The New Cricket Thread

[Manny]

Harris out. That's the undercard done with - now we can get on with the main event: England's bowlers vs Steve Smith.

[mgw100]

It's a shame hot spot has been discredited

[Mudface]

23 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Warner out, great surprise.

 

Tend to agree with Holding though. There was a spike, but I'm not convinced he did actually hit it.

Good.

[mgw100]

Smith is a jammy fucker

[mgw100]

Might just be that Curran is perfect for this pitch

[Pureblood]

Curran's face is kind of annoying.  The problem is that it's a bit like my face. 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

17 minutes ago, TK421 said:

Curran's face is kind of annoying.  The problem is that it's a bit like my face. 

Like a school prefect?

[Captain Turdseye]

These two are gonna be batting until at least tea, aren’t they?

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

Curran's not looking too bad against Smith

[Pureblood]

6 minutes ago, Jarvinja Ilnow said:

Like a school prefect?

Yes, I've discovered the secret to eternal youth.  Got ID'd in Sainsbury's petrol station when I was 41.

[Spy Bee]

I'm 40 and I got ID'd in Aldi the other day. I looked shocked, and then he burst out laughing. Cheeky bastard!

[Pureblood]

Just now, Spy Bee said:

I'm 40 and I got ID'd in Aldi the other day. I looked shocked, and then he burst out laughing. Cheeky bastard!

Ah, but mine was for cigarette filters. 

 

"Can I sell you these?  Are you old enough?"

"Um, yes I'm 41"

[sir roger]

1 hour ago, mgw100 said:

Smith is a jammy fucker

It's Labuschagne for me , this bastard has sold his soul to the devil. He must have a ratio of 1:50 of edges to just beaten and when he does edge it always splits the fielders.

[Colt Seavers]

7 minutes ago, sir roger said:

It's Labuschagne for me , this bastard has sold his soul to the devil. He must have a ratio of 1:50 of edges to just beaten and when he does edge it always splits the fielders.

Or nicks it and the umpire misses it and they don't review it

[Jairzinho]

Let's not go all "pace goals". 

[sir roger]

He's obviously a good player , but does seem to have an large touch of the 'lucky' gene in this series  , whereas the likes of Head & Wade seem to go as soon as they as they make a mistake. I am sure it will even out over a career.

 

On a similar sort of topic I was really surprised when Warne was discussing catching percentages and said that Broad has had more than 100 catches dropped for England .

[Guest Pistonbroke]

26 minutes ago, sir roger said:

He's obviously a good player , but does seem to have an large touch of the 'lucky' gene in this series  , whereas the likes of Head & Wade seem to go as soon as they as they make a mistake. I am sure it will even out over a career.

 

On a similar sort of topic I was really surprised when Warne was discussing catching percentages and said that Broad has had more than 100 catches dropped for England .

 

All these bits of luck from Smith/Labuschangne also add to the bowlers physiological block when it comes to getting them out. You wait, in the Aussies next series they'll probably struggle to make a score. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Archer bowling really well today, can he get his first 5 for. 

[Jairzinho]

We're in to the tail.

[mgw100]

1 minute ago, Pistonbroke said:

Archer bowling really well today, can he get his first 5 for. 

He got 6 earlier in the series - can't remember where

[Guest Pistonbroke]

8 minutes ago, mgw100 said:

He got 6 earlier in the series - can't remember where

I'd totally forgotten about his Headingley 6 for, cheers mate. Seems like an age ago. 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

Curran bowling like an angry school prefect now.

[Brownie]

Fucking groundhog day this.

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

46 minutes ago, Brownie said:

Fucking groundhog day this.

Yep, Smith dropped by Root at slip

[Lee909]

How many is that going to cost them.