The England Cricket Thread

CGrieves · 5 Sep 2019 at 19:01

And I shouldn't have. Whenever I listen to TMS and Jim Maxwell is commentating, we lose a wicket.

Sorry guys, it's my fault

Pigeon_Killer · 5 Sep 2019 at 19:01

Dumb as ****.

CGrieves · 5 Sep 2019 at 19:02

Overton to get 200 and save the match?

Cob · 5 Sep 2019 at 19:06

I don't even

Participant · 5 Sep 2019 at 19:17

CGrieves said:
In a pizzeria in Cagliari. Wife has decided to read her kindle, so for me it's on with the headphones and BBCR5LiveSE

Obviously providing deeply stimulating conversation for each other then

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Cob · 5 Sep 2019 at 19:28

Switch straight from that dross to the sight of Eoin Morgan sat in the Middlesex dugout

CGrieves · 5 Sep 2019 at 19:30

Participant said:
Obviously providing deeply stimulating conversation for each other then .

I love her dearly but.... It's the Ashes

Participant · 5 Sep 2019 at 20:36

CGrieves said:
I love her dearly but.... It's the Ashes

Sounds like she ditched you first, unless she was listening to the ashes on her Kindle

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Sankari · 5 Sep 2019 at 21:02

Not really worth it for one wicket. Still, it's better than nothing.

rickjames · 6 Sep 2019 at 09:44

Bit of a raindance hopefully killing off one session today...

SoliD · 6 Sep 2019 at 10:56

Rain through to at least lunch! Sad state of affairs that us and the commentators are saying that it's a saviour.

Monkeymatt · 6 Sep 2019 at 11:42

Participant said:
Of all the bowlers in England the 80mph Overton is the one that made the cut, for The Ashes? I'm not having this guy.

I do worry that the selectors picked Overton purely because his first ever Test wicket was Smith. I don't think Woakes has done all that much wrong in this series and whilst Overton has had a decent CC season, I can't say he has necessarily been smashing the door down to get in the team. You want to see people being picked because they're genuinely one of the 11 best available players in the country, and I'm not 100% certain that's the case.

Saw an absolutely ridiculous stat that Smith could get a duck in every one of his next 30 innings and still average over 50... Nuts to think a few years back nobody was certain who was the best of the "Elite 4" test batsmen of Smith, Kohli, Williamson and Root. Now Smith is miles ahead of Kohli and Williamson who are in turn quite a way ahead of Root who is averaging just 27 this year...

Cob · 6 Sep 2019 at 13:41

Overton gone early-on.

Right Joe, time to show us that you belong amongst the fabled top 4 in the world.

Participant · 6 Sep 2019 at 13:43

Starc out injured, comes straight back in at 90mph. An awesome athlete.

You can hear a lot of chatter through the stump mics this time - I like it! Not sure if they've changed something...

Sankari · 6 Sep 2019 at 13:44

Starc and Smith are really showing how it's done in this game. Great to see.

Participant · 6 Sep 2019 at 13:49

Hazlewood looking strong too. Moving the ball all over the place.

We are going to lose this test if the weather allows it.

mmj_uk · 6 Sep 2019 at 13:54

We should be heading for 3-0 down in the series in all honesty, I think the best we can hope for this test is lots more rain unless Root or someone can knock 150.

Participant · 6 Sep 2019 at 13:55

Cummins and Lyons waiting in the wings. Their attack is just too good for our batsmen.

Participant · 6 Sep 2019 at 15:26

Loving the Lyon catching banter from the crowd

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Cob · 6 Sep 2019 at 16:19

This is beautifully boring.