The New Cricket Thread

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Pity, I was willing Burns on to get his century as he had batted well apart from a few loose strokes. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Roy off the mark with a beautiful cover drive, hopefully that will settle his nerves. 

[Jairzinho]

Oh dear.

[Captain Turdseye]

Here we go...

[Jairzinho]

The ratings might have Cummins as the best in the world but Hazelwood is much better, in my opinion. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Fuck, Root out for 71, LBW, 174/4.

 

Amazing how often the second batsman involved in a large partnership is out so soon after his other partner has gone. 

 

Aussies with their tail up now.  

[Scooby Dudek]

13 minutes ago, Scooby Dudek said:

You could sense that wicket coming, need Roy to at least spend time at the crease. Also need Root to stay in and not let the Aussies get their cheating tails up.

So fucking predictable, unfortunately.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Need to rain or the light to fade dramatically to shut that chirpy cunt Lyon up. 

[Jairzinho]

He's right, Warne, these field settings are awful. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 minute ago, Jairzinho said:

He's right, Warne, these field settings are awful. 

 

He did a piece during the delayed rain break this morning with Pointing. Basically picking up on Englands failings in that department, so I find it pleasingly ironic, despite being spot on about both captains. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Abdul Quadir has passed, apparently due to a heart attack. Sad news. 

[Scooby Dudek]

Should be fined for that appeal. 

Captain gives it the big bollocks and then immediately walks away from the review, purely trying to pressure the umpire.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Just now, Scooby Dudek said:

Should be fined for that appeal. 

Captain gives it the big bollocks and then immediately walks away from the review, purely trying to pressure the umpire.

 

Also daft. when the opposing team has reviews left. I guess it's hard to get out of the habit of over appealing. We do it ourselves at times, although nowhere near the level of Australia and India. 

[Bjornebye]

Fucking Leach yesterday. Bastard. 

[Captain Howdy]

Another outstanding innings from Roy

[Jairzinho]

Probably wouldn't bother reviewing that.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Roy out now after getting off to a decent start. Ahhhhhhhhh

[Guest Pistonbroke]

9 minutes ago, Pistonbroke said:

Abdul Quadir has passed, apparently due to a heart attack. Sad news. 

 

Confirmed Heart attack, only 63. Excellent leg spinner for Pakistan from late 70's through to the early 90's. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Have they mentioned what the follow on score is? I'm guessing we are still about 90-100 runs short.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Hahaha, cheers Bumble. 

[Jairzinho]

They got 498, no? So we need another 98.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Just now, Jairzinho said:

They got 498, no? So we need another 98.

 

Yeah, they've just put it up on the ticker now. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Bad Light saves us from any further mishap, hopefully that is it for the day. 

[Jairzinho]

Day done. 300 behind, 15 wickets left, two days that we need to bat a lot of. Forecast much better for the last two days I think.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Obviously ended up 1-1 as far as sessions go. Need to fucking dig in tomorrow, getting past that follow on score is paramount.