Cricket Thread

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Lovely comparison for the forum teenagers there AHT.......... ;-)

All 3 of them will be asking Alexa who they were.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

All 3 of them will be asking Alexa who they were.

It's funny cause it's true.........

 

[jaiguruKun]

Whilst I'm not a huge fan of the current approach and output - I reckon I can think of a handful without of squads without blinking......... :-)

Yeah maybe I jumped the gun.
It would be pretty woeful if we hadn't beaten Scotland!

 

[kippaxwarrior]

India vs Pakistan later but being played in Colombo which is weird considering it's one of the most high profile matches and India as one of the host nations

 

[KS55]

India vs Pakistan later but being played in Colombo which is weird considering it's one of the most high profile matches and India as one of the host nations

I expect that is about crowd control. Whether the match would take place was doubtful until recently.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

I'm currently in Cancun - in about an hour I'm going to go down and start the process of explaining to my Mexican friends just how important and rare the game is between Pakistan and India so that we can hopefully put it on one of the big screens replacing one of the plethora of shite American-based sports that we are force-fed throughout the day.

All the while whilst trying to explain what cricket actually is!

I josh - lovely people down here, just not sure they'll have much clamour for cricket............

 

[its grim up north]

Some peep might think I'm a bit over sensitive, but I do think the India and Pakistan Captains should shake hands pre match.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Anyone else watching the cricket and want to strangle the fuck out of those 2 cunts on the pa?

 

[crooky]

Could have a game here if India get less than 180.

 

[crooky]

Sad to see how much Afridi has fallen. Used to be box office watching him bowl. Now it's hoping he doesn't get tonked too much.

 

[vmsuhail]

Could have a game here if India get less than 180.

Yeah, 13/3 now. Babar will play a test innings now.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

You never know which Pakistan will turn up. Sadly, it’s their shite version today so far.

 

[crooky]

Just reading the preview of our game against Italy tomorrow. Thought this was an interesting stat:

England's victory over Scotland on Saturday was their first against European opposition in T20 World Cups, following three previous defeats (to Netherlands twice and Ireland) and two washouts.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-2025-26-1502138/england-vs-italy-29th-match-group-c-1512747/match-preview

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Just reading the preview of our game against Italy tomorrow. Thought this was an interesting stat:

England's victory over Scotland on Saturday was their first against European opposition in T20 World Cups, following three previous defeats (to Netherlands twice and Ireland) and two washouts.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-2025-26-1502138/england-vs-italy-29th-match-group-c-1512747/match-preview

We’ve broken the hex.

It’s coming home.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Skipper not in great form

 

[domalino]

Skipper not in great form

I can't tell if you're talking about the ex-captain Butler getting out cheap again just now, or more generally about Brook playing badly.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Italian names end in an 'i'. Smuts? At least they've dragooned Hassan Ali into the squad!

 

[johnny crossan]

Salty tears.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Ah this new guy, Krishnan, works in a pizza parlour in Lucca so that's sufficient qualification!

 

[dadnlad]

Lads it's Italy