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  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,312
    Moeen bowling really well in a sustained spell for the first time in a while. Will be much needed tomorrow
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,756
    At close:

    Australia 116-4 for a lead of 142

    England 2.18
    Australia 2.26
    Draw 9.60
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,943
    Hopefully Wood gets a decent sleep and is fresh tomorrow morning!!
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    light and/or thundery showers forecast for the next few days in Leeds
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,943
    Lincsaddick said:
    light and/or thundery showers forecast for the next few days in Leeds
    Lucky they've got 2/3 of the game done in 2 days then I guess!
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Good spell from Mooen
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,755
    I make the Australians favourites from here… but we’ll see.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    Callumcafc said:
    I make the Australians favourites from here… but we’ll see.
    batting .. we can't keep expecting Stokes to bail out the top/middle order .. I expect the Aussies to set us around 260/270 and that will be hard to get in the 4th against their attack .. sorry to be so pessimistic
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    Addick Addict said:
    At close:

    Australia 116-4 for a lead of 142

    England 2.18
    Australia 2.26
    Draw 9.60
    We're a lay 
    We're not chasing anything over 200 on that track
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    I don't want to be chasing anymore than 240, even then I would imagine it will be a tough ask unless Root can make a big score. Bairstow owes the side a knock that's for sure. 
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  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Forecast for the next 3 days is awful.

    Boils my piss that I am sat here in glorious sunshine knowing we won't get 3 days play in and already short of overs.

    Not that it would have done England any favours on this occasion.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,312
    England might be fucked, but my Worcestershire boys won't let me down eh
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    Can’t see England chasing more than 200 even if the weather holds up I’m afraid. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,756
    oohaahmortimer said:
    Addick Addict said:
    At close:

    Australia 116-4 for a lead of 142

    England 2.18
    Australia 2.26
    Draw 9.60
    We're a lay 
    We're not chasing anything over 200 on that track

    Punters have been listening to you. It's a coin toss now although the draw has seen some decent support too:

    England 2.30
    Australia 2.30
    Draw 7.40
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    Has to be the weather taking a big turn for the worse for the draw to come in. 

    Sat sun mon there’s rain on and off but who knows , stop playing up north ffs 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    Leuth said:
    England might be fucked, but my Worcestershire boys won't let me down eh
    All the Southern teams through , on your way northerners 
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,157
    I’m afraid it’s all over, we simply don’t have the ability to out gun Australia.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    oohaahmortimer said:
    Has to be the weather taking a big turn for the worse for the draw to come in. 

    Sat sun mon there’s rain on and off but who knows , stop playing up north ffs 
    Forcaste for tomorrow is awful from about 10am.   A couple of hours play tomorrow could play into pur hands though.  Sunday and Monday are better.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,755
    England players with 2500+ Test runs and 200+ Test wickets:

    - Ian Botham
    - Andrew Flintoff
    - Stuart Broad
    - Moeen Ali
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,756
    oohaahmortimer said:
    Leuth said:
    England might be fucked, but my Worcestershire boys won't let me down eh
    All the Southern teams through , on your way northerners 
    This is the 10th time in 14 years that Hants have made the semi-finals. By contrast, the likes of Middx and Derbyshire have only reached the semis once in 23 years. Middx won it in 2008 when they beat Kent but when one considers the players that they have had at their disposal in the last decade, they really have been massive under achievers. This was their squad in 2017:

    Brendon McCullum (*)

    Steven Finn

    James Franklin

    Tom Helm

    Ryan Higgins

    Dawid Malan

    Eoin Morgan

    Ravi Patel

    Toby Roland-Jones

    John Simpson (+)

    Tim Southee

    Nathan Sowter

    Paul Stirling

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  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,907
    Bowl them out as quick as we can (obviously). I'll back us to chase anything under 350 but would like it to be nearer 250.

    Someone else needs to step up with the bat and lead the way. We cannot rely on stokes to carry us through every time. 
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    edited July 2023
    Just out of interest can one of you ardent cricket followers tell me what our best top order line up, openers to number 5, has been in say the last decade or five years even?
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,756
    Adrian Rollins, former Derbyshire and Northants cricketer. One suspects that Foakes isn't the only cricketer to have ever suffered from this. Does anyone seriously still think that picking Bairstow to keep was the right decision? Did Australia pick Carey for his batting or his keeping? How many mistakes has Carey made by comparison to Bairstow? 


  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,907
    There was also some talk that Foakes didn't react particularly well to the decision so potentially they might be worried about upsetting the dressing room or something if they brought him back.
  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,342
    It has always been a false economy not to pick your best wicketkeeper. Been proved many many times.
    Missed chances can cost you stacks of runs. 
    Bring back Foakes! 
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    En-route to Headingley. Raining. 
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    The Red Robin said:
    En-route to Headingley. Raining. 
    Nice and dry the other side of the Pennines for a change 😲.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,832
    Starinnaddick said:
    It has always been a false economy not to pick your best wicketkeeper. Been proved many many times.
    Missed chances can cost you stacks of runs. 
    Bring back Foakes! 
    Exactly. Was posted on here before Bairstow averages around 4 runs an innings more than Foakes but do we really think Foakes doesn’t save 8 runs a match via his keeping ? 
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    edited July 2023
    Beautiful sunny skies in Chapel Allerton until 9.54 when the storm hit. On the bus to the ground now but it’s not looking promising. 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    RedChaser said:
    Just out of interest can one of you ardent cricket followers tell me what our best top order line up, openers to number 5, has been in say the last decade or five years even?
    Strauss
    Cook
    Trott
    Pietersen
    Root

    3 outta 5 are Saffie, born

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