Cricket

[jim mk2]

The wheels are coming off Bazball very quickly tonight

 

[Norbert Rassragr]

Fuck! So close. At least Jim will be happy.

[Mattyblue]

Some winter of Test cricket that… pretty chuffed we have Old Trafford Ashes tickets 🙂

[47er]

Penultimate ball was or should have been a wide. That would have meant a tie at least.

Plus that match-turning 1st ball run-out of Brooke. You really couldn't make it up!

I can't help thinking we got out to some daft strokes when the game was ours for the taking  eg Stokes, Foakes. 

However that was an incredible game and credit to NZ for turning it round.

[Gav]

What a tremendous test match, not the right result of course, but superb.

I doubt test cricket in this country will ever be the same again.

Ashes tickets sorted, can't wait.

[den]

Bangladesh bowler bowling from the “Mr White detergent powder” end 😂

Brilliant.

 

[Darrenbot]

I can't stop laughing at this 😀 How not to field in Cricket lol

 

[AllRoverAsia]

I like US style baseball but what just happened in SA v WI beats it every day.

I'm just glad I got to see it.

[lsp82]

1 hour ago, AllRoverAsia said:

I like US style baseball but what just happened in SA v WI beats it every day.

I'm just glad I got to see it.

That was insane! Scoring 258 in a T20 and still losing! 

[AllRoverAsia]

Just now, lsp82 said:

That was insane! Scoring 258 in a T20 and still losing! 

Absolute bash by both teams. I say bash and mean no disrespect, a lot of great proper cricket shots were also played.

It kept me enthralled throughout.

Highest run chase in T20i history and must be the highest total too.

[Riversider28]

The County Championship starts today. Lancs at home to current champions Surrey. Should be a good match up with Colin de Grandhomme and Daryl Mitchell signing for us and Sean Abbott and Kemar Roach joining Surrey. It’s also on Sky channel 416. Enjoy it 🏏

[den]

11 minutes ago, Riversider28 said:

The County Championship starts today. Lancs at home to current champions Surrey. Should be a good match up with Colin de Grandhomme and Daryl Mitchell signing for us and Sean Abbott and Kemar Roach joining Surrey. It’s also on Sky channel 416. Enjoy it 🏏

It’s also free and live on lancstv as are most games.

 

Edited April 6, 2023 by den

[matt83]

OT has become a functional stadium and clearly geared more towards extracurricular activities such as the concerts and conferences. But by Christ with the red sheds, the scaffold monolith (when it’s erected) and this new eyesore it’s one of the ugliest stadiums in the world of any sport.

It speaks volumes about how they see the cricket side of things when after millions spent in redevelopment there still isn’t a ticket office fit for purpose 

[Mattyblue]

A ‘corporate hospitality business with a cricket club bolted on’ was how Athers described it in The Times yesterday…

[matt83]

OT really isn’t fit for purpose as a ground. If sit in stand A under the hotel there’s a bar open, a burger van and an ice cream van but the nearest toilets are under the point a decent walk away. For those under the point they have the reverse issues. Member can technically use the pavilion but the queues are ludicrous. When it’s a sellout they try to remedy the toilet situation this side with portaloos but never enough to cope with a sell out crowd. Plus it really shouldn’t be the go to move for a newly redeveloped ground.

Currently if arrive on the tram side there’s no entrance on Brian statham way and need to go onto Talbot road. Unless already have a ticket and can cut in through cafe Nero. My membership card (and most others as far as I can tell) still hasn’t arrived so even though can piss around downloading tickets on to that app getting the 15% off concessions is more hassle than it’s worth.

The last time I came for a sell out game the t20 quarters I ended up in the dreadful kiddie stand (stand b). After the match they didn’t open up the gates there and made everyone leave via the Brian Statham way exit where we bottle necked under stand A. I noticed today all those exits were open for the Man U fans getting off the tram so they could have a slurp pre match. Funny how those gates can open when it suits.

It really is like the cricket is an inconvenience 

[wilsdenrover]

Hants and Notts have gone off for tea with the scores level

I know there are rules but surely there’s common sense as well

Edited April 8, 2023 by wilsdenrover

[oldjamfan1]

16 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

Hants and Notts have gone off for tea with the scores level

I know there are rules but surely there’s common sense as well

Yeah cricket doesn’t help itself sometimes does it? I suppose they would argue that the heavens could open during the tea interval and for the rest of the game…

Be a good game for Lancashire to win today, to say the least!

[wilsdenrover]

2 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Yeah cricket doesn’t help itself sometimes does it? I suppose they would argue that the heavens could open during the tea interval and for the rest of the game…

Be a good game for Lancashire to win today, to say the least!

I did think about the rain thing afterwards but I still think it was a bit silly.

Another 42 runs needed by Lancs as of now - still all ten wickets in hand.

 

[Gav]

Lancs live on Sky right now, heading for a draw.

[wilsdenrover]

58 minutes ago, Gav said:

Lancs live on Sky right now, heading for a draw.

They need to go into ‘England mode’ pretty soon…

[Dreams of 1995]

England's test squad to face Ireland has been released. Criminal treatment of Ben Foakes, who is exceptional with the gloves and shown himself pretty handy with the bat too

Meanwhile, Mr Knick-it-for-fun Crawley retains his spot

I do despair. In the Ashes you need to be able to rely on your wicky and there's no better than Foakes in England. Drop Crawley, let Bairstow play as a batter and keep Foakes in. Has to be the way to go

[jim mk2]

Archer out for the summer - no surprise there - and Anderson has a groin problem. 

Crawley is a walking wicket, Bairstow will fail with the bat and drop crucial catches and missed stumpings, England will be about 30-3 as usual we will lose the first Test as per normal

All good so far

[47er]

Big Shock! Archer to miss 1st Ashes test (and the rest?)

[jim mk2]

5 minutes ago, 47er said:

Big Shock! Archer to miss 1st Ashes test (and the rest?)

He's out for the summer - see my previous post

[47er]

8 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

He's out for the summer - see my previous post

The Phil Jones of cricket!