Cricket thread

[deptfordmarmoset]

I listened to that while fiddling with my bike. Seemed like quite a tame affair with England winning fairly easily.

There was quite a long period when England's batters got pinned down and the required run rate was climbing. The following string of boundaries was not a given, especially after watching a lot of playing and missing.

 

[Grant Fondo]

There was quite a long period when England's batters got pinned down and the required run rate was climbing. The following string of boundaries was not a given, especially after watching a lot of playing and missing.

Agree the win predicter was swinging perilously away from Eng at one point
Still, top performance and glad Curran got player of the tournament ... I might have been tempted to give it to the Dutch captain though

 

[Grant Fondo]

Kind of glad it's all over really ... the 'proper' game starts v Pakistan in a couple of weeks.

 

[Stephenite]

I can now go to work and expect a quiet day. If it had gone the other way it would have been constant light ribbing.

 

[AndyRM]

Pakistan put up one hell of a fight defending such a low total. Their bowling is phenomenal.

 

[T4tomo]

There was quite a long period when England's batters got pinned down and the required run rate was climbing. The following string of boundaries was not a given, especially after watching a lot of playing and missing.

If Shaheen hadn't got injured Pakistan would have probably won. That injury left 2 extra (1.5) overs to be bowled by their non "Gun" bowlers and crucially brought Ifitkhar the off spinner into the attack in the last 5 overs, when it would have been Shaheen, Rauf and Wasim (albeit Wasim is very much the 4th seamer) to bowl those. That 6 & 4 followed by 2 fours off Wasim at the start of next over turned the pressure right round.

 

[T4tomo]

Red ball cricket is back on, Pakistan v England. Bazball on tour....

After a threat of a days delay to allow England team to recover from virus, its started on time and England openers went off like a rocket. opening stand of 233 in 35 overs, Crawley narrowly missing out on a century before lunch. He and Duckett made their ton's shortly after lunch, both now out Pope and Root in 274-2 as I type.....

 

[AndyRM]

332/3 for 3 at Tea is pleasing to say, going well so far.

I absolutely despise the term 'BazBall'.

It's a daft Americanisation and I know I'm being petty and sound like a grumpy old man, but what's wrong with just calling it 'cricket' FFS.

 

[matticus]

I absolutely despise the term 'BazBall'.

It's a daft Americanisation and I know I'm being petty and sound like a grumpy old man, but what's wrong with just calling it 'cricket' FFS.

eh? Isn't it used to describe a particular style of cricket (in this case, used by the current ENgland squad)?

 

[AndyRM]

eh? Isn't it used to describe a particular style of cricket (in this case, used by the current ENgland squad)?

That may well be, but it's stupid and nobody can stop me from hating it.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

332/3 for 3 at Tea is pleasing to say, going well so far.

I absolutely despise the term 'BazBall'.

It's a daft Americanisation and I know I'm being petty and sound like a grumpy old man, but what's wrong with just calling it 'cricket' FFS.

333 for 3 at tea would have had a better ring to it. But you can't have everything!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

That may well be, but it's stupid and nobody can stop me from hating it.

I thought it came from Kiwi coach Brendon McCullum. Apparently Baz was his nickname.

 

[AndyRM]

I thought it came from Kiwi coach Brendon McCullum. Apparently Baz was his nickname.

Aye, it is. And I have no idea where the term originated from, but it should be cast into the bowels of Hades.

I believe that clears up my position on the term.

 

[Beebo]

Brooks just scored 6 fours in one over.

 

[T4tomo]

Brooks just scored 6 fours in one over.

He needs 15 off 11 balls for fastest test ton of all time???