzap

Feeling gutted at the moment

Same here mate it's just so fucked it's hard to believe its happened to one of the sports I've followed all my life - Cunts

[ferocious]

I’m shocked to say the least ..! Been watching this series and it’s been very feisty surprised it hasn’t came to blows to be honest the Aussie team seem to be out of control and Lehman moaning about the crowd giving his team too much stick are very contradictory pleased it not England involved in this especially coming off the back of an ashes series win would be tarnished , i’d love to know how long it’s bern going on with this lot

[Frankie]

Hopefully Smith and those involved will never play international cricket again. To knowingly cheat just can't be tolerated. But what really gets me is how did they expect to get away with it? This is a high profile Test series every move made on the field is picked up on camera and analysed. In the last Ashes Test series held in England Sky had 40 plus cameras focussed on the field of play. Don't know how many the SA broadcaster would have but I would think 10 would pick nearly everything up. So how did they ever expect to get away with it? Are their brains up their fuckin arses or something? Their arrogance is absolutely staggering.