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

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Getting rid of Burns and Sibley means we can now put our foot down and knock off the runs.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Still on the BBC, someone's just questioned where Root is in the list of England opening batsmen.
Very good.

 

[Iamthemusicman]

Why are the umpires refusing to give signal 4 wides? Should be at 2 extra runs this over.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Why are the umpires refusing to give signal 4 wides? Should be at 2 extra runs this over.

Wides in test cricket are only really given if the bowler misses the wicket strip totally.

 

[johnmc]

Hameed won’t be around long

 

[jimharri]

Top stat from TMS:
That is the first time ever in a home Test match that both England openers have been out for a duck.

I'll raise you.......

 

[andyhinch]

Going to win this with byes ;-)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Going to win this with byes ;-)

How would extras celebrate scoring a hundred?

 

[domalino]

Top stat from TMS:
That is the first time ever in a home Test match that both England openers have been out for a duck.

Burns and Sibley have gotten more ducks in 2021 than Alastair Cook got in his 161 match, 15 year long career

 

[jimharri]

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You'd have to feel sorry for him, really. He doesn't pick himself, does he? And the selection panel are putting him in an impossible situation. Stevie Wonder can see that Sibley just isn't the calibre of a test batsman.