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

[MillionMilesAway]

sorry boy's ive jinxed it
just how do they change ball so much these days has there been a rule change

A running issue this summer has been both sides complaining that the ball is out of shape - they certainly seem to go soft and dead after around 35 overs.

Hussein yesterday openly said it was done with a hope of getting a better ball (and by extension to my mind, not really about the shape).

 

[MillionMilesAway]

The head ball maker at Duke left his position, and the new bloke has made a batch of dud balls. The stitching isn't tight enough so water/sweat is getting under the leather and making the ball go soft and out of shape way too soon.

The replacement balls are old ones from last year so they're harder.

It takes 7 months to make a new ball so we're stuck with these ones for the summer.

I hadn't heard that, but it seemed clear that it was a bad batch.

I hadn't realised it took that long, and it explains the price of them!

 

[jimharri]

271 more needed off, what, 110-120 overs? Run rate isn't an issue, so take things steady. No slogging needed.

 

[Don Karleone]

It's happening again

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

 

[M18CTID]

FFS

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

 

[dadnlad]

mad

 

[wattle]

Wow that's crazy. Thrown all the good work away in 5 minutes

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Wow that's crazy. Thrown all the good work away in 5 minutes

It’s almost as if chasing 350 in the fourth innings is nigh on impossible.

 

[waspish]

He we go…

 

[jimharri]

Death, taxes, and an England batting collapse.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Death, taxes, and an England batting collapse.

Hang on, you can’t call this a collapse, surely…..

 

[jimharri]

Hang on, you can’t call this a collapse, surely…..

107/0 to 109/3? I am, and don't call me....

 

[melrose40yarder]

My mate root shafted Lees.
Suicidal run.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Hang on, you can’t call this a collapse, surely…..

Definitely a wobble, not yet a collapse.
Might be a teeter.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

We seem to have assumed that, as ut’s Monday it must be day 5, and we’ve got to score these runs tonight.
There‘s ’positive’ and then there’s foolish and, if they can get the balance right, they could turn into a very good side.

 

[jimharri]

We seem to have assumed that, as ut’s Monday it must be day 5, and we’ve got to score these runs tonight.
There‘s ’positive’ and then there’s foolish and, if they can get the balance right, they could turn into a very good side.

I said it earlier. No slogging required. Comfortably less than 3 rpo required at tea.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Definitely a wobble, not yet a collapse.
Might be a teeter.

Loving everyone’s subjective definitions of a batting collapse.

 

[supercity88]

Just as you finish thinking "what a start, we could do this" a mini-disaster!

I was hoping we could get to a position of needing under 200 by the time Root came in...but that was silly of me. Need a 150 partnership from these two really if we're going to do it. Stokes could score an electric 100 or could hit out for 0 trying to reverse scoop a yorker.