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Blimey.
Jack Leach for Captain!0 -
To think I was listening to Tuffers and Anderson talking on the radio a few nights ago bemoaning the boring flat pitches in the Caribbean and yearning for something that would give a decent contest between batsman and bowler.0
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Both of them could have been out from lots of deliveries when the new ball was taken - the pitch was fizzing again, the ball was hooping around. There's two English men sitting at home who I'm sure would have loved to have a go in the morning.0
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Some of the headlines from the BBC's live text yesterday included the words "abject" and "Dismal".
Today it reads England on top.
Test Match cricket. It's a funny old game0 -
Slight difference in the wicket between two tests. Just need the Goldilocks version between them now!0
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Looks as if the Windies innings is turning into a carbon copy of England with the tail wagging the dead dog."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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And we're back to woeful.
Thanks Joe, but you're done as skipper. No clue who can take over but he Root can't carry on.0 -
Oh well.0
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Its like to 80s all over again! Absolutely awful.Wilier Izoard XP0
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Whilst I don't think a great deal of Root's captaincy at this time I don't think it is the biggest problem the team currently faces. Whoever is captain will not change the fact we can't find a decent opening pair, Broad and Anderson have gone leaving a gaping hole in the quality of bowling with the rest of the quicks being injury prone and Stokes is clearly still finding his way back after his leave of absence.0
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Great performance by the ladies this morning. After a shaky start they really have got their game in order. Hopefully after a good tournament so far the final will be more like the group stages than the 1-sided semi-finals.0
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Sky are making the final available on free to air TV. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60953084
Just in case anyone wants to watch the Aussies win at a canter.0 -
It appears that dropping catches is a recurring theme in the woman’s game.
Wyatt dropped 5 times while making her semi final century.
Today, England managed to drop both openers in the same over and boy, did it cost them dear."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Andrew Symonds, former Aussie All-rounder, killed in a car crash.
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So, yet another "new era" of English test cricket gets under the way this morning. I confess to feeling cautious optimism at the moment. I sure England will do their level best to disabuse me of such unexpected feelings with great haste.
TMS on the radio and no cycling to cause a conflict of interest. Fingers crossed.0 -
Another one!0
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I have to keep checking who's doing the batting!
And we were leaving Anderson and Broad out of the winter tests. 🤦♂️0 -
The current score of 12 - 4 looks like it's another dismal start to an England innings.......except it's NZ!"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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If this was at any ground other than Lords, I'd be half expecting to hear a rendition of "Are you England in disguise?!"0
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Despite Lees best efforts we seem to of manage to get to Tea without loss. What weird world am I listening to??0
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Amazing how England’s batting improves when there’s no pressure.JimD666 said:Despite Lees best efforts we seem to of manage to get to Tea without loss. What weird world am I listening to??
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
I agree. Sort of.blazing_saddles said:
Amazing how England’s batting improves when there’s no pressure.JimD666 said:Despite Lees best efforts we seem to of manage to get to Tea without loss. What weird world am I listening to??
While the game pressure is slight I'd suggest that the quality of our test cricket batting over the last couple of years brings it's own pressure. But as always YMMV0 -
England would like to apologise for the unexpected technical glitches earlier in the day.
Normal service has now been resumed."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.3 -
Cautious optimism has met stark reality. I'd sorry to report that stark reality has just beaten the living daylights out of cautious optimism.0
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Glad I haven't got day 3 tickets let alone day 4! Colleague was there yesterday.
From the clips I saw yesterday, most wickets that fell were down to good bowling and / or fielding rather than poor batting. Potts looks a real find and a rare 1st innings lead so some positives.0 -
Pross said:
Glad I haven't got day 3 tickets let alone day 4! Colleague was there yesterday.
From the clips I saw yesterday, most wickets that fell were down to good bowling and / or fielding rather than poor batting. Potts looks a real find and a rare 1st innings lead so some positives.
Pretty much what I thought. Vaughan on TMS at lunch today was of the opposite view. At least in regard to England's batting. He was rather dismissive of the bowling and it was all due to poor batting.0 -
England now require 2 days to be completely rained off."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0
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I love cricket, I use them for fishing all the time, and they work great.0
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Against all odds it's going into the 4th day. England aren't in a terrible position but if Root goes early in the morning then NZ will be strong favourites0
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Considering it’s the batting that has faced all the recent criticism, could they have picked a team with a longer tail?JimD666 said:Against all odds it's going into the 4th day. England aren't in a terrible position but if Root goes early in the morning then NZ will be strong favourites
(Although it could be said, take Root out and it’s nothing but tail)"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0