The Official Cricket Thread

[Captain Howdy]

What’s Steve Clarke doing on the pitch dressed as a copper.

[Jairzinho]

Just now, Captain Howdy said:

What’s Steve Clarke doing on the pitch dressed as a copper.

Ha, thought the same.

 

Probably waiting for his call up for the last test.

[Jairzinho]

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"That was abject, Charles, absolutely pathetic. Apart from Joe Root and Ben Stokes, these guys cannot bat, it's as simple as that. The Ashes have now gone, it's going to be all over inside three Test matches, and if the penny hasn't now dropped with England's cricket administrators about the programme of four-day cricket… if they want the primacy of Test-match cricket, if they want to keep the best form of the game alive, they're going to have to do something about it and pretty damn quick, because this was totally unacceptable."

Glad we've sorted it out since.

[Captain Howdy]

5 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Can you imagine this line up against Donald? Or Walsh? Ambrose. Akram. Younis. Warne. Mcgrath. Saqlain. Etc. 

 

I’d rather not really

[Jairzinho]

Well, quite.

[lifetime fan]

2 hours ago, Manny said:

Honestly, twice in one series we've basically donated them a match in a last day shambles. Remember when Adelaide was a shared trauma that happened once in a generation? We're doing it every few fucking weeks now.

 

I don't know who's more braindead. Half these players for shitting their pants so regularly or the frigging management that pick them time after time and think it might work out different.

Look who’s in charge at the ECB. 
 

That fucking idiot Giles. 

[Gooch]

As shit as the batting is, Bumrah's bowling was as good as you can get in these conditions, India were excellent, was one of the 'better' batting collapses I've seen in recent times if there is such a thing.

[lifetime fan]

12 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Glad we've sorted it out since.

BT are going to be majorly fucked off because viewing figures for the ashes are going to be zero. 

[lifetime fan]

Well maybe one pissed dickhead. 

[Jairzinho]

Just now, lifetime fan said:

BT are going to be majorly fucked off because viewing figures for the ashes are going to be zero. 

Oh, I don't know mate. There are about 140k Aussies living in the UK.

[lifetime fan]

140,001 then. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 hour ago, lifetime fan said:

Look who’s in charge at the ECB. 
 

That fucking idiot Giles. 

Girl I grew up with recently married a guy who is Head of Coaching and Development at the ECB John Neal. He was one of the ones who selected Silverwood I believe.

[Captain Howdy]

1 hour ago, lifetime fan said:

Well maybe one pissed dickhead. 

yep, I’ll be watching 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

Buttler and Leach back for the final test. Unfortunately, Saqib Mahmood is injured. 

[Red74]

Brilliant 

[YorkshireRed]

Fifth Test called off due to Covid concerns in the Indian camp.

 

Disappointing as it means the series is lost. Probably would have been anyway but a bit of a damp squib to finish the summer. 

[sir roger]

Ahh , Bollocks

Was looking at the weather forecast earlier and unlikely to have seen a lot of play anyway ( I know , rain in Manchester in the middle of September , imagine ) but still a bit of a pisser.

[YorkshireRed]

Ah, India forfeited the Test. Series drawn.

 

Well played England. 

[sir roger]

Had them on the run anyway

[sir roger]

I know if I was a good person I would be more worried about the health implications for the players and staff involved , but honestly I'm wondering if I'm going to have to speak to the wife over the weekend now.

 

Oh and impressive stuff YR , TLW beating BBC Sport website with the news.

[Bruce Spanner]

Damn it, I was really enjoying this test.

 

Not a great England team, but the cricket, clapses and tension has been great to watch.

 

Oh well.

[Jairzinho]

For fuck sake. 

[YorkshireRed]

Now they’re saying India haven’t forfeited. 

[Stickman]

Very shit for people who had tickets, booked days off work, travelled and hotels booked....And no Old Trafford test match planned for next year either but no doubt Lords and the Oval will get two each

[Captain Turdseye]

The BBC are saying it’s because India want to protect the IPL. If that’s true then they should forfeit the match.