The New Cricket Thread

[sir roger]

One guy on BBC says that if Root can get to 198 it takes his average over 50 again

[sir roger]

Ha ha , fucking attitude from Sri Lanka , should be embarrassed , cheating fucks

[Mudface]

35 minutes ago, sir roger said:

One guy on BBC says that if Root can get to 198 it takes his average over 50 again

That one guy's a jinx.

[Mudface]

England spinners taking wickets?

 

[Stickman]

Was looking good for England but the lead is nearly 160 now which may be too much...And usual England fail to polish off the tail, Embuldeniya has now scored 39 which is his highest score ever 

[Stickman]

Root gets the last two wickets....Should have put himself on earlier as he's no worse than Leach or Bess 

 

England need 164 to win

[Captain Turdseye]

Still time for us to fuck this up yet. 

[Rico1304]

I had SL at 15/2.  Going to be close this.  Unless Butler goes ballistic. 

[Herp McDerp]

8 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Still time for us to fuck this up yet. 

 

Even you lot couldn' possibly balls this up from here.

[Total Longo]

Very easy to mess this up - Curran aside the tail isn't the greatest. 

 

My money would be on Sri Lanka at this stage, unless Buttler cuts loose, which is unlikely. 

[Brownie]

Been an exciting test, this.

[Rico1304]

Some close fucking calls here. The ball is turning that much it’s tough on the umpires. That one turned 2 feet. 

[Total Longo]

Just now, Rico1304 said:

Some close fucking calls here. The ball is turning that much it’s tough on the umpires. That one turned 2 feet. 

That's why they aren't giving them, i think.

[Rico1304]

8 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

That's why they aren't giving them, i think.

Agreed, they can’t guess, they have to be sure.  

[Brownie]

That Sibley one just looked out to me though, can understand why they’d be annoyed.

[Total Longo]

1 minute ago, Brownie said:

That Sibley one just looked out to me though, can understand why they’d be annoyed.

Agreed, it did, but Umpires call is there for a reason, mate 

[Rico1304]

These two have batted brilliantly.  

[Brownie]

21 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

Agreed, it did, but Umpires call is there for a reason, mate 

I know but I think there is room for a debate about how much of the ball needs to be hitting for Umpires Call. A glancing impact on the stumps, fair enough, but some of them are just out.

[Brownie]

This could do Sibley the world of good.

[Brownie]

Good win that.

[Total Longo]

Very mature knock by Buttler that. Fair play to them, instinct usually tells me that England will collapse. 

[Captain Howdy]

1 hour ago, Brownie said:

Been an exciting test, this.

It was. Great to see

[Gooch]

Never thought I'd see the day again tbh. Great to see it back on terrestrial TV, although could do without the rumoured prospect of Vaughan and KP being on the panel.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/cricket/india-vs-england-tv-rights-channel-4-coverage-live-test-cricket-terrestrial-853594

[sir roger]

Seems very late in the day for this to be getting sorted ,starts on Friday doesn't it ?

[Trumo]

12 hours ago, Gooch said:

Never thought I'd see the day again tbh. Great to see it back on terrestrial TV, although could do without the rumoured prospect of Vaughan and KP being on the panel.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/cricket/india-vs-england-tv-rights-channel-4-coverage-live-test-cricket-terrestrial-853594

 

Seems like the last time it was terrestrial TV, they were batting at 3 and 4.