Cricket Thread

[jimharri]

In cheerier news; Lancs are now the only unbeaten side in the county championship.

Now; back to Lord's.

:-(

 

[Ajm1985]

Root with the breakthrough. Strike bowler

 

[BringBackSwales]

Let’s be honest, Bazball has worked, we have taken teams by surprise with our aggressive approach and over achieved in results by the approach and captaincy. The aussies have seen it coming though and are too fucking shrewd and too fucking good to fall for it. 320 for 3 lol, given our 2 openers and number 3 with a shoulder injury we will be an effective 20 for 3. They possess better batters, bowlers, fielders and wicket keeper than us. Sad but true

Edit fuck me while I was typing that we got 2 wickets lol

 

[jimharri]

I know it's been pretty overcast here, but did they lose much time to weather? A bit this morning and the pitch invasion, but 73 overs at 6.10 looks very slow.
Do they get paid so much as standard/sloggit that the match fees don't matter to them?

I've not been paying attention, but 12 byes is a fair amount - anything Bairstow could have done about them?
And what's Pope done to himself?

Is it me, or is 11 no-balls far too high a figure in a day? That's near as dammit two extra overs. Along with 12 byes and 12 leg byes.

 

[DMA's]

Go on joe lad

 

[jimharri]

Here comes the collapse!


Or, maybe not.

 

[Ajm1985]

He's done it again! He's got an arm like a traction engine

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Both sides would have bowled. We just haven’t utilised the conditions and bowled really badly. I strongly suspect if we batted we would be bowling now anyways tbh

But I don’t get why. This pitch has more life in it than Birmingham did so Shirley it’s best to bowl last when the pitch will be like Port Stanley’s runway?

 

[Iassel]

Someone gave the Aussies a ‘how to play cricket like England’ book?

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Is it me, or is 11 no-balls far too high a figure in a day? That's near as dammit two extra overs. Along with 12 byes and 12 leg byes.

For no-balls, definitely. Is it mainly just one or two of them responsible?
Not really bothered about leg byes, as they are rarely due to errors apart from bowling down the legside too far.

 

[Gabriel]

The old let's go for an all-seam attack and then chuck it to the part-time spinner to make the breakthrough.

 

[jimharri]

Root, sorry, ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOT, a demon with the ball now! What say you @ancoats?

 

[BringBackSwales]

Maybe the fact some are being investigated into being racist..zzzzz

Is it racist to not want Aussies to be commentating on the ashes? Is it fuck

 

[Gabriel]

Is it me, or is 11 no-balls far too high a figure in a day? That's near as dammit two extra overs. Along with 12 byes and 12 leg byes.

England bowled 23 no-balls at Edgbaston to Australia's 4.

 

[jimharri]

For no-balls, definitely. Is it mainly just one or two of them responsible?
Not really bothered about leg byes, as they are rarely due to errors apart from bowling down the legside too far.

Not sure how the no-balls have been shared out; the Beeb website doesn't have details on who's bowled them.

 

[neel]

 

[mexico1970]

OWZAT!!!!

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

OWZAT!!!!

First thing he has caught all summer

 

[Gabriel]

Not sure how the no-balls have been shared out; the Beeb website doesn't have details on who's bowled them.

Anderson x 1
Broad x 1
Robinson x 5
Tongue x 1
Stokes x 3

 

[jimharri]

OWZAT!!!!

Bairstow should have borrowed a bat off one of the Aussies who were out there and "persuaded" that fine gentleman not to partake in such foolish actions again.