Cricket Thread

[Cricket Blue]

win by 30 runs

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Better than I thought it was going to be

Yeah. 210 for 7 looked dicy.

Need a few wickets today to set this up.

 

[jimharri]

win by 30 runs

Who?

;-)

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Honestly, I think I’d have taken that at the start of the day coming in at 28-2.

I’d have snapped your hand off when Bairstow went.

 

[trueblue1972]

50/50 this.

I guess we're going to need minimum of 2 wickets before close.

Purely due to the quality of Aussie middle order id make them slight favourites, you would think that one of them may get a biggie .. but its certainly not over

 

[trueblue1972]

Honestly, I think I’d have taken that at the start of the day coming in at 28-2.

I’d have snapped your hand off when Bairstow went.

Quite a few on here had us loosing by an innings last night on day 1

 

[hello]

50/50 this.

I guess we're going to need minimum of 2 wickets before close.

depends on how they approach batting, if they are going at 2rpo then number of wickets tonight probably less relevant, If they attack tonight then I agree we need wickets to fall.

 

[Norbert D]

Think there’s about thirty overs left today and play probably won’t start until after 12 tomorrow if the forecast is anything to go by.
Aus to start tomorrow on about 100 if first innings run rate anything to go by, England need a couple of wickets tonight, could be a very interesting final day!

 

[jimharri]

If we can somehow get them 2 or 3 down for, say, 50 runs, it'll make them a bit twitchy in the morning. We need to take our chances this time; are you listening Johnny?

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Broad gets his bunny early and it's game on

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

50/50 this.

I guess we're going to need minimum of 2 wickets before close.

Still think Aussie are favourites but they still would have been even if chasing 325 in my opinion, they just have so much batting depth and our bowling attack didn't look great 1st innings at times. Hopefully Jimmy can turn up, oh and Jonny too. Batting could be tricky tomorrow with the weather breaks that will likely happen. Fascinating test but I'm fearful for the remaining tests truth be told.

 

[trueblue1972]

Still think Aussie are favourites but they still would have been even if chasing 325 in my opinion, they just have so much batting depth and our bowling attack didn't look great 1st innings at times. Hopefully Jimmy can turn up, oh and Jonny too. Batting could be tricky tomorrow with the weather breaks that will likely happen. Fascinating test but I'm fearful for the remaining tests truth be told.

I actualy think we will have a better more balanced bowling attack in future tests , let's see

 

[BringBackSwales]

Doesn't that square, in fact, with what the Met Office is saying?

Not sure pal, I know there’s rain in the morning, brightening up in the afternoon. I am hoping for cloudy rather than sunshine

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Those 22 balls yesterday where we scored 1 for 2 could be crucial. The ball was moving all over the place in that brief period.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Biased Aussie pricks doing my head in.

Did you watch the rubbish bt coverage if the last ashes in oz? Convict commentators only and biased as fuck

 

[kippaxwarrior]

When did Monty Burns start working for Sky

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Did you watch the rubbish bt coverage if the last ashes in oz? Convict commentators only and biased as fuck

Mark Waugh is the worst.

 

[melrose40yarder]

Think we are 30 odd short however this enthralling cricket.Would like a proper keeper and Jonny as a batsman

 

[supercity88]

Fully imagine that we'll get some early wickets, they'll dig in form a partnership and look to be cruising. Then they'll have a mini-collapse we'll get them 9 down still needing 60 and then they'll have a last wicket partnership of 50 before we win by 10 runs.

I make this 55-45 in England's favour. I think we got the extra 10-20 runs we needed to give ourselves the advantage.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Edgbaston crowd are always magnificent for test matches, cmon lads. Wanker, wanker, Wanker and you’re support is fucking shit, not gentlemanly test cricket, but tremendous