I seem to recall that you were reasonably relaxed about the whole Ashes debacle?
whereas it seems to me that these events (and others in between, not to mention a good deal of ill disciplined, brainless cricket) are all of piece - and that we're in a mess, brought about in large measure by pretty wretched leadership; the end of this Test has been thoroughly self indulgent - someone ought to have stood up to Stokes, but nobody did.
Posted By: paulg on June 29th 2026 at 11:36:41
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- Good piece on Stokes and the weirdness of yesterday (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jun 29, 08:26:09
- Interesting but a bit hysterical in places IMO (Other Sports) - APB, Jun 29, 09:58:51
- I seem to recall that you were reasonably relaxed about the whole Ashes debacle? (Other Sports) - paulg, Jun 29, 11:36:41
- It was not a debacle. On the pitch it was statistically comfortably better than the (Other Sports) - megson, Jun 29, 13:20:03
- Relaxed as in there’s not a lot I can do about it (Other Sports) - APB, Jun 29, 12:20:14
- I seem to recall that you were reasonably relaxed about the whole Ashes debacle? (Other Sports) - paulg, Jun 29, 11:36:41
- I'm quite annoyed by it today having reflected (Other Sports) - Jim, Jun 29, 09:19:03
- 100% Jim (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jun 29, 09:57:06
- Brook was the one for me. I can see the argument to disrupt NZ, and it did have (Other Sports) - megson, Jun 29, 11:25:24
- I thought he explained himself quite well at the end of play yesterday (Other Sports) - APB, Jun 29, 09:43:57
- I don;t have a problem with him stepping down if that's how he feels (Other Sports) - Jim, Jun 29, 10:01:56
- He did say it was planned by the hierarchy (his words, I *think*) (Other Sports) - APB, Jun 29, 10:09:26
- Hi Ben (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Jun 29, 09:45:55
- I don;t have a problem with him stepping down if that's how he feels (Other Sports) - Jim, Jun 29, 10:01:56
- Can we bring Mike Brearley back? (n/m) (Other Sports) - watfordcanary, Jun 29, 09:30:41
- 100% Jim (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jun 29, 09:57:06
- A bit over the top but enjoyed it, thanks. Athers in The Times much more calm and balanced (n/m) (Other Sports) - JD3, Jun 29, 08:57:29
- Yes, I thought that too (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jun 29, 09:08:19
- Ex-players watering down their pieces (n/m) (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jun 29, 09:07:37
- He's not right in the head (n/m) (Other Sports) - MonkeyPuzzle, Jun 29, 08:46:14
- Interesting but a bit hysterical in places IMO (Other Sports) - APB, Jun 29, 09:58:51
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