England need 2 wickets and Aus needs 29 runs to decide the first match. This is going to be a cracking series
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- Mr. Tomlinson's feud started after members of the now-defunct Reddit site r/opieandanthony got his Twitter account suspended, causing him to threaten some bored trolls who never heard of him with a libel lawsuit. The trolls responded predictably.
- Mr. Tomlinson has been instructed many times by friends, family, police, and attorneys to stop engaging with his trolls, and that continuing to provoke them will cause him to be trolled even more. Mr. Tomlinson wilfully ignores this advice
- He would eventually file a defamation suit against 60 anonymous people which was dismissed with Mr. Tomlinson being ordered to pay $34,762.25 for opposing parties' attorney fees.
- He ended up paying $83,736.99 due to his unsuccessful attempts to dodge the court-ordered judgement, for which he faced jail time and contempt charges.
- He also filed 2 frivolous restraining orders against people who had engaged in First Amendment-protected behavior (one for texting him and another for attending his contempt of court hearing), both of which were dismissed.
- Early on in the lawsuit, Mr. Tomlinson vandalized his own motorcycle and submitted a false police report blaming the people he was suing.
- He accidentally sent surveillance video of the alleged vandal (himself) to a troll.
- Mr. Tomlinson has never shown this video footage during any of his media tours, and desperately tries to scrub it from the internet.
- Mr. Tomlinson claims that the surveillance video was initiated by his "motion-activated" camera, which only collects "30 seconds at a time", despite the video being 32 seconds long and beginning several seconds before the "vandal" enters into the frame.
- On 13 April 2023, the individual responsible for calling the fake emergences (SWATs) to Mr. Tomlinson's house, a SWAT-for-hire dealer named "Torswats", revealed that Mr. Tomlinson ordered the SWATs to his own house because he wanted to get in the news and sue the MPD for money.
- Torswats would repeat these allegations in private chats which were not intended for public view.
- Mr. Tomlinson has gone on multiple news tours since the SWATtings started in order to promote his victimhood brand, utilizing the services of Lenora Claire.
- He also recently sued the MPD for money.
WWAWD The Ashes?
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Aus needs 12 runs, 8 overs remaining
there's grass on the wicket so time to play cricket
(how do I do Anth-face?)
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Australia wins by 2 wickets. Nice declaration, stupids. Amazing match.
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T20 can be fun to play but watching test cricket is for the retired and unemployed
You don't think wickets and whirly birds and roundabouts sounds straight? Neyeyeyeyeeye
What about us underemployed/semi retired? Test matches are the best when they are good. Normally they build to moments of tension and drama but this one was memorable all 5 days for something.
Declaring was just bravado gone wrong. Don't do that again Ben.
What changes would you make for the second match?
Bairstow needs to be replaced as keeper with Buttler, missed too many chances. Root can spin in place of Moeen or Leach. Bring in Woakes or Wood for Jimmy.
Love test cricket, the ebs and flows, the changing conditions, the big decisions... Especially the Ashes as I mostly only watch matches involving England and Australia. I could see the series being drawn again. Both teams very evenly matched.
If you didn't grow up on it, Cricket's a bit of an acquired taste. Very English. Eccentric, antiquated, imperialistic. A gentleman's sport. I understand why it doesn't translate to Americans, although as mentioned earlier in the thread, T20 Cricket's a lot more accessible.
If you didn't grow up on it, Cricket's a bit of an acquired taste. Very English. Eccentric, antiquated, imperialistic. A gentleman's sport. I understand why it doesn't translate to Americans, although as mentioned earlier in the thread, T20 Cricket's a lot more accessible.
3 tests down. All three have been great.
What an entertaining series
What an entertaining series
America is getting it's own sorts big time cricket league. T20 could absolutely work in the US TBF.
www.theguardian.com
Can cricket crack America? New T20 league aims to take US by storm
The dream is in place, the field has been built. Major League Cricket finally launches on Thursday in the United States. But will the people come?
www.theguardian.com
A month on and it's a draw and everyone is buzzing from how good a series is it was.