Cricket Thread

[Gray]

Are you ancoats’ dad?

Twin brother?

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Thinking about epic collapses does anyone else remember the 1993 B&H Cup game between Surrey and Lancashire?

It was shown live on BBC1 and Lancashire crawled to 236. Surrey then got to 212-1 needing 25 to win off the last 6 overs they then proceeded to lose 9 wickets for 18 runs to be all out for 230 and Lancashire winning by 6 runs

I miss the days when batting was hard. Anything over a run a ball in the last 5 overs and you were up against it.

 

[eastmanc]

I took my mum out for tea that night. When I went out Lanky were down and out. No mobile phone with internet, watched the highlights on tv later and was staggered that we had won.

What's amazing about that game is the shear quality of the players on both sides. County cricket isn't anything like that now with central contracts. Almost like two international sides.

 

[liamctid]

Tongue has never played white ball cricket for England. I personally think he’s a much better bowler than Atkinson.

Sorry, could have sworn he was in a squad over the summer - I must be thinking of someone else!

 

[kippaxwarrior]

What's amazing about that game is the shear quality of the players on both sides. County cricket isn't anything like that now with central contracts. Almost like two international sides.

Of the 22 players in that match 17 of them gained at least 1 international cap in test cricket

 

[zandvoort blue]

Steve Smith never believes he’s out LBW.

Hopefully he loses his match fee for his dissent there.

Good job he isn’t playing at the Joie Stadium. He’d have been sent off.

Out LBW again for a duck. Plumb LBW and he wanted to refer it but his partner said don`t bother.

 

[dadnlad]

always good to see smith slope off 24/2

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Out LBW again for a duck. Plumb LBW and he wanted to refer it but his partner said don`t bother.

Missed it. Had to nip out. Saw Warner’s tantrum before though.

Hopefully a 3rd Aussie defeat incoming.

 

[Corky]

Still going at 7 an over thinking of the NRR.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

how many grounds are they using? It seems a bit early in the tournament for balls to keep low - one English batsman got one against Bangladesh and Warner got one.

 

[Corky]

Neither of the two qualifiers won a game yet. 4 big losses one close game, and it will be 5 big losses tomorrow.

They play each other on Sat though.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Australia finished that quite quickly once Maxwell and Stoinis came in.

 

[jimharri]

Just in from work. I see the Aussies living down to their reputation of moaners. And they call us whinging poms! How can two countries so close (as close as anything can be down there) be so different in character. The New Zealand lads come across as a decent bunch, whereas the Aussies... well, you make up your own mind about them!

 

[eastmanc]

Missed it. Had to nip out. Saw Warner’s tantrum before though.

Hopefully a 3rd Aussie defeat incoming.

To be fair, and I don't want to be towards David Warner as he is an odious individual, he didn't look out lbw. I'd have been pissed as well if it was me. Anyway fuck him.

 

[N1985]

Just in from work. I see the Aussies living down to their reputation of moaners. And they call us whinging poms! How can two countries so close (as close as anything can be down there) be so different in character. The New Zealand lads come across as a decent bunch, whereas the Aussies... well, you make up your own mind about them!

To be fair you only have to look at us and having those Rag cunts as neighbours. Pretty easy to realise how to behave and act graciously when you've got the biggest set of horrible cheating bastards on your doorstep.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

To be fair, and I don't want to be towards David Warner as he is an odious individual, he didn't look out lbw. I'd have been pissed as well if it was me. Anyway fuck him.

It was more out than Bairstow’s one yesterday. It looked less out because he’d wandered across too far.

 

[eastmanc]

It was more out than Bairstow’s one yesterday. It looked less out because he’d wandered across too far.

I didn't see the Bairstowe one . I'll go and have a look on you tube.

 

[Corky]

Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
"But the Netherlands have enough quality to upset any side in the competition. They are not just here to make up the numbers. They are here as one of the top ten sides in the world."

TMS employing someone who hasn't a clue.

 

[supercity88]

Would be nice for England if this gets rained off as SA would have dropped a point then.

From a position of feeling like we are out following that dismal performance, I think we've still got a chance. It's between Australia, England and Pakistan for that final spot realistically. We've lost a game we really shouldn't have, but beat those two sides and we might still be okay.

That's pure optimism though. Based on how we've played, and Buttler's comments which suggest he'll stick with Woakes - I'm not sure we'll get the wins we need. Weather could play a part though...

 

[Corky]

It is like a National League match 20 years ago.

Ned scored almost double in the second half of their innings setting a viable 246 to defend.