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Impressive! I'm off to day 3 (Saturday) at Edgbaston. It wouldn't surprise me if ticket are available on general sale for Headingley and Old Trafford, they rarely sell out every dayRiviera said:I've got tickets for the 1st day of The Ashes at Edgbaston. Will get Lords and Oval through my contacts. Carrying on my run of attending at least one day of every home Ashes series for 46 years. The last series I missed was 1968.
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Well I wasn't there but have heard the story many times on TMS and it was always said he bowled off-spin. The indisputable Wikipedia agrees as does Cricinfo and The Guardian in his obituary.Pedro45 said:
No surprise there - Viv Richards scored 291, so anyone who could turn their arm over did in that game! 9 bowlers, including Willey and Steele, both spinners without a wicket. In PoS, Grieg bowled off-cutters, not spin.Riviera said:
There is another possibility going around:Riviera said:
And he delivered:Riviera said:
I think we need Andrew Samson for that one.SantaClaus said:When was the last time 4 English spinners each took a wicket in an Innings?
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The last time 4 spinners took a wicket in a Test innings for England before today was v India at Madras in 1962 (Lock, Allen, Parfitt & Barber)
England v West Indies 1976 at The Oval
Underwood, Miller, Balderstone and Tony Grieg who sometimes bowled Off-spinners. He famously did this at Port of Spain in 1973/4 when he opened the bowling with his medium pace and then switched to off spin later. He took 13 wickets in the match. I remember the match at the Oval in 1976 as well as can be expected for such a long time ago but don't recall Greig bowling anything but his normal style.
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Are you 61?The_President said:
So, as a Surrey fan, i was unsuccessful in the ballot.killerandflash said:
ha ha, sadly I have to frequent The Oval to watch England internationals. It pains me that every beer I buy is helping Surrey poach yet another bowler from another county!The_President said:
Thought you were a Kent fan ??!!killerandflash said:Got confirmation that I've been successful in the Surrey ballot for next summer's England matches which is good news!
How did you do for the ballot for the Canterbury test matche(s) ?
Do you think that is right?
However, i was successful for the Canterbury Test match.0 -
You can always easily get tickets for any Ashes Test apart from Lords and Oval.killerandflash said:
Impressive! I'm off to day 3 (Saturday) at Edgbaston. It wouldn't surprise me if ticket are available on general sale for Headingley and Old Trafford, they rarely sell out every dayRiviera said:I've got tickets for the 1st day of The Ashes at Edgbaston. Will get Lords and Oval through my contacts. Carrying on my run of attending at least one day of every home Ashes series for 46 years. The last series I missed was 1968.
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Yes, it always amuses me when you hear people complaining about there being too many Tests in London, when the Tests outside London attract far fewer people. I've been to Edgbaston a few times, and there are always plenty of people coming up from LondonRiviera said:
You can always easily get tickets for any Ashes Test apart from Lords and Oval.killerandflash said:
Impressive! I'm off to day 3 (Saturday) at Edgbaston. It wouldn't surprise me if ticket are available on general sale for Headingley and Old Trafford, they rarely sell out every dayRiviera said:I've got tickets for the 1st day of The Ashes at Edgbaston. Will get Lords and Oval through my contacts. Carrying on my run of attending at least one day of every home Ashes series for 46 years. The last series I missed was 1968.
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Lords sells out the first 3 days for Bangladesh or Zimbabwe and last summer there were 20,000 unsold tickets for the first two days at Edgbaston v India.1
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Ask Andrew SamsonRiviera said:
Are you 61?The_President said:
So, as a Surrey fan, i was unsuccessful in the ballot.killerandflash said:
ha ha, sadly I have to frequent The Oval to watch England internationals. It pains me that every beer I buy is helping Surrey poach yet another bowler from another county!The_President said:
Thought you were a Kent fan ??!!killerandflash said:Got confirmation that I've been successful in the Surrey ballot for next summer's England matches which is good news!
How did you do for the ballot for the Canterbury test matche(s) ?
Do you think that is right?
However, i was successful for the Canterbury Test match.
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England 109-3.
Leach out for 1 (FOW 4-1)
Jennings out for 26 (FOW 77-2)
Burns out for 59 (FOW 108-3)
Root came out to bat ahead of Stokes in this innings.0 -
Oops curse struck... 109-4.
Stokes our for a second ball duck.0 - Sponsored links:
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131-4 at lunch so 85 ahead.
All four out to the sweep in some shape or form. Both sides have lost their reviews too.0 -
England banned their players from sweeping in India 1981/20
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Yet another batting failure for Stokes.....Mmmmm.0
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Buttler out to the reverse sweep
183-5 and a lead of 1370 -
Ideally need another hundred.Addick Addict said:Buttler out to the reverse sweep
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Moeen slog sweeps his second ball for a maximum!1
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It's nice when Joe Root reminds you why people spoke of the 'big four batsmen'1
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218-5
Lead of 172
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Moeen out sweeping making it 6/6 playing the shot
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And Moeen wouldn't have been out had Stokes and Burns not used the reviews up unnecessarily0
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Be interesting if SL lose by 5 runs or less.0
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259-6 at tea so leading by 213
Great innings by Root with 98* (118) and hope that the break doesn't break his concentration. Foakes supporting well with 19* (44)0 -
Never lost a test when Root has scored a ton.4
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Well he has converted so here's hoping!MrOneLung said:Never lost a test when Root has scored a ton.
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As we can, in most innings, rely on our middle order, maybe we should start looking at out top 3 in the way we used to look at our bottom 3 from the perspective that any runs they get are a bonus.5
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Root (113*) now has the highest score by an England captain in SL. Ian Ward took great pleasure in pointing out that Nasser was the previous holder of that with 109.2
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I've watched hardly any of the Test, but Foakes must be impressing? - certainly SL must be sick of the sight of him.
What was the general concensus of Burns innings today?0 -
Foakes is here to stay. Great temperament that comes from his keeping which is a pressure situation in itself. Burns batted well and deserves a decent run in the side.The_President said:I've watched hardly any of the Test, but Foakes must be impressing?
What was the general concensus of Burns innings today?
The real acid test will come when they both encounter pace at this level. We now know, for example, that Jennings can play spin but there is also a big suspicion that he will get found out when he faces the quickies again.2 -
296-6 and a lead of 2500
