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

[Citizen of Legoland]

And no fights, riots or bottle throwing - with a mixed crowd. Proves you can have a good time, get pissed and NOT be an utter scum cnut

Except the pillock who ran on the pitch, just when England needed to keep their concentration.

 

[wattle]

Except the pillock who ran on the pitch, just when England needed to keep their concentration.

Very true. Dick. Glad the crowed booed him

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Very true. Dick. Glad the crowed booed him

Probably booing the stewards some of them.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Cracking game on a good cricket wicket. Give me that any day over a flat track that offers the bowlers nothing, and some of the grounds with short boundary's where a miss hit can fly for 6. Malan may well have played himself out of the World Cup team tonight, you can't face 30 odd balls in t20 and have a strike rate under 100. Thought England missed a couple of tricks, Livingstone should have batted 1 or 2 places higher, and I'm amazed Parky wasn't selected at OT of all places.

 

[wattle]

Cracking game on a good cricket wicket. Give me that any day over a flat track that offers the bowlers nothing, and some of the grounds with short boundary's where a miss hit can fly for 6. Malan may well have played himself out of the World Cup team tonight, you can't face 30 odd balls in t20 and have a strike rate under 100. Thought England missed a couple of tricks, Livingstone should have batted 1 or 2 places higher, and I'm amazed Parky wasn't selected at OT of all places.

You can if you win the game. Nobody scored really quick after the power plays tonight. It was really difficult against both teams spinners. If he did what bairstow rand Ali did we would have lost easily

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

You can if you win the game. Nobody scored really quick after the power plays tonight. It was really difficult against both teams spinners. If he did what bairstow rand Ali did we would have lost easily

Morgan, Fakhar and Hassan scored at a decent enough rate. He put the later batsman under pressure with his slow scoring. He struggles against spin, and with the WC in the middle east there's bound to be some spin friendly wickets. He's the one who makes way for Stokes imo.

 

[simmo]

Enjoyed the game tonight. Think I still have the sound of those bugles ringing in my ears. Was a great atmosphere and exciting game.

Rizwan and Roy were brilliant batting.

 

[wattle]

Morgan, Fakhar and Hassan scored at a decent enough rate. He put the later batsman under pressure with his slow scoring. He struggles against spin, and with the WC in the middle east there's bound to be some spin friendly wickets. He's the one who makes way for Stokes imo.

Yeh you’re probably right about Stokes coming in for him. Still think tonight’s knock was crucial in us winning in the end. I would like him to be given another chance in our dreadful test batting line up though

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

Great game, great atmosphere. Glad we won.
Made heavy work of it but their spinners bowled brilliantly.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Yeh you’re probably right about Stokes coming in for him. Still think tonight’s knock was crucial in us winning in the end. I would like him to be given another chance in our dreadful test batting line up though

Will you be watching the hundred mate? I fancy Manchester to do well in both, can certainly see the Women'a team winning it, and the Men being thereabouts.

 

[bavarian blue]

Just caught brief highlights of the game, what an atmosphere!!

 

[melrose40yarder]

Remember when you had to bowl 20 overs in 75 minutes.?

I remember when you had to bowl 90 before 6 oclock in a test match.
The only way to stop poor over rates is 6 runs per over not bowled in the allotted time in an average test match day would be up past a 70 run penalty that would soon speed things up.

 

[ultimateharold]

It's a mess imo. As for that scorecard on screen......

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

It's a mess imo. As for that scorecard on screen......

It’s been deconstructed.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

It's a mess imo. As for that scorecard on screen......

It doesn't show on the screen in full for me.

It seems a bit pointless unless I'm missing something - 100 balls in 10 ball sets, allowing the bowler to change after 5. It just doesn't seem different enough to be significant.

 

[dadnlad]

It doesn't show on the screen in full for me.

It seems a bit pointless unless I'm missing something - 100 balls in 10 ball sets, allowing the bowler to change after 5. It just doesn't seem different enough to be significant.

sounds like bollox to me

 

[Iamthemusicman]

The only way to stop poor over rates is 6 runs per over not bowled in the allotted time in an average test match day would be up past a 70 run penalty that would soon speed things up.

The constant team meetings and field changes play a big factor in everything taking so much longer. My solution would be to only allow the field to be changed at the start of the over and if the batsman changes.

 

[melrose40yarder]

The constant team meetings and field changes play a big factor in everything taking so much longer. My solution would be to only allow the field to be changed at the start of the over and if the batsman changes.

Thats a great idea they all know each others strengths and weakness.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

The constant team meetings and field changes play a big factor in everything taking so much longer. My solution would be to only allow the field to be changed at the start of the over and if the batsman changes.

Too sensible. They‘re more likely to introduce a ”power” over where the team batting get double scoring.

 

[ultimateharold]

The scores are going up the sides of the screen as they increase? Even worse