The Cricket Thread

****ing hell thought Alsop had gone there.

 

Jesus Alsop there's a time and a place to reverse sweep and this ain't it!

 

A small part of me was beginning to hope...until those two Patel overs.

 

Well done guys, really well done. Step one, passed.

 

Got to lunch unscathed. Had to really.

 

Oh ****.

 

Alsop gone aswell

 

As I said. It's like Warks are the ones bowling at Taunton now.

 

That is disgraceful batting from Bailey. **** off George.

 

Bye Bailey don't let the door bang you on the arse.....

 

He's on a two year contract.

 

Cancel it NOW!!

 

No points deduction for Somerset. "Below average" grading - it needed a "poor" grading for a deduction.

 

He should be sacked for that shot.

 

Right now here are the two men at the crease that are the long term future of our batting, lets see a bit of of fight and application from them both.

 

Half way there; 44 overs gone, 44 overs left.

If we were only three down, I'd be happy. But four down, when we're playing the extra bowler, does surely mean this two still needing to be there at tea.

 

And that's tea. The improbable could yet happen.

 

If you'd offered me four down at tea, at the start of the match, I'd have snapped your hand off - let alone if you'd offered it to me after the finger went up against Bailey.

Still a huge amount of work to do, but we can see safety on the horizon for the first time.

We might also get a lose an over from the target, as Warks are on over behind - despite all this spin. The last hour is sixteen overs, plus whatever else you might have time to sneak in before the hour is up. Not sixteen overs plus whatever else you have not yet bowled.

 

This excitement is not the type I imagined 3 games into the season.

 

Stokes and Hales banned from international cricket until further notice.