I was doing the door (well, checking tickets) at my club tonight as we put a beer festival on every year which is one of the ways we stay afloat. Decent event, 500 odd people from the local town and all the real ale bores you could wish to see, so you can imagine my surprise when Jade Dernbach arrived with his ticket.
'I've had this booked for months,' he said, and he was loving life trying the different ales and even got involved in the cheesy sing-song towards the end.
Not even joking.
Dont do that. Dont make me like him.
A beer festival at Jimmy's cricket club?
That's a TTH Meet waiting to happen.
England gifting three wickets to filthy part time off spinners like the good old days
What does everyone think of the Amir situation? I think I'm on the forgive and forget side.
The build-up to this series is forcing me to ask myself tough questions about whether I like England or Misbah more. He's even come with a badass beard and yesterday played his trademark sweep-lol-no-mate-it-isn't shot against Sussex on his way to a leisurely 68 from 96 balls. As I type, cricinfo gives his age as 42 years, 42 days. What a man.
Really looking forward to the series and sort of hope Pakistan stick one up us in our Jimmyless first Test to really get the juices flowing.
Could be a decent series if Pakistan bat well. Azhar Ali and Younis look in good nick.
Thoughts on Amir?
I'm all for him. Was but a nipper when it all happened.
Jake Ball getting the nod tomorrow. Good, he's looked terrific this season.
Sammy C klaxon also... shame everyone else at Surrey is literally useless. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/946885.html
The great man, now sporting a beard, wins and bats.
35/3 at lunch today, 482/6 at lunch tomorrow (Younis 187 (299), Misbah 105 (384))
Misbah's beard
Fuck off 80s Imran, there's a new heart throb in town
Didn't realise this was his first test in England.
I...don't enjoy Blowfeld on TMS. Does this make me a bad person? Ed Smith is my favourite.
Come on old man. Don them senseless.
Push ups to celebrate. Don
Now get out.
I reckon he's my favourite cricketer of all time. Just dons people for fun, and is fucking 42. Not even 39. 42.
Oldest Test centurion since the 1930s
The big man doing press ups upon reaching 100 greatest moment in the history of Lord's Cricket Ground?
It was, but now topped by Chris Woakes becoming England's premier Test cricketer.
I was wrong about Woakes and I was wrong about Bairstow (he still can't keep though). Expect a Ballance triple ton next.
Imagine having my first day off work in months when Mohammad Amir is about to bowl
I was off work that morning when he absolutely routed us at this very ground. Thrilling stuff
We're going down for sub 200 here.
He's fucking done Cook there with an absolute beauty. Hafeez is such a wanker. Isn't he the one who didn't want to play with Amir?
Amir
He deserved that.
If there's a lively wicket during the series they will blow us away.
If that happens in game one, games two+ will be played on pitches the likes of which are normally only seen in India.
We haven't got Swann now, so I don't see the point of that, cobber. There's a reasonable chance here that Pakistan are actually the better side. Yasir running through us on a pitch that is not turning AT ALL. Beautiful drift.
The Aussie seethe.
Rack off bouncer.
Anyway, Woakes is still there so a first innings lead should be a given. When is Stokes going to be fit again? Just get him and Buttler back in place of the mediocre batting shite currently padding out the middle order, well. Aggressive brand etc.
Finn's surely for the chop as well once Anderson is fit again.
Watched Sussex conspire to lose to Hampshire on the T20 tonight, abley assisted by some rank bad umpiring. The lbw on MAchan pretty much turned the game, and some of the wides that weren't given were fairly lol. That said, proper bottle job from Sussex (and Taylor). Run a ball fifty's not an awful lot of use bro.
Probably classic Warne hyperbole but he's just said Yasir Shah has the best leg break OF ALL TIME.
Loved that ball to get Ballance
Wahab will get Broad out everytime if he gets the chance to bowl to him. Couple quick bouncers and a yorker and he's gone
Jake Ball was the first player to hit the ball over a certain pavilion when he played in our franchise T20 league (i know) a few years ago so I'm confident he can do a job here.
Or not.
Oh, Misbah
First innings lacked those sixes from nowhere, so he'd thought he'd get back on it straight away this time around.
Woakes with 11 wickets in the match, what the fuck is going on.
Presumably after we've lost this, Stokes and Anderson will come back and we'll have to shed Finn and... Ball? That would be bold.
Basically Woakes vs Shah this match. Feel Yasir will have the final say in the fourth innings
Just realised this is at Lord's. Misbah on the honours board.
Lots of nice cover drives for four mixed with shit cross-bat wafts outside off.
Edit: Root mixing it up a bit. 'the fuck son?
How close are Pakistan to having the best bowling attack in cricket? They must surely be right up there.
Their pace bowlers are at least as good as ours, and we don't have a spinner who deserves to shine Yasir's shoes by the looks of it.
Is Shah good against everybody or is this just England's abilities against spin being such that I could probably worry them for a wicket or two?
Jesus that ragged.
Bring it home Mo lad
God I fucking love watching good leg spinners on a turning pitch.
For fuck sake.
HOT TAKE: Moeen Ali is actually pretty shit.
Brainless.
Woakesy to fully cement his reputation as the premier all rounder in world cricket then
Moeen to be dropped on the back of that.
Wahab Riaz is fucking quality
There's no good reason for Broad to be anywhere but No.11 these days.
What a bunch of absolute legends
I kind of want them to win the series.
They are a likable bunch. Misbah's post match interview was quality. The geezer oozes charisma and leadership but in a real understated way.
It's gonna be a cracking series.
As much as he genuinely seems a top bloke and his better innings are glorious viewing you'd think if literally anybody proves themselves to be a reliable spinner against teams who can play spin he'll be fucked.Originally Posted by igor_balis
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