The Cricket Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Robinson at Durham must be in with a shout of taking the gloves from Foakes or Bairstow if England look elsewhere - great season last year and has a fifty in every innings this season, goes at a good rate too.

Only issue is we have to refer to him as 'the non-knobhead Ollie Robinson' which is a bit unwieldy

 

[Tony Towner]

Add this to Monty's 'interesting' off field life. Gaslit by Galloway

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785273656932769952

 

[Sniffer]

Just posted something similar in the worst MP thread.

 

[Tony Towner]

This is quite interesting. The Test Match clubs have the biggest revenue and the largest vrounds, but are they actually the best supported teams from a hard core perspective?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1785255115940598244

 

[jd1981]

Josh Baker only 20 has died played for Worcestershire this year

 

[darlowolf64]

Worcestershire CC have announced that spin bowler Josh Baker has died, aged just 20

 

[Tony Towner]

Sam Hain is back from his personal issues which is good to see

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Saqib Mahmood also back for Lancs

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Sam Hain is back from his personal issues which is good to see

Got a shocker it seems:

28.6 given! Hain is fuming. The final ball before lunch, on a length in the channel outside off stump. Surrey appeal for the caught behind as Hain comes forwards to defend, but Hain thinks the noise is just his bat hitting his front pad. He doubles over in disbelief as the finger goes up! 88/3

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Jimmy Anderson to end Test career this summer as England look to future

In a face-to-face meeting Brendon McCullum told England’s record-breaking seamer this summer will be his last in the Test team as they build for the Ashes

www.theguardian.com

Jimmy finishing this summer. While I knew this day would come soon, not ashamed to admit I shed a bit of a tear reading this.

Unreal longevity. I was still at uni when he made his Test debut. I'm 43 now.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Confirmed now that he's going to play the First Test vs West Indies and then that's it.

 

[Tony Towner]

Feels like McCullum has done him dirty

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I know we have to move on one day but there's already a gap with Broad gone, Woakes isn't going to play away from home ever again (or much longer, as he's 35) and Wood is 34 now with all his long-standing issues. Then a lot of those who haven't played much or even debuted yet don't seem to be the most robust. Or in the case of say, Sam Cook, I don't doubt he'd take wickets for England in England but is he really a bowler for Australia away, which as ever we seem relentlessly focused on to the detriment of everything else. Relying on Archer playing Test cricket again seems far-fetched, we're not sure we can trust him to bowl 4 overs a day as it stands.

I didn't see an issue with giving him the summer, providing he continued to merit a place. Creating a problem you didn't need to (albeit we should beat WI and SL at home regardless).

 

[darlowolf64]

He should have been allowed to go out at Old Trafford

 

[Tony Towner]

Planning for an Ashes series is all well and good, but more often than not we can't plan properly for the Test we are currently playing so seems pointless.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

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

 

[Tony Towner]

Nice little thread

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789366972263682219

 

[Squeak]

I remember seeing Jimmy at the World Cup in the West Indies in 2007 and thinking this guy has something.... but never in this world did I think he'd still be playing in 2024. A terrific career, a really professional attitude and a player that will be greatly missed. Maybe he's heading to Burnley ....

 

[Mel Evo]

Hoping the Lords test goes to day four - bagged a couple of tickets on the punt that will be his last day.

 

[Squeak]

Hoping the Lords test goes to day four - bagged a couple of tickets on the punt that will be his last day.

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