Cricket Thread

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Just imagine if the weather had let us win at Old Trafford (I know, we might not have, but I think it's an 80% likelihood)!
Just imagine the buzz of the series levelled at 2-2, the scores almost level after the first innings of both sides, and the buzz in the ground going into day 3 tomorrow, the entire series perfectly balanced!
Just imagine it…

Aah, for fuck's sake.

 

[Corky]

Given Lyon wasn't allowed one I'd say no. Apparently they are allowed in certain circumstances but no idea what they are.
Moeen will come out and have a swing down the order .... or if Crawley and Duckett bat for 2 hours he can come out and have a swing at 3:)
The question remains who goes in at 3?

Lyon would have been allowed in the past until they banned runners in international games. I think the farces in the 2007 CWC helped to trigger the changes.

 

[domalino]

Just imagine if the weather had let us win at Old Trafford (I know, we might not have, but I think it's an 80% likelihood)!
Just imagine the buzz of the series levelled at 2-2, the scores almost level after the first innings of both sides, and the buzz in the ground going into day 3 tomorrow, the entire series perfectly balanced!
Just imagine it…

Aah, for fuck's sake.

Imagine if England hadn’t turned up half cocked!?

The first 2 tests they were miles off the pace, if they’d played at Edgebaston and Lords like they did at Headingly and OT we’d be at the oval hoping for a 5-0 series.


This Australia side has had no control over this series, the whole summer has been England beating themselves or England beating Australia.

Warner, Smith, Labuschagne, Head, Green and Lyon have all had bad series for one reason or another, and they’re still winning.

They should have played a proper warmup test.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

What's hard to know is whether we were really bad because of our attacking approach, or there's more in the pitch. Having had that spell with the ball now, it doesn't look to be as tough to bat on as we made it seem! But we were going very well too initially, before losing quick wickets and then re-building. I'm sure we will take a few today and the Aussies will end up with a lead of around 50. Hopefully we can set them up for a big chase in the 4th innings, but I just don't like our style when setting a target. Maybe if Stokes tells them we need 400 they'll go and get close to it, but stupid shots seem to be more frequent when we bat first.

I think stupid shots are just becoming part of the game now. Better day today but let them get too many runs from 7 wickets down.

 

[cleavers]

Another match drawn by Lancs.

Having lost a whole day, it was never likely to be anything else, in the end Northants deserved their draw.

 

[melrose40yarder]

Min of 350 from England so much time left in the game.Just bat properly.

 

[wattle]

Stokes at 3 at last! Been banging on about this for about a year.

 

[M18CTID]

A watchful start I see!

 

[jimharri]

A watchful start I see!

Nearly 7 rpo at the moment.

 

[M18CTID]

Nearly 7 rpo at the moment.

It’s a mental scoring rate and while it obviously has its flaws, it puts pressure back on the bowlers and fielders