The Cricket Thread

Eng V Kiwis THIRD TEST . DAY 1 .

ENG won the toss and elected to bowl first .


NZ 46-0 after 14.2 overs .

 

I love how little time, the tv umpire takes on reviews. Matt Henry caught and bowled would still be being looked at by football VAR.

 

That's a great day so far for the Blackcaps.

 

Bloody hell !

is it ever !

 

The youngster Will O'Rourke was brilliant after lunch, and was close to his hatrick.

 

I'm sorry but there's only one reason why Rocky Flintoff gets named in the England Lions squad ahead of Tom Prest and that's because his father is the head coach.

 

The Mail are reporting that we're in talks with Tim Southee.

They don't say which format, but I'm assuming the Blast. His recent retirement from test cricket, I'm assuming means he won't have much interest in Championship cricket.

 

Vince's Sixers just won by 5 Wickets in the last over, after Green bowled 3 wides in it. Vince was run out on 13.

 

Sixers just chased down 195 to win by 8 wickets, Vince a masterclass 101 not out.

 

I just watched a remarkable Blackcaps 20/20 win vs Sri Lanka. SL needed 173 to win, where 121-0 in 13th over. NZ ended up winning by 8 runs. SL lost 8 wickets for 43 runs!

 

Mo is on fire in the SA-Pakistan test match, his comeback test match.

 

Sixers won again by 8 wickets. Vince only got 10.

 

Confortable win for Oz in the fifth test, 3-1 winners. Plenty of life in these old dogs, still.

 

India undone by having Kohli around coupled with being unable to cope mentally with the Oz sledging!

 

Oh dear, Vince took out a seagull while hitting a 4.

 

Who would do the best commentary on that? John Arlot, Henry Blofeld or another of the classic voices of cricket?

 

Boycott!!

 

In all seriousness, the poetry of Arlott

 

Or Brian Johnson?

 

John Arlott retired to the island of Alderney, and would have been very upset to see a seabird hurt.