Cricket Thread

[KS55]

Only bothered to watch the match today and ended up heartbroken. Great game and series, on to the next one.

Tough to lose such a close encounter. Take heart from Jadeja, one of the great test match innings, sadly for him in a losing cause.
181 deliveries faced in just over 4 hours for 61*.

 

[meeesh]

Fuck off Hussein, I’ve lost most of the respect I used to have for you during this series. India did deserve to lose (a) because they didn’t get enough runs and (b) they behaved like absolute cunts throughout this test. Karma

He’s been nothing short of disgraceful that ****, needs to remember who he played for and whose paying his wages the fucking twat, be impartial if you have to be, but the bias in his voice is not a good sound believe me

 

[heslops barnet]

Tough to lose such a close encounter. Take heart from Jadeja, one of the great test match innings, sadly for him in a losing cause.
181 deliveries faced in just over 4 hours for 61*.

Unlucky but refused so many runs protecting the tail end…….perhaps would have been a lot closer?

 

[Tim of the Oak]

To be fair to Aggers it didn't look like he going to play test cricket again.

Maybe so but it doesn’t look good mocking one of our test cricketers. In fairness to Aggers, he knows he’s made a **** of himself and the world moves on.

I doubt he would have done likewise against an Indian Test bowler

 

[GornikDaze]

Long range weather forecast for Old Trafford?

Rain

 

[GornikDaze]

Indian fans fucked off faster than the rag fans at the swamp

Probably the same crew

 

[KS55]

Unlucky but refused so many runs protecting the tail end…….perhaps would have been a lot closer?

He had a system that suited with his umpteen singles on the fourth ball of each over. He may have got closer or the unprotected tail might have subsided sooner. We’ll never know.

 

[Vienna_70]

Archer deserves some praise. First test in over four years and returns with match figures of 5/107.

His c and b catch was top drawer.

 

[crooky]

Probably the same crew

The only person I've known who has gone to watch the cricket to support India, in a game against England was indeed a rag as well.

 

[jimharri]

Just seen the last wicket (was working at the time). Bizarre. How did a bog standard forward defensive block put enough back spin on the ball to force it back with enough pace to dislodge the bail (I don't think there's that much of a slope at Lord's). And why didn't he kick it away?


Not that I'm complaining!

 

[robbieh]

I think you can make a case that Root and Stokes get in an all time England XI.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Wonder how Washington "we'll win this test match by lunchtime" Sundar is feeling now....

I do like Washington, being a former Lancs lad and all, however he's really come across as an arrogant prick there

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

I didn't watch today due to work, however what a fantastic end to a fantastic test match.

What a fantastic advert for Test Cricket this series has been, and I'm glad all the 4 day nonce's in the ICC have been treated three proper 5 day classics.

 

[jimharri]

I didn't watch today due to work, however what a fantastic end to a fantastic test match.

What a fantastic advert for Test Cricket this series has been, and I'm glad all the 4 day nonce's in the ICC have been treated three proper 5 day classics.

You can't beat a close run 5 day test match. The T20 stuff is okay-ish; I can see the appeal among young cricket fans*. A complete game in 4 hrs, fireworks, music over the PA, those fancy flame launchers etc. Definitely a family friendly format. But test cricket is the ultimate, in my opinion.


*The Hundred can fuck right off, though. And when it's finished, it can come back and fuck off again.

 

[mscenterh750]

Told you all England would win.

 

[jimharri]

Going down with a whimper here. 200 is at least 100 too few.

 

[Claytop]

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

You can't beat a close run 5 day test match. The T20 stuff is okay-ish; I can see the appeal among young cricket fans*. A complete game in 4 hrs, fireworks, music over the PA, those fancy flame launchers etc. Definitely a family friendly format. But test cricket is the ultimate, in my opinion.


*The Hundred can fuck right off, though. And when it's finished, it can come back and fuck off again.

I enjoy all formats of cricket* for very different reasons, the worst thing to do is try and compare them because they all give something completely different. But I agree, there's no beating a close test match.









* Except the Hundred of course. Never the fucking Hundred!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Just seen the last wicket (was working at the time). Bizarre. How did a bog standard forward defensive block put enough back spin on the ball to force it back with enough pace to dislodge the bail (I don't think there's that much of a slope at Lord's). And why didn't he kick it away?


Not that I'm complaining!

Guess it’s the same principle as when the ball is swept and it always spins on the first bounce.

It just shows how many revs they out on the ball. May we’ll have hit a footmark too though!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Can’t be a coincidence that Zak Crawley scored 22 in our second innings and we won by 22 runs.

The difference maker.