Cricket

[oldjamfan1]

10 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Crawley is never “ in “ to me. He can always get out to the next ball no matter what the score is.

True.

That said, he got out to an absolute Jaffa yesterday. 
 

England have no excuses going forward now. We’ve proved we have it in the locker to ‘play properly’.

‘Bazball’ has its place but use your noggins lads. 
 

Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Gav]

Wake me up when we get to Old Trafford……2 runs sn over Zzzzzz

Seriously though, Englands day yesterday, great to see Root getting to his hundred off the first ball of the day today, his 37th in Test Match Cricket.

Edited Friday at 13:34 by Gav

[jim mk2]

Enthralling day's cricket at Lord's......  tough battle between bat and ball as two teams fought hard and gave no quarter for the upper hand.  Proper Test cricket and no slap and tickle

I thought England were 100 runs short but we'll see what happens. Bumrah is an extraordinary bowler, averaging about 19. He's got Root out so many times now and did it again today. 

[Exiled_Rover]

Tonight's game at Old Trafford is why I can't take Hit and Giggle seriously.

A boatful of mishit shots and yet Yorkshire are racing along at 11 an over with only 1 down. It's a game of luck as much as it's a game of skill. 

[DeeCee]

Why does Archer wear those chains when he's playing?

[chaddyrovers]

well bowled England in those hot humid weather conditions 

[47er]

42 for 2, wicket very difficult. In a bit of trouble.

[jim mk2]

Three down. Another Root rescue act required. He can't keep carrying this team.  Some just aren't good enough against the best Test bowlers

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

WTF was that shot Brook got out playing ?

[chaddyrovers]

31 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

WTF was that shot Brook got out playing ?

the same shot he played twice before and got 4 both times

 

[jim mk2]

In the circumstances of the game with 10 minutes to lunch, and England looking to build a steady recovery, Brook got out to the same brainlesss shot as his previous two shots. 

Now 6 down. 

[wilsdenrover]

184 ahead, 8 down.

Not looking good.

[chaddyrovers]

Nothing to say about Root going too far over and being bowled around his legs? But slammed Brook for similar?.🤔

[chaddyrovers]

Archer, Woakes and Carse need to bowl them out. 192 to defend. Need 4 or 5 quick wickets at the start

[wilsdenrover]

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Archer, Woakes and Carse need to bowl them out. 192 to defend. Need 4 or 5 quick wickets at the start

We need a 10/10 bowling and fielding performance.

I hope it happens but doesn’t feel likely. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, jim mk2 said:

In the circumstances of the game with 10 minutes to lunch, and England looking to build a steady recovery, Brook got out to the same brainlesss shot as his previous two shots. 

Now 6 down. 

You wouldn’t see a batsman play a shot like that in amateur cricket never mind in a Test Match

[chaddyrovers]

37 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

You wouldn’t see a batsman play a shot like that in amateur cricket never mind in a Test Match

ignoring the fact he had got 2 fours from that shot already. 

 

[Gav]

England battling back here, if we can get another wicket before close of play we have a have a chance 🤞

[wilsdenrover]

5 minutes ago, Gav said:

England battling back here, if we can get another wicket before close of play we have a have a chance 🤞

and there it is 👍

[wilsdenrover]

Is this the part of the day where India start time wasting despite last night’s collective paddy?? 

[wilsdenrover]

58-4 at the close.

A couple of quick ones in the morning would be nice.

[chaddyrovers]

well we got the 4 wickets I wanted. Going to be interesting day tomorrow 

 

[Gav]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

well we got the 4 wickets I wanted. Going to be interesting day tomorrow 

 

Brilliant last 30 minutes, this side doesn’t know when it’s beaten.

Lords sold out tomorrow, £25 an adult, £5 kids, 30k tickets snapped up, can’t wait. 

Come on England 🏏

[only2garners]

On 11/07/2025 at 19:31, Exiled_Rover said:

Tonight's game at Old Trafford is why I can't take Hit and Giggle seriously.

A boatful of mishit shots and yet Yorkshire are racing along at 11 an over with only 1 down. It's a game of luck as much as it's a game of skill. 

I regard the 3 forms of the game now as different games and can enjoy them all in their different ways. 
 

The Roses games are frankly less interesting than games against the other teams. Around 20K at Old Trafford on Friday but about 15K were just there to drink and arse about. They don’t turn up to any other games, although some will no doubt be there for a quarter final if we get a home game. 
 

The Sky branding also ruined things a bit with me as for some reason one of the screens had a terrible score card on it and there had to be diff people on the commentary. This afternoon’s game was better. It obviously helped that Lancashire won but it seemed that the crowd were actually interested in the cricket as well. And a bigger crowd than there has been for the other home games.

[chaddyrovers]

36 minutes ago, Gav said:

Brilliant last 30 minutes, this side doesn’t know when it’s beaten.

Lords sold out tomorrow, £25 an adult, £5 kids, 30k tickets snapped up, can’t wait. 

Come on England 🏏

exactly. You can't write this England team and people might complain about how some batsmen get out but others its ok will won't complain about them.