Off Topic Cricket Thread

Oh dear Sri Lanka

6/3

 

Oh dear

 

Anyone with a ticket for Saturday may as well make their way to the SoL!

 

Friday is looking doubtful at this rate

 

I grew up with Test Match cricket,although Durham was a minor county in those days. I was thrilled watching Boycott,Edrich,Barrington,Trueman and Statham,together with Hunte,Sobers,Nurse,Butcher,Hall, Griffiths and Gibbs, Lawrie,Simpson, Mckenzie,Colin Bland and so on.The list can go on.
What are our opinions on the future of Test Matches?. As I post this we are in the process of taking Sri Lanka apart in maximum 3 days.

 

Superb from Woody that

 

For me, Test Cricket is the pinnacle of the sport and always my preferred format to attend. The game is dying in countries outside of the top 3 earners (Us, Aus & India) as more fans and players move towards the riches of white ball. Some countries just can't afford to stage test matches. More needs to be done to spread the revenues of the game to the smaller nations.

 

Totally agree mate. The main problem is that modern society won't wait for 5 days to see an outcome which might not even produce a winner.
Sad!

 

I was at Lords for day 1 of the West Indies test. There was a healthy smattering of younger folk there. I think there will always be an appetite for test cricket in this country

 

Hope you're right marra......not only here, but across the cricketing countries of the world.

 

Minging review that

 

That ball kept very low.....not what you want to see on day 1.

 

154/7

Canny little partnership here

 

92/6 to 207/8, this happens way too often, should be skittling these out for around 130

 

The pitch is flat

 

Looks like the rain has stopped

Hopefuly the delay isn’t too long

 

Probably take an early lunch and get going 1.30 ish - probably a lot of mopping up to do

 

Good shot from Lawrence

England 57/2

 

Poor Shot 67/3