The Official Cricket Thread

[Captain Turdseye]

Tense as fuck, that!

 

Just got the last wicket in the nick of time. That was great stuff after tea. What a win. 

[Gooch]

What a performance from this team, one of the very best that I can remember. To force a result on this pitch was incredible.

 

What an amazing turnaround from 12 months ago.

[sir roger]

Fantastic, just realised I haven’t breathed for 5 minutes 

[Mudface]

Great stuff. Thought they'd fucked it and needed another 50 runs, but the declaration was spot on.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Great stuff.

[Tj hooker]

Fantastic win that love the attitude of both Stokes  and McCullum were not interested in a boring draw its win or bust , its obviously not going to pay off every time but my word it's great to watch 

[lifetime fan]

5 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

 

Good over that against the best cricketer of all time.

 

Really?

 

I respect your cricket knowledge mate, but really?

[Jairzinho]

1 hour ago, lifetime fan said:

 

Really?

 

I respect your cricket knowledge mate, but really?

 

Yep. Him or Sobers for best overall cricketer.

 

13k test runs at over 55 and almost 300 wickets at 32 and a half with the ball.

[alles ist gut]

This looks a better pitch

[Mudface]

Hmm, 245-8 and Leach tries a reverse sweep first ball and gets bowled. They need to temper this Bazball stuff with some common sense.

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

3 minutes ago, Mudface said:

Hmm, 245-8 and Leach tries a reverse sweep first ball and gets bowled. They need to temper this Bazball stuff with some common sense.

 

Fuck's sake - he struggles to play a straight bat.

[Mudface]

30 minutes ago, Jarvinja Ilnow said:

 

Fuck's sake - he struggles to play a straight bat.

 

Yeah, Anderson did the same on his second ball but got it away for four. Not too bothered about him doing that as you don't expect much, but Leach is at least capable of hanging around for a while and letting the other batsman score.

[Jairzinho]

2 hours ago, Mudface said:

 

Yeah, Anderson did the same on his second ball but got it away for four. Not too bothered about him doing that as you don't expect much, but Leach is at least capable of hanging around for a while and letting the other batsman score.

 

He'd probably get dropped if he tried playing himself in.

 

Makes for interesting cricket this approach, but the seeming necessity for it to always be at 100% is a bit stupid. Overall though, it's the right approach for England as we don't really produce any proper test batsmen. 

 

We're going to look a bit dim if they get 500 here though.

 

[alles ist gut]

A comedy run-out always raises the tone of a Test.

[Mudface]

2 minutes ago, alles ist gut said:

A comedy run-out always raises the tone of a Test.

 

That was ridiculously bad.

[Mudface]

Root's bowling is the only thing keeping him in this team.

[sir roger]

I think Joe should be given a pass from the Bazball stuff and allowed to play it like a 50 over game.

[sir roger]

Well done England, and a good effort from Pakistan, another good test match. 

[alles ist gut]

On 10/12/2022 at 11:04, alles ist gut said:

A comedy run-out always raises the tone of a Test.

And again.

[Rico1304]

Excellent batting.  Pakistan have been poor. 

[Jairzinho]

Pakistan need a new captain. 

[Gooch]

Brook looks like an elite level player 

[alles ist gut]

50 minutes ago, Gooch said:

Brook looks like an elite level player 

Well, we won’t know for certain until he faces genuine pace, but there’s definitely something to be hopeful about there.

[Mudface]

Pakistan must be sick of this team, now an 18 year old leg-spinner with just 3 first class matches under his belt picks up 5 wickets against them.

[Mudface]

And now they're treating a potentially awkward run chase as a T20 slog.