Cricket Thread

[jimharri]

If we can hold out until lunch on monday (big if!), declare and set them a target around 400.

 

[BringBackSwales]

It's a Dukes ball in this series. They brought the Kookaburra into County cricket but its still a Dukes for the Tests in England.

Seriously? I didn’t know that. So any young English player coming into the test side would have to get used to a different ball?

 

[waspish]

I thought I’d slipped into an old match day thread reading your posts haha
P.s. you’re mainly right though ;)

Match threads I rarely do if I don’t lay into them like I do with cricket

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Seriously? I didn’t know that. So any young English player coming into the test side would have to get used to a different ball?

It's a bit more complicated.

England and the West Indies use the Duke's ball. Almost everywhere else uses the Kookaburra.
The Duke's is harder and has a more pronounced seam; the Kookaburra goes soft more quickly and the seam tends to be flattened more quickly.

The English cricket board decided to try the Kookaburra for 2 rounds of the championship so there is at least some familiarity for players. What happened was batsmen racked up ridiculous scores in a lot of matches, and they played out high-scoring draws.

A former Aussie coach said that they'd tried the Duke's in Australia, and on the harder pitches they have, the game ended very quickly because it moved so much.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

I get the feeling Duckett would wipe the fucking floor with him, he looks like he can handle himself.

Did well today and fronted up for sure. Good call

 

[meeesh]

If we can hold out until lunch on monday (big if!), declare and set them a target around 400.

So that means we be about 64/4 at lunch tomorrow

 

[chesterbells]

It's a bit more complicated.

England and the West Indies use the Duke's ball. Almost everywhere else uses the Kookaburra.
The Duke's is harder and has a more pronounced seam; the Kookaburra goes soft more quickly and the seam tends to be flattened more quickly.

The English cricket board decided to try the Kookaburra for 2 rounds of the championship so there is at least some familiarity for players. What happened was batsmen racked up ridiculous scores in a lot of matches, and they played out high-scoring draws.

A former Aussie coach said that they'd tried the Duke's in Australia, and on the harder pitches they have, the game ended very quickly because it moved so much.

Thanks for posting that. Insightful post for everyone.

 

[BringBackSwales]

So that means we be about 64/4 at lunch tomorrow

How is Cornwall?

 

[meeesh]

How is Cornwall?

Cornwall?

 

[crooky]

Cornwall?

 

[BringBackSwales]

Can someone tell me if that’s missing the wicket (NOT umpires call) how they keep the review?

Edit I assume it was a typical Sky graphic error?

 

[waspish]

Can someone tell me if that’s missing the wicket (NOT umpires call) how they keep the review?

they don’t keep the review

 

[wattle]

Crawley ain’t lasting long

 

[Stelea]

Crawley struggling here

 

[waspish]

Crawley ain’t lasting long

When he ever gets 100 he has alway had over 4 lives as in very lucky

 

[heslops barnet]

Duckett…..fuck it

 

[Stelea]

Fuck off Ducket. Diabolical shot

 

[waspish]

Weird 1-1 and a wicket I feel we are incapable of getting 10 wickets! We go at it for a win still! They want to entertain yep entertaining for India if they go 1-2 up because we trying to go for a win where to get 10 wickets by this England team will be a 10% chance

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Dumb and Dumber at the crease right now, come on lads

 

[KS55]

Tbf, Crawley has faced most deliveries this morning and has battled his way through. Will he last?