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The Cricket Thread 2015-16

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by TheSecondStain, May 22, 2015.

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  1. garysfc

    garysfc Well-Known Member

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    Nice info St. Brendy - I think I'll try to get to Lords Thursday eve. Should be another cracking game & hopefully will firmly establish Hants top of South. "Sadly" I'll miss the Sussex game on Friday as I'll be at Wembly with Foo Fighters ! :emoticon-0140-rofl::emoticon-0169-dance
     
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    Cheering on Glamorgan here.
     
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    Good start. Shame though that Trescothick is past it these days.
     
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    • England won the toss and decided to bat
    England
    Alex Hales Jason Roy Joe Root Eoin Morgan (C) Ben Stokes Jos Buttler (W) Sam Billings Adil Rashid David Willey
    Mark Wood Steven Finn

    New Zealand
    Martin Guptill Brendon McCullum (C) Kane Williamson Ross Taylor Grant Elliott Mitchell Santner Luke Ronchi (W)
    Ben Wheeler Matt Henry Tim Southee Mitchell McClenaghan

    Umpires: N J Llong, BNJ Oxenford, J Srinath, S J Davis

    Cue jokes about who will get their Willey out?
     
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    Really excited to see Willey given a chance. Although I wouldn't say his bowling is outstanding, I don't think it's worse than Jordan's. I'm interested to see how it goes. But crucially, he's probably the best English bowling all-rounder in the county game (given that Stokes is a batting all-rounder). Certainly he's better than Broad, Bresnan, (Chris) Wood, Barker, Napier (these days - Napier's batting, and bowling for that matter, is not what it once was) etc with the bat.
     
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    Hey Eoin, maybe you should have bowled first.
     
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    36 - 2 after 8 that's not good.
     
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    I hope Willey doesn't just bat for Stokes here. Wood and Finn can do that. Willey will hopefully play his normal, aggressive game.
     
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    Well he definitely can't bat for Stokes now.
     
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    Willey's gone. 300/9.
     
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    All out 302 .
     
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    New Zeland 4-1 .....
     
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    The commentator's Holding the bowler's Willey. :)
     
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    36-2

    B McCulloch gone
     
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    LOL .

    I honestly wondered if anyone could do something with his name ! Who is the commentator ?
     
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    Michael Holding. :)
     
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    Are you not aware of the old "The batsman's Holding, the bowler's Willey" line from TMS, back in the day? It's probably the most famous line of cricket commentary ever. Indeed, after "They think it's all over..." it's surely one of the most famous line's of sports commentary ever.
     
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    I am , but I thought I had missed something and that there was a commentator called holding , Hence my Question to Tom :)
     
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    And of course it's the same Holding as in the original quote, and David Willey is Peter Willey's son.
     
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    Oh god, two Surrey players have collided going for a catch, both injured with one apparently unconscious.
     
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