The Cricket Thread

[Mel Evo]

You might get lucky with rain making it last that long....

Yep, that’s pretty much my punt.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Windies gave Oz a proper game over here. Think all the tests went to the fifth day and they won at the gabba.

It won’t necessarily be a walkover.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Livingstone leaves IPL early to get his knee 'sorted' ahead of T20 World Cup

It is understood that his knee injury is not serious but requires a period of rest before England play Pakistan later this month

www.espncricinfo.com

Nowhere near a good enough/important enough player to take if he isn't fit

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Mate, if you want to be a left arm spinner, just be one!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789986431550558719

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

England Watch, Round-Up Edition

Batting, Div 1

J Clarke 495 runs @ 70.71
R Yates 470 runs @ 78.33
H Hameed 429 runs @ 61.28
J Cox 365 runs @ 52.14
K Jennings 343 runs @ 42.87
O Robinson 325 runs @ 65.00
B Duckett 323 runs @ 53.83
J Smith 322 runs @ 64.40
A Lees 279 runs @ 46.50
M Potts 253 runs @ 84.33
T Banton 249 runs @ 35.57
J Bohannon 194 runs @ 24.25
D Lawrence 176 runs @ 44.00
C Overton 168 runs @ 84.00
L Dawson 165 runs @ 33.00
B Foakes 133 runs @ 44.33
S Cook 115 runs @ 23.00
T Hartley 107 runs @ 26.75
J Rew 107 runs @ 15.28
O Stone 98 runs @ 49.00
O Pope 92 runs @ 23.00
M Parkinson 73 runs @ 12.16
Z Crawley 67 runs @ 11.16
B Carse 52 runs @ 17.33
S Hain 51 runs @ 25.50
J Overton 38 runs @ 19.00
D Pennington 24 runs @ 6.00
G Atkinson 18 runs @ 9.00
S Bashir 12 runs @ 6.00
S Mahmood 6 runs @ 6.00

Bowling, Div 1

S Cook 25 wickets @ 11.20
L Dawson 17 wickets @ 34.17
D Pennington 16 wickets @ 27.50
M Parkinson 16 wickets @ 49.81
R Yates 11 wickets @ 33.18
G Atkinson 9 wickets @ 20.88
C Overton 9 wickets @ 36.66
D Lawrence 8 wickets @ 29.25
M Potts 8 wickets @ 49.75
O Stone 4 wickets @ 48.00
S Bashir 4 wickets @ 74.75
S Mahmood 2 wickets @ 41.50
T Hartley 1 wicket @ 178.00
B Carse 1 wicket @ 294.00

Batting, Div 2

H Brook 388 runs @ 77.60
J Root 365 runs @ 60.83
T Haines 349 runs @ 49.85
J Bracey 307 runs @ 43.85
J Carson 176 runs @ 29.33
R Ahmed 155 runs @ 51.66
J De Caires 124 runs @ 31.00
M Crane 114 runs @ 28.50
O Robinson 60 runs @ 60.00
M Fisher 20 runs @ 20.00
G Scrimshaw 10 runs @ 5.00

Bowling, Div 2

M Crane 14 wickets @ 35.42
J Carson 11 wickets @ 29.36
M Fisher 9 wickets @ 37.33
O Robinson 8 wickets @ 37.50
D Bess 5 wickets @ 20.80
J Root 5 wickets @ 47.40
R Ahmed 4 wickets @ 48.25
G Scrimshaw 4 wickets @ 54.00
J De Caires 2 wickets @ 176.00

 

[Tony Towner]

Of those on the periphery:

Robinson: Attitude, attitude, attitude
Cook: Superb figures and I like watching him bowl...but as I say I would worry about him being a bit Woakes away from home
Tongue: Not played since August 2023 and no recent news on his recovery
Stone/Mahmood/Archer: Can't stay fit
Potts/Carse: Averaging 62 and 286 (!) respectively with the ball for Durham this season
Atkinson: Maybe, although he doesn't have a huge body of work to pick from
Fisher: Looked nowhere near good enough in his one cap to date
Overtons: Hunchback rubbish
Currans: Popgun rubbish

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791151744128291271

 

[Mel Evo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791151744128291271

I mean, I’m sure Rob Key has it all in hand.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Stokes playing today for Durham and has bowled 6 overs this morning.

Leach is also back in the Somerset team.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I might have to put Ed Barnard back on England Watch at this rate.

 

[Sniffer]

I might have to put Ed Barnard back on England Watch at this rate.

Some recovery from this morning. As in most fixtures of late I’ve had to google to find out who 2 of the bowlers are!

 

[Tony Towner]

Some recovery from this morning. As in most fixtures of late I’ve had to google to find out who 2 of the bowlers are!

Craig Miles put in his best performance picking up a 5 for and did his ankle celebrating the 5th wicket . The overseas player curse continues, ones gone to play for Pakistan in Ireland despite being told they wouldn't call him up, the other rocked up injured which it took two sub par performances for them to discover

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Here's hoping Crawley is one where domestic form doesn't matter (in fairness he has been very good for England for a while now)

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[Deutsch Wolf]

Some recovery from this morning. As in most fixtures of late I’ve had to google to find out who 2 of the bowlers are!

Che Simmons with figures of 6-2-10-3!

 

[Tony Towner]

Not enforcing the follow on is biting them on the arse

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Not enforcing the follow on is biting them on the arse

I would have gone for it but in fairness even limping to 150ao would leave Essex chasing 385, which seems fanciful.

 

[Trips]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791151744128291271

Hopefully Jimmy decides to go one more test and play at Trent Bridge, purely because I'm going

 

[BillyDee]

It wasn't Jimmy's decision

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Not enforcing the follow on is biting them on the arse

94 all out.

330 to get for Essex and they're 6/1 in reply.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

15/2. Glorious weather today so overheads not to blame, could just be crap batting.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Here's hoping Crawley is one where domestic form doesn't matter (in fairness he has been very good for England for a while now)

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Made 238 today, panic over

Essex 224/4, probably slight favourites though there isn't too much batting to come if both Cox and Critchley go. If you get bowled out for 94 then you get what you deserve (I suppose Hain didn't bat, but that's not much of an excuse)