Cricket Thread

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I think a good ole Manc downpour is gonna rescue the convicts.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Just started raining again

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

The cheating twats will be claiming the outfield is too slippy, the light is not good enough, the crowd don’t like them etc etc.

Or they might take a leaf out of Jurgen's book, and claim the grass is too long. Or did he say it was too green?

 

[Claytop]

Watched the highlights, Crawley played some great shots but also got also rode his luck a lot. I guess when you play like that you're going to need a fair portion of it.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

And it's stopped raining again. The good news is it's seemed to have brightened up and the sun has made an appearance........

 

[Gundoggin]

Stopped raining . Smash a quick 200 then stick the cheating convict cunts back in !

 

[waspish]

If Crawley got a big 100 every day 4th test he plays I’d say that’s a great return problem is he won’t get another big 100 for another 12 test matches ain’t good enough plus he could has ti have all the look in the world to get to that score and that shot he got out too could of been when he was under 20 runs! Thing is though there is no one else out there who can open and why we stick with him…

 

[domalino]

If Crawley got a big 100 every day 4th test he plays I’d say that’s a great return problem is he won’t get another big 100 for another 12 test matches ain’t good enough plus he could has ti have all the look in the world to get to that score and that shot he got out too could of been when he was under 20 runs! Thing is though there is no one else out there who can open and why we stick with him…

If he averages 55.0 in an ashes series do we really care how it's made up? Big game winning centuries are always going to be rare, the more impressive thing is that he's gotten a good start in 5 of his 7 innings in the series and he's putting himself in positions where he can make big scores. Consistency in turning more of those good starts into centuries will come as he gets older and his confidence keeps improving.

 

[heslops barnet]

Yep, that’s the one. Lancs looked on course for the highest total in English first-class cricket too, that being Yorkshire’s 887 way back in 1896, but we subsided from 844/5 to 863 all out!

I don’t think Fairbrother remotely did himself justice in test match cricket but I also don’t think he was given anything like enough chances. I recall him being out for a duck on his debut against Pakistan at Old Trafford but he was unlucky in that he was coming in to bat late in the day in fading light, and it rarely got much better than that for him after that.

Unfortunately northern based players don’t usually get many chances if they fuck up early doors…..

 

[Gabriel]

Watched the highlights, Crawley played some great shots but also got also rode his luck a lot. I guess when you play like that you're going to need a fair portion of it.

He had 6-7 flashes where the ball could have gone anywhere, inside edge and outside edge. In that sense, his play was no different from what it has been, just, as you say, riding his luck.