Off Topic Cricket Thread

Unbelievable bowler. One of the best there is at the minute. Missed him massively last year with his injury

 

Good day of Cricket 225-2.

 

Superb opening stand from Crawley and Duckett. More of that please.

 

Best cricketer in the world.

He's 34. England captain. Won everything.
Yet, this spring, he has sought out coaches, looked at film of himself from pre injury, re modelled his run up over hundreds of hours in the nets, and now bowls like that! ( From an interview I read this week somewhere)

He is amazing. An utter one off. If he had been England's captain last summer, we'd have won the Euros!

 

Excellent day for England

 

https://x.com/SkyCricket/status/1948366599322230996?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1948366599322230996|twgr^72e18583f8868b1c2969ab585b383843603771ca|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https://app.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025/07/24/how-ben-stokes-tweaked-run-up-wicket-taking-machine-india/

Piece from the excellent Tim Wigmore in The Telegraph re Stokes mental winter work.

Hasn't worked! I'll have a look later!

 

Excellent day's cricket yesterday. The level of India's bowling seemed to drop off a bit and we took full advantage.

 

Played Stokes lad

 

Looks like Ben is back in business

 

and woakes

 

India 0-2 Hat trick ball coming

 

1 more over before lunch, 2 overs 1-2 at the moment

 

3 overs 1-2, lunch trail by 310

 

And the lions have beaten the convicts, thats the series done

 

Perfect morning for England. India need a monsoon now to save this.

 

No Stokes, no penetration. That could be a very long day tomorrow. India will fancy a draw there if they get past the new ball.