Cricket Thread

[Corky]

Got 4/1 yesterday and they are offering 70% of the total as a payout now. One wicket will change that greatly.

Have they changed ball yet ?
Watching f1

50 overs?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Less than 150 to win now. Is Woakes definitely not going to bat?

 

[heslops barnet]

Nasser praying for an England wicket

 

[BringBackSwales]

The things I do for the England cricket team, since 1967 cricket watching JCL that I am. Starving hungry, desperate for a piss and a shit, but I’m not going anywhere until the drinks break

 

[BringBackSwales]

I fucking love Harry Brook’s batting when he plays like this. Aggressive against the bad ball but not charging down the pitch and throwing his wicket away. Excellent by the Yawkshaw cunts

 

[BringBackSwales]

Clearly Brook doesn't plan on hanging around long.

I think he intends being there at the end. Batting aggressively but sensibly

 

[crooky]

Have they changed ball yet ?
Watching f1

30 overs yet to go.

We'll score 134 runs in that time going at the current rate. 137 runs to get.

So hopefully we'll get there before the new ball makes an appearance.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Brook is the most exciting batsman we’ve had since KP.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Nasser praying for an England wicket

And advising on the best tactics to get Brook out

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

And advising on the best tactics to get Brook out

It’s what the commentators do for every batter!

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I'm starting to believe. Is that naive of me?
These two need to get hundreds. Then I'll be able to say, with the Monkees, “Now I'm a believer”.

 

[jimharri]

Got 4/1 yesterday and they are offering 70% of the total as a payout now. One wicket will change that greatly.

I'd take it, unless you only put on a small bet. If you're looking at, say, £50, I'd take it. Don't forget, we're effectively 4 down with Woakes being unable to bat. And, as you said, one wicket changes everything. Smith wii be next in, and while he can tell one end of a bat from the other, he'd be our last "recognised" batsman*. When he goes, we're down to the tail end Charlies. Would you fancy Tongue or Overton to get 50+?


*Yes; Atkinson is capable of providing some resistance.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Have they changed ball yet ?
Watching f1

No but Ian Ward on comms is encouraging them to

 

[waspish]

Don’t fall for the short ball let him wear himself out

 

[Iamthemusicman]

I think he intends being there at the end. Batting aggressively but sensibly

He's calmed down a bit to be fair. When I commented he'd just been caught on the rope, then ran down the track and sliced a few in the air.

 

[jimharri]

Brook is the most exciting batsman we’ve had since KP.

Bairstow in full flow was a sight to behold.

For someone from the land that time forgot.

 

[BringBackSwales]

This is what England are very good at, winning or putting themselves in the position to win, from very bad situations. We get out to a lot of silly shots, drop catches, bowl seam a bit up and down, but when the chips are down they have this ability to knuckle down and retrieve these bad situations. That is to be applauded. Hope I’ve been watching cricket long enough to have that opinion.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Bairstow in full flow was a sight to behold.

For someone from the land that time forgot.

I was at Headingley that day when him and Overton (I think) smashed NZ all over the place. What a performance that was, bloody Yorkie. It was my eldest’s first ever day at a test match and he loved it and is a keen cricket watcher because of it

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Bairstow in full flow was a sight to behold.

For someone from the land that time forgot.

True. Though he was always susceptible to being clean bowled.

His innings against New Zealand a few years back was very special.

 

[M18CTID]

Brook is the most exciting batsman we’ve had since KP.

He’s a fantastic player. Sure, he doesn’t come off on occasions but he should be a nailed on starter for years to come