Cricket Thread

[Nevizade]

Going Friday in that Sports Breaks bit, 11% chance of rain according to Accuweather hopefully that stays the same. Looks like rain Wednesday so hopefully will get to see a bit of batting and bowling.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Decent recovery from Lancs to go from 160-5 to 290-6 at the close. Hopefully they can push on a bit tomorrow

 

[waspish]

Stokes won the Toss Again we bowling and with the weather now surely it will do something

 

[M18CTID]

Stokes won the Toss Again we bowling and with the weather now surely it will do something

Just starting to brighten up here in Trafford Park unfortunately!

 

[Nevizade]

Taken 11/2 for the first wicket this morning to be LBW, should hoop around before the ball goes soft.

 

[Shirley]

Just starting to brighten up here in Trafford Park unfortunately!

Just had to listen to how the Indian team are all rag fans and visited carrington blah blah blah….

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Good to see that Lancs are as well organised off the pitch as they currently are on it. People queueing for well over an hour to get into ground. Someone has said there are literally just 2 lanes of stewards checking every bag. Shambles.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Now we know where the old Maine Road turnstile staff got jobs after we moved

 

[johnny crossan]

Choosing to bowl is a blunder with the forecast as it is. Pavlovian.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Good to see that Lancs are as well organised off the pitch as they currently are on it. People queueing for well over an hour to get into ground. Someone has said there are literally just 2 lanes of stewards checking every bag. Shambles.

I'm there at the weekend, might give myself a bit more time than I first planned

 

[SWP's back]

Choosing to bowl is a blunder with the forecast as it is. Pavlovian.

Stokes with second best captaincy winning percentage >>>>> You

 

[johnny crossan]

Stokes with second best captaincy winning percentage >>>>> You

We'll see. (I've played a few times on the sacred OT turf you know - coconuts for cricket balls down your way I believe ;-)

 

[waspish]

Think every toss stokes has won it’s a wicket where you won’t be bothered if you lost the toss

 

[DTKOAG]

Must say the ground at OT has the same look of Maine road where every stand looks completely different

 

[Bluemoon dan]

I'm there at the weekend, might give myself a bit more time than I first planned

Probably not a bad idea. Was even mentioned a few times on the live thread on the BBC website that it was chaos getting in. No idea why, not like it's the first time they've hosted a Test. There was even nearly a full house in for the Lancs v Yorks T20 last week and nothing like the difficulties getting in then.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Must say the ground at OT has the same look of Maine road where every stand looks completely different

Been appalling for years, building and rebuilding temporary stands, seemingly no plan. Badly run club in my view

 

[BringBackSwales]

2 Indian commentators
2 Australian commentators

Fucking abysmal Sky

 

[BringBackSwales]

Lancashire unbroken 9th wicket stand 107

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Probably not a bad idea. Was even mentioned a few times on the live thread on the BBC website that it was chaos getting in. No idea why, not like it's the first time they've hosted a Test. There was even nearly a full house in for the Lancs v Yorks T20 last week and nothing like the difficulties getting in then.

I was also at that match, and have been to a few games this year and have never waited more than a couple of minutes.

Seems strange, but not a good look for Lancs unfortunately.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Strange scorecard for Leicestershire. Three of their batsman hit Centuries, the other 8 failed to make double digits!