Chris2K Posted November 13, 2022 Report Share Posted November 13, 2022 Benjamin Andrew Stokes has done it again. World Champions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted December 1, 2022 Report Share Posted December 1, 2022 Welcome to the new era of test cricket, where Australia make 600-4 and England score more in 50 overs of a test match than most teams score in an ODI innings. Should anyone here have a child that is interested in cricket in the future, for their sake do not let them be a bowler. England end on 506-4, the first time a team has made 500 in a day, with 4 centuries, the slowest being 104 balls. Madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PantherFan22 Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, Chris2K said: Welcome to the new era of test cricket, where Australia make 600-4 and England score more in 50 overs of a test match than most teams score in an ODI innings. Should anyone here have a child that is interested in cricket in the future, for their sake do not let them be a bowler. England end on 506-4, the first time a team has made 500 in a day, with 4 centuries, the slowest being 104 balls. Madness. Or if they are wrist spinners, show them lots of Shane Warne videos, or for seam bowlers, Glenn McGrath. Line, length and guile. It's been a batsman's game for a while now, but England scoring 500 in a day, in Pakistan is mind boggling, especially when half/most had some of virus leading up to it. If they wanted too, they could almost get to 1000 in an innings, especially if Stokes is in form, and still have close to 3 days to bowl Pakistan out twice. Australia getting close to 600 was expected though, and worryingly for the Windies, their best bowlers were Jason Holder and Kyle Mayers, neither of whom reached 130km/h and Kraigg Brathwaite, who's a bit above part time level, but not by much. Edited December 2, 2022 by PantherFan22 Typos bay bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Turns out the pitch is beyond flat, and Pakistan are 157-0 in response with their second-choice opening batsmen, so the media hyperbole behind yesterday's innings might be a bit mis-placed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PantherFan22 Posted December 4, 2022 Report Share Posted December 4, 2022 On 02/12/2022 at 22:34, Chris2K said: Turns out the pitch is beyond flat, and Pakistan are 157-0 in response with their second-choice opening batsmen, so the media hyperbole behind yesterday's innings might be a bit mis-placed. of the limited highlights here.. The pitch was worse the the MCG. Also, annoyed that England didn't make it to 1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted December 5, 2022 Report Share Posted December 5, 2022 What a ridiculous cricket match, and what a ridiculous victory for England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PantherFan22 Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) I'm actually looking to the Ashes next year.. BazBall v. Marnus should be fun. Chris Toucay, Canberra's new signing would agree with that Edited December 11, 2022 by PantherFan22 I wanted shifty eyes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted May 16, 2023 Admin Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the Ashes through injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted May 16, 2023 Report Share Posted May 16, 2023 So glad he played in the IPL to allow him to get injured again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lusophone Posted June 2, 2023 Report Share Posted June 2, 2023 Brutal day for Ireland's bowlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted June 2, 2023 Report Share Posted June 2, 2023 It's a difficult line between "this game is a waste of time" and "Ireland are only going to improve by playing tougher opposition". The problem is the majority of these Irish players would struggle to get into a county team, as proven by their struggle to overcome Essex's 2nd XI, and England are tearing them apart. Even Zak Crawley scored runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted June 3, 2023 Report Share Posted June 3, 2023 Got there in the end, fair play to Ireland for putting up a fight, whilst also exposing England's constant issues with getting wickets on a flat pitch. Fun stats from the game: Ben Stokes is the first England captain to not bat or bowl in a test match since 1931, and the first ever captain to win a test match without doing either. One thing he did seem to do though was get injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 4, 2023 Admin Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 Jack Leach is now out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted June 4, 2023 Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 I'm sad for Leach, who's as nice a person as you'd expect, but quite honestly with the number of left-handers in the Aussie line-up, and the likelyhood of them trying to attack in the same way England do, he may be better off not playing. If they pick a spinner it has to be an off-spinner, but that only leaves Will Jacks and the retired Moeen Ali as options. Should have snapped up Simon Harmer in the brief time between him being eligible to play for England through residency before South Africa called him up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 7, 2023 Admin Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 Ali it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 As much as it pains me to watch the Australians dominate a test match, there's more of me that loves watching this India side get absolutely thumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METALMAN Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 I live right across from the Oval and I had no idea cricket could be so loud. India fans go absolutely wild whenever they think they’ve got a wicket. But they’re not actually getting too many of them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted June 14, 2023 Admin Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Quote England have preferred Stuart Broad over Mark Wood to join James Anderson and Ollie Robinson in their pace attack for the first Ashes Test. Anderson has recovered from a groin injury and Robinson from an ankle problem to line up in the team to face Australia at Edgbaston on Friday. Off-spinner Moeen Ali is in the XI after coming out of retirement to replace the injured Jack Leach. England are looking to regain the Ashes they lost in 2017-18. Captain Ben Stokes, who has been nursing a long-term left knee problem, bowled at full tilt in the nets in Birmingham on Wednesday. However, with doubts lingering over Stokes' fitness, England have opted for Broad's big-game experience and resilience over the extra pace of Wood, who would only have been able to bowl short, sharp spells. Both Anderson and Robinson sat out the Test against Ireland at Lord's at the beginning of the month as they managed injuries picked up in county cricket. For Anderson, England will want to avoid the situation that arose on the same ground four years ago, when he returned from an injury to play in the first Ashes Test, but managed only four overs before being ruled out for the rest of the series. At 40 years and 321 days when the match starts on Friday, Anderson is set to become the oldest England player to open the bowling in an Ashes Test since George Geary in 1934. In getting the nod over Wood, 36-year-old Broad will have the opportunity to add to his impressive record against Australia - no England bowler has taken more than his 131 Ashes wickets. He will also resume his battle with Australia opener David Warner, whom he dismissed seven times in 10 innings during the 2019 series in this country. Moeen, 36, retired from Test cricket in September 2021, but made himself available at the request of Stokes after left-armer Leach suffered a stress fracture in his back. On Wednesday, Moeen missed training to collect his OBE at Windsor Castle for services to cricket. The Warwickshire man will make his return on the ground where he played his last Ashes Test. Four years ago he struggled in England's defeat at Edgbaston and was dropped. Two of the England XI - opener Ben Duckett and number-five Harry Brook - will make their Ashes debuts. England go into this series on the back of 11 wins in their past 13 Tests playing a swashbuckling style under Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum. They have not won any of the past three Ashes series but are also unbeaten at home since 2001. Australia have not yet named their XI, with the only decision likely to be which two of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Scott Boland join captain Pat Cummins in their pace attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 England need to win this one. It has the most partizan crowd while the Oval and Lords gives them much less of an advantage in that regard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lusophone Posted June 16, 2023 Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 Australia playing very defensively Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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