The Cricket Thread

[ROVERT47]

Fucking ell, same age as me.

 

[Mel Evo]

Kookaburra ball in county cricket a terrific idea. No end of dull as ditchwater cricket being played out there, and no England players playing it anyway. Amazing.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

A ball so shit that Sam Curran is very close to making his second First Class hundred,

 

[Mel Evo]

Just when you imagined the English cricket authorities must have exhausted every half arsed managerial or administrative fiascos:
Rob Key.

 

[Mel Evo]

Durham have taken nine wickets so perhaps I was going too far with this criticism of the Kookaburra ball.

 

[Carrotdude]

Poor George Drissell: 45 - 1 - 247 - 1

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Unchanged team for England

Plenty of talk Bumrah won't play, which is insane

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Unchanged team for England

Plenty of talk Bumrah won't play, which is insane

They’ve said he’ll only play three Tests. That’s taking “rest” too far.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Even if they have to stick rigidly to that, you can't leave him out when you're 1-0 down.

 

[Stan Hullis]

Could be 2-0 down going into the third test at Lords, if you want a chance in the series he should be playing this test IMO.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

I can feel myself sounding like Fred Truman just thinking about this. They need to spend a week down t’ mine to realise how lucky they are. Lad should be able to bowl all day given his short run up. Don’t know they’re born these days.

 

[Stan Hullis]

England win the toss again and bowling.

No Bumrah for India.

 

[Squeak]

The amount of time lost on day one of this second test is ludicrous. Possibly only 82 overs going to be bowled. Pathetic.

 

[Sniffer]

6 out of 9 matches in this round of County Championship games ended in draws, with 2 of the wins being on ‘out’ grounds.
As @Mel Evo mentioned none of Englands finge players were involved so what is the point of carrying on with the kookaburra ball nonsense?

 

[Wolftone]

Finally a wicket. Tongue bounces Jadeja out, caught behind by Smith

 

[Carrotdude]

God this pitch is absolutely awful. A complete road.

 

[Mel Evo]

God this pitch is absolutely awful. A complete road.

Prompts the obligatory ‘let’s see when both teams have batted on it’. The one from Root turned a bit apparently?

 

[Wolftone]

Hmmmm England 13-2

 

[Wolftone]

Crawley gone. 3 down now, all caught in slips.

 

[Carrotdude]

Yeah we’re making it look like a seamers paradise. Some shocking shots