The England Cricket Thread

SoliD · 23 Aug 2020 at 20:13

His face when he got the 5for was one of almost disbelief that someone caught it. Then proper sarcastic smile when they didn't restart due to bad light.

R.P.L · 24 Aug 2020 at 14:23

The two drops in the slips were very catchable, but Broad's drop at mid on was unbelievable.

Buttler's catch off Broad's bowling was incredible though.

rickjames · 24 Aug 2020 at 15:00

I did grimmace at those drops, but the light and with them standing in more closely makes sense. Buttler's dolly this morning was awful though, ball wobbling or not.

Foakes got his hundred today, not bad for a bloke who hasn't played a FC game in 11 months. I am biased as a Surrey member, but I still regard him as the better keeper who can also bat quite handily.

HangTime · 25 Aug 2020 at 00:02

I've gotta say I'm surprised it's taken this long to get the early starts introduced, if you are playing a match with no fans and everyone involved (players, officials, broadcasters etc) are literally staying at the ground, waiting until 11am to get things going seems terribly antiquated. Arguably 10:30 is a bit conservative but regardless I hope they retain this rule for future tests, it forever irks me how many missed opportunities there are in test matches to make up time.

Participant · 25 Aug 2020 at 10:08

Looks like today is going to mostly be a washout, so a draw is likely.

Imagine if there's no cricket and Jimmy never plays another test!

rickjames · 25 Aug 2020 at 17:09

JIMMY

R.P.L · 25 Aug 2020 at 17:09

Participant said:
Looks like today is going to mostly be a washout, so a draw is likely.

Imagine if there's no cricket and Jimmy never plays another test!

Panic over!

R.P.L · 25 Aug 2020 at 17:12

A bit of a shame achieving something like that when there are no crowds. I was at Lords when he took his 500th and the whole ground was singing his name!

Participant · 25 Aug 2020 at 18:59

R.P.L said:
A bit of a shame achieving something like that when there are no crowds. I was at Lords when he took his 500th and the whole ground was singing his name!

Hopefully there's some kind of recognition / ceremony when crowds are back in stadiums.

SoliD · 27 Aug 2020 at 07:42

Mad that after so many deliveries for him and murali to only be one over apart to get those wickets too!

rickjames · 30 Aug 2020 at 12:05

FYI todays game is live on BBC1. Historic moment

McBain · 30 Aug 2020 at 17:25

Masterclass from Morgan so far, he’s smashing it all over the place.

Cob · 4 Sep 2020 at 17:02

Please don’t rain. Please don’t rain. Please don’t rain.

McBain · 4 Sep 2020 at 18:37

I really enjoy KP on commentary.

Participant · 4 Sep 2020 at 19:56

Mark Wood is hitting 95mph. What's this man capable of (in addition to rapid boundaries to third man)? His slowest ball has been 89.7mph.

Get him in the test team.

Edit: Archer cranking it up too. 94mph first ball of 2nd over. Slapped to square leg for 4.

Monkeymatt · 4 Sep 2020 at 20:00

Participant said:
Mark Wood is hitting 95mph. What's this man capable of (in addition to rapid boundaries to third man)? His slowest ball has been 89.7mph.

Get him in the test team.

Edit: Archer cranking it up too. 94mph first ball of 2nd over. Slapped to square leg for 4.

Both getting smashed about. Just bowling quick isn't enough.

Participant · 4 Sep 2020 at 20:11

AUS have probably got this won now.

Monkeymatt · 4 Sep 2020 at 20:25

The Aussies running has been very impressive helped by some very deep fielders. Utterly outclassing England here. You would never have guessed that it was Australia that haven't played an international match in ~7 months.

Participant · 4 Sep 2020 at 21:02

And this is what happens when average blokes try and pundit.

McBain · 4 Sep 2020 at 21:27

Big collapse from Aus, they have a lot to do in this last over.