The Cricket Thread

[Sam The Doc]

If poor weather stays away, then the final 2 days of this Test Match are going to be so interesting.

So nervous how we go against Stokes and Root...

Chase anything under 250 would be nice...
(hopefully Moeen is fit to bowl more pies)

 

[The hands of stone]

Is that like it was only bodyline when it suited Jardine?

Hutton was another one who employed a miserably slow over rate to stymie batsmen.

Its there default style of game , happens right through from county to club/league cricket .
Played in a game where the opposition got through 8 overs in an hour ........

 

[The hands of stone]

Lyon is the key tonight. If he bowls well I think Australia win from here.

If not England will slap a decent lead then we all wait to see what the weather does tomorrow

 

[Sam The Doc]

Lyon is the key tonight. If he bowls well I think Australia win from here.

If not England will slap a decent lead then we all wait to see what the weather does tomorrow

The weather factor should hopefully benefit us more...ie if England have a good day today with the bat..

 

[moginie]

Lyon is the key tonight. If he bowls well I think Australia win from here.

If not England will slap a decent lead then we all wait to see what the weather does tomorrow

Those short straight boundaries worry me.

And the lack of footmarks that Starc could have created.

How Boland responds to their treatment in the first dig is also vital. We need him to tie down an end.

 

[The hands of stone]

Those short straight boundaries worry me.

And the lack of footmarks that Starc could have created.

How Boland responds to their treatment in the first dig is also vital. We need him to tie down an end.

Im no fan but I would have played Starc here . He would reverse it on this deck , he would go for a few but it was going to be a higher scoring test .

Lyon will need to be brave , again probably goes for a few but we want wickets from him not a nice 1/80 off 25

 

[moginie]

Sixteen off Boland's first over. Not a good start.

 

[arupist]

So how far have the West Indies fallen? Playing off against USA in the CWC qualifiers. Zimbabwe, Nederlands and Nepal the others in the group. Also Sri Lanka in the other group alongside Ireland, Scotland, Oman and UAE.

 

[The hands of stone]

They wont be able to keep this going all series . Its entertaining but theyll get skittled several times for 100-150

 

[Sam The Doc]

They wont be able to keep this going all series . Its entertaining but theyll get skittled several times for 100-150

That Root innings was taking the absolute p*ss...

 

[Sam The Doc]

Marnus test from hell. 2 absolute identical nothing shots...

 

[HODGEYROAD]

If we lose then look no further than Marnus and Smith, combined for about 30 runs for the match.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

****ing rain. don't know if i have it in me to stay up till ~12 with no action

 

[The hands of stone]

Marnus test from hell. 2 absolute identical nothing shots...

He feels for the ball outside off stump in front of his body.
Recipe for disaster in England

He is good enough to sort it out , always have said he isnt a genuine test average 55-60 bat though

 

[The hands of stone]

That Root innings was taking the absolute p*ss...

First ball

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Work on zero sleep today and I don't give a ****.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

awesome

 

[The hands of stone]

Seriously battling at work but loving every minute of it

Lyons lofted ondrive off Broad playing on loop in my head

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

England have bowled pretty shit. Pretty much all of our bats bar Green looked comfortable. Khwaja missed out but still faced a billion balls. If we bowl well second session we could win the game today

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

these commentators are totally cooked. wat about any of this has been clinical from England lol. they sent us into bat on a green wicket and we dropped a 400 piece on them. they dropped multiple catches, bowled too straight and let every pair occupy the crease. but nah they took a regulation catch and bowled our tail out for 70 so they've flipping killed it

 

[The hands of stone]

Its a very good score . Deck has quickened a little too .

We probably left 50-75 out there but biwl patiently and we should have a nice 1at innings lead

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

losing lyon makes winning this really hard now imo. if the pitch has flattened as much as it looks though maybe we can bat them out of the game day 3 and 4 seeing as they don't have any spinners (like us). but if we don't have a 50+ run innings lead, without lyon, I'm not convinced there'll be enough pressure on the bazball approach for the aussies to take 20 wickets

 

[The hands of stone]

Lyons a huge loss . Murphy will be an adequete replacement beyond this test .

England will chase anything in the 4th.
Its really game on .....2005 vibes a bit .

 

[moginie]

Lyons a huge loss . Murphy will be an adequete replacement beyond this test .

England will chase anything in the 4th.
Its really game on .....2005 vibes a bit .

A bit?

The Lyon injury is the parallel to the McGrath one in 05. That was the injury that changed the series.

So much riding on Murphy in so many ways.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

A bit?

The Lyon injury is the parallel to the McGrath one in 05. That was the injury that changed the series.

So much riding on Murphy in so many ways.

imagine if we lost in Edgbaston. Down 0-1, no Lyon, this game genuine 50/50. Would be extremely hard to get a series win. At least we have the buffer of being up 1-0 and a decent first innings total.