Cricket Thread

[chesterbells]

Bit of a new ball rally here for Lancs.

 

[crooky]

Close at 6pm?

Bang a quick 50 and we'll be laughing.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Close at 6pm?

Bang a quick 50 and we'll be laughing.

6:30 as there are still 15 overs to go. We’ll lose some too.

 

[crooky]

6:30 as there are still 15 overs to go. We’ll lose some too.

13 overs at 4 an over = 52 runs.

Perfect.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

13 overs at 4 an over = 52 runs.

Perfect.

New ball in 4 overs too.

 

[crooky]

New ball in 4 overs too.

Ah... Okay I'll take 45 runs with the loss of two wickets.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Test retirement age of all batsmen to score over 10,000 runs -

Tendulkar 40
Ponting 38
Kallis 37
Dravid 39
Cook 33
Sangakkara 36
Root - TBD
Lara 37
Chanderpaul 41
Jayawardene 37
Border 38
Waguh 38
Gavaskar 37
Khan 39

Root doesn't play T20 really, no one plays much ODI anymore, so he's got a really good chance of staying at the top until he's in his late 30s if he wants to. He's getting about 800-1000 runs a year and he's about 100 runs behind Cook to be Englands best, 1000 runs behind Ponting in #2 and 3700 behind Tendulkar.

Fair enough, that's great news I seriously thought he would be retired in a year or so.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

England's batting lineup is not that far away from being really good. The middle order is excellent - Brook is going to be world class, Root has a few more years, Smith is already great for a 6.

If Crawley can keep averaging 40+ like he has done for the last 20 odd tests, England really just need Pope to wake up and deliver on his potential and the batting lineup is their strength. Duckett is never going to stand out but he works well with Crawley and is a steady run getter.

Biggest problem is Pope (averaging 2 a captain) and Stokes - he gets more single digit innings than 50s/100s - and will push Smith back down when he comes back.

I take your point on the middle order. I think you're being a bit kind to the opening three (whoever they've been, and it's shifted around). The openers, I see on checking it, batted somewhat better earlier in the summer against the Windies, although even there there were innings where they had to be rescued by the middle order, sometimes extending into the tail. And let's face it, they've been poor so far against Sri Lanka.
Re. Stokes. One remembers his swashbuckling innings too much, and yes, he tends to throw his innings away. But he is a captain through and through. Would always have him out there all day long for his leadership qualities alone. No-one else comes close.

 

[crooky]

Am I the only person to think the stats man (Andy Zaltsman) on TMS doesn't really add anything to the broadcast?

The stats are normally just such random stuff that I usually zone out.

 

[jimharri]

If England can scrape up to 350, it won't have been a bad effort from the lower order. 216-6 at one point.