The Lords test match vs Ireland went pretty much as
expected, England were totally dominant for two days; bowled Ireland out cheaply,
racked up a massive score quickly and the commentators wondered if they could
win in two days. It went into a third
day which saw Ireland praised for battling when as far as I could tell England
were under performing. But we won
comfortably in the end, learning little or nothing on the way. Soon after the match we found out Jack Leach
had a spinal injury and wouldn’t be able to take part in the Ashes series. A day or two later Moeen Ali answered the call
to come out of retirement which is probably the best selection under the circumstances. Then the Aussies warmed up with the WTC final
against India which they pretty much dominated throughout and lifted the World
Test championship mace, which is never a sight an English cricket fan wants to
see.
Now the Ashes and if the Aussies are world champions then
England must be the number one contenders even though the ICC ratings put us
third. Apparently, this is the most
eagerly awaited Ashes series since… the last one? Some pundits are comparing it to 2005 and I’d
say this is certainly the best Aussie team to tour England since that series
but it isn’t as good as the team lead by Ponting which lost. The question is how good is this England
team? If they can play the way we’ve
come to expect over the last twelve months and end the series holding the Ashes,
they may go down as the best ever? If…
I should end on a prediction, which is predictable… But I really don’t know!! The Aussie team may not be as good as 2005
but it might be good enough to win. Both
teams will be able to take twenty wickets; can England’s batsmen dominate the
Aussie bowlers in the same way they did New Zealand, India, South Africa and
Pakistan? If they can then England
win. My one prediction is there may be
periods of play or whole matches that are close but whoever ends up winning
will do so by a wide margin.
It’s good to rant…
De Pfeffel has departed, a sneak preview of the imminent
report was enough to make the fat brat spit his dummy and storm off in a
huff. Following in his wake two more
oxygen thieves that supported bullshit boris.
For the last dozen years, (either side of the hysterical finger pointing
towards JC,) British politics has been nothing more than a power struggle/shit
fight between factions of the Tory Establishment, aided and abetted by the
fuckwitt hangers on. This extended
playground squabble has to this point left the country starved of public
services, crippled by plague and economic depression, our rivers run clogged
with shit, we are extorted by energy companies and excluded from trade
agreements everywhere. Great Britain is
the laughing stock of the world.
Where are the
architects of Brexit now? The generation
of politicians that had so much contempt for us they didn’t bother to hide
their lies are steadily sneaking off into the private sector paradise where
they will wax fat while nervously wondering if their day in the dock will
come. Just the mutant inbred Rees Mogg
will remain because what else is the prick capable of doing? Even the social media Tory fanboys are quiet,
keeping their heads down, don’t want to be reminded of previous
declarations. Jesus what kind of moron
voted for these cunts? Are the British
people more naturally Fascist than they know?
We’ve been royally bumfucked by these Etonian exploiters but some us
fucking struggled, Tory voters lubed their own arses and bent over.
At some point, probably sooner rather than later, we get to
exercise our right to vote in our pretend democratic election. The best we can realistically hope for is
Keir Starmer…
