The Official Cricket Thread

[Jose Jones]

1 hour ago, mgw100 said:

How good was Jimmy in that spell? 

Anderson when the ball is swinging is one of the most exciting bowlers I’ve seen. Just can pull out an unplayable spell where  every ball is edge of the seat stuff.

Right up there with Ambrose on a bouncy wicket, young Warne when it was turning and Waqar and Wasim with the reverse swing yorkers.

 

 

 

[alles ist gut]

597.

 

EDIT : Oh fuck off rain

[mgw100]

The forecast is pretty shit for the next 3 days

[Stickman]

How Hussain, Holding and Atherton must feel like when commentating with Strauss 

 

 

 

 

 

[alles ist gut]

Now THAT was a good catch by Buttler.

[Stickman]

Anderson can be a grumpy git at the best of times but fuck me those dropped catches would test any player especially when you’re after 600 test wickets 

 

 

 

 

[Stickman]

Has Jimmy Anderson been banging one of the players wives ? 
Four dropped catches off him  in 37 deliveries and an absolute sitter there by Buttler 

[Rico1304]

After those snorters yesterday he’s dropped a sitter.  

[Scooby Dudek]

Play just started, maybe only on long enough for Jimmy and then call it a day.

[sir roger]

Any particular reason that Archer is bowling without a slip and Jimmy with one slip in the context of the game?

[sir roger]

Well done Jimmy

[Mudface]

3 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Any particular reason that Archer is bowling without a slip and Jimmy with one slip in the context of the game?

Can't be too careful. Pakistan get away here and things could get tricky...

 

Just sat down after work and caught no 600, good timing.

[Stickman]

4 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Well done Jimmy

Even more incredible when you think since he’s turned 30 he’s taken 314 wickets at an average of just over 23 ....And took just six deliveries more than Murilitharen to reach that figure although Jimmy doesn’t chuck his 

[sir roger]

Ollie Pope out for 4 months with a shoulder injury.

 

While not wanting to go back to the old says of fat blokes eating pies in the outfield, I do think some of the risks that cricketers take to save the odd run needs to be risk-assessed. The habit of diving towards the boundary rope after a ball us already going over, presumably to not get bawled out by the bowler, seems crazy.

[Jairzinho]

17 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Ollie Pope out for 4 months with a shoulder injury.

 

While not wanting to go back to the old says of fat blokes eating pies in the outfield, I do think some of the risks that cricketers take to save the odd run needs to be risk-assessed. The habit of diving towards the boundary rope after a ball us already going over, presumably to not get bawled out by the bowler, seems crazy.

Especially after already having had shoulder surgery. 

[Stickman]

17 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Ollie Pope out for 4 months with a shoulder injury.

 

While not wanting to go back to the old says of fat blokes eating pies in the outfield, I do think some of the risks that cricketers take to save the odd run needs to be risk-assessed. The habit of diving towards the boundary rope after a ball us already going over, presumably to not get bawled out by the bowler, seems crazy.

The other week Stokes off his own bowling sprinted full pelt about a 100 yards to try and save a boundary and this is a guy who’s always got some sort of niggle. 
I remember the days when Bob Willis when bowling wouldn’t even dream of picking a ball up off his own bowling even if it landed at his feet .

[Dougie Do'ins]

England doing their best to fuck up a great run chase. 

[Stickman]

Not a massive fan of T20 but that was some inning by Morgan . He made some of those shots look incredibly easy 

[Jairzinho]

Thought Malan's innings was excellent. Wasn't a complete imbecile like everyone else at the end either.

 

It is a bit shit though twenty over cricket. No swing, no seam, no spin. Just bowlers getting slogged over mid wicket.

[Captain Howdy]

I watch it but I can’t really get into it. It’s baseball really isn’t it?

[Jairzinho]

14 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

I watch it but I can’t really get into it. It’s baseball really isn’t it?

Yeah, especially so today actually with Hafeez.

 

Test cricket is miles ahead of the rest for me, but even 50 over cricket is a long way ahead of this 20 over stuff. 

 

 

[Captain Howdy]

1 minute ago, Jairzinho said:

Yeah, especially so today actually with Hafeez.

 

Test cricket is miles ahead of the rest for me, but even 50 over cricket is a long way ahead of this 20 over stuff. 

 

 

To truly appreciate T20 I think you need a foam finger

[Jairzinho]

3 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

To truly appreciate T20 I think you need a foam finger

I remember watching Somerset v Glamorgan about 10/12 years ago and some cretin had an enormous blow up sheep which he spent the entire game chucking up in the air blocking the view of about 10/15 people behind him.

 

 

[Captain Howdy]

7 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

I remember watching Somerset v Glamorgan about 10/12 years ago and some cretin had an enormous blow up sheep which he spent the entire game chucking up in the air blocking the view of about 10/15 people behind him.

 

 

Sounds boss

[Jairzinho]

23 minutes ago, Captain Howdy said:

Sounds boss

Yeah, was great.

 

And, no, haven't been back to a 20/20 game.