Cricket

[DeeCee]

This is why the 5 day game is the essence of cricket (Baz Ball excluded).

3 fantastic tests 💯

[Gav]

West Indies are currently 18-6 against the Aussies!

Starc took 15 balls to get 5 wickets, phenomenal and he goes past 400 test wickets in his career. 

Outstanding and worrying….

[only2garners]

3 hours ago, only2garners said:

More than a bit of controversy here Den. Whilst Lancs have only offered 3 options for the future of the County Championship other counties have offered 5 options, including a 24 game one, essentially leaving things as they currently are. One thing that around 92% of county members across the country want but hasn’t been offered as an option is to play two Championship games in August alongside the Hundred.

Edit - the 24 games should of course be 14 games.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

21 minutes ago, Gav said:

West Indies are currently 18-6 against the Aussies!

Starc took 15 balls to get 5 wickets, phenomenal and he goes past 400 test wickets in his career. 

Outstanding and worrying….

We could do with him getting old all of a sudden.

[oldjamfan1]

22 minutes ago, Gav said:

West Indies are currently 18-6 against the Aussies!

Starc took 15 balls to get 5 wickets, phenomenal and he goes past 400 test wickets in his career. 

Outstanding and worrying….

Yeah but clearly something not right about that pitch looking at the scores Gav. 
 

Starc and Cummings are top bowlers without a doubt but if we can keep Wood, Stokes and Archer fit we can compete with them.

[wilsdenrover]

1 hour ago, Gav said:

West Indies are currently 18-6 against the Aussies!

Starc took 15 balls to get 5 wickets, phenomenal and he goes past 400 test wickets in his career. 

Outstanding and worrying….

The tail wagged…27 all out 😬
 

Boland hat-trick too.

Edited July 14 by wilsdenrover

[oldjamfan1]

WI have a decent bowling attack but the worst batting line up I’ve ever seen in a test side. Both Josephs would get into the current England side.

[Gav]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c939rnrk54qo.amp

Lancashire spokesperson talks like this is a one off? It’s not!

[wilsdenrover]

I wonder how many fans think ‘I don’t need this bag but I’ll take it anyway’.

 

[wilsdenrover]

A good day for England.

Hopefully Root will move up to at least third on the all time runs list tomorrow.

Edited Thursday at 17:40 by wilsdenrover

[Gav]

Crawley is some batsman when he doesn’t give his wicket away, some of his strike play is exquisite. 

Old Trafford is like an Aussie pitch, we need Crawley for the ashes, let’s hope he can find some consistency heading down under. 

[wilsdenrover]

20 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

A good day for England.

Hopefully Root will move up to at least third on the all time runs list tomorrow.

Fifth to second in one innings.

Well done Joe.

Class.

[jim mk2]

Well played Joe. Hope Ricky Ponting enjoyed watching it.

Apart from the ridiculous reverse sweep shots, Root's a classic Test batsman of the old school, sideways on, solid defence, plays each ball on its merits, and attacks when necessary. A joy to watch 

Can he keep going to overtake Tendulkar? 

[1874]

Good day. Even Lancs won

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

What was Brook doing ? Getting stumped after 10 minutes !  He needed to play back to that ball, not going dancing down the wicket.

[Gav]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

What was Brook doing ? Getting stumped after 10 minutes !  He needed to play back to that ball, not going dancing down the wicket.

The spin bowling during that period was outstanding. The drift Washington got in the air was magical, superb spin bowling, a joy to watch. 

[wilsdenrover]

4 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

Well played Joe. Hope Ricky Ponting enjoyed watching it.

Apart from the ridiculous reverse sweep shots, Root's a classic Test batsman of the old school, sideways on, solid defence, plays each ball on its merits, and attacks when necessary. A joy to watch 

Can he keep going to overtake Tendulkar? 

[chaddyrovers]

some people still stuck with playing boring cricket, England want to play attacking cricket and Root is excellent at playing the reserve sweep and he has worked so hard on developing and perfecting that shot. 

On Brook, that's how he played and England were in the driving seat. 

[jim mk2]

England won the last Test playing “boring” cricket. I guess some folk would rather lose than not be “entertained”.  

England’s day without doubt but Brook got out to a brainless Bazball shot - he’d be dropped at club level playing like that.

india look a tired team. A lead of about 250 might be enough for England not to bat again

[wilsdenrover]

14 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

England won the last Test playing “boring” cricket. I guess some folk would rather lose than not be “entertained”.  

England’s day without doubt but Brook got out to a brainless Bazball shot - he’d be dropped at club level playing like that.

india look a tired team. A lead of about 250 might be enough for England not to bat again

Do you think we’re going into day five?

Weather permitting, I’m not sure we will be.

[wilsdenrover]

I think we’ve broken India 😁 

[K-Hod]

Aye, can’t see them reaching 311, with that start. Even if they do, will be a very quick run chase, I’d have thought 😅.

[47er]

16 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Root is excellent at playing the reserve sweep and he has worked so hard on developing and perfecting that shot. 

No-one has ever "perfected that  shot"! Its too risky for a 5-day game unless you're miles ahead which we are.

[wilsdenrover]

I thought it might be all over today.

I’m starting to think we’d need a day six.

[oldjamfan1]

1 hour ago, wilsdenrover said:

I thought it might be all over today.

I’m starting to think we’d need a day six.

This Indian pair have dug in well. It’s very nicely poised still and I’m expecting a close finish tomorrow evening.