The Official Cricket Thread

[magicrat]

4 minutes ago, alles ist gut said:

What some people forget about Nasser Hussein is that he didn’t speak English at all at the age of 14.

Unfortunately none of us are allowed to forget that he hardly speaks any now.

 

Takes himself far too seriously and hasn't quite grasped he's no longer England's captain and just taking a sabbatical with Sky, 

[magicrat]

8 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Yeah, if we try that against Khan, Ashwin or Lyon we'll be made to look very stupid - I imagine we wouldn't, to be fair. Fine against someone like Bracewell, who is no better a bowler than Root. 

 

So few decent test spinners. They're all playing 20 over shite - Hasaranga, Zampa, Shamsi, Nasum Ahmed, Santner, etc.

Shane Warne turning in his grave at the likes of Bracewell .  I agree we won't bat like that against better spinners but Root especially won't be able to help himself at times. Anyway mustn't whinge , first time for ages I've watched and enjoyed a test series . Bairstow was just awesome in the last game. 

[Barrington Womble]

1 hour ago, Jose Jones said:

You do know how the world test championship works?

It's something like the first 2 tests of each series isn't it? 

[Jairzinho]

Utterly absurd that they aren't playing. It isn't raining, the covers have been on, there is a tiny pool of water that could be cleared with a bit of fucking kitchen roll.

 

People have paid £100 to go and watch this. 

[alles ist gut]

It was less awful when it was raining

[Jairzinho]

Pant pulling our pants down here.

 

[alles ist gut]

Well that's how TK-421 would have done it.

[Rico1304]

Poor tactics this morning. 
 

Broad has gone for 35 in an over.  

[alles ist gut]

Mercifully raining.

[Jairzinho]

Rather see some cricket to be honest.

 

Crawley's luck v Lees' luck though...

[s(k)aturation]

 

Value for money this English Test Summer.

 

Fuck T20.

 

 

[Jairzinho]

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

We now know why Broad wears the bandana, to hide the lobotomy scar.

[Mudface]

How come Foakes isn't playing, is he injured?

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

5 minutes ago, Mudface said:

How come Foakes isn't playing, is he injured?

Yes, in the last test. He's recovered but not enough to have full mobility. Stokes said he is still first choice w/k, though.

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

Zak Crawley keeps getting out to the same drive - he's become the definition of a flat track bully, I'm afraid to say. The same intransigence, or lack as variety, as Dom Sibley (albeit Sibley being a legside only scorer). Fielding teams know they can tempt the former, and restrict the latter.

[Mudface]

5 minutes ago, Jarvinja Ilnow said:

Yes, in the last test. He's recovered but not enough to have full mobility. Stokes said he is still first choice w/k, though.

Thanks, would have been very harsh on him (again) to have been dropped for playing reasons.

[alles ist gut]

England are BACK, people!

[Mudface]

3 minutes ago, alles ist gut said:

England are BACK, people!

Thank fuck, weak openers, spineless middle order and a nice, long tail. It's just not the same without them.

[Captain Howdy]

India have so many talented players

[s(k)aturation]

 

They really do need to bin this Bairstow bloke.

 

 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

5 minutes ago, s(k)aturation said:

 

They really do need to bin this Bairstow bloke.

 

 

Yeah, fuck off Bairstow.

[s(k)aturation]

 

Why is Bumrush the captain in this Test?

 

 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

Sharma's got Covid, hasn't he?

[Captain Howdy]

4 minutes ago, Jarvinja Ilnow said:

Yeah, fuck off Bairstow.

Pace centuries don’t count