Cricket Thread

[Vieux Talonneur]

After doing well to get a first innings lead, another pathetic collapse from 110-3 to 145 all out. I know it's India away, which is always difficult, but once again not good enough.

 

[ncurd]

After doing well to get a first innings lead, another pathetic collapse from 110-3 to 145 all out. I know it's India away, which is always difficult, but once again not good enough.

I've not seen the highlight but we're they genuinely bad wickets because from I've seen heard the pitch has quite a few demons in it.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

That went well…..

 

[ncurd]

That went well…..

Pretty much par for course this tournament. Had the bowlers but outside Buttler, Bairstow and Brook not really the batting class required.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Should acknowledge Anderson's final test. Amazing career.

 

[BrokenWing]

Sad news about Graham Thorpe.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Sad news about Graham Thorpe.

Graham Thorpe’s wife reveals former England cricketer killed himself

Graham Thorpe’s wife Amanda has revealed the former England batter killed himself due to depression and anxiety

www.theguardian.com

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Hat trick for Atkinson v NZ. They don't come around often.

Is there a more frustrating batsman than Crawley? Clouts 2 lovely 4s from the first 2 balls of the innings, then in the next over falls to his first ball from Henry who's totally got his number. 8 is literally his average v NZ. Not good enough.

 

[ncurd]

Crawley drives me nuts as well lads clearly got the talent to be top class opener. Defends well, attacks beautifully. Then does something completely brain dead and gets out.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Crawley drives me nuts as well lads clearly got the talent to be top class opener. Defends well, attacks beautifully. Then does something completely brain dead and gets out.

Currently 21 from 8 which is nuts in a test. Let's see how long he lasts…..

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Currently 21 from 8 which is nuts in a test. Let's see how long he lasts…..

A whole 6 more balls…..21 from 14 in a feeble England effort. We really are a sh*t or bust test team. Great when it comes off, miserably bad when it doesn't.

 

[BrokenWing]

Bit of ****le between Ravindra and the England bowlers

Really? That word?

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

England cricket going spectacularly badly for both men and women.

Afghanistan have just racked up 325 in a 50 over match against us. Between innings. Presumably a featherbed pitch, but lose this and the headlines will be lively…..

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Oh dear…..

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

And they say policemen are getting younger.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, makes history with 35-ball IPL century for Rajasthan

Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest centurion in men’s Twenty20 cricket after scoring 101 off 38 balls in the eight-wicket win over Gujarat ***ans

www.theguardian.com

 

[BrokenWing]

India's Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket

Legendary India batter Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket with immediate effect.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Reiser99]

UAE retire out 10 batters against Qatar to beat rain in Women's T20 World Cup Asia qualifier

United Arab Emirates get clever to beat Qatar and the rain by retiring out 10 batters in the Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.

www.bbc.com

If they had done it to force a no result or something like that, (Not sure how they could, but nvm) then it would probably cause an uproar, but to do it to win a game is pretty clever.

 

[Which Tyler]

For me - it's silly that they had go through with the farce, rather than just declaring.
They did it in order to get on with the game whilst the weather allowed.

Had they done it to manipulate the Duckworth-Lewis, then that'd be a different matter entirely.

 

[BrokenWing]

Seems a bit daft… you can't declare, but you can do this other thing which has basically the same effect, but is a bit more of a faff.

I've just had a read and it's apparently not allowed to prevent teams manipulating net run rate.

 

[Reiser99]

Seems a bit daft… you can't declare, but you can do this other thing which has basically the same effect, but is a bit more of a faff.

I've just had a read and it's apparently not allowed to prevent teams manipulating net run rate.

I find run rate and duck worth lewis linked to number of batters ridiculous. Just change it to whoever has scored more runs at the end of each over. If you know rain is a possibility then it forces you to be attacking so as not to risk the run rate dropping low.