Any cricket lovers on here?
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Fairly quiet day really. Intriguing couple of days in store
Question. Who do you drop to get Bairstow back in the test side?
I know most would probably drop Foakes but I much prefer having a specialist keeper who can bat rather than a batter who can keep.1 -
Where has Harry Brook come from? He's hit loads of runs this series but I'd never heard of him.0
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How quickly matches change with this England side.0
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It's going to be interesting if we need to chase 180 on a spinning wicket. It'll be done in under 35 overs. Just not sure whether it'd be because we scored the runs or were bowled out 🤔0
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Looks like it's going to be an interesting few overs for England tonight.
4 more wickets for the young 'un so far.0 -
Like you I would keep Foakes as he is the best keeper in the world and far from a mug with the bat. I would say his batting is superior to both Crawley and Stokes. Obvioulsy Stokes is not going to get dropped but he could drop down the order.JimD666 said:Fairly quiet day really. Intriguing couple of days in store
Question. Who do you drop to get Bairstow back in the test side?
I know most would probably drop Foakes but I much prefer having a specialist keeper who can bat rather than a batter who can keep.0 -
that's his 5'fer. not too shabby
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Ah lovely - a 5fer for the England leg spinner0
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All in to wrap it up inside 3 days. Test match cricket is so boring.0
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Trying to win this today....
EDIT: 41-0 after 4. 🤯0 -
67-0 after 8. Slowing down....0
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Rehan in to tidy this up tonight.0
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This is complete comedy cricket.
Ben Stokes goes for a huge heave so hard that the bat flies out of his hand and in the direction of Ahsan Raza at square leg.0 -
Reminds me of a tee shot I played a good few years ago. The club slipped out of my hands, flew across the hedge to my left that was the boundary of the course and across the narrow country lane that bordered it before landing 20m into the field the other side where it buried itself half way up its shaft in the soft mud. None of the people I was playing with found it funny or ever took the mick out of me bout it obviously!shirley_basso said:This is complete comedy cricket.
Ben Stokes goes for a huge heave so hard that the bat flies out of his hand and in the direction of Ahsan Raza at square leg.0 -
3-0. Not what I expected a couple of weeks ago. Hugely enjoyable to watch/listen to and as excellent as the batting has been, I think the bowling (on pitches not exactly conducive to the bowling attack) has been even better.
If there was a test ground remotely close to me, I'd love to watch this side play. But there isn't so I'll stick with TMS and the occasional NOW TV sports pass.0 -
whilst I enjoy the mentality of Bazball, I have always loved watching a day's test cricket.JimD666 said:3-0. Not what I expected a couple of weeks ago. Hugely enjoyable to watch/listen to and as excellent as the batting has been, I think the bowling (on pitches not exactly conducive to the bowling attack) has been even better.
If there was a test ground remotely close to me, I'd love to watch this side play. But there isn't so I'll stick with TMS and the occasional NOW TV sports pass.
Most cricket grounds are in city centres so it is surprisingly cheap to get a day return on the train arriving by 10:30. As most of those cities are in the sticks it is also surprisingly cheap to stay the night0 -
Very inconsiderate to finish it before breakfast time.0
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I like the ide of a city being in the sticks!0
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I am guessing you have never been to ElyPross said:I like the ide of a city being in the sticks!
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Penzance to anywhere takes a while. So that's a definite overnight stay, probably two nights. Then the ticket. The the dog needs sorting. Multiply all cost by 2 because if I didn't take herself, there wouldn't be much point in coming back! That's the price we pay for living where we choose to do. Access to almost everything is tricky at best. Neither of us would change it for anything 🙂surrey_commuter said:
whilst I enjoy the mentality of Bazball, I have always loved watching a day's test cricket.JimD666 said:3-0. Not what I expected a couple of weeks ago. Hugely enjoyable to watch/listen to and as excellent as the batting has been, I think the bowling (on pitches not exactly conducive to the bowling attack) has been even better.
If there was a test ground remotely close to me, I'd love to watch this side play. But there isn't so I'll stick with TMS and the occasional NOW TV sports pass.
Most cricket grounds are in city centres so it is surprisingly cheap to get a day return on the train arriving by 10:30. As most of those cities are in the sticks it is also surprisingly cheap to stay the night
All that basically for just the atmosphere. Every live sporting event I've seen, I've watched back later and realised how much I actually missed. Occasionally it's mind blowing the difference.
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No but I've been to St. Davids. Not sure Birmingham, Salford, Leeds or Nottingham count as the sticks though even in your definition.surrey_commuter said:
I am guessing you have never been to ElyPross said:I like the ide of a city being in the sticks!
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the Rose Bowl is definitely in the sticks and Durham would be up for debatePross said:
No but I've been to St. Davids. Not sure Birmingham, Salford, Leeds or Nottingham count as the sticks though even in your definition.surrey_commuter said:
I am guessing you have never been to ElyPross said:I like the ide of a city being in the sticks!
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The Oval is under half an hour from Epsom - practically rural.0
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I once went to a wedding in Falmouth and very nearly missed it as it took a lot longer than I thought, not helped by getting massively p1ssed at a lock in where we stayed outside Yeovilton.JimD666 said:
Penzance to anywhere takes a while. So that's a definite overnight stay, probably two nights. Then the ticket. The the dog needs sorting. Multiply all cost by 2 because if I didn't take herself, there wouldn't be much point in coming back! That's the price we pay for living where we choose to do. Access to almost everything is tricky at best. Neither of us would change it for anything 🙂surrey_commuter said:
whilst I enjoy the mentality of Bazball, I have always loved watching a day's test cricket.JimD666 said:3-0. Not what I expected a couple of weeks ago. Hugely enjoyable to watch/listen to and as excellent as the batting has been, I think the bowling (on pitches not exactly conducive to the bowling attack) has been even better.
If there was a test ground remotely close to me, I'd love to watch this side play. But there isn't so I'll stick with TMS and the occasional NOW TV sports pass.
Most cricket grounds are in city centres so it is surprisingly cheap to get a day return on the train arriving by 10:30. As most of those cities are in the sticks it is also surprisingly cheap to stay the night
All that basically for just the atmosphere. Every live sporting event I've seen, I've watched back later and realised how much I actually missed. Occasionally it's mind blowing the difference.
The missus can never understand why I would come home from a sporting event and watch the highlights0 -
Hardly. It's on the edge of Southampton, a mile from te M27 amd 2 miles from the airport. Sure it doesn't have a rail station next door, but it's hardly in the sticks. (Though I guess it could in the Ricktopian definition of the sticks)surrey_commuter said:
the Rose Bowl is definitely in the sticks and Durham would be up for debatePross said:
No but I've been to St. Davids. Not sure Birmingham, Salford, Leeds or Nottingham count as the sticks though even in your definition.surrey_commuter said:
I am guessing you have never been to ElyPross said:I like the ide of a city being in the sticks!
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You should have just got the navy to fly you down the last part...surrey_commuter said:
I once went to a wedding in Falmouth and very nearly missed it as it took a lot longer than I thought, not helped by getting massively p1ssed at a lock in where we stayed outside Yeovilton.JimD666 said:
Penzance to anywhere takes a while. So that's a definite overnight stay, probably two nights. Then the ticket. The the dog needs sorting. Multiply all cost by 2 because if I didn't take herself, there wouldn't be much point in coming back! That's the price we pay for living where we choose to do. Access to almost everything is tricky at best. Neither of us would change it for anything 🙂surrey_commuter said:
whilst I enjoy the mentality of Bazball, I have always loved watching a day's test cricket.JimD666 said:3-0. Not what I expected a couple of weeks ago. Hugely enjoyable to watch/listen to and as excellent as the batting has been, I think the bowling (on pitches not exactly conducive to the bowling attack) has been even better.
If there was a test ground remotely close to me, I'd love to watch this side play. But there isn't so I'll stick with TMS and the occasional NOW TV sports pass.
Most cricket grounds are in city centres so it is surprisingly cheap to get a day return on the train arriving by 10:30. As most of those cities are in the sticks it is also surprisingly cheap to stay the night
All that basically for just the atmosphere. Every live sporting event I've seen, I've watched back later and realised how much I actually missed. Occasionally it's mind blowing the difference.
The missus can never understand why I would come home from a sporting event and watch the highlights0 -
part of my problem is that I was in the clouds going over the moors so not sure that would have helped.Dorset_Boy said:
You should have just got the navy to fly you down the last part...surrey_commuter said:
I once went to a wedding in Falmouth and very nearly missed it as it took a lot longer than I thought, not helped by getting massively p1ssed at a lock in where we stayed outside Yeovilton.JimD666 said:
Penzance to anywhere takes a while. So that's a definite overnight stay, probably two nights. Then the ticket. The the dog needs sorting. Multiply all cost by 2 because if I didn't take herself, there wouldn't be much point in coming back! That's the price we pay for living where we choose to do. Access to almost everything is tricky at best. Neither of us would change it for anything 🙂surrey_commuter said:
whilst I enjoy the mentality of Bazball, I have always loved watching a day's test cricket.JimD666 said:3-0. Not what I expected a couple of weeks ago. Hugely enjoyable to watch/listen to and as excellent as the batting has been, I think the bowling (on pitches not exactly conducive to the bowling attack) has been even better.
If there was a test ground remotely close to me, I'd love to watch this side play. But there isn't so I'll stick with TMS and the occasional NOW TV sports pass.
Most cricket grounds are in city centres so it is surprisingly cheap to get a day return on the train arriving by 10:30. As most of those cities are in the sticks it is also surprisingly cheap to stay the night
All that basically for just the atmosphere. Every live sporting event I've seen, I've watched back later and realised how much I actually missed. Occasionally it's mind blowing the difference.
The missus can never understand why I would come home from a sporting event and watch the highlights
I did learn a valuable lesson - never play the locals at skittles0 -
Just caught the end of the India v Australia test....
They really can't play spin. Hahaha haha.0 -
Restrained glee by Ellie Oldroyd on R5L!0
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Not too sure you'll see a much better caught and bowled in any format:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/646117630
