The New Cricket Thread

[Jairzinho]

Actually forgot Leach was nightwatchman. Mainly because all the rest - Roy, Vince, Burns, Denly, Jennings etc don't actually look like test batsman either.

 

[TheBitch]

Green bails? The shitness of modern test match cricket.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

38 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Actually forgot Leach was nightwatchman. Mainly because all the rest - Roy, Vince, Burns, Denly, Jennings etc don't actually look like test batsman either.

 

Leach just made his half century. At least Ireland will have to bat again, plus looking at the pitch and taking the bowlers tiring into account we should be able to set them a score that won't result in England having any more embarrassment. 

[Jairzinho]

Just now, Pistonbroke said:

Leach just made his half century. At least Ireland will have to bat again, plus looking at the pitch and taking the bowlers tiring into account we should be able to set them a score that won't result in England having any more embarrassment. 

I think England will win from here.

 

Looks flat as a pancake. Could see us getting 400 and skittling them for 150.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 minute ago, Jairzinho said:

I think England will win from here.

 

Looks flat as a pancake. Could see us getting 400 and skittling them for 150.

 

I agree, but you never know with our top order. 

[Stickman]

Would like Roy to make it at this level  he's got the potential to be England's Michael Slater. Wouldnt always come off but when it does would be great to watch and would take games away from opposition.

[Jairzinho]

Excruciating coverage from Sky the last 20 minutes or so.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Yeah, I put it on mute mate. 

[Pidge]

Just listening to TMS myself.  There's a belt of rain due tomorrow morning, I guess the ideal would be to bat through to that and then, seeing the conditions, put them back in to different conditions.  Will still have two days to get them so even if the showers are worse than predicted there should be plenty of time to get the result.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

3 minutes ago, Pidge said:

Just listening to TMS myself.  There's a belt of rain due tomorrow morning, I guess the ideal would be to bat through to that and then, seeing the conditions, put them back in to different conditions.  Will still have two days to get them so even if the showers are worse than predicted there should be plenty of time to get the result.

It's just a 4 day test mate. 

[Jairzinho]

Not even remotely resembling a competition at the moment.

 

Village bowlers giving throw downs.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Scores are level. Roy with his half century now. 

[Pidge]

2 minutes ago, Pistonbroke said:

It's just a 4 day test mate. 

Yeah, I meant most of Friday + Saturday as those two days.  Wasn't being clear.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Just now, Pidge said:

Yeah, I meant most of Friday + Saturday as those two days.  Wasn't being clear.

With you now. 

[Spy Bee]

2 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

Actually forgot Leach was nightwatchman. Mainly because all the rest - Roy, Vince, Burns, Denly, Jennings etc don't actually look like test batsman either.

 

Harsh judgement after one innings in which he was dismissed by a jaffa!

[Jairzinho]

1 minute ago, Spy Bee said:

Harsh judgement after one innings in which he was dismissed by a jaffa!

It's based on how he plays generally.

 

Hopefully it'll come off enough.

[Spy Bee]

15 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

It's based on how he plays generally.

 

Hopefully it'll come off enough.

Too late now, you jinxed him!

[Jairzinho]

19 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

Too late now, you jinxed him!

Ha. 

[Captain Turdseye]

The collapse is well underway. 

[Mudface]

I have an irrational hatred for Denly. Dunno why really, he's just bog average and a bit dull.

[Brownie]

Denly and Burns aren’t close to being good enough, Bairstow is in awful nick, Moeen has been crap for ages, Roy will get some good scores but he’ll also get out cheaply a lot too...

 

England’s batting is basically shit in red ball cricket and has been for some time.

 

The good thing is that the Aussies are in a similar boat. They need Warner or Smith to fire and we need Root, Stokes or Buttler to fire.

 

The Ashes will probably be a shoot out between the two bowling attacks.

[Mudface]

Christ, 248-8 (9 really as Broad's in), only 126 ahead. Piss poor.

[Jairzinho]

171 for 1 at one point...

[Dan Vito Corleone]

If Curran can be there at the end and bat for an hour tomorrow then I think we will get enough on the board to win but Ireland have pulled this back well, as bad as our batting has been. 

[Jairzinho]

Just now, Agt Provocateur said:

If Curran can be there at the end and bat for an hour tomorrow then I think we will get enough on the board to win but Ireland have pulled this back well, as bad as our batting has been. 

I think we've got enough now.