England Cricket 2024

[Zapp Brannigan]

Should have declared and then never picked Carse again - leave him with an infinite test batting average and a strike rate of 600.

 

[planetgeli]

Oh wow

Worse than Pope

 

[tommers]

That was hilarious.

Commentator was talking about the importance of looking after your wicket and bang, there goes the wicket flying out of the ground.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

267 needed to make England bat again. Simple equation - 10 wickets wins the match, otherwise it's a draw.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha 0-1

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Oh dear.

 

[Wilf]

One for our older viewers: I remember watching Chris Tavare opening the batting for England at Old Trafford, batting all day for 70. That was proper test cricket.

 

[planetgeli]

One for our older viewers: I remember watching Chris Tavare opening the batting for England at Old Trafford, batting all day for 70. That was proper test cricket.

Except...I also remember one of Botham's ridiculous 100s in 1981 and when Botham came in Tavare had about 50. By the time Botham reached 100 Tavare had 56.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

One for our older viewers: I remember watching Chris Tavare opening the batting for England at Old Trafford, batting all day for 70. That was proper test cricket.

I sat through many a Boycott innings when I was a junior member of Yorkshire...block...block....block

 

[Wilf]

I sat through many a Boycott innings when I was a junior member of Yorkshire...block...block....block

Dropped for slow play, iirc... or just annoying the fuck out of everyone.

 

[Sasaferrato]

One for our older viewers: I remember watching Chris Tavare opening the batting for England at Old Trafford, batting all day for 70. That was proper test cricket.

Pah! Boycott could bat for five days for 70.

 

[tommers]

Oho. Here we go.

 

[tommers]

Four down. Be over by end of play.

 

[Santino]

Well well well

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Oops!!

 

[Wilf]

When commentators go on about a team being 'fragile second innings' I tend to think yeah, maybe, but that's not likely in any particular match. But then...

 

[Wilf]

Anyway, will you lot stop fucking distracting me, I keep missing the wickets!

 

[planetgeli]

These two can bat.

No, I'm being serious.

I think.

 

[planetgeli]

Gus Atkinson has bowled more maidens in his opening spell than Pakistan managed in 150 overs.

 

[two sheds]

I'd thought play had stopped for the day

 

[Wilf]

Four down. Be over by end of play.

You'd have got decent odds on it being a 4 day test 24 hours ago. Don't think it will be, but still, a mad day. Do they get extra time if it's close to a finish today? Probably irrelevant with the light.

 

[planetgeli]

You'd have got decent odds on it being a 4 day test 24 hours ago. Don't think it will be, but still, a mad day. Do they get extra time if it's close to a finish today? Probably irrelevant with the light.

Irrelevant with the light.

Tomorrow apparently will be 20 minutes shorter, should it matter. Because Friday prayers. Because organising a test from Monday-Friday has turned out to be a genius idea already with these massive attendances.

 

[planetgeli]

These two can bat.

No, I'm being serious.

I think.

Oh

 

[Spymaster]

The match will draw.

I will happily, and publicly, eat these words!

 

[Wilf]

If you wanted an embodiment of the word glum... the bloke in the green wig.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

If you wanted an embodiment of the word glum... the bloke in the green wig.

I felt sorry for him!

 

[Wilf]

I felt sorry for him!

... while his mate was more keen to be on the telly.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Pah. Shit wicket. Might not even go into the final day.

 

[Wilf]

Pah. Shit wicket. Might not even go into the final day.

Yeah, you at least want a decent contest between bat and ball

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

I'm pretty certain that Joe Root must have watched the rest of Brook's innings really annoyed at himself for having left more runs out there. After scoring 262 in 10 hours. Legend

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Pitches in Pakistan can and do fall apart, but I can't see it on this occasion - not enough to go from probably 20 wickets in nearly 4 days to a result.

I'd love to be proved wrong though, would make for some finish.

I was wrong - I focused on the pitch, and not how bad Pakistan are capable of being.