The Official Cricket Thread

[lifetime fan]

England coasting here.

[lifetime fan]

Good review.

[lifetime fan]

Hales run a ball century.

 

Dare I say it, but Root looking like he'll do the same.

[lifetime fan]

Hales out for 110.

[lifetime fan]

Root 101 off 107.

[lifetime fan]

And out next ball.

[lifetime fan]

Windies must have watched PSG last night.

[lifetime fan]

That's going to hurt!

[A Red]

I love cricket me

 

[Vincent Vega]

India look to have found another top spinner in Kuldeep Yadav, three excellent wickets on his debut this morning.

 

Steven Smith is in great form, another century today.

 

Australia have fought back well in this series after losing the two series against Sri Lanka and South Africa, should be a good test when England visit next winter.

[lifetime fan]

There's a great podcast on the beeb about Kerry Packer and WSC.

[Vincent Vega]

Two weeks until the Ashes starts, what are we all predicting?

 

I reckon England will get beat 4-1. We will get battered in most games but will sneak one either at the day/night match at Adelaide depending on the toss and getting the best of the conditions, or we will win in Sydney where our record is decent and the Aussies will have lost some motivation with the win in the bag.

 

I expected we would get beat even when I thought Stokes would be playing, now that he won't be there I don't think it will even be much of a contest. I think the weak batting will put too much pressure on Cook and Root to perform and I expect Starc to be star of the show for the Aussies.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

3-1 to the Australians unfortunately.

[sir roger]

What's the thoughts on the Stokes & Hales thing ?

 

Seems ridiculous that we have grounded Hales particularly when he doesn't appear to have been actively involved in the scrap at all , and while accepting that he shouldn't have been drinking at that time, if it does turn out that Stokes was defending some gay lads from attack / abuse and the charges are dropped how stupid are we going to look.

 

Call me a cynic but if that was 2 vital Aussie players they wouldn't be missing the Ashes.

[Jose Jones]

What's the thoughts on the Stokes & Hales thing ?

 

Seems ridiculous that we have grounded Hales particularly when he doesn't appear to have been actively involved in the scrap at all , and while accepting that he shouldn't have been drinking at that time, if it does turn out that Stokes was defending some gay lads from attack / abuse and the charges are dropped how stupid are we going to look.

 

Call me a cynic but if that was 2 vital Aussie players they wouldn't be missing the Ashes.

Plenty of Aussies have been left out for rather weaker disrepute reasons in the last few years so I think Stokes would definitely have been dropped had he been Australian. Probably in an even more ham-fisted manner as well, going on the recent behaviour of Cricket Australia.

 

Anyway, I think it will be an easy win for the Aussies too. Unless there’s two months of cloud cover down here.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

The Aussies aren't without their own problems and I don't see them as massive favourites. Home advantage will be a massive bonus, plus our lads tend to struggle down under, we are also missing one of our best players. I reckon it will be a close fought contest which the Aussies will win by the odd match, I also wouldn't write off England drawing the series. 

[TheBitch]

5-0 to the Aussies.

 

Stokes missing is huge.

[lifetime fan]

5-0 to the Aussies.

 

Stokes missing is huge.

 

This unfortunately.

 

Baylis will then go and Farbrace will take over.

[TheBitch]

Australia to win 5-0 and win 2+ matches by an innings...

 

14/1

[Brownie]

Aussies will win comfortably. Decent chance of 5-0 i’d say.

[lifetime fan]

5 Live Sports Extra are replaying TMS from the Edgbaston test in 2005. 
 

Listening to TMS with a beer and starting the roast. 
 

Almost feels like a normal summer Sunday. 

[sir roger]

BBC has an hour long highlights programme of the 2005 series tonight at 10.

 

Always remember Giles Smith in the Times saying that he loves the opening game of the cricket season and cant wait for the unmistakable sound of ' leather on student '

[lifetime fan]

[Brownie]

7 hours ago, sir roger said:

BBC has an hour long highlights programme of the 2005 series tonight at 10.

 

Always remember Giles Smith in the Times saying that he loves the opening game of the cricket season and cant wait for the unmistakable sound of ' leather on student '

Channel 4 actually mate.

[sir roger]

Stokes, Anderson. Wood, Broad, Archer and Woakes.

 

I cant imagine England have had six front line pace bowlers like that on the field together too often.