Cricket 2020

[fuchsntf]

23 hours ago, Blue Fox 72 said:

He's a great bowler and I like him as he made his name with us.

 

The downside is I always got the impression that him and his Dad thought they were too good for us, and also he's a Forest fan.

 

After many stagnant years. ..Broad was too Good for us....!!

Our county cricket team, cant afford Non-playing internationals

 

 

 

[deejdeej]

What a batting performance this is from Ireland 

[UniFox21]

Our own fault, so many no balls and poor bowling.

[CosbehFox]

Good to know what players haven’t got in them 

[Voll Blau]

Thought Ireland had blown it when Stirling and Balbirnie went.

 

No such thing as dead rubbers now either with all these ODIs counting towards World Cup qualification. Individual match wins here and there will be crucial for teams like them.

[StanSP]

Excited for this series. England in form, Pakistan with some exciting players coming through. Babar Azam is one of the best around. Shah and Afridi are young and have a lot of talent. Hopefully it's as exciting as the West Indies test. 

[RowlattsFox]

Solid start from Pakistan, got the making of an old fashioned test series this. Always interesting when there's lots of unknowns in the opposition, especially to casual cricket fan who doesn't necessarily watch much stuff away from England.

[StanSP]

'You can come back out to play but you're not allowed to bowl your fast bowlers'

 

Basically the rule here. What a joke  

[purpleronnie]

Has it ever not rained during a test at OT? 

 

Frickin Hopeless.

 

We should just have one test ground and build a massive roof over it.

[Voll Blau]

50 minutes ago, StanSP said:

'You can come back out to play but you're not allowed to bowl your fast bowlers'

 

Basically the rule here. What a joke  

 

I do wonder how much the umps are playing it safe this summer given they're not neutral ICC ones. That said, this needs reform at the top. Why can't Tests be played under lights when white ball games can? Ridiculous.

[StanSP]

26 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

 

I do wonder how much the umps are playing it safe this summer given they're not neutral ICC ones. That said, this needs reform at the top. Why can't Tests be played under lights when white ball games can? Ridiculous.

Yeah that's what I thought. Day/night games are fine but gets a bit dark, despite powerful floodlights on, and suddenly it's an issue...

[deejdeej]

Test cricket being shown up again. Absolute farce of a day  

[UniFox21]

59 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Yeah that's what I thought. Day/night games are fine but gets a bit dark, despite powerful floodlights on, and suddenly it's an issue...

And now for the rest of the test, that'll be the limit. Crazy that white ball pitches seem absolutely illuminated by light in the dark, yet test seems unable to do so

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

2 hours ago, StanSP said:

'You can come back out to play but you're not allowed to bowl your fast bowlers'

 

Basically the rule here. What a joke  

I wouldn’t fancy having a cricket ball bowled at my head at 80+mph in the gloom though 🤕 

[StanSP]

13 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

I wouldn’t fancy having a cricket ball bowled at my head at 80+mph in the gloom though 🤕 

That's what helmets are for  

[Corky]

3 hours ago, purpleronnie said:

Has it ever not rained during a test at OT? 

 

Frickin Hopeless.

 

We should just have one test ground and build a massive roof over it.

Times have changed, it used to be the sun that stopped play there.

[purpleronnie]

10 hours ago, Corky said:

Times have changed, it used to be the sun that stopped play there.

That's true....I reckon we're the only country that has wetter weather because of global warming.

Edited 6 August 2020 by purpleronnie

[StanSP]

Hopefully no rain today? England need a couple of wickets in the first session at least. Became a bit of a hard toil yesterday when the current 2 got in. The interruption towards the end didn't help but breaking up this partnership is important and doing it earlier on is needed. 

[Voll Blau]

Perfect start this morning aside from that thinnest of edges saving Rizwan. Need to keep up this momentum now.

[StanSP]

Similar pattern of play as yesterday. 

 

England take some wickets first session. 

Pakistan settle after lunch and pick up runs steadily. 

Masood's century been quite calm after a nervy start. 

 

Could Pakistan get about 400? Would be quite impressive for the first test and puts pressure on England. Gives the bowlers something to protect too when England bat. 

[StanSP]

England literally get a wicket as I pressed post on the above

 

[Voll Blau]

Should've had another if Buttlerfingers hadn't dropped a dolly. 

 

Foakes IN.

[Stinkenzo]

Oh look, we're struggling in the first test against somebody

[StanSP]

Yeah 400 might be a little difficult now

 

[RowlattsFox]

I know burns has an unusual technique but that move across his stumps was ridiculous.