The New Cricket Thread

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Well done England.

[Captain Howdy]

Gonna be tight this, need to get rid of Mathews , great test match

[Rico1304]

I’ve just had a tenner on SL. Game over. 

[Jairzinho]

Great game this. Hope Sri Lanka win.

[Captain Howdy]

What a great match, Mathews gone at last, so tense

[Captain Howdy]

7 down

[Captain Howdy]

Hasn’t carried, Stokes could be in a bit of bother there

[Captain Howdy]

7 down now, England right back in it

[Captain Howdy]

Here’s the rain 

[Rico1304]

Win tax. 

[Jairzinho]

35 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

7 down now, England right back in it

Back in it?

 

The game finished when Mathews got out.

 

Or it certainly should have.

[Captain Howdy]

9 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Back in it?

 

The game finished when Mathews got out.

 

Or it certainly should have.

Aye, shame really a decider would have been great

[Remmie]

England are definitely big favourites at this stage but underestimating the tail has been a common theme in this series and indeed current world cricket

[sir roger]

How can England get fourth-innings Moeen to bowl in all innings?

Moeen Ali has an extraordinary fourth-innings record - 52 wickets in 22 innings at an average of 21.8, a better fourth-innings average than, amongst others, Shane Warne, Graeme Swann, Derek Underwood and Anil Kumble.

His 4-72 was his seventh haul of four or more wickets in a fourth innings, six of which have come in his past nine fourth innings, since July 2017, including some massive contributions to nerve-jangling victories.

No other England bowler has more than five fourth-innings four-fors in his entire career. Anderson and Broad have six in 94 innings between them.

Moeen's average improves pronouncedly through the course of a Test - 56 in the first innings, 46 in the second, 35 in the third, and 21 in the fourth.

Another task on the To-Do list for England's back-room alchemists, then, is to concoct a magic psychotropic elixir that convinces Moeen that it is always the fourth innings.

Apart from when he is batting, mind - his innings averages are 46 in the first, then 20, 27 and 20. If Moeen could bowl at himself in the fourth innings of a Test, he would have himself in knots on toast. And if he could bat against himself in the opening innings of a Test, he would dislocate both shoulders smiting himself for six.

[Remmie]

 

[Captain Howdy]

Bairstow looks a natural for number 3, 81 so far and has played some lovely shots.

[Captain Howdy]

Just noticed we tour South Africa next winter, there’s a quick by the name of Anrich Nortje who’s supposed to be dynamite, bowls over 90 mph, Steyn reckons he’s the bollocks. 

[Captain Howdy]

100 for Bairstow 

[Jose Jones]

3 hours ago, Captain Howdy said:

Just noticed we tour South Africa next winter, there’s a quick by the name of Anrich Nortje who’s supposed to be dynamite, bowls over 90 mph, Steyn reckons he’s the bollocks. 

South Africa have had excellent pace men ever since they got back into test cricket, from Donald, de Villiers and Pollock to Ntini, Steyn, Morkel, Philander and now Radaba.

They’ve not really managed a quality spinner yet.

[Stickman]

Brilliant from England and dreadful from Sri Lanka they've gone from 173/1 to 227/ 9 

Great stuff from Jenningsfielding at short leg in taking four superb catches . Has a player ever  been picked just for his catching as its been so important this series. 

[Captain Howdy]

Some collapse

[Jairzinho]

Pitiful stuff from Sri Lanka. What an abysmal series.

 

Test cricket needs two divisions. This is a waste of fucking time.

[Captain Howdy]

It is worrying, nip and tuck series are thin on the ground, as you say that was dreadful from SL

[Jairzinho]

The team of Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Vaas, and Murali was in a different stratosphere to this.

 

Feel a bit for Mathews playing with this shower. He'd have been an excellent number six for that team of a decade ago.

[Captain Howdy]

In fairness Rashid bowled really well