Off Topic Cricket Thread

I suppose it's too much to hope that Jimmy takes a 7 fer and shares 2nd place on the all time wicket taking table with the late great Shane Warne..... what a pairing that would be.....

 

Jimmy gets his first. They better get a move on if they want a nice long weekend off. Nine more to go…..

 

Dangerous partnership this.

 

Bit of a mis match, to easy

 

West Indies are a sad shadow of their 80's side.
Its good to see England win but a sterile atmosphere even for Lords.

 

That was fun, 13 wicket's, two for Anderson, Stokes joins just a party of three (Sobers, Kallis) to get 6000 runs and 200 wickets, nice weather good company and lots of beer, perfect day

 

Sterile probably wrong term, what I meant was very one-sided.
Great to see England doing well.
I just remember growing up and seeing the fearless West Indies teams, their crowd, colour, volume and bullishness.
Even though I was impressed with England I guess I also wanted to see the West Indies as I remembered them.

 

Bye bye Jimmy, thanks for everything.

 

You are right, not many West Indies fans there and those that were there were quiet, English fans fairly buoyant. I did see one of the best run outs ever by the oppo, even if Bashir missed read the situation

 

Bye bye Jimmy, England's greatest ever bowler and probably in the World's top 10 of all time. A true giant of swing bowling and a skillset to rival anyone's. He'll be sorely missed, on the ground anyway. Things will never feel the same without him and Broady steaming in !

 

2 englishmen in the top 20
3 kiwis


ICC Cricket Rankings - Men's Bowling
BattingBowlingAll-roundersTeams
Ravichandran Ashwin
INDIA
870
2
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Josh Hazlewood
AUSTRALIA
847
2
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Jasprit Bumrah
INDIA
847
4
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Kagiso Rabada
SOUTH AFRICA
834
5
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Pat Cummins
AUSTRALIA
820
6
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Nathan Lyon
AUSTRALIA
801
7
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Ravindra Jadeja
INDIA
788
8
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James Anderson
ENGLAND
739
9
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Shaheen Afridi
PAKISTAN
733
10
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Kyle Jamieson
NEW ZEALAND
729
11
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Prabath Jayasuriya
SRI LANKA
724
12
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Matt Henry
NEW ZEALAND
711
13
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Mitchell Starc
AUSTRALIA
704
14
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Ollie Robinson
ENGLAND
700
15
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Kuldeep Yadav
INDIA
686
16
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Kemar Roach
WEST INDIES
666
17
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Anrich Nortje
SOUTH AFRICA
664
18
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Taijul Islam
BANGLADESH
654
19
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Tim Southee
NEW ZEALAND
634
20
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Jason Holder
WEST INDIES
600

 

2 Englishmen, 0 Kiwi's

 

both have different numbers

 

I understand the emotion and some hyperbole in the moment but to claim that he is in the top 10 bowlers world wide in cricket history is just crazy. He wouldn't make the top 10 medium or fast bowlers in world cricket history let alone if you include slow bowlers.
Australians found him to be dead average except when conditions were just right for him and his average against us was exactly that - average.
Seems a good guy and a great servant for England and Wales and I wish him all the best but top 10 all time? Nah..

For starters off the top of my head from the past 50 years, but not including any current players.
Marshall
Holding
Garner
Roberts
Ambrose
Walsh
Pollock
Kallis
Khan
Dev
Hadley
McGrath
Lillee
Warne
Muralitharan
Willis
Botham
Underwood

I can't imagine any captain choosing Jimmy ahead of any of those on a consistent basis. Only if conditions were perfect for him would he even be in the conversation.

 

WIindies win toss and decided to bowl.....
Instant success for them, Crawley out 3rd ball but England go all T20 and are 21/1 from 2 overs.....

 

Too many Aussies to list….will try after when l have more time.

 

Get the feeling England might be looking to declare before lunch.....44/1 off 4 overs

 

Quickest to 50 ( 4.2 overs) in any test

 

I’m off to Worcestershire v Derbyshire T20, with a few Worcester pubs thrown in first. Massive advantage of a direct, though very slow, train door to door. I’d forgotten about the Test. Oops.

 

Nice day for it.....

We have one of those awful days you get on the coast with low cloud and constant drizzle..... good job I'm working today