The Official Cricket Thread

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Stokes finally gets the 6th wicket and his 4th, Nevil gone and 4 more needed. 

[TheBitch]

Be funny if they capitulated now and it was all over in 2 days

[Guest Pistonbroke]

I hope Stokes gets his 5 for, he has bowled excellently in this second innings. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Stokes gets his 5 for, get in. Plus it was that cunt Johnson. 7 down 3 to go. 

[Son of L8]

Well bowled Mr Stokes.

 

Ta ra Mr Johnson.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Off for bad light. We'll just have to wrap things up tomorrow morning, kicking their cunts in 7 sessions is still an embarrassment for them. 

 

That was another great days Test match Cricket, Stokes was immense today. 

[Anny Road]

Wish they would stop panning around the ground to nobheads pissed in stupid costumes. Now and again is ok but not between every delivery.

[Trumo]

I reckon we'll have them all out by tea on Day 4.

[Stickman]

Wish they would stop panning around the ground to nobheads pissed in stupid costumes. Now and again is ok but not between every delivery.

It's getting like Wimbledon , the Beeb were doing that after every point......And there is nothing worse than a Wimbledon crowd ..well maybe Lord's....

 

Wimbledon and Lord's...I see a pattern forming there.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

They could at least zoom in on women with nice tits. 

[Guest Super Sub]

Wish they would stop panning around the ground to nobheads pissed in stupid costumes. Now and again is ok but not between every delivery.

It does indeed take the piss if you had a female streaker the camera men would point their cameras the opposite way!

[lifetime fan]

They could at least zoom in on women with nice tits.

They only do that when Bumble is commentating.

[lifetime fan]

Anyone watch that Warne programme on sky after the cricket finished, Living the dream?

 

I never knew Warne had been based in Bristol (I've played against both Knowle and Imperial) but it was funny as fuck listening to him listing his old drinking venues and ticking them off one by one as he mentioned them.

 

The place he started to say but stopped and started laughing was the Mauretinia. It's the biggest shithole/meat market going. It's an over 35's club where all the married slags go and the bouncers let in a few young lads to 'keep them happy'.

 

The stories I have of that place.

[mouse1989]

Delighted to be at Trent Bridge tomorrow to see us regaining the Ashes

[TheBitch]

They could at least zoom in on women with nice tits.

I remember being at Old Trafford when I was 15 watching us against the West Indies, Lara hit a ton and Cork got a hat trick then a woman was running round our stand with her tits out.

 

One of the best days of my life.

[George Costanza]

got to say apart from Root and possibly Rodgers the standard of batting has been appalling in this series

[Jairzinho]

Root, Rogers, Warner, and Smith the only batsman averaging over 40. And most of Smith's runs were in one innings.

 

With the ball, looking at the stats (and in fact just watching the fucking games) Australia's biggest problem has been how little the pitches have suited Johnson. Hazelwood and Starc have averaged 26 and 27 respectively with the ball which you'd probably consider as job done. Johnson has averaged 40.

[sir roger]

Apart from all of the craziness of the various batting efforts, the thing that has struck me is how poor & slow Australia have seemed in the field.

 

You would imagine the amount of shorter-form cricket would have made great fielding a given, but the vast majority of Aussie fielders seem to be running in treacle.

[Jairzinho]

Can't help but feel the pigeon holed one day specialists like Maxwell and Faulkner would have improved this side. I also have no idea why Siddle hasn't played a single game, these pitches are absolutely made for his style of bowling.

[s(k)aturation]

Can't help but feel the pigeon holed one day specialists like Maxwell and Faulkner would have improved this side. I also have no idea why Siddle hasn't played a single game, these pitches are absolutely made for his style of bowling.

 

Because nowadays, cricket is three different games.  Idiotically.

[s(k)aturation]

Delighted to be at Trent Bridge tomorrow to see us regaining the Ashes

 

And it will actually be nice to not see them cheaply changing hands 10 minutes later, like recently.

 

Well done, England.

[s(k)aturation]

Anyone watch that Warne programme on sky after the cricket finished, Living the dream?

 

I never knew Warne had been based in Bristol (I've played against both Knowle and Imperial) but it was funny as fuck listening to him listing his old drinking venues and ticking them off one by one as he mentioned them.

 

The place he started to say but stopped and started laughing was the Mauretinia. It's the biggest shithole/meat market going. It's an over 35's club where all the married slags go and the bouncers let in a few young lads to 'keep them happy'.

 

The stories I have of that place.

 

I did a film shoot with Matt Hayden, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey and Andrew Symonds a few years back.

 

Ironically, it was rained out one day and I sat in a room and chatted with them all day while we waited for the rain to stop.  Fucking great, once in a lifetime day.

 

Hayden was especially candid and funny.  He told me Warney wasn't a big drinker, the odd rum and coke apparently.  And a shocking diet, mainly pizza.

[s(k)aturation]

And there is nothing worse than a Wimbledon crowd ..well maybe Lord's....

 

Wimbledon and Lord's...I see a pattern forming there.

 

William of Normandy would be turning in his grave, Stick.

[Jose Jones]

Can't help but feel the pigeon holed one day specialists like Maxwell and Faulkner would have improved this side. I also have no idea why Siddle hasn't played a single game, these pitches are absolutely made for his style of bowling.

I think Faulkner might have had a chance at the all rounder role but he decided to take up drink driving instead.

[s(k)aturation]

Pissed notwithstanding, he's a very good player.