The Official Cricket Thread

[Jairzinho]

Bumble - "Stokes swings both ways"

 

Sure I could hear Holding stifling laughter and sneaking away from the mic.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Bumble - "Stokes swings both ways"

 

Sure I could hear Holding stifling laughter and sneaking away from the mic.

 

I can imagine the lot of them in the background were pissing themselves. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

43/4, Stokes gets a wicket with the first ball after tea. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Floodlights on yet bad light stops play...wtf. Switch them on earlier you silly cunts. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

77/5, Matthews finally out to Anderson. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

81/6, Susan Boyle has started to sing. 

[Jairzinho]

Atapattu and Ranatunga would still get a game for these. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

SL really are lightweight with the bat, it is some superb bowling from the England seamer's though. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

16 more to avoid the follow on, piss myself if they don't get them. 

[Frankenhooker]

Cracking catch from Finn...or is it.

[Frankenhooker]

It is.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Atapattu and Ranatunga would still get a game for these. 

 

SL never used to be a decent Test team, they just hit on a Golden generation who made their name in the shorter game to begin with then carried that on into Tests, they could be in big trouble now if the don't find a few decent top order batsmen. Great catch by Finn as I type, 8 down and still need 9 to avoid the follow on. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Another great catch from Finn, Broad gets his 4th wicket now. 9 down and still 9 runs needed to avoid the follow on. 

[Frankenhooker]

Nine down. Finn with another cracker, eight to avoid the follow on.

[Trumo]

I don't think Cook will enforce the follow-on anyway. He'll set them a target between 250 and 300 and he'll want to get past that 10000 Test Runs mark as soon as possible.

[Frankenhooker]

Big noise...

[Frankenhooker]

Got to be out.

[Frankenhooker]

Fantastic bowling performance, albeit against a shite batting line up.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

All out for 91, Anderson gets the 5 for. Great all round bowling from England. I'd force the follow on, SL are shite at the top order and cloud cover still about. Be absolutely stupid not to force it, quick nip at them tonight and then again in the morning.

 

Follow on it is. 

[Joe Strummer]

Not much of a contest is it. Probably be over tomorrow.

[Frankenhooker]

Could be over by lunch tomorrow.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Could be over by lunch tomorrow.

 

Indeed, plus the weather looks fine for all day tomorrow.

[Jairzinho]

I don't think Cook will enforce the follow-on anyway. He'll set them a target between 250 and 300 and he'll want to get past that 10000 Test Runs mark as soon as possible.

 

[Brownie]

I know Sri Lanka are in transition etc but still, this has been a good performance so far. I was watching that "England in the 90's" programme the other day and it makes you appreciate the team we have now.

 

We're not without fault but more often than not we have players who stand up and contribute when it's needed.

[Jairzinho]

I know Sri Lanka are in transition etc but still, this has been a good performance so far. I was watching that "England in the 90's" programme the other day and it makes you appreciate the team we have now.

 

We're not without fault but more often than not we have players who stand up and contribute when it's needed.

 

Gough would also run through these, to be fair.

 

You're certainly right about the batting. I don't think we necessarily have better players now (certainly much weaker opposition across the board), but the mentality of the side is much better.