Post by warehamgas on Oct 5, 2021 23:27:03 GMT
“Ashes will go ahead says Australia captain Tim Paine, even if some England players stay home”
OK, I’ll start this one. Reading an article on the BBC that Tim Paine has said the Ashes will go ahead even if Joe Root and England players aren’t there. Who the hell does Tim Paine think he is? Does he really think that they will take place if the players don’t turn up. Total rubbish because it won’t happen!
I cant quite decide if he’s trying to be hard like he’s expected to be as an Aussie captain. Is he trying to be David Warner or Smith? Is he reverting to type after all these years when Aussies have tried to be “new” cricketers after the cheating scandal v South Africa? Or is he just putting pressure on the England players to come? Is he putting pressure already on Joe Root? All of these things perhaps.
That the Aussie Government has now relaxed travel rules means that families will probably get fast tracked so that the Ashes do take place. It would be a disaster for Cricket Australia if they don’t take place, financially as well as for the game. Few watch test cricket in Australia if it’s not the Ashes but they’ll turn up in their thousands to see England get hammered! The ECB can’t afford another debacle after the Pakistan series. They must have few friends left. And let’s be honest we don’t even like them in this country, or rather I don’t!! 🤔
OK, I’ll start this one. Reading an article on the BBC that Tim Paine has said the Ashes will go ahead even if Joe Root and England players aren’t there. Who the hell does Tim Paine think he is? Does he really think that they will take place if the players don’t turn up. Total rubbish because it won’t happen!
I cant quite decide if he’s trying to be hard like he’s expected to be as an Aussie captain. Is he trying to be David Warner or Smith? Is he reverting to type after all these years when Aussies have tried to be “new” cricketers after the cheating scandal v South Africa? Or is he just putting pressure on the England players to come? Is he putting pressure already on Joe Root? All of these things perhaps.
That the Aussie Government has now relaxed travel rules means that families will probably get fast tracked so that the Ashes do take place. It would be a disaster for Cricket Australia if they don’t take place, financially as well as for the game. Few watch test cricket in Australia if it’s not the Ashes but they’ll turn up in their thousands to see England get hammered! The ECB can’t afford another debacle after the Pakistan series. They must have few friends left. And let’s be honest we don’t even like them in this country, or rather I don’t!! 🤔
