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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    redman said:

    yes just got back from Edgbaston and a great game, great ground, great beer. Also went to Trent Bridge so 2 great games in a week. Looking forward to the Oval game but not the ground (crap facilities when full)

    That new stand really transformed Edgbaston. A good day trip from London too.

    Both the Oval and Lords are great grounds but suffer from a lack of circulation space
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    I only watched it this morning. I thought it was Hales best performance for England.
    He looked so confident from the off & I thought he looked good for a ton, when still in his 20's.

    Roy of course also did very well.

    Woakes has also improved massively this summer imo.
  • red_murph
    red_murph Posts: 2,460
    killerandflash said:

    redman said:

    yes just got back from Edgbaston and a great game, great ground, great beer. Also went to Trent Bridge so 2 great games in a week. Looking forward to the Oval game but not the ground (crap facilities when full)

    That new stand really transformed Edgbaston. A good day trip from London too.

    Both the Oval and Lords are great grounds but suffer from a lack of circulation space
    Spot on, an absolute nightmare when full at The Oval. Carnage when it rains (which seems to be every time I go!).
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    killerandflash said:

    redman said:

    yes just got back from Edgbaston and a great game, great ground, great beer. Also went to Trent Bridge so 2 great games in a week. Looking forward to the Oval game but not the ground (crap facilities when full)

    That new stand really transformed Edgbaston. A good day trip from London too.

    Both the Oval and Lords are great grounds but suffer from a lack of circulation space

    Sorry, Oval is just a (dis?)functional ground , but Lords is just the most wonderful sporting arena on the planet. Every time i go there, the hairs stand on the back of my neck - it is unlike any other sports venue in the world - truly wonderful.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    I love going to Lords. It's amazing.

    The oval is a long way off being close even though tickets are more available.
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    Lords has its appeal but when the tours are announced I look for Edgbaston and then Trent Bridge before Lords.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    The_President said:

    killerandflash said:

    redman said:

    yes just got back from Edgbaston and a great game, great ground, great beer. Also went to Trent Bridge so 2 great games in a week. Looking forward to the Oval game but not the ground (crap facilities when full)

    That new stand really transformed Edgbaston. A good day trip from London too.

    Both the Oval and Lords are great grounds but suffer from a lack of circulation space

    Sorry, Oval is just a (dis?)functional ground , but Lords is just the most wonderful sporting arena on the planet. Every time i go there, the hairs stand on the back of my neck - it is unlike any other sports venue in the world - truly wonderful.
    Lords is wonderful, but not perfect either, the lower Compton/Edrich stands are freezing and wind tunnels, and vast amounts of the ground are members only.

    I think the OCS stand at The Oval is great looking
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    killerandflash said:

    The_President said:

    killerandflash said:

    redman said:

    yes just got back from Edgbaston and a great game, great ground, great beer. Also went to Trent Bridge so 2 great games in a week. Looking forward to the Oval game but not the ground (crap facilities when full)

    That new stand really transformed Edgbaston. A good day trip from London too.

    Both the Oval and Lords are great grounds but suffer from a lack of circulation space

    Sorry, Oval is just a (dis?)functional ground , but Lords is just the most wonderful sporting arena on the planet. Every time i go there, the hairs stand on the back of my neck - it is unlike any other sports venue in the world - truly wonderful.
    Lords is wonderful, but not perfect either, the lower Compton/Edrich stands are freezing and wind tunnels, and vast amounts of the ground are members only.

    I think the OCS stand at The Oval is great looking
    Ooh, yes, lower Compton/Edrich is like watching cricket from the inside of a postbox.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Jordan in for Moeen - am i right in saying that every England player today has cored a first class century ? Rashid is due in at 11, and he certainly has scored more than one.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    The_President said:

    Jordan in for Moeen - am i right in saying that every England player today has cored a first class century ? Rashid is due in at 11, and he certainly has scored more than one.

    England have an extraordinary number of all rounders now, not that they had to do much batting on Friday LOL
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  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    88-3
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    killerandflash said:

    The_President said:

    Jordan in for Moeen - am i right in saying that every England player today has cored a first class century ? Rashid is due in at 11, and he certainly has scored more than one.

    England have an extraordinary number of all rounders now, not that they had to do much batting on Friday LOL
    suzisausage said:

    88-3

    I was about to laugh... but it was SL batting!
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    248-9 end of innings. England innings delayed by rain.

    Crazy looking ground with the flats behind.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    A shame rain spoiled this game, and the forecast for tomorrow isn't good either
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    Anyone wanting to watch some England batting carnage...the women's ODI against Pakistan today has been sport of the most gratifyingly brutal and mismatched kind :D
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    The weather forecast for today looks terrible, a shame after the rain in Bristol

    That's what happens when you play internationals in the south of England, you get all the bad weather...
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    where;s it being played ? BBC kindly doesn't say.
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,735
    Oval
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    Mendis looks like he could hopefully blossom into quite a player
  • Atletico Addick
    Atletico Addick Posts: 5,843
    edited June 2016
    Beautiful batting deck. Hope the weather holds out as this could be quite some affair if Sri Lanka don't do anything silly.
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  • Atletico Addick
    Atletico Addick Posts: 5,843
    Leuth said:

    Mendis looks like he could hopefully blossom into quite a player

    Got a very natural batting stance, he's doing real well on this tour. Hope he can get a hundred at some point, would be deserved.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,923
    Well that was a lesson in brilliance from one of my hero's! I always had niggling doubts that he might not make the step up as well as I hoped. He always seemed to be a nice 30 or 40 man but never the massive one. But the world T20 showed he could do it and he has backed it up here. Hope he carries on and takes it to another level. I know Bayliss rates him very highly.
  • BR3red
    BR3red Posts: 1,715
    Cruised it aka ian botham

    Shame ROY didn't overtake Smith

    Ruthless from England (not quite like Woy...)
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    It's about time England batted first, to see what total we could actually post!

    I love the way DLM adjusted the target from 306 to 308 :-)
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Jason Roy good enough for Test Cricket?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Roy was absolutely superb. I didn't think we'd see more than half hours play.
  • superchrissypowell
    superchrissypowell Posts: 693
    North Lower Neil said:

    Jason Roy good enough for Test Cricket?

    I think so. He really reminds me of KP in his batting style..a joy to watch.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    Covered End said:

    Roy was absolutely superb. I didn't think we'd see more than half hours play.

    I was thinking of going (there were the odd tickets left) but didn't fancy another washout like in Bristol...
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,923
    superchrissypowell said:

    North Lower Neil said:

    Jason Roy good enough for Test Cricket?

    I think so. He really reminds me of KP in his batting style..a joy to watch.
    I'm not sure. Last year he was very good in div 2. He has struggled more in div 1 but so has the whole team (including sanga). His average of 37 is distorted by a few seasons towards the beginning of his career where he was forced to play as an opener in the longer format and struggled massively. Whilst I am and always have been a huge Jason Roy fan and would love to see him in the test side I am not sure he has it.

    I know that Bayliss rates him and wants him in the test squad so as I said at the beginning of the season I wouldn't be surprised to see him given a go. Especially with Taylors place now up for grabs.

    Hopeven I am proven wrong and he makes the position his own. There have been other cases where players have come in after not really setting the championship alight and been very good. Trescothick averaged low 30s before his debut but was a top class test player. So no need to rule Roy out.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Good score by England today 324-7 - they really are turning into a very capable batting unit, everybody chipped in with Root top-scoring in a strangely clunky innings (for him)

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