Cricket Thread

[jimharri]

Apparently, we've had six successful run chases of 250+ since Stokes became captain.

Yes, I'm aware he's not captain in this test. It was lifted off the BBC app. Blame them!

 

[jimharri]

Keep thinking about 10 run segments. Get the next 10 runs without losing a wicket. Then, get the next 10 runs without losing a wicket. Rinse and repeat.

I missed my calling; I should have been a cricket coach.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Can you send me a link where I can see who his scores were against? I don’t see anything of the other guys apart from Jenninhs occasionally. You are probably right that there is no English opener making a case, and I think Crawley is a bigger problem than Duckett tbf. Pope is a problem too. I would personally be thinking about developing Brook or even Stokes to open and getting Bethell into the team. But I take your point maybe these two are as good as it gets. At least they stay fit, unlike most of our fast bowlers (why are Starc Cummins and Hazelwood always fit and ours not?).

All 3 of them have missed years of their career to injury. Cummins went 5 years between his first and second Test. Fast bowling brutalises the body, unless you are lucky to have a silky smooth repeatable action like Anderson and Broad most of them break down at some point.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Happy to be proven wrong but I’d be surprised if we get within 100 runs of the target.

You’re all very welcome. ;)

 

[jimharri]

Raining now.

 

[jimharri]

Happy to be proven wrong but I’d be surprised if we get within 100 runs of the target.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Steer this home, lads. Just steer it home.

 

[trueblue1972]

Keep thinking about 10 run segments. Get the next 10 runs without losing a wicket. Then, get the next 10 runs without losing a wicket. Rinse and repeat.

I missed my calling; I should have been a cricket coach.

Not realy you threw the towel in yesterday ;)

 

[wattle]

Keep thinking about 10 run segments. Get the next 10 runs without losing a wicket. Then, get the next 10 runs without losing a wicket. Rinse and repeat.

I missed my calling; I should have been a cricket coach.

We could just milk the spinners for another 30 runs without taking a risk. Then it really SHOULD be in the bag

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Poor fielding in the deep by Deep

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Our scoring rate is so impressive that we may have won by the time the next new ball is due.

 

[wattle]

Not chirping now are they

 

[Djibrilshairdo]

How many times is that now these fuckers have tried to change the ball during this partnership alone?

 

[Don Karleone]

Played Brook

 

[BringBackSwales]

All 3 of them have missed years of their career to injury. Cummins went 5 years between his first and second Test. Fast bowling brutalises the body, unless you are lucky to have a silky smooth repeatable action like Anderson and Broad most of them break down at some point.

Haven’t missed much in recent years, have they?

 

[jimharri]

We could just milk the spinners for another 30 runs without taking a risk. Then it really SHOULD be in the bag

There's absolutely no need to be rash now. Another 40 or 50 runs today (maybe one more wicket down, preferably not!) will be perfectly fine.

 

[waspish]

That be one the best centuries we will see IF he takes us to the win..

 

[jimharri]

Brilliant from Brook. A century off 91 balls. In this situation. Class.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Our scoring rate is so impressive that we may have won by the time the next new ball is due.

They’ll get a “new” one before that pal. Strange stat from Sky showing the lack of drift obtained by Sundar during this match - it was his second over, of the entire mstch

 

[Djibrilshairdo]

Would be nice to see Root join him on 3 figures