******Cricket Thread******

[The blue phantom]

The Guardian are quoting Stokes as shouting 'Come and say that to me outside the ground you fucking four eyed ****' to a heckler as he was going off.

Doesn't surprise me. Brilliant cricketer and I could watch him all day. But he needs to look in the mirror sometimes and think who's really a ****.

This is a guy who mocked a disabled kid and thought it was funny.

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

If it is indeed a "kid", he's overstepped the mark there. You can't really go saying stuff like that to a youngster (depending on what your definition of "kid" is), irrespective of the provocation. If it was some pissed up bloke in his thirties being gobby, however, then he's fair game.

Guardian saying it was a middle-aged SA fan who ran 50 yards to call him a ginger **** plus an Ed Sheeran reference.

Reasonable response from Stokes then..

 

[KS55]

Ben Stokes has anger issues. Not guilty!

 

[KS55]

i have a feeling about this test weather permitting and south africa will win ? and today at the close england 192/4 and not safe, and from what i have watched over the 4 test this wicket is just like the rest dead and flat and will take spin and england have left out bess ??? and gone all out seam/fast bowling with root turning over his arm now and again

this test reminds me of the first test and if england don't get 300 or over then its going to be a long hard slog on day 2 and 3 and i could see them batting and getting a good score because of the wicket being dead and rotation will be key to root and england keeping fresh the bowlers, in the last test spin was a major part on a dead wicket and it gives you a chance to rest your best bowler and let him have 5 overs a time and you will get the best out of him

england still look sloppy batting and we lose clusters of wickets at a time and before you know it your all over and your bowling and trying to defend a low score rather than having 400 plus to attack, this tour england have done alright but you just know and feel a innings of crap batting is just around the corner and we are back under pressure

Going into a 5day test withour a spinner is madness, esp if your quicks are injury prone.

 

[ancoats]

England are just so hard to predict. If you made me say what was more likely, England being all out for 260 or Sibley and Root putting on 150 and England posting 400 I wouldn't know which to pick.

yep

and just when you fancy england putting a good score on the board was lose quick wickets ? 100/0 is a base you would think 400 to 450 and then you don't lose the test, but sloppy england give away wickets again and the morning on day 2 gives them hope that take a couple of quick wickets and england will be lucky to get 300

i just got this feeling england was thinking way to far ahead in this test and when they got to 100 without losing a wicket they thought this will be a walk in the park and bingo we let them back in the game and a chance to draw the series

 

[ancoats]

Going into a 5day test withour a spinner is madness, esp if your quicks are injury prone.

true
the wickets in this series have been poor and flat and slow and nothing for the quick's really and the bounce is nothing to write home about, so a good spinner is a must just to change in up and give the best quick's a rest to recharge
but pressure has been key and if you can get a score on the board then you win, if england can get another ton from somebody like root then we don't lose this test but lose the rest of the wicket from cheap runs they win this test

 

[jimharri]

Guardian saying it was a middle-aged SA fan who ran 50 yards to call him a ginger **** plus an Ed Sheeran reference.

Reasonable response from Stokes then..

Well, if you were being likened to Ed Sheeran, you'd be pissed off as well. Perfectly lucid, reasonable response from Stokes.

 

[City Raider]

Created a rod for his own back now. He’ll get it incessantly, probably masks the lot next Aussie tour

 

[jimharri]

Created a rod for his own back now. He’ll get it incessantly, probably masks the lot next Aussie tour

He was going to get hammered anyway for his "disagreement" in Bristol.

 

[Gabriel]

Beautifully reported by the Guardian.

’As he was walking off, having been dismissed for two in the final session, Stokes was caught on television responding to a fan off-camera, shouting: “Come and say it to me outside the ground you fucking four-eyed ****.”...Given Specsavers are the main sponsor of Test match cricket in England, the vice-captain’s response was not really on brand.’