The England Cricket Thread

mid_gen · 4 Jul 2022 at 14:58

Good start....even Crawley has managed to last a few deliveries.....

ddoubleep · 4 Jul 2022 at 15:07

mid_gen said:
Good start....even Crawley has managed to last a few deliveries.....

Makes a change! Lees has certainly taken pressure of him knocking the 50 so far. Crawley needs to get some decent runs now.

SoliD · 4 Jul 2022 at 15:12

Crawley looks like a test cricketer....

ddoubleep · 4 Jul 2022 at 15:14

Fourth-fastest half-century by an England opener in Test history. What a turnaround. Still a long way to go yet.

chroniclard · 4 Jul 2022 at 16:03

*facepalm* Pope

SoliD · 4 Jul 2022 at 16:09

Oh dear.

McGray · 4 Jul 2022 at 16:10

ddoubleep · 4 Jul 2022 at 16:14

mid_gen · 4 Jul 2022 at 18:29

I don't remember us having two bagsmen is such good nick. Glorious to watch!

Definitely in our favour now

BaZ87 · 4 Jul 2022 at 18:32

I think I've watched (and enjoyed) more England cricket in the last month than I have the England football team in 20 years.

chroniclard · 5 Jul 2022 at 05:20

Everytime you think they have blown it, they baz back into contention.

SoliD · 5 Jul 2022 at 11:28

BaZ87 said:
I think I've watched (and enjoyed) more England cricket in the last month than I have the England football team in 20 years.

Indeed, this has been an enjoyable few weeks like the Ashes of 2005 trying to watch everything.

mid_gen · 5 Jul 2022 at 11:52

Like I said a few days ago, we may be seeing this team change the way test cricket is played. Big 4th innings chases are no longer an occasional fluke.

McBain · 5 Jul 2022 at 12:14

Bairstow is a beast right now, obviously Root as well but he's always been class.

robfosters · 5 Jul 2022 at 12:17

That was incredible

SoliD · 5 Jul 2022 at 12:18

mid_gen said:
Like I said a few days ago, we may be seeing this team change the way test cricket is played. Big 4th innings chases are no longer an occasional fluke.

Indeed, it's almost like when T20 was introduced and that step after a couple of years when the totals started going stratospheric in the majority of matches.

mid_gen · 9 Jul 2022 at 17:24

Well we are getting absolutely thrashed again today. Such a good bowling attack for India.

McBain · 12 Jul 2022 at 14:11

And again today….

mid_gen · 19 Jul 2022 at 20:13

Melting on the sofa watching the cricket. Think we've blown this, but Moeen might drag us through.

robfosters · 19 Jul 2022 at 20:28

Amazing how the fortunes of the test and short format sides has switched in a short amount of time