Off Topic England V West Indies / Ben Stokes

And Chris Gayle announces that he might return to test cricket.

Only sing when you're winning, sing when you're winning........

 

They should tell him to **** off.

 

Australian Cricket purposely lose to Bangladesh !

As this years host of The Ashes, The Australian cricket team have stated that losing to Bangladesh was purely out of respect to the English cricket team getting flogged by the West Indies, thus ensuring a good level playing field was set for the upcoming series. The Aussies have requested that no upper-hand should come into play and that both teams are matched as evenly as possible.

The English press are seething that their captain rooted any chance of victory by declaring early in the second innings.
The Australian press refuse to mock any such suggestion.

 

Another cracking example of the gentlemans game:

Kieron Pollard criticised after no-ball denies Evin Lewis chance of century

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Barbados Tridents captain Kieron Pollard (second left) and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots skipper Chris Gayle (second from right)
Kieron Pollard has been criticised on social media after bowling a no-ball which denied opposition batsman Evin Lewis the chance of a century in a Caribbean Premier League match.

Pollard bowled a big no-ball when Lewis was on 97 off 32 balls, with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots needing one run to beat Barbados Tridents in the Twenty20 competition.

The no-ball gave 25-year-old Lewis' side the win but saw him miss out on the chance of a ton after he and captain Chris Gayle reached 129-0.

Cricket statistician and journalist Mazher Arshad said: "So Kieron Pollard bowls a no-ball to deny Evin Lewis a hundred in CPL. Suraj Randiv was suspended for a match when he did that to [Virender] Sehwag in 2010."

Cricket supporter Mainraj Paudel called Pollard's actions a "shameless act" on Twitter, while another spectator, Abhishek Chaturvedi, accused Pollard of showing "zero sportsmanship".

Lewis, however, was more diplomatic.

In a televised post-match interview, he said: "It hurts [missing out on the hundred], but hitting 97 not out off 33 balls? I'll take that any day.

"I've been hitting the ball long and hard in the nets. I'm confident now and looking forward to the play-offs."

If Lewis had completed his century in 33 balls, it would have been the second fastest of all time - just behind Chris Gayle's 30-ball IPL knock in 2013.

 

What a disgrace to the family name!

 

At least when Trevor Chappell bowled his underarm against the Kiwis, the ball was straight so the batsman could still hit it.

 

Normal service resumed by the Windies. Although some may be wondering whether they have a house to go back to at home.

 

I received an email from lords saying they still had tickets available for day four, I actually thought about it...

 

At this rate with them out for 123, I have my doubts about day 4, great bowling from stokes 6-22

 

Looking at Stokes' wickets I think the ball was moving a lot in the air.

 

Doesn't look like much cricket today, maybe that 4th day ticket will come in handy

 

Fantastic achievement by our most consistent bowler of the modern era. Who's to say he can't go onto make it 600?...

 

The outcome:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-41404646

 

Well boys... Today I am off to my very first proper Cricket match. The ODI vs The Windes.
What am I to expect...Will it be fun....Will there be lots of goals.

I understand two English yobs are not playing due to some misdemeanour...Is this like Ollie dropping Lualua for being late?. Will report in later on what it was like and whether the ladies toilets are better than those in the Loft

 

Enjoy your day, I'm jealous, I do enjoy a good one dayer