I dunno, if it goes tits up for Yorkshire are they going to keep swinging to the last man? 80 for 8, 'tis but a flesh wound?
Got to factor in Barry Gallance taking 65 balls to reach double figures as well.
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I dunno, if it goes tits up for Yorkshire are they going to keep swinging to the last man? 80 for 8, 'tis but a flesh wound?
Got to factor in Barry Gallance taking 65 balls to reach double figures as well.
I imagine they will and it was probably part of the agreement that got us 240 instead of 280
Never do a deal with a Yorkshireman.
I see Peter Trego is seething on twitter so it's not all bad news.
You wanna see some seething, then have a look at Craig Kieswetter's Twitter :D
Probably unwarranted seething at this rate. Time for Middlesex to bring some declaration bowling on imo.
99 off 69 balls. I dunno. That's too many really.
Thrownig the bat to the end. If that's how the last one goes they should just abolish the county.
Farcical, but at least the flat caps lost.
Went down swinging, why the fuck not. Middlesex lead all season so fair play to them.
Maybe we can get a batsmen or two in next season so Bressie isn't batting at 5 anymore. As well as he's actually batted this season.
You can blame the groundsman really, since there was always going to be a result set up but the poor pitch meant they had to do it in a completely barbaric way.
It seemed decent enough for a day and a half and then it went all Nagpur.
Although I see the last time they played at Nagpur it was an absolute minefield. Am I misremembering that as the interminable road which we duly copied for wherever it was (Trent Bridge?) against Australia?
Nope, Nagpur 2012 was indeed the deadest thing imaginable. The pitches in that series were a classic example of Indian top brass being thick as shit. We played all around Ashwin and Ojha on a flat one in Ahmedabad, so the ever intellectual MS Einstein then demanded raging turners to press home the perceived advantage, which he was given and India were promptly ravaged by Swann and Panesar to go down 2-1 before finally, needing a win, they served up that Nagpur shitfest on which Root made his debut.
A classic series.
An all time classic umpiring decision just then in India v NZ. Ross Taylor back in his crease, Ashwin gets one to shoot on low, smashes into the pads right in front of middle. Not out. Probably the worst decision of all time.
Ravi Shastri seething on comms. Get DRS, mate.
This could be interesting if true tomorrow morning.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news...ectid=11722147
Could save us the embarrassment of a third test.
Woah. That's crazy. I assume they'll find a way to play, but if they don't, they should be forced to compensate NZ. Especially given how they leaned on the WICB after the cancelled tour a few years back.
We're playing South Africa? I had absolutely no idea. Is there anything more pointless than biliateral ODI tours? Just a waste of time and players.
We also seem to have sent our fourth-string bowling attack. We've called up players that I've literally never heard of. And I even watched Big Bash games. Seriously, who or what is a Joe Mennie?
I've heard of Joe Mennie, there is one in that squad who I haven't heard of though and these days I have a properly dirty, almanac-style knowledge of world cricket which extends to following Shield games and all sorts of things.
EDIT: Daniel Worrall. Literally no idea.
I think I might have seen Worrall and Tremain bowl before. They clearly didn't leave an impression though.
Plenty of Saffas I know are complaining that now they're winning, the Aussies don't seem to care about cricket anymore! Itals just proven them right...
I wouldn't care about cricket if the consequence of doing so was to have Piet van der Fuckhuizen sending mocking belches my way as he wipes Wimbledon baconnaise from his sweaty, beer drenched top lip.
All this Durham business seems a bit off.
I don't really know all that much about it, but isn't the fact that they had to spend a shit ton of cash to upgrade their ground to be allowed to host insane loss-making May tests one of the main reasons behind their financial ruin?
Yeah. It goes beyond that, as building a ground suitable for international cricket was one of the requirements for them to be admitted as a first class county in the first place. They then only get given wet May Tests against Sri Lanka/Bangladesh because you can't sell expensive tickets/hospitality up there, so disaster was inevitable.
The two things that are the most fishy are 1) the fact that the ECB told them not to accept a consortium bailout which was on the table, and then forced them into their own, punitive bailout, and 2) four of the other eight Test ground counties have been in massive financial problems of their own but have faced no such penalties (Colin Graves's Yorkshire being one).
As far as I can see, it's down to the ECB playing power games and trying to basically humiliate a county in order to scare all the others into accepting their city-based T20 (and also handily get those pesky 9 Test grounds down to 8, which is their stated number of city teams...)
Surrey are fighting the good fight but everyone else is either cash strapped (half the shire counties), in hock to bent councils (Warwickshire, Glamorgan) or just plain retarded (Yorkshire).
I like how they got a very short Ashes test which apparently put Chester-le-Street on the map.
I don't even care about bilateral ODI series when they're being played up the road at the SCG. If there's no tests, it's not a real tour.Quote:
Originally Posted by hfswjyr
But the truth is, I legitimately didn't know this series was happening. I suppose that it's mostly for South Africans, given that it's taking place in one of the busiest weekends in Australian sport.
I knew it was happening, and that we'd sent a squad with a lot of "potential". It's basically a "made for Indian gamblers" series as far as I can tell.
Even I'm surprised at how little state cricket some of the guys we've selected have played though.
He's like MegaRonald.Quote:
Shafiul Islam to Vince, OUT, picks out mid-on!
Subcontinental teams seem to have cottoned onto the fact that the best way to play against England is just not to use any seam whatsoever.
Just flicked on and Stokes has been dropped twice in six balls :D
Good to see Duckett playing well
I got on over 250.5 when we were 60 odd for three and am now planning my retirement in the Bahamas. Have the bookies not watched 'this England side' before?
Watch out for Mosaddek with the bat though, serious talent.
329.5 was about 3/1 20 minutes ago. Buttler still to come...
I guess the theory is it's a slow pitch that's hard to accelerate on and there won't be any pace on for the scoops etc, but these two seem to be managing just fine.
Now here's a question. If a team of 11 Stokes played a team of 11 Woakes, who would win?
Should probably make this happen actually.
Jesus Christ, Bangladesh, talk about being bottling wankers.
Fucking Bottlerdesh.
1. lol at Australia
2. Kohli wasting all his runs on New Zealand.
3. I'm glad I'm not watching the above, 447/3 at 3.11 runs per over? Ye gods.
4. lol at Australia
5. We're bowling first.
The way Mongladesh utterly bottled that last game means I can't see anything other than a whitewash. Such a fragile side.
The permanent melancholy in Athar Ali Khan's voice is one of the most beautiful sounds in cricket, bettered only by the crack of a Jason Roy straight drive, and the start of a Ramiz Raja anecdote.
He is still the sole Bangladesh representative isn't he? Every series, every world ICC event, he gets wheeled out to insist that "they are an improving side".
Look for him at the 2023 World Cup still sort of hoping that Tamim Iqbal will fulfil his potential.
The state of that Australian scorecard.
No excuse for that. The bowlers are fifth-string, but the batting isn't.
Suspect he's their only one who speaks any English.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Power
Vince James driving loosely to backward point, well I'm shocked.
Vince is such a poor mans Ian Ronald Bell. Bin him.
I purvey a lesser version of some of the non-turning, round arm slow left arm that Shakib is currently sending down and I have to say it is the sort of bowling that God would do, were he not too busy. Just get it somewhere in the right hander's middle and off, turn one in ten, and utter terror ensues.
This all sounds fairly lol.
There was nearly a punch up when Buttler was out. Deshis are a bit into it.
Surely even the bangles can't bottle this one.
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps...desh-getty.jpg
That was Bangladesh screaming at Buttler when his LBW got reviewed to be out. I mean, come on chaps. They seem to have a guy watching the TV in the dressing room shouting down to inform their review decisions, which is illegal and was riling the England players.
Buttler is exactly the sort of player that'll smash a hundred off like 30 balls next game now.
Rashid running riot here. The perfect leggies blend of jaffas and absolute filth.
Shaping up to be another good game, don't fancy this inexperienced England team chasing 250+ on a turning track though