Cricket Thread

[Corky]

Exactly 30 overs today?

 

[jimharri]

Almost certainly, the plan hasn't worked. But you can see how it would have concentrated minds. Had we been able to come out and bat from 11 this morning, I'm pretty certain this would have gone very differently. Their heads were gone. They had time to settle, and regroup.

But today had been predicted for pretty much all the week. They can't say that they were taken by surprise when they woke up this morning and looked out of the window. Time was key. And we were likely to have a very limited amount of it over the weekend. The spell we got this afternoon was a bonus, but we didn’t make full use of it. We needed a minimum of two wickets (preferably 3 or 4), to give us a fighting chance. Unless Wood and/or Broad can come up with a demon spell when (if?) we get back on again, we're really going to be up against the clock.

 

[M18CTID]

But today had been predicted for pretty much all the week. They can't say that they were taken by surprise when they woke up this morning and looked out of the window. Time was key. And we were likely to have a very limited amount of it over the weekend. The spell we got this afternoon was a bonus, but we didn’t make full use of it. We needed a minimum of two wickets (preferably 3 or 4), to give us a fighting chance. Unless Wood and/or Broad can come up with a demon spell when (if?) we get back on again, we're really going to be up against the clock.

Personally I think the original plan was to declare only 100 or so runs ahead but when Root got “Castled” the other day - by no means the only time the pitch behaved inconsistently on day 2 - I reckon they changed their plans because there was a worry that the pitch was going to deteriorate badly, making batting something of a nightmare if we were chasing any kind of total in the fourth innings. Hence, the idea that we should get as far ahead on first innings as possible to try and negate the need to bat again.

 

[Cricket Blue]

Last day chase?

 

[moomba]

Yet when Broad didn’t walk a few years ago he had the whole country slagging him, death threats, the lot. Horrible 2 faced cunts

And plenty of English were defending what Broad did.

Plenty of hypocrisy on cricket, and it's not just the Australians, despite how many people like to make out it is.

 

[Protein Junkie]

The new ball is only 9 overs away and should there be any play tomorrow that will be the key.
The way the pitch played today we were crying out for a top quality spinner.
I was surprised Stokes decided to bat on as long as he did but it’s a moot point if it rains all day tomorrow.

 

[Gray]

The new ball is only 9 overs away and should there be any play tomorrow that will be the key.
The way the pitch played today we were crying out for a top quality spinner.
I was surprised Stokes decided to bat on as long as he did but it’s a moot point if it rains all day tomorrow.

Jimmy Anderson well past his best.

 

[cleavers]

I was surprised Stokes decided to bat on as long as he did but it’s a moot point if it rains all day tomorrow.

Not really, had he declared without the Bairstow/Anderson partnership, they'd already have a lead, making any possible chase tomorrow longer.

Can't see any play tomorrow sadly, latest forecast, second line down (below temperature) is rainfall in mm per 3 hours.

 

[beehive_bob]

Looking at the metoffice radar map, could still be a chance of play from mid afternoon tomorrow, fingers crossed

 

[jimharri]

Looking at the metoffice radar map, could still be a chance of play from mid afternoon tomorrow, fingers crossed

Yeah, but we've got to get them out. And they looked relatively untroubled this afternoon. Hopefully the new ball will do the trick, if they manage to get any play tomorrow.