The Cricket Thread

Not sure Sussex are ever going to see much of Jofra again.

 

They will if Ides becomes an England selector.

 

And Meowth!....

 

Labuschagne gets one plumb in the plums!

 

Yes! Leg before off a full bunger, nicely done!

 

Archer gets 6 Aussie's all out for 179

 

Jofra saves our bacon, because during that third wicket partnership we were throwing the Ashes away. In tricky conditions, after electing to bowl first, things were going downhill fast.

As it is, you'll always take 179 all out.

 

Fabulous bowling from Jofra! 6-45!

 

Jofra is rather good at this.

 

Yet again an excellent 19th from us. We regularly seem to bowl great 19th overs this season, whether by Abbott, Wood or Morris.

The 20th over though usually disappears...

(Good start though)

 

Jofra is going to relish those hard, super fast Aussie pitches. #tasteoftheirownmedicine

 

Not this time. Although it does help when they don't have a set batsman at the crease. Or a batsman of any note in fact.

 

Mid 128 ao

 

I did feel slightly sorry for Middlesex, because we know what that is like. Indeed, we might be experiencing it ourselves in an hour or so.

If we had Donald and Alsop available to play in place of Fuller and Holland, I'd have no worries about chasing 129. Should be a breeze. But as it is, if Vince, Rilee and Northeast all get knocked over early (which is very possible this season)...

 

I see that in the last 10 balls of the Middx innings they scored 1 run and lost 5 wickets
Some sort of 20-20 record?

 

Just caught the channel 5 highlights and Boycott was very critical of Jofra being over used and that he was bowling uphill, whereas all the quickies usually bowl from the other end.
Kind of makes Jofra’s efforts even better.

 

Vince *should* have done enough. But I'm not taking anything for granted!

 

He only bowled 17 overs, with plenty of rest time. Boycott moaned about the same thing at Lords, but he’s wrong this time. Apart from anything else, Jofra’s pace was much lower overall than at Lords.

 

To be fair, he knows Headingley better than a lot of people. So there is probably some merit in what he says.

 

He never did a lot of fast bowling at Headingley if my memory is correct...