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England Cricket Summer 2020
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The amount of dropped catches by the keeper and slip fielders lately is a joke1
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Another plot against Sussex, so that they can't win the Bob Willis Trophy. Leave Archer and Robinson carrying the drinks. As if Kent would have scored more than about 100 rather than 506 for 1 if those two had not wasted their time with the England squad.killerandflash said:Crawley and Curran play in place of Archer and Stokes
Pakistan win the toss and will bat3 -
Sibley and Burns doing their best to take the heat off Buttlerblackpool72 said:The amount of dropped catches by the keeper and slip fielders lately is a joke2 -
Quite uncanny how when we were playing at Manchester the rain was up there and it was nice down south, but when we switch venues it's now raining down south and nicer in the north...1
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12:30 restart.0
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Just turned over from watching the 1 o'clock news.......and they are at lunch !! WTF ??CHG said:12:30 restart.
Cricket is a fucked up game.
I expect they will go off a 7pm in bright sunshine.0 -
Not looking likely there will be any play today. May as well just shake hands & call it a draw0
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They don't play when light is poor, but not dangerous. And then it will rain for the rest of the time...Gravesend_Addick said:Not looking likely there will be any play today. May as well just shake hands & call it a draw0 -
Did anyone else bet on a draw?
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The umpires, seeing how keen they've been to keep the players off the pitchCovered End said:Did anyone else bet on a draw?2 - Sponsored links:
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They managed to get in 71 overs at Old Trafford today, should have stated up there.0
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Finally, after several days, England are making the conditions look bowler friendly.
Especially Burns, Crawley and Sibley.0 -
Must be one of the worst Tests for overs/time lost for a good few years. Midway through day 4 & we've had just under 100 overs all told.0
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Glad I watched the sport on BBC this morning - "it's the last day of the 2nd Test and a draw seems to be the most likely outcome".
When was the last time the same Test side lost 19 wickets on Day 5 of a match? The answer is never!2 -
With the attitude of the umpires and ground staff in this game, it's doubly unlikely!Addick Addict said:Glad I watched the sport on BBC this morning - "it's the last day of the 2nd Test and a draw seems to be the most likely outcome".
When was the last time the same Test side lost 19 wickets on Day 5 of a match? The answer is never!1 -
Watched "The Cricket Debate" on Sky last night. Mark Butcher asking Dominic Cork& Matt Prior about the current "bad light" rules & what could be done to get more cricket played (this was after seeing Michael Vaughan doing an interview, well after play was abandoned, in bright sunshine). One suggestion, especially now when there aren't any spectators, was to start play earlier. Why wait until 11am if the weather looks good at 10.30 or even 10am. As I said on Saturday, there was a delay Sat am & play didn't start until 12.30......only for them all go off for lunch an hour later !! Madness !! In that instance the umpires should have said at 12 noon that they would have an early lunch & be ready to start play at 12.30 (OMG.. just 30 mins instead of the time honoured tradition of 40!!). Sometimes you have to change things a little.0
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That wouldn’t be needed for an England win though. Buttler hits 200 off 60 balls and we declare with a lead of 50. Jimmy takes all 10 as we bowl them out for 7.Addick Addict said:Glad I watched the sport on BBC this morning - "it's the last day of the 2nd Test and a draw seems to be the most likely outcome".
When was the last time the same Test side lost 19 wickets on Day 5 of a match? The answer is never!Admittedly I’d be surprised if the above were to happen.1 -
Especially true when there are no fans at the moment - you don't need to give fans a chance to get to the ground, and you don't need to cater to the corporate fans off for a 1pm lunch etc.golfaddick said:Watched "The Cricket Debate" on Sky last night. Mark Butcher asking Dominic Cork& Matt Prior about the current "bad light" rules & what could be done to get more cricket played (this was after seeing Michael Vaughan doing an interview, well after play was abandoned, in bright sunshine). One suggestion, especially now when there aren't any spectators, was to start play earlier. Why wait until 11am if the weather looks good at 10.30 or even 10am. As I said on Saturday, there was a delay Sat am & play didn't start until 12.30......only for them all go off for lunch an hour later !! Madness !! In that instance the umpires should have said at 12 noon that they would have an early lunch & be ready to start play at 12.30 (OMG.. just 30 mins instead of the time honoured tradition of 40!!). Sometimes you have to change things a little.0 -
Can someone please assure me that Sibley hasn't cemented his place in this team for the next 5 years.
I refuse to believe that we don't have better opening batsmen than him somewhere in the county game now or coming through the ranks.
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Nice for Zak to get a 50 and top score, as of the top 6 his place is the most vulnerable1
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Dont you just the game of cricket. Its been wet for 4 days & finally they get out there, play for 3 hours & then, in bright sunshine, they all go off early because it's in the laws that they can.
Someone needs to rip up the laws of cricket & start again. Its fucked.2 -
Totally agreegolfaddick said:Dont you just the game of cricket. Its been wet for 4 days & finally they get out there, play for 3 hours & then, in bright sunshine, they all go off early because it's in the laws that they can.
Someone needs to rip up the laws of cricket & start again. Its fucked.0 -
he looked really good value too, always does every time i see him bat. Usually feel the same when i watch pope battingkillerandflash said:Nice for Zak to get a 50 and top score, as of the top 6 his place is the most vulnerable1 -
Captain Cretin should’ve made an aggressive declaration to win the game.....0
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I thought it was an excellent game & I fully back the umpiresCovered End said:Did anyone else bet on a draw?
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Back to my ongoing beef with playing times of the current Test series.
Weather tomorrow looks really poor & supposedly rather windy from Friday onwards.
However Thursday looks dry & sunny all day. But the Test match starts Friday. So why not just bring it forward a day......and even then factor in a rest day or 2. No fans in the ground so no problem with ticket sales. Players hardly played last week so no problem with being tired or "bowled out". Win/win.
Won't happen in a million years though. Just imagine getting to the 5th day & running out of time due to previous rain delays when everyone can see that playing on Thursday would give a whole uninterrupted days play.
Cricket needs to take a look at Golf & how they alter tee times to make sure they finish before any storms arrive.0 -
Sod that Golfie we're one up! 😁0
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Over 60mph winds forecast for Southampton today.
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England win the toss and will bat. One change - Archer for Curran0
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A longer tail, but we might need the extra paceAddick Addict said:England win the toss and will bat. One change - Archer for Curran
Bit tough that Curran never got the chance to bat in his one match!1
