The New Cricket Thread

[Pureblood]

5 minutes ago, Agt Provocateur said:

Usually I would be thinking "oh fuck, here we go" with a day to go but I am pretty confident that England will bat it out. The Aussies aren't going to declare before a lead of 350 I shouldn't have thought. I have them down as declaring at overnight at the earliest. 

 

The pitch is doing nothing, zip, nada. It's frustrating because of the position they were in at tea on day 1 but we've had to play without one of the best bowlers in the history of the game and everyone else is knackered. Just take the draw and reconvene next week. 

Sounds easy enough in theory but our batsmen will be under massive pressure.  The Aussies will have enough runs to play with, they can set an attacking field.  I don't fancy our chances.

[Jairzinho]

If the Aussies put their foot down they could have half a dozen overs at us tonight. 

 

How many overs left today? 35?

[Pureblood]

240 lead, we're fucked.  Time to pray for rain. 

 

Oh, Steve Smith out.  

[Jairzinho]

He's getting shitter. Only 142 this time round.

[Brownie]

The new ball is doing a bit and old ball is spinning.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Andrew Samson

BBC Test Match Special statistician

Only two teams have chased down over 200 here at Edgbaston - South Africa hit 283 in 2008 and England made 211 against India in 1999.

[Captain Howdy]

Time to get the old rain dance going

[Captain Howdy]

2 hours ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Anderson playing/ not playing has cost us. 

He’s pissed me off in fairness, he must have known he wasn’t fit, it’s cost us the match for sure.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

3 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

He’s pissed me off in fairness, he must have known he wasn’t fit, it’s cost us the match for sure.

His ego got the better of him.

[Brownie]

5 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

He’s pissed me off in fairness, he must have known he wasn’t fit, it’s cost us the match for sure.

Bollocks.

[Brownie]

2 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

His ego got the better of him.

Bollocks x2.

[Brownie]

Jimmy would not have played if he thought he wasn’t fit, he’s not a dick.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Just now, Brownie said:

Bollocks x2.

Ageing fast bowler struggling with injury breaks down shocker. Have another bevy mate. 

[Brownie]

I’d just bowl wide of off now, try to kill the run rate and therefore the game. 

[Captain Howdy]

I think rain is the only thing that saves us here

[Brownie]

Just now, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Ageing fast bowler struggling with injury breaks down shocker. Have another bevy mate. 

Jimmy has had injuries going into games before and then not broken down. When someone comes back from an injury there is always a chance they might get injured again, but that’s different to what you’re suggesting.

 

You’re saying he went into the game knowing he must have been unfit, that’s just bullshit and makes no sense.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 minute ago, Brownie said:

Jimmy has had injuries going into games before and then not broken down. When someone comes back from an injury there is always a chance they might get injured again, but that’s different to what you’re suggesting.

 

You’re saying he went into the game knowing he must have been unfit, that’s just bullshit and makes no sense.

You have just said he has gone into games with injuries before, so he wasn’t fully fit, like now. Luckily it hasn’t happened before now, he won’t play again after this series.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

6 minutes ago, Brownie said:

I’d just bowl wide of off now, try to kill the run rate and therefore the game. 

This is correct.

[sir roger]

Bit of a double-whammy the Jimmy thing as along with our struggles in this match , some of their shitter bats are getting played into form for the series by our weary bowlers.

[Brownie]

4 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

You have just said he has gone into games with injuries before, so he wasn’t fully fit, like now. Luckily it hasn’t happened before now, he won’t play again after this series.

No, he’s gone into games on the back of injuries before, i.e. he’s overcome them and been fit, albeit with a risk as there always is first game after an injury.

 

Any suggestion that he knew he wasn’t fit, is just nonsense.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

11 minutes ago, Brownie said:

No, he’s gone into games on the back of injuries before, i.e. he’s overcome them and been fit, albeit with a risk as there always is first game after an injury.

 

Any suggestion that he knew he wasn’t fit, is just nonsense.

Well what I do know is with him fully fit we would have won this.

[Vincent Vega]

Jonathan Agnew

BBC cricket correspondent

A bowler should never again come into a Test team without having played a warm-up match first. You can't be having a key bowler break down after only four overs.

[Vincent Vega]

Benefit of hindsight, but obviously Agnew is right.

 

I think there was talk of Jofra Archer playing for Worcestershire against the Aussies in a tour match this week to test his fitness.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

2 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

Benefit of hindsight, but obviously Agnew is right.

 

I think there was talk of Jofra Archer playing for Worcestershire against the Aussies in a tour match this week to test his fitness.

Good.

[Bjornebye]

Purposely stayed away from this today. Was looking forward to a herbal tea and some cricket after the other game and have just switched on. I wanted to top myself yesterday so I really shouldn't have bothered putting it on.