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Cricket .. England in South Africa & Sri Lanka 2019/2020
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Root on the leg slip position (Jimmy) that drew a wicket next ball:cantersaddick said:I've criticised Roots captaincy in the past but credit where it's due he got it bang on today.
"I can't take credit for that, that was down to Stuart"0 -
Stokes named MOTM but tried to drag Dom Sibley up to collect the trophy.6
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Stokes: "I thought Dom put all the hard yards in. He should be the one up here. Full credit should go to him."1
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"Zak, do you remember when you were a kid, and your coaches told you to catch two-handed? They meant both at the same time".5
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seems like it needs a metaphorical hammering from the fans and media to get this lot motivated .. great all round team performance, lets hope the standard stays high for the rest of the SA leg and into the Sri L series1
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So what did I miss ? 😣suzisausage said:
They’ll have to fend for themselves for a bit. Don’t move!blackpool72 said:I've got to go and pick up the grandkids in 5 minutes.
Come on England1 -
England seem to have a shocking record at the start of series, especially away from home where they go into the First Test completely under cooked, but then the preparation for this series was especially shambolicLincsaddick said:seems like it needs a metaphorical hammering from the fans and media to get this lot motivated .. great all round team performance, lets hope the standard stays high for the rest of the SA leg and into the Sri L series2 -
There really is nothing like a tense denouement of a 5 day test match ..pure theatre and big Ben is the match winner..again, superb viewing..a privilege to watch8
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You can't beat Test Cricket.5
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Greatest sport in the worldhappyvalley said:You can't beat Test Cricket.4 - Sponsored links:
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Take your point but a) it wasn't just that one thing that he did well today. There were loads of instances in the field and managing bowlers in the middle session (esp with Anderson missing) so that we had quick to bowl when the ball was reversing in the evening.Briston_Addick said:
Root on the leg slip position (Jimmy) that drew a wicket next ball:cantersaddick said:I've criticised Roots captaincy in the past but credit where it's due he got it bang on today.
"I can't take credit for that, that was down to Stuart"
b) it happened under his captaincy so he is ultimately responsible for it. I'm sure senior players suggest weird stuff to him all the time particularly in that situation. It's up to him to decided which ones to go with.
c) he takes the rap when it goes badly so he gets the praise when it goes well.0 -
Odds?bobmunro said:News of the death of the five-day game has been greatly exaggerated!Test cricket at its finest. Brilliant match all round and credit to both sides.Arise Sir Ben!1 -
You can beat a ball with a bat and a bat with a ball though 😁happyvalley said:You can't beat Test Cricket.0 -
Don’t get me wrong I love a bit of cricket as much as anyone but my family in San Diego described it as “aristocratic baseball but less happens” when I took them to the Ovalblackpool72 said:
Greatest sport in the worldhappyvalley said:You can't beat Test Cricket.1 -
Ben Stokes is up there with Botham as the best all rounder I have ever seen. He has got the lot, he can bat properly or give it a bash when the needs arise, he is one of the finest catchers there's ever been. Also The way he steamed in today bowling at the end of a 5 day Test Match shows what great stamina he has.9
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The Americans created baseball because they never had the intelligence to play cricket.DamoNorthStand said:
Don’t get me wrong I love a bit of cricket as much as anyone but my family in San Diego described it as “aristocratic baseball but less happens” when I took them to the Ovalblackpool72 said:
Greatest sport in the worldhappyvalley said:You can't beat Test Cricket.
Not your family obviously .3 -
I'm sorry I cant have this.DamoNorthStand said:
Don’t get me wrong I love a bit of cricket as much as anyone but my family in San Diego described it as “aristocratic baseball but less happens” when I took them to the Ovalblackpool72 said:
Greatest sport in the worldhappyvalley said:You can't beat Test Cricket.
I understand how people may find cricket boring. But to say that less happens than in baseball is just a lie. Baseball is the worlds slowest game. It can go on for 9 hours and have 4 or 5 innings each way and the score can still be 0-0. At least in cricket if you have 9 hours play you'll have hundreds of runs and a number of wickets.
The only way you can have "less happening" at cricket than baseball is if you're talking about all the "entertainment" that happens between play because they had to add stuff to the game to account for the fact that the average baseball fans attention span is less than that of a gnat.11 -
Spot on canters me old Surrey mucker0
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Americans are obsessed with baseball and, those who have experienced it, pretend cricket is a poorer game.blackpool72 said:
The Americans created baseball because they never had the intelligence to play cricket.DamoNorthStand said:
Don’t get me wrong I love a bit of cricket as much as anyone but my family in San Diego described it as “aristocratic baseball but less happens” when I took them to the Ovalblackpool72 said:
Greatest sport in the worldhappyvalley said:You can't beat Test Cricket.
Not your family obviously .
I think this is in part because they still think that the lesser of those two sports is somehow "theirs" and that they invented it. But, of course, both cricket and baseball were popularised in England a long, long time before the United States was created.
Ask any Derby County fan.0 -
As it happens - I love both cricket and baseball.0
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I find it hard to believe that a baseball fan would find T20 cricket slow and boring.1
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Should have taken them to T20killerandflash said:I find it hard to believe that a baseball fan would find T20 cricket slow and boring.0 -
Leicestershire v Durham on a cold and damp Friday evening at Grace Road will whet their appetite.DamoNorthStand said:
Should have taken them to T20killerandflash said:I find it hard to believe that a baseball fan would find T20 cricket slow and boring.
Once they've sampled that, baseball will pale into insignificance ...1 -
Addick Addict said:De Koch caught Crawley bowled Denly
Who would have said that at Kent a year ago?
By all accounts, the last time two Kent players were involved in a Test wicket was over 23 years ago. Mind you, it was as fine a victim as you could wish to snare:
Trent Bridge 1996 England v India
Sachin Tendulkar caught Min Patel bowled Mark Ealham
To put the wicket in perspective, the Indian legend did manage to get 177 off 360 balls!
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Was it a pie like Denlys , sh.. gets wickets !Addick Addict said:De Koch caught Crawley bowled Denly
Who would have said that at Kent a year ago?
By all accounts, the last time two Kent players were involved in a Test wicket was over 23 years ago. Mind you, it was as fine a victim as you could wish to snare:
Trent Bridge 1996 England v India
Sachin Tendulkar caught Min Patel bowled Mark Ealham
To put the wicket in perspective, the Indian legend did manage to get 177 off 360 balls!1 -
I have been to a couple of baseball games in the States that were pretty dire.DamoNorthStand said:
Don’t get me wrong I love a bit of cricket as much as anyone but my family in San Diego described it as “aristocratic baseball but less happens” when I took them to the Ovalblackpool72 said:
Greatest sport in the worldhappyvalley said:You can't beat Test Cricket.0 -
Joe now has twice as many Test wickets as Min, something to gloat about when he returns to Kent!Addick Addict said:Addick Addict said:De Koch caught Crawley bowled Denly
Who would have said that at Kent a year ago?
By all accounts, the last time two Kent players were involved in a Test wicket was over 23 years ago. Mind you, it was as fine a victim as you could wish to snare:
Trent Bridge 1996 England v India
Sachin Tendulkar caught Min Patel bowled Mark Ealham
To put the wicket in perspective, the Indian legend did manage to get 177 off 360 balls!
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Does Bridgetown March 1998 count for two Kent players involved in a Test wicket?Addick Addict said:Addick Addict said:De Koch caught Crawley bowled Denly
Who would have said that at Kent a year ago?
By all accounts, the last time two Kent players were involved in a Test wicket was over 23 years ago. Mind you, it was as fine a victim as you could wish to snare:
Trent Bridge 1996 England v India
Sachin Tendulkar caught Min Patel bowled Mark Ealham
To put the wicket in perspective, the Indian legend did manage to get 177 off 360 balls!
WI v England, 5th Test
Dean Headley c Roland Holder b Carl Hooper
There may be other occasions after that one but Carl Hooper was the first Kentish overseas player I thought of playing against England!2 -
Briston_Addick said:
Does Bridgetown March 1998 count for two Kent players involved in a Test wicket?Addick Addict said:Addick Addict said:De Koch caught Crawley bowled Denly
Who would have said that at Kent a year ago?
By all accounts, the last time two Kent players were involved in a Test wicket was over 23 years ago. Mind you, it was as fine a victim as you could wish to snare:
Trent Bridge 1996 England v India
Sachin Tendulkar caught Min Patel bowled Mark Ealham
To put the wicket in perspective, the Indian legend did manage to get 177 off 360 balls!
WI v England, 5th Test
Dean Headley c Roland Holder b Carl Hooper
There may be other occasions after that one but Carl Hooper was the first Kentish overseas player I thought of playing against England!
Lord's Test, 1981
Bob Woolmer, lbw Alderman 90 -
Overseas players are more of a grey area for me, the way they come and go and can play for several counties and franchises, but last November in the 2nd Test in New Zealand
Denly c Watling b Henry 4
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