Soldato
Pitch is starting to look tasty. Should be a good weekends viewing.
The England Cricket Thread
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Caporegime
I wish Archer could get up to the Shaun Tait and Brett Lee heights of 160kph.
Soldato
Glad I didn’t decide to stay up after lunch.
Caporegime
That's... quite a lead.
Caporegime
3 for 55, come on England, get a grip!
Caporegime
Tidy win for the Kiwis.
Soldato
RIP Bob.
You were a grumpy ****, but you were our grumpy ****.
8-43
You were a grumpy ****, but you were our grumpy ****.
8-43
Shocking news, really saddened. Seems like he was a regular on TV only a few weeks back.
Soldato
No doubt his finest moment. I remember it being on the news. I'm sad that hes gone.
Soldato
Root has to go as captain. I’m not sure what Silverwood has done with the team in his first weeks and months on the job, but at the moment it looks an awfully lot like selecting the same players and instructing them to play the same way.
Caporegime
262 to find with 9 wickets remaining. A nicely poised game that England can definitely win with patient batting.
Soldato
It was never truly likely to happen, was it?! Only a freak of an innings by Ben Stokes combined with a lot of luck has seen England chase down any reasonable total in the 4th innings for years.
Caporegime
It could have happened. They had plenty of time to grind it out.
England successfully chased a target of 359 in the 4th innings of the 3rd Ashes Test in August this year. The biggest hitters were Root (77), Denly (50) and Stokes (135). Admittedly, Australia is a much weaker side than South Africa.
England successfully chased a target of 359 in the 4th innings of the 3rd Ashes Test in August this year. The biggest hitters were Root (77), Denly (50) and Stokes (135). Admittedly, Australia is a much weaker side than South Africa.
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