Cricket Thread

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Love that declaration. What it lost in not taking an early wicket is made up showing the Aussies that we mean business and are here to mix it. Brave, different, love it

Certainly entertaining but as a cricket fan from a young age, I quite liked it when Boycott and Tavare were opening the bat and England would be 16 without loss after 13 overs!

 

[waspish]

Think the ball after 25 overs will do more maybe we can get reverse swing

 

[Don Karleone]

Wow

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Certainly entertaining but as a cricket fan from a young age, I quite liked it when Boycott and Tavare were opening the bat and England would be 16 without loss after 13 overs!

Hated Tavare. Went to Old Trafford as a kid with my grandfather in about 1983 to see them play Kent. The nets were on out of the ground before the game. He sent me over when hed finished batting to get him in my autograph book. He said 'fuck off would you boy, Im warming up'. A Tuesday morning in the county championship like. Even at that young age I said why dont you fuck off and take your stupid tache with you, wanker

 

[bluethrunthru]

Wow

kinnell - what a catch

 

[waspish]

We need to take at least 2 wickets this morning or we won’t be batting till tomorrow teatime at the earliest

 

[KS55]

Aussies will bat till Sunday teatime at least.

 

[waspish]

Aussies will bat till Sunday teatime at least.

Let’s hope the clouds are out and the ball starts doing something after the shine wears of or you be right.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Wow

kinnell - what a catch

That is quite something. I didn't pick it up until I saw it in slow motion, but he catches it one handed ! Leaps like a salmon, too. Yes, hats off.
Who was it though, a few years back, who reached back, batted the ball from beyond the boundary with one hand while keeping both feet inside the rope, and then dived forward to take it within the boundary? I think for sheer quick thinking that's the best distance catch I've ever seen. Until I saw it I didn't even realise it was within the laws of the game. Wasn't it an England player, in fact?

 

[melrose40yarder]

Declaring when you’re going along like a train is insane. Remember Adelaide, when Freddy declared as we were 500+ and hitting ‘em to all parts. Did not end well.

That said, Stokes is a better captain than Fred…

Root was a better captain and thats saying soething.