The Cricket Thread

[sycophantia]

Genuinely enjoyed listening to the young lad Ravi on the TMS podcast. Asks some cracking questions and catches the players off guard. The best bit was when Jaiswal presents him with his bat and he pretty much says “that’s great, thanks. Anyway, when are you going to declare”? @Squeak would approve

Yeah he was a hoot, shouldn't be over exposed though, think he could get a bit grating if over used.

Ravi not Squeak I mean.

 

[Squeak]

One good thing about the current state of affairs, this is good batting practice for Stokes.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

One good thing about the current state of affairs, this is good batting practice for Stokes.

Needs a score. His last Test hundred was two years ago at Lord's vs Aus.

 

[Squeak]

Needs a score. His last Test hundred was two years ago at Lord's vs Aus.

Well that's fucked that.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Not getting his score

 

[sycophantia]

Well that's extinguished any last hope, we really needed Smith and Stokes to get centuries to have a glimmer.

 

[jd1981]

All done by tea comfortably, these 2 needed to be starting the 3rd session with us to have a chance. It’s gone pretty routine really England couldn’t win and don’t really know how to dig in so this outcome was inevitable especially on a day 5 pitch.

 

[Squeak]

Shutting up shop by the looks of it.

 

[Stan Hullis]

Dry and drag it out and hope the light goes to shit and we can go off has to be the plan…

 

[Squeak]

No idea what went through Woakes brain... another drinks break... utter bloody nonsense that players can't go more than an hour without a drink. Pathetic pandering....

 

[Mel Evo]

Shutting up shop by the looks of it.

Wish they ran my village shop. They’d turn it into a 24/7

 

[Squeak]

Congrats India. Well deserved victory. Now, can England bounce back like India have?

 

[jd1981]

407 1st innings 271 2nd I’m very much looking at my bowlers and saying that’s not good enough especially considering it’s a 300+ defeat
If you score those runs you should be close not battered

 

[sycophantia]

407 1st innings 271 2nd I’m very much looking at my bowlers and saying that’s not good enough especially considering it’s a 300+ defeat

Yeah people will say bazball and some poor batting decision making but India got their tactics and line up spot on, their bowlers bowled really well.

 

[Mel Evo]

I like bazball and Stoles is a tremendous leader. The fundamental issue they’ve got to stop is ‘daring’ become ‘dogma’. Given their MO, I doubt they’d like to be associated with dogmatic thinking, but it permeates selection, coin toss and shot selection. In some ways it looks like they’re on the way to addressing it. Looking forward to Lords, should be a cracker.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Talk is we'll refresh the entire pace attack (and I don't think any of the incumbents can complain too much).

But then it's can Archer get through a game, Atkinson hasn't played since he did his hammy vs Zim and Sam Cook looked shite in that game. I am not considering the prospect of Jamie fucking Overton playing a Lord's Test.

 

[Sniffer]

Brian Lara’s test record score of 400 is under threat.
Wiaan Mulder is currently 367 not out for South Africa against Zimbabwe.

 

[Sniffer]

Not now as he declared on 367. I’ll applaud him as in my opinion, getting it against one of the lesser nations in Zimbabwe wouldn’t have had the same gravitas.

 

[leedswolf]

I just wished he'd declared on 381...

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Piss Hayden off and leave Lara in number one spot? I could live with that!