The Official Cricket Thread

[Guest LFD]

Buttler gone, shit!

[lifetime fan]

What a fucking finish!!!!!

[Joe Strummer]

Awesome six off final delivery. Match tied.

[Guest LFD]

That was a great game.

 

Loads of twists and turns.

[Spy Bee]

Great stuff from Woakes, he's starting to look like a genuine top class all rounder. Running 3 off the second to last ball seemed like it wouldn't matter, but it piled the pressure on and Plunkett delivered. Great start to the series. Now rest Root!

[Remmie]

Not to mention the run out on the last ball of the Sri Lankan innings. Amazing how there can be 300 balls and both teams manage to get the same score.

 

Gutted I wasn't watching and was at work. The BBC coverage erroneously made out all 50 overs had been completed with England scoring 280, so assumed they had lost. Checked 15 minutes later with everyone going on about the 6 at the end. Feel like some of the tension was robbed for me

[lifetime fan]

The fuck did Hales think he was reviewing?

[Guest LFD]

I guess the question now is, what happens when Stokes is fit?

[sir roger]

We should have left Europe years ago if this is what it does to our boys !!

[Frankenhooker]

Reckon England might just sneak this one...

 

216-0. Hales on 120, Roy on 89. 38 more needed.

[Frankenhooker]

Haha and now a drop. Oh dear.

[sir roger]

Haha and now a drop. Oh dear.

 

My daughter spent most of the day in Whiston hospital having her hand strapped up after cutting her finger tip off & I think she would still have caught that.

[Frankenhooker]

And Roy gets his 100 with a six.

[Remmie]

Fucks sake. Had a day off and the missus at work but didn't realise the cricket was on

[Guest LFD]

[Son of L8]

Swann on TMS:

 

"Joe Root should never be England captain. He's the worst option ever. He's a world-class batsman, he's like an annoying little brother in the dressing-room and that's part of his character. Root will want to be captain, but I think it would detract from his form."

 

That argument will probably go on until Cook stands down and Root gets the gig, then for at least another year after that if he gets out cheaply a couple of times...

[Guest LFD]

The irony of Swan calling someone else annoying.

 

I don't know if Root should or shouldn't be captain.  Would be nice to see him take over the ODI 50 overs instead of Morgan, who is lucky to get in the side.  That would be a good way to find out how good his captaincy skills are.

[Son of L8]

To be fair, Swann went on to say Broad would make a good Test captain, which proves he's completely insane.

[Guest LFD]

To be fair, Swann went on to say Broad would make a good Test captain, which proves he's completely insane.

 

How many bowlers have been great Test captains?  

 

Yep, insane call.

[Lee909]

Cant think of any other than Imran Khan

[Spy Bee]

Can you imagine how long our reviews would last under Broad?

[Vincent Vega]

How many bowlers have been great Test captains?  

 

Yep, insane call.

Richard Hadlee

[Guest LFD]

Can you imagine how long our reviews would last under Broad?

 

Haha, he'd use them all up in his first two overs, all on himself.

[Guest LFD]

Sri Lanka 127-1 after 18.1 over.

 

England won the toss and put Sri Lanka into bat.

 

Going to be a high scoring game if we get to see all the overs. 

 

Rain stopped play at the moment.

[Guest LFD]

Back playing.  Innings reduced to 42 overs.