The Cricket Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Odd goings on at Edgbaston. Nothing wrong in trying to set up a match due to the lost time in the game but Warwickshire defending 11 overs in 20 minutes to ensure Northants were on time with their overs followed by a declaration, a quick 70 odd and another declaration.
Warwickshire need 176 in two sessions which seems quite generous.

Northants need to win I think or they're basically down.

 

[Tony Towner]

Looks like another pitch where an International par score is comfortably north of 300

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

You aren’t going to get raging bunsens here which might actually be a useful bit of practice.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

You aren’t going to get raging bunsens here which might actually be a useful bit of practice.

Shouldn't be that way in the World Cup tbh, the ICC manage the pitches and normally do a decent job. No doubt you'll bowl more spin than you would do here or in Aus/SA/NZ but it shouldn't be 150 scores and Joe Root taking five wickets.

 

[Tony Towner]

Odd goings on at Edgbaston. Nothing wrong in trying to set up a match due to the lost time in the game but Warwickshire defending 11 overs in 20 minutes to ensure Northants were on time with their overs followed by a declaration, a quick 70 odd and another declaration.
Warwickshire need 176 in two sessions which seems quite generous.

You underestimated the power of the Warwickshire top order collapse. 19/4 including a hat trick

 

[Sniffer]

You underestimated the power of the Warwickshire top order collapse. 19/4 including a hat trick

FFS - Me and my big fingers.

 

[Sniffer]

5 down now - Other Counties in the Division 1 relegation scrap will quite rightly be furious if Warwickshire tamely lose which seems likely.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

It's only Kent and Middlesex, fuck 'em.

Middlesex absolutely deserve to go down anyway, their batting has been a disgrace all season.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Century for Stokes and Malan isn't far behind

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Or out for 96. More Boult legside dross getting a wicket, when your luck's in I suppose.

Should get 350+ here.

 

[Alan]

Say I was flipping channels and landed on some cricket.

Is it possible to help me understand what the fuck is happening in three sentences or fewer? I'll spot you one: "Man throws ball, ball must bounce, other man must hit ball" (I think).

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

No

 

[Tony Towner]

What cricket are you watching?

 

[Alan]

No

Fair enough, I'll consult the manual.

 

[Tony Towner]

Say I was flipping channels and landed on some cricket.

Is it possible to help me understand what the fuck is happening in three sentences or fewer? I'll spot you one: "Man throws ball, ball must bounce, other man must hit ball" (I think).

It doesn't have to bounce, as long as it doesn't reach the batsman above hip height

 

[Alan]

What cricket are you watching?

None currently, but ESPN actually has it on quite often via their streaming service (ditto Aussie football and rugby, actually).

Sometimes a cricket highlight will even make SportsCenter's Top 10 for the day!

 

[Tony Towner]

None currently, but ESPN actually has it on quite often via their streaming service (ditto Aussie football and rugby, actually).

Sometimes a cricket highlight will even make SportsCenter's Top 10 for the day!

There are 3 formats. 20 over which takes 3 hours or so, 50 over which is a day and Test which is up to 5 days. Finding out which you are watching is the starting point

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

It doesn't have to bounce, as long as it doesn't reach the batsman above hip height

Batsman doesn't have to hit it if he doesn't want to either

 

[Kenny]

Batsman doesn't have to hit it if he doesn't want to either

Buy they won't get to play Bazball if they adopt this method

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Highest England ODI scores:

180 Roy vs Aus 2018
171 Hales vs Pak 2016
167* Smith vs Aus 1993
162* Buttler vs Ned 2022
162 Roy vs SL 2016

Can Stokes get himself on the list?