Cricket 2019

[cambridgefox]

This is nice.

[Voll Blau]

Another shocker of a decision too. 

[David Guiza]

Geoffrey Boycott

Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

If you've bought a ticket for Sunday, I'd be thinking about a pub to go to for Sunday lunch.

 

Cheers, Geoff. 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

It’ll go to Sunday or I’ll eat my hat

[Izzy]

Bloody hell. Went in to a meeting at 2pm and they were 88/3. Came out an hour later and they’re 123/8 

Get the fvck in there.

[Guest MattP]

The only thing worse than the Australian batting is the umpiring. 

[Voll Blau]

1 hour ago, Izzy said:

Bloody hell. Went in to a meeting at 2pm and they were 88/3. Came out an hour later and they’re 123/8 

Get the fvck in there.

No meetings scheduled for when we're batting then I hope...

[Manwell Pablo]

Poor Steve Smith.........actually fck Steve Smith

[CosbehFox]

27 minutes ago, David Guiza said:

Geoffrey Boycott

Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

If you've bought a ticket for Sunday, I'd be thinking about a pub to go to for Sunday lunch.

 

Cheers, Geoff. 

Reminds me when I went to watch us at St Andrews in pre-season under Ranieri. 

 

We were in the pub and there was an Aussie there. They'd just been hammered across three days. He said he must circled Birmingham three times that day and his wife was sat there miserable as sin. 

[Voll Blau]

1 hour ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Reminds me when I went to watch us at St Andrews in pre-season under Ranieri. 

 

We were in the pub and there was an Aussie there. They'd just been hammered across three days. He said he must circled Birmingham three times that day and his wife was sat there miserable as sin. 

Ha. Think there were quite a few of us in that end who'd had Test tickets for that day. Handy alternative for those of us who'd booked hotels in Brum.

[Izzy]

They’re discussing this new Hundred competition on TMS.

Ugh. Sounds horrendous 

[yorkie1999]

What happens when a bowler, Anderson, can’t continue in the test due to injury. Can you bring in another bowler.?

[Voll Blau]

1 hour ago, Izzy said:

They’re discussing this new Hundred competition on TMS.

Ugh. Sounds horrendous 

As far as I'm concerned, every single decision they've made about it at every stage has been the wrong call.

 

I've got a mate in his thirties who played in his first ever cricket match yesterday after being inspired to give it a go because he watched the World Cup final on Channel 4. One match on free to air and that kind of stuff is happening! This is so simple, and yet the ECB are going to royally fvck up yet another chance to hugely increase participation in a summer where cricket has taken centre stage because they want to pursue this stupid vanity project that absolutely no-one wants instead of doing really basic and simple stuff to get a cricket-starved public interested in the sport again.

[SAFC1]

It’s a shame the cheat is such a good player. 

[trabuch]

3 minutes ago, SAFC1 said:

It’s a shame the cheat is such a good player. 

And it's a shame that such a good player is a cheat. 

[surrifox]

26 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

What happens when a bowler, Anderson, can’t continue in the test due to injury. Can you bring in another bowler.?

no

[surrifox]

unlikeable as most Australian cricketers are ( and especially Smith ) the booing doesn't really sit well with me

[Manini]

I’ve aired my thoughts on “boo’ing” in general on here many times. I’d rather the crowd all stood there shouting “willy puller” at him to be honest, at least that actually means something. 

[Goober]

The booing is just a bit of fun. It's theatre. Can't believe anyone's offended by it. 

[trabuch]

4 minutes ago, Goober said:

The booing is just a bit of fun. It's theatre. Can't believe anyone's offended by it. 

It's clearly having absolutely no negative effect on Smith!

[EastAnglianFox]

Clever stuff by us, clear didnt fancy a tricky bat for the last hour.

[purpleronnie]

well this is exactly what I was afraid of, letting teams off the hook is something we must stop doing, got to become more ruthless..but still 211/9 i would've taken that start. 

[Goober]

Clearly struggling a bit without Jimmy here. Lack of real pace in our attack hampers us at times like this too. Good times having 2 genuine rapid bowlers sat in reserve though

Edited 1 August 2019 by Goober

[StanSP]

Nice if Smith gets to 99 then Lyon gets out... 

[Corky]

"He's been through a lot over the past year". Oh do fvck off.