The Official Cricket Thread

[Lee909]

Great start this morning. 

4 wickets taken,125/9

155 behind

[Lee909]

Got him

Gus Atkinson hatrick to wrap it up

[Jairzinho]

Proper after the Lord Mayor's show feeling with New Zealand after that India series win. 

[Lee909]

Just fuck off Crawley

 

Get him on the next plane home

[lifetime fan]

Twat. 

[Tj hooker]

Crawley averaging around 7 in this series,  seriously what's the fucking point 

[s(k)aturation]

 

I'd say at 533 ahead after 2 days, the Crawley thing might be swept under the carpet for now.

[Jairzinho]

As long as he isn't sweeping it. 

[Lee909]

Great catch from Carse

 

Kiwis collapsing 

[lifetime fan]

That ball fucking walloped the stumps and the bail didn’t move a millimetre. 

[Brownie]

Sat and watched my first session of the series and we were fucking wicketless.

 

Bowled well tbf, absolutely no luck at all.

[Jairzinho]

Absurd decision not to play Young in the first two games, and he's only playing this one because Conway's wife has just given birth.

 

Man of the series away to India...dropped.

[Lee909]

Well that's some shit start. 

And Crawley gone early yet again. 

 

Last 12 innings average 17.25

21,8,17,1,0,29,2,3,27,78,18,3,0

[Jairzinho]

Tremendous application from the lads.

[Mudface]

Good run rate though, that's the real game.

[sir roger]

if they get their heads down tonight they might get 2 days of golf instead of just the one.

[Jairzinho]

Chasing 658, currently 18-2.

 

Doubt it'll be a problem though because England can chase anything.

[sir roger]

Stokes hamstring gone again

Him bowling 23 overs in the first knock seemed a bit odd in the circumstances

[Jairzinho]

55 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Stokes hamstring gone again

Him bowling 23 overs in the first knock seemed a bit odd in the circumstances

 

He bowled more overs than Carse, and our spinner didn't bowl a single ball. 

 

You'd imagine our army of laptop gimps would be on top of this stuff. Seemingly not. 

[Jairzinho]

19 years old, making your debut at the MCG for the Boxing Day test, opening the batting, facing one of the greatest quick bowlers to have ever lived.

[Jairzinho]

Ha, just tried to reverse scoop Bumrah over the keeper's head.

 

Possibly doesn't lack for confidence this lad.

[s(k)aturation]

8 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

Ha, just tried to reverse scoop Bumrah over the keeper's head.

 

Possibly doesn't lack for confidence this lad.

 

 

He was incredible.

Never seen the like of it.

Made the late-morning Long Room red wine go down with added adrenalin.

 

 

 

 

 

[Jairzinho]

Great stuff, Skaro.

 

Virat was an absolute embarrassment. Any aura he had has long gone, Konstas gave zero shits.

[A_S]

Just consider the game situation had India been bowled out in the 1st session today, then compare it to how things stand right now. Like night and day, all because they toughed out an extra session with the bat.

 

It shows both the worth in sticking it out as a batsman when the chips are down, plus it brings all the strategy involved in this very unique but great game to the fore.

 

When was the last time a 5-Test series was so evenly poised on Australian shores?? I fucking love it!

[Jairzinho]

Yeah, it has been a great series.

 

Reddy will be batting five or six soon enough. He looks a batting allrounder not a bowling allrounder. I'd fancy India to win the last test if they binned off Sharma and Kohli!