The Official Cricket Thread

[Rico1304]

This is quite the roller coaster. 

[sir roger]

30 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

This is quite the roller coaster. 

I'm guessing England are quite happy with their decision to axe you last night ?

[Pureblood]

Pureblood: 4 overs 0 maidens 10 runs 2 wickets. Both bowled middle peg, including their danger man. 

[Lee909]

This Tristan Stubbs looks star in the making. Smashing England everywhere, though can't see them winning. 

[sir roger]

Game is crazy these days. 21 year old debutants just strolling out and smashing 72 off 28.

[Jairzinho]

7 hours ago, sir roger said:

Game is crazy these days. 21 year old debutants just strolling out and smashing 72 off 28.

A quite wonderful competition between bat and ball.

[Jairzinho]

Nine overs in and both openers back in the pavillion. Great stuff.

 

Should be a good series though I reckon as both sides have excellent pace bowling attacks but average batting line ups. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

The openers are done for me, send another two ducks in the shooting range. BANG!!!

[Jairzinho]

8 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

The openers are done for me, send another two ducks in the shooting range. BANG!!!

Fantastic preparation they've had in the last five/six weeks as well. Either playing no cricket at all or The Hundred.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

7 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Fantastic preparation they've had in the last five/six weeks as well. Either playing no cricket at all or The Hundred.

I understand but they have done nothing this summer.

[Jairzinho]

1 hour ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

I understand but they have done nothing this summer.

Oh, yeah. It wasn't in their defence. They're shite. But the preparation for the whole team has been terrible. Five weeks since the last series, they should have all been playing in the county championship but of course we're only playing that in February and late November this year so the rounders on roids can take place in August.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

21 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Oh, yeah. It wasn't in their defence. They're shite. But the preparation for the whole team has been terrible. Five weeks since the last series, they should have all been playing in the county championship but of course we're only playing that in February and late November this year so the rounders on roids can take place in August.

I know mate it’s all about the money isn’t it, things need to change. I can see players coming through soon only playing 20/20 of The Hundred.

[Jairzinho]

1 minute ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

I know mate it’s all about the money isn’t it, things need to change. I can see players coming through soon only playing 20/20 of The Hundred.

Almost certainly. You can play pretty much all year round now anyway, Big Bash, then the IPL, then the Hundred, etc.

 

 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 minute ago, Jairzinho said:

Almost certainly. You can play pretty much all year round now anyway, Big Bash, then the IPL, then the Hundred, etc.

 

 

Just have to look at the likes of Smeed, there will be 75 overs per innings tests.

[alles ist gut]

But, on the bright side, if he only has to bowl 25 overs per test, Jimmy Anderson can play until he’s 55

[s(k)aturation]

 

I know it's never right to say anything nice about Lord's but it does look a picture.

 

 

[Rico1304]

I was supposed to be going to day with work.  But I was going on holiday so let someone else go. But I got the date wrong, we are flying at 6am tomorrow. But the train strike meant I wouldn’t have been able to get back anyway. So I couldn’t go.  The end. 

[YorkshireRed]

1 minute ago, Rico1304 said:

I was supposed to be going to day with work.  But I was going on holiday so let someone else go. But I got the date wrong, we are flying at 6am tomorrow. But the train strike meant I wouldn’t have been able to get back anyway. So I couldn’t go.  The end. 

Cracking read that.

[Mudface]

Just now, Rico1304 said:

I was supposed to be going to day with work.  But I was going on holiday so let someone else go. But I got the date wrong, we are flying at 6am tomorrow. But the train strike meant I wouldn’t have been able to get back anyway. So I couldn’t go.  The end. 

Judging by the current score, the fates tried their very best to do you a favour.

[Jairzinho]

Tactically absymal from England in this evening session.

[Jairzinho]

Take new ball.

 

Bang it in short at 80mph.

 

[Captain Howdy]

Zac Crawley though 

[alles ist gut]

Just now, Captain Howdy said:

Zac Crawley though 

Might as well open with Leach in night-watchman mode and play another bowler.

[Jairzinho]

Lees looks like he's won a raffle to play for England.

 

If you did one of those fancy XG things we see in football for his innings today it would say that he should have been out at least 15 times. 

[alles ist gut]

Might be over in time for Tipping Point