Off Topic Cricket Thread

[Stroller]

No overs lost for that break.

 

[Trammers]

Hello.... 2 quick wickets and India have a sniff

 

[sb_73]

England win the toss and will bowl in the first Test.

A decision that could backfire.

Should have batted first

I’m going out on a limb and calling it a good decision……

…..although now the wickets are falling…..

 

[sb_73]

Is my increasingly dodgy memory playing up again or in the olden days would these wickets where the batsman edges or cuts onto his own stumps have been recorded as ‘played on’ rather than ‘bowled’?

 

[Stroller]

I’m going out on a limb and calling it a good decision……

…..although now the wickets are falling…..

Apparently Gill would have put England in if he'd won the toss.

 

[Stroller]

Is my increasingly dodgy memory playing up again or in the olden days would these wickets where the batsman edges or cuts onto his own stumps have been recorded as ‘played on’ rather than ‘bowled’ in the distant past?

I don't recall that being the case.

 

[sb_73]

I don't recall that being the case.

Looked it up and you are right - it’s a description of how the wicket fell, but recorded as bowled.

 

[QPR999]

Two wickets thrown away in two balls!

 

[Trammers]

Feck me another twist.....

What was Brook thinking?

 

[Wherever]

3 an over with some spare England's game. Root is front of his home monkeys,

 

[Trammers]

152/4 that session......

You'd say it's England's to lose from here only needing another 102 with 6 wickets in hand, but another couple of wickets and it's squeaky bum time...... oh and the weather as well....

 

[Stroller]

**** me, I thought Root was gone there. No reviews left for India.

 

[jeffranger]

Bad shot from Stokes 5 down

 

[Stroller]

Brilliant win for England and a great Test match.

 

[sb_73]

Brilliant win for England and a great Test match.

Great cricket.

Sets the series up nicely. I suspect it will be dominated by the bat, though I’ve already been surprised by England taking 20 wickets.

 

[Trammers]

Cracking result and Test Cricket wins again.....

The confidence to chase that target on a 5th day pitch is something else...... also 1st time in Test history that all 4 innings had scores over 350......

The makings of a great series....

 

[jeffranger]

Superb win & did doubt our bowling attack but came good when needed, I would still make one or two changes for next test

 

[Didley Squat]

There’s been a change at the southern end, with Lillee coming back on to join Thompson in the bowling attack…. I wish.

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[sb_73]

There’s been a change at the southern end, with Lillee coming back on to join Thompson in the bowling attack…. I wish.

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Meanwhile, away from cricket nostalgia, Windies bowl out Aussies for 180 on first day of Bridgetown test, get to 57-4 themselves.

 

[Didley Squat]

Meanwhile, away from cricket nostalgia, Windies bowl out Aussies for 180 on first day of Bridgetown test, get to 57-4 themselves.

Why do you think l'm dwelling in the past...............

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