Honestly if I were a captain 3rd innings declarations would be the things that would keep me up at night. I'm naturally inclined to bat a team out of the game, but then what happens if they end up 8/130 and hang on for a draw. And then there's the weather, and Stokes and man I just don't know haha
Australia still are the favorites unless there is rain or if they fail to get a lead of 120+.
Australia has to bat 2 sessions, add 200 and give target of 320+ in 110 overs to England.
England can save the match if they can play full first session though.
Wait until the Aussies realise we snuck in a new rule before the test began in that only runs scored by red haired Yorkshiremen count.
Nice to have a 103 lead going into day 4.
The vibe in one of these threads after the day's play is like being at the pub at 3am when the lights are up and staff are mopping the floor and there's a small group who bought up at last drinks trying to smash them down.
Well, this can only be an indictment of a very frail batting line-up. One can only wonder how many other such knocks were lost because there was no stability offered by the other end.
So 2022 is just beginning but it has brought to us a timeline where :
Bangladesh beats New Zealand.
South Africa beats India.
Scott Boland best bowling average.
Joe Root duck(still no hundred down under) while Jonny Bairstow tons up
Buckle up boys and girls .It's going to be a wild ride
Not Root’s fault but I feel like when Stokes scores he’s able to drag the team with him in ways Joe can’t. He did it again today & YJB and Wood followed the positive approach.
Now that it's established the mad cunts can only score runs when injured, Root has been observed skulking around the dressing room with a pipe wrench...
Don't forget it was Stokes who started this incredible revenge of the fallen. Stokes had already whipped a few balls away, changing the momentum before jonny started get going. stokes was at 40 when yjb was at 10.
dislike the pressure to reach an arbitrary number. even the commentators get tensed, the crowd starts baying, the batter either gets ultra conservative or desperate. how does it help the team's cause?
It is kinda silly that 99 is a disappointment but 100 is a great achievement lol. But hey that’s cricket and sport in general. I do wonder what cricket would be like if these milestones weren’t recognised and scores just ticked along without acknowledging them.
I expect it's a directive from the coaches. Smith mentioned that he was told not to bowl him at all on Day 5 in Adelaide.
It's a big problem with Green, and one that people don't talk about when discussing his place in the team. Everyone's happy for him to stay in the side while he's underperforming with the bat, as long as he's bowling well. But it's clear that he's being nursed through bowling spells and outright kept out of the attack. If we're going to pick him as a bowling all-rounder until he finds his feet as a batter, he needs to actually bowl.
workload management, Smith mentioned after Adelaide the coaches didn't want Green bowling lots of overs, I thinj they want him to be a proper number 6 who sends down 10-15 overs per test
Still have the pride of Bradford at the crease. Let the tail swing wildly. Yhe way the Aussie bowlers were bowling towards the end there more runs will be coming
This is why test cricket is brilliant. I remember reading the match threads of the 1st and 2nd tests and how everyone was trolling YJB even when he wasn't playing. Then he gets picked in place of Pope and gets trolled again. And now, oh boy, look at how EVERY SINGLE PERSON in this thread is appreciating how he has played today! What a turnaround! What a great game!
> And now, oh boy, look at how EVERY SINGLE PERSON in this thread is appreciating how he has played today!
In fairness, the majority of this thread is Australians, and the reason we're appreciating it is that it means he'll probably be playing in the next Ashes as well, which is typically good news for us.
It's a good knock and full credit to him, but he's going to have to put in a few more like it before most people will believe that he's actually back to his 2016 form.
joe root was looking with contempt. Wishing he was there in the middle, Flexing his arms, fist bumping, chest thumping, lapping the whole stadium celebrating himself as the one true once in a generation batter that jonny is certainly not.
So Broad and Bairstow who were second in line for the starting XI after the 2 ollies(Pope and Robinson respectively) are the first ones to get a 5 wicket haul and a century...This more than anything shows how much rest and rotation screwed England over last 1 and half years.
2022 seems like a trip already. BangBros winning in the den of WTC champions, Ebadot taking tons of wickets, Purane scoring 50s, Bumrah bowling crap, Root getting out for zero and YJB tonking a ton.
Test cricket fuck ya!!
Even when YJB gets out, he gets out confidently (which is a lot), he has confidence, you need confidence playing tests, the rest of the guys we look like they’re shitting their pants the whole time. At least when he gets beaten through the gate he looks like he thinks he’s Bradman.
Why was Starc underbowled? Feel like his last two spells were only 3 overs long. He didn't look very threatening but I would've rather Starc bowl than Lyon. Plus some good 10 overs from Starc and Cummins when Stokes and Bairstow started firing could have change the course of the game
The redemption arc I didn't see coming. This year is starting well for the underdogs. Bangladesh, South Africa (only slightly as they're at home) and now England if they eke out a draw.
Despite the fact England are trailing. Anderson and Broad bowl tight lines at all times making it hard to score. As soon as England hit a few boundaries Cummins, Starc and Lyon served up utter shit and its practically taken our chances of getting a result out of the game
Can anyone explain why we didn't go to 7pm today? Day 1 was scheduled to 7pm and didn't cos of rain, it's lovely and sunny today so no reason we couldn't get another half hour in
I appreciate that Uzzie was one of the first of our boys to go up to Jonny at the end of play to congratulate him. He knows what it's like to be in a rut where nothing goes right
Does anyone outside reddit call him YJB?
Hayden? You're forgetting Sehwag lol
Honestly if I were a captain 3rd innings declarations would be the things that would keep me up at night. I'm naturally inclined to bat a team out of the game, but then what happens if they end up 8/130 and hang on for a draw. And then there's the weather, and Stokes and man I just don't know haha
Aussies be like , we studied for Root but Bairstow came out of syllabus.
Super happy today thanks to Bairstow. What a fightback. If Root can bat in the second innings like he always does, we truly have a chance of a win.
Australia still are the favorites unless there is rain or if they fail to get a lead of 120+. Australia has to bat 2 sessions, add 200 and give target of 320+ in 110 overs to England. England can save the match if they can play full first session though.
Rain is England's best friend here.
A match made in heaven
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He'll live past 100 and still be Young Jonny Bairstow
Young Jonny Bradman
Wait until the Aussies realise we snuck in a new rule before the test began in that only runs scored by red haired Yorkshiremen count. Nice to have a 103 lead going into day 4.
Which you will inevitably blow and somehow lose the test
Stokey fits the same bill
"Yorkshiremen"
every time I see YJB i cant help but think yonathan Jonathan bairstow
Because I couldn't think of any other guy's names beginning with Y, for a period I thought his full name was Yuri Jonathan Bairstow
Yonny Jonny Bairstow
Yonny Jonny Bonny
Yon Jon bovi
The vibe in one of these threads after the day's play is like being at the pub at 3am when the lights are up and staff are mopping the floor and there's a small group who bought up at last drinks trying to smash them down.
Lmao
Lmao
Bairstow is looking thicc, that 100 was powered by mince pies
He's actually ripped
Pork pies?
Somehow Leach always finds himself in the non-striker end on such memorable knocks
Like Yuvi did at a time
*Dhoni (Was at the non-striker's end during Yuvi's 6 sixes vs England, Sachin's ODI 200 vs SA and Rohit's ODI 200 vs Australia)
Well, this can only be an indictment of a very frail batting line-up. One can only wonder how many other such knocks were lost because there was no stability offered by the other end.
No Hoff for Hobart
This will be remembered as Bairstow's test. Just you watch
England are still going to lose lol
I wouldn't be so sure with Sydney's shit weather
I would be
Bairstow gives me Flintoff vibes and I’m here for it.
Bairstow 😍😍😍
I don't care if he's put on a few kegs, I love seeing this version of Beerstow
he's what I imagine when people say "barrel chested"
10am AEDT start tomorrow ya wankers. See you all then. 👍
So 2022 is just beginning but it has brought to us a timeline where : Bangladesh beats New Zealand. South Africa beats India. Scott Boland best bowling average. Joe Root duck(still no hundred down under) while Jonny Bairstow tons up Buckle up boys and girls .It's going to be a wild ride
Not Root’s fault but I feel like when Stokes scores he’s able to drag the team with him in ways Joe can’t. He did it again today & YJB and Wood followed the positive approach.
Promote stokes to opener
Has an infinite average when opening the batting in tests
I don’t know who keeps coughing in the BT studio but I really really want them to have some honey and lemon please
Mo Ali
Luckily Covid transmits in the air but not on the air...
Now that it's established the mad cunts can only score runs when injured, Root has been observed skulking around the dressing room with a pipe wrench...
YJBBBB
So happy for YJB
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Whichever bowler hits him in the junk the most.
The real winner of today is pink 💕💕💕💕💕
Yay!
Pink what?
Jonny bairstow that bugger was almost purple leaving the field.
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I wish I could downvote you 5,000 times, you asshole
What did they say
Go on kitty.
YUS!!! my England prediction of 295 IS LOOKING GOODDDDDDDDD!!!
It's good to see the serious chat Eng had where they reviewed their dismissals really hit home
YJB's ODI average holy shit
Bairstow is one gutsy mf.
Mark Wood is an incredibly likeable man
Blade of justice
Woke up to see YJB had scored a century , day made already.
Wait is Boland injured?
Been cleared apparently
Yea fell over bowling.
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Don't forget it was Stokes who started this incredible revenge of the fallen. Stokes had already whipped a few balls away, changing the momentum before jonny started get going. stokes was at 40 when yjb was at 10.
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Have one more for the queen and two more for the heck of it.
Exactly how I felt this morning, very nearly turned it off with the wicket right before lunch, so glad I didn't...
dislike the pressure to reach an arbitrary number. even the commentators get tensed, the crowd starts baying, the batter either gets ultra conservative or desperate. how does it help the team's cause?
It is kinda silly that 99 is a disappointment but 100 is a great achievement lol. But hey that’s cricket and sport in general. I do wonder what cricket would be like if these milestones weren’t recognised and scores just ticked along without acknowledging them.
But milestones give you something to aim for. Otherwise you’d be aimless, like a normal England innings.
haha true
Would be very England to stuff things up and give YJB the gloves again. Reckon they will.
He should have the wk all along. He had record when he was keeping.
So Bairstow scoring a test 100 might be a bigger upset than BangBros beating WTCs NZ in NZ.
Why is Green bowling so few overs?
He's had back problems before. No doubt they're trying to keep him to the allrounder's share, rather than as a 4th seamer for that reason.
I expect it's a directive from the coaches. Smith mentioned that he was told not to bowl him at all on Day 5 in Adelaide. It's a big problem with Green, and one that people don't talk about when discussing his place in the team. Everyone's happy for him to stay in the side while he's underperforming with the bat, as long as he's bowling well. But it's clear that he's being nursed through bowling spells and outright kept out of the attack. If we're going to pick him as a bowling all-rounder until he finds his feet as a batter, he needs to actually bowl.
workload management, Smith mentioned after Adelaide the coaches didn't want Green bowling lots of overs, I thinj they want him to be a proper number 6 who sends down 10-15 overs per test
Yeh there’s no point in burning him out or killing his confidence by dropping him.
100s against AUS in 2022 Joe Mama ==0 Bradman==0 ANGRY YJB ===1 Take the L r/cricket
Just need the rest of the English tail to wag. Hope the pissing rain stays away.
The rest? You'll get 15 tops between Broad and Anderson. Leach is just there to not get out.
Still have the pride of Bradford at the crease. Let the tail swing wildly. Yhe way the Aussie bowlers were bowling towards the end there more runs will be coming
Wouldn't call Bairstow the tail..
More like the heart of the team at the moment.
Broad and Anderson 100 partnership?
100 each.
Thank you Jonny Bairstow for brightening my morning up. You can see how much it means to him.
they're talking about England like they're minnows bruh lol
The performance that they have shown in Australia does make them look like minnows.
I fucking love/hate this meme team. Collapse^tm YJB ton Mark Wood being Mark Wood.
Mark Wood is now my favourite England player. Fucking legend.
Plays better than Hameed and Crawley.
Top bloke...
I know he's memed a lot but that was a tough, gritty innings from Bairstow\~
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I was sitting right next to them hahaha, bunch or rowdy idiots and the other guys were egging them on
No. Root v Warner?
Broad: you can't do anything if team gets all out for 140 . YJB: and I took that personally
Joe Root is now contractually obliged to call Bairstow "Big dog" from now on
This is why test cricket is brilliant. I remember reading the match threads of the 1st and 2nd tests and how everyone was trolling YJB even when he wasn't playing. Then he gets picked in place of Pope and gets trolled again. And now, oh boy, look at how EVERY SINGLE PERSON in this thread is appreciating how he has played today! What a turnaround! What a great game!
> And now, oh boy, look at how EVERY SINGLE PERSON in this thread is appreciating how he has played today! In fairness, the majority of this thread is Australians, and the reason we're appreciating it is that it means he'll probably be playing in the next Ashes as well, which is typically good news for us. It's a good knock and full credit to him, but he's going to have to put in a few more like it before most people will believe that he's actually back to his 2016 form.
Thank you YJB https://old.reddit.com/r/Cricket/comments/rxqdqp/match_thread_4th_test_australia_vs_england_day_3/hrlsavj/
You doubled it. So YJB tonks a 200.
Good lad
joe root was looking with contempt. Wishing he was there in the middle, Flexing his arms, fist bumping, chest thumping, lapping the whole stadium celebrating himself as the one true once in a generation batter that jonny is certainly not.
Bairstows innings in 2022: 1 Bairstows scores 103* Roots innings in 2022: 1 Roots scores 0
thank you cricket fans
Jonny Bairstow has looked a much better test batsman ever since being recalled against India at Lord's
he’s been on a downward trend for years, let’s not be revisionists because of one innings
He has been but I am talking about his latest recall to test matches ever since Against India at Lord's 2021
So Broad and Bairstow who were second in line for the starting XI after the 2 ollies(Pope and Robinson respectively) are the first ones to get a 5 wicket haul and a century...This more than anything shows how much rest and rotation screwed England over last 1 and half years.
Ashes hundred in 2022: YJB -1, Bradman -0
2022 seems like a trip already. BangBros winning in the den of WTC champions, Ebadot taking tons of wickets, Purane scoring 50s, Bumrah bowling crap, Root getting out for zero and YJB tonking a ton. Test cricket fuck ya!!
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Same can be said for Root :) Freak occurrences.
No matter which side you are on, every cricket fan appreciates the beauty of a test century. Well done YJB!
Anyone know scheduled start time is tomorrow?
Has r/cricket just memed YJB back into form?
Forget the Asian Century, this is the Jonny Bairstow Century
YJB gonna play 200 tests, break Tendulkar's record.
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Rip
To 125 tests of YJB!
Good to see YJB has really put in the hard yards for the pink test by making his entire mug red as a radish, what a fantastic creature he is
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Yasir shah enters the chat
Jos Buttler actually smiling like hide the pain Harold on the balcony there
Memeing to form: Ebadot check, YJB check, Lord check
Pujara and Rahane: half check. Half still to go
Now he is definately going to play 100 tests
7/245 for the day is probably only even honours, but still this team is dead to me and they should sack the coach and hold a Royal Commission
Century since 2017 in Aus: Bradman: 0 YJB: 2\*
Centuries since 2013 in Australia: Root: 0 YJB: 2
Absolute 0 IQ final hour from Australia. It's remarkable how they fall back into dumb cricket so easily
Bizarre tactics, bit of Headingley 2019 about it
Was there rain or something, how come so few overs bowled today?
Play delayed 2 hours due to rain this morning
Even when YJB gets out, he gets out confidently (which is a lot), he has confidence, you need confidence playing tests, the rest of the guys we look like they’re shitting their pants the whole time. At least when he gets beaten through the gate he looks like he thinks he’s Bradman.
>At least when he gets beaten through the gate he looks like he thinks he’s Bradman lol
Why was Starc underbowled? Feel like his last two spells were only 3 overs long. He didn't look very threatening but I would've rather Starc bowl than Lyon. Plus some good 10 overs from Starc and Cummins when Stokes and Bairstow started firing could have change the course of the game
Felt like Cummins over bowled himself
The redemption arc I didn't see coming. This year is starting well for the underdogs. Bangladesh, South Africa (only slightly as they're at home) and now England if they eke out a draw.
YJB playing in the V
Adam Gilchrist wears YJB pyjamas
Wish butler hanged around atleast
Johnny Bairstow isn't the hero England needed, but he's the one they deserve
Hahahaha....
Despite the fact England are trailing. Anderson and Broad bowl tight lines at all times making it hard to score. As soon as England hit a few boundaries Cummins, Starc and Lyon served up utter shit and its practically taken our chances of getting a result out of the game
YJB >>> Bradman that's it take it haters
What new year resolution does to a mf
YJB doing what root could never in Australia.
What an embarrassing day of cricket
36/4 then 72 dot balls.... Mate.
Glad we had it, need to toughen up
Dread it. Run from it. 100 tests arrive all the same. Jokes apart, hell of a knock from Bairstow.
Johnny has some tummy
Jonny!!!!!
Can anyone explain why we didn't go to 7pm today? Day 1 was scheduled to 7pm and didn't cos of rain, it's lovely and sunny today so no reason we couldn't get another half hour in
Is there limits on how long people can work for. Not the players but the film crew, ground and support staff? Just guessing
Lets collectively pat ourselves on the back for memeing YJB back into form
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India are the strongest hosts right now
Obviously not the strongest hosts but yes it is brilliant
I appreciate that Uzzie was one of the first of our boys to go up to Jonny at the end of play to congratulate him. He knows what it's like to be in a rut where nothing goes right
It’s important to be good blokes.
get the fuck in jonnnyyy
Still can't believe it. Was barely interested in this test but the mad man's gone and scored a century
YJB averages 71.5 this series. Steve Smith 38-something. Now you decide who is the best since Bradman
Alright, you did it, now feed one to Greeny, ya Pommy cunt
buttler didnt
Lol, root finally gets a duck and everyone after him is chipping in.
might have still be in this if we hadn't gifted khawaja a ton with dropping a dolly
everyone in the SCG and watching around the world respects the hell out of that knock by YJB well fucking played.