The Official Cricket Thread

[Champ]

What's up with Haddin's kid then?

She has rare form of cancer

[Vincent Vega]

King Emlyn will be doing well to see any play on day four at this rate.

[Trumo]

King Emlyn will be doing well to see any play on day four at this rate.

 

If that happens, we won't have had a 5th day in the series yet.

[TheBitch]

Superb performance.

 

Means nothing though unless the batsmen turn up now.

[Son of L8]

136 All out in 36.4 overs. English bowlers on an English wicket.

[Jairzinho]

115-0 at close.

[A_S]

3 out attempting to leave the ball.

[thompsonsnose]

Lyth not exactly laying the ghost of off stump here. Wont last long. Shame.

[Spy Bee]

Lyth not exactly laying the ghost of off stump here. Wont last long. Shame.

He needs to me more positive and get to the ball, not just hang an airy bat out. Also he needs to leave when possible.

[Spy Bee]

I'm also definitely putting the bragging on hold until we are 430 for 5.

[Spy Bee]

Lyth gone again. No chance we will get to 50 before we are 3 down!

[Rex Banner]

Lyth won't go down as one of the great English openers will he. This is the first I've seen of him and he hasn't done much so far.

[Son of L8]

Fair to say that Lyth is not grabbing his chance with both hands.

[Spy Bee]

11 wickets down with more than a full session to go!

[Scott_M]

Who is this Lyth bum? He seems to be out for about 10 every innings.

 

I saw an interview with him after the 1st or 2nd test & he comes across as a proper loser, a right by weedy little dweeb. He should be binned off next.

[Scott_M]

Lyth gone again. No chance we will get to 50 before we are 3 down!

I thought something similar. 136 all out looks great until England have another famous batting collapse and are all out for 75!

[clangers]

Just returned from work expecting to see Australia on about 235 -1. What's happened exactly? The wicket doesn't look that threatening to be honest?

 

Shame about Lyth, his confidence has gone now and he's rediscovered his form from a couple of seasons ago.

[TheBitch]

Spawny fucking cunt.

 

Cook gone.

[Spy Bee]

Bell looking in good order. 109/2 with one dead flukey wicket. We really need to make this advantage count!

 

Has there ever been a bigger twist from the last day of one test match to the first day of another?

[s(k)aturation]

3 out attempting to leave the ball.

 

The day before the game, Clarke was spouting in the papers here how he would bowl if he won the toss.

Clearly, our batsmen were thinking that way too.

He should have put his money where his mouth is.

But then again, he does a lot of talking these days and not much to back it up.

I feared Lords might count for nothing.

[Son of L8]

I cheerfully withdraw what i said about Bell at three being a bad idea. Wonderful 50, played beautifully.

 

Now we have to make this advantage count. Just about parity with 8 wickets in hand, the ball getting older with good batting conditions coming tomorrow. Put a foot down and grind them out of this game.

[Rico1304]

Very gutsy inning from Bell. Gone after them right from the start.

[Son of L8]

Well, what the fuck did I say all that for?

[Spy Bee]

Stupid shit from Bell. Not necessary at all.

[Rico1304]

Oh Ian.