The Official Cricket Thread

[sir roger]

Good T20 win for Lancs, putting Yorkshire away off the last ball. All of the England lads out for Yorkshire but no Jimmy Anderson for us ? Buttler could be immense for England if he keeps training on.

[s(k)aturation]

Don't worry Col, winter is coming. 

 

So, I'm going to enjoy your summer and have a subsequent miserable winter, eh G?

[Guest Pistonbroke]

So, I'm going to enjoy your summer and have a subsequent miserable winter, eh G?

 

Winter is ace..... I see Australia trounced the Windies by 9 wickets! 

 

Durham won again in the T20, top of their division but have played more games than the others. 

[s(k)aturation]

I was thinking more of that other sport played in winter.

Which might be especially frosty this year I think.

[Dan Vito Corleone]

Suck us off, Yorkshire.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

I was thinking more of that other sport played in winter.

Which might be especially frosty this year I think.

 

With you now....ehhh, winter could be a long one on both fronts, England are in South Africa. 

[mattyq]

Good T20 win for Lancs, putting Yorkshire away off the last ball. All of the England lads out for Yorkshire but no Jimmy Anderson for us ? Buttler could be immense for England if he keeps training on.

Oooo Lancy Lancy Lancashire!

I played last weekend for the first time in about 4 years. Was great. Got 2 wickets but have been fucked all week

First league game tomorrow

[lifetime fan]

Glos beat Kent by 9 wickets. 

[Vincent Vega]

Good T20 win for Lancs, putting Yorkshire away off the last ball. All of the England lads out for Yorkshire but no Jimmy Anderson for us ? Buttler could be immense for England if he keeps training on.

Suck us off, Yorkshire.

He might come from cider drinking country, but he'll do for me Jos Buttler.

 

Ian Ward can do one though pushing the agenda that these T20 games should be named after cities, with night's game being Leeds v Manchester. There's no chance any team named Manchester is getting my backing. At least Vaughan pooh-poohed it, making the point a lot of the Yorkshire fans would have travelled from the likes of Hull and Sheffield.

[Karma Pollis]

I'm a Somerset fan. Gutted to have lost both keepers in the last year. Proper shame for Kieswetter - only 27 and years ahead of him. To have lost two keepers of their class hurts but Buttler is quality. Just hope England use him properly.

 

In other news Chris Gayle is enjoying his time at the county ground. If ever a ground suited him it would be Taunton.

[Karma Pollis]

He might come from cider drinking country, but he'll do for me Jos Buttler.

 

Ian Ward can do one though pushing the agenda that these T20 games should be named after cities, with night's game being Leeds v Manchester. There's no chance any team named Manchester is getting my backing. At least Vaughan pooh-poohed it, making the point a lot of the Yorkshire fans would have travelled from the likes of Hull and Sheffield.

Agree with that city thing. What a load of shite. I'm all for moving with the times but that is barking. Change for the sake of it. What does it add. As you say Lancs being Manchester or Yorkshire turning in to Leeds. Wrong.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

I'm a Durham fan and the lack of media coverage when they won the League in 2008, 09 13 really pissed me off. 

[Jairzinho]

He might come from cider drinking country, but he'll do for me Jos Buttler.

 

Ian Ward can do one though pushing the agenda that these T20 games should be named after cities, with night's game being Leeds v Manchester. There's no chance any team named Manchester is getting my backing. At least Vaughan pooh-poohed it, making the point a lot of the Yorkshire fans would have travelled from the likes of Hull and Sheffield.

 

Warwickshire - Birmingham Bears.

 

You fucking what?

[Rico1304]

Jack Russell has just replied to one of my tweets, I got 41 (walked right over a straight one) yesterday so that makes me the resident cricket expert.

[Jairzinho]

My local ground (mile and a half walk from my house) and team I used to play for is currently hosting it's first ever minor counties match. An exotic national side in attendance no less...well...Wales.

[A_S]

He might come from cider drinking country, but he'll do for me Jos Buttler.

 

Ian Ward can do one though pushing the agenda that these T20 games should be named after cities, with night's game being Leeds v Manchester. There's no chance any team named Manchester is getting my backing. At least Vaughan pooh-poohed it, making the point a lot of the Yorkshire fans would have travelled from the likes of Hull and Sheffield.

 

Totally agree. They've already done that shit in Australia. The state of Victoria owned the T20 competition in the first few years, then they did this city thing (ie two Melbourne teams, effectively splitting my state team) and relaxed the rules so that players are virtually free agents for the T20 competition, making it harder again to identify with them. 

 

Oh, and the fate of the once great Frank Worrell Trophy was decided in 3 days of cricket. 3 fucking days. I remember an Ashes series in Australia a decade or so ago that was decided in 11 days and I thought that was bad. Fucking hell. 

 

Put that in the 'shitness of modern cricket thread' alongside 'too much T20' and 'bats are too fucking big'. 

[King Emlyn]

Jason Roy with a diamond duck

[Son of L8]

Root getting it done once again. 67 off his first 50 balls.

[Jairzinho]

WHY AREN'T THEY BLOCKING WHAT IS THIS

[Son of L8]

England 7.5 runs an over through nearly half the innings. Its bizarro cricket.

 

Root with a 71-ball hundred.

[Jairzinho]

No, it's perfectly normal one day cricket. 

 

The bizarro cricket is the version of the game we've stuck with until now.

[Son of L8]

Well, bizarro England I suppose I meant. And it's brilliant.

 

Those wickets hit hard, but if Buttler can keep going we're still on for a nice big score.

[Jairzinho]

The beauty of a mini collapse when you bat like this is that you've already got loads on the scoreboard and if you need a few overs to get your shit together you've got them.

[Son of L8]

Exactly. 180-3 to 202-6, but now it's 350 with four overs left to bat.

 

Buttler makes the second fastest English century in ODIs, to go with the fastest one he hit last year.

[Son of L8]

If you had told me a few months ago that England would make 400 in an ODI this summer, I'd have laughed at you so hard I'd have shit.

 

Brilliant innings all around.