Cricket thread

[Deleted member 1258]

England v Sri Lanka and Bairstow got away with one off the first ball.

 

[T4tomo]

England v Sri Lanka and Bairstow got away with one off the first ball.

very hard to be sure with those pad first ones, I guess SRI didn't want to burn a review first ball....

Malan's got in and got out

 

[AndyRM]

That run out by Root was a shocker!

 

[AndyRM]

This really is going horribly wrong. 77/4.

There's so long left in the game, what are they playing at? A few overs to settle and steady the ship.

Embarrassing stuff.

 

[AndyRM]

Good insight from Aggers - Stokes is either going to do something that makes everything click, or he's going to get out. He's not connected with anything properly.

 

[albion]

Good insight from Aggers - Stokes is either going to do something that makes everything click, or he's going to get out. He's not connected with anything properly.

Stokes has a tendency to prove people wrong.

 

[AndyRM]

Stokes has a tendency to prove people wrong.

That aged well

He shouldn't have been anywhere near the squad.

 

[albion]

I got saved from suffering by decent weather for the Afghan match. Not much luck since.

 

[AndyRM]

I got saved from suffering by decent weather for the Afghan match. Not much luck since.

You missed a really good game! I abandoned my England bias and appreciated how great Afghanistan were.

 

[albion]

I caught the highlights. I would have watched a full replay but have the misfortune of having Now TV. It seems to be made really awful so as not to compete.

 

[AndyRM]

They've just said on TMS that these are the highest averages at the tournament:

Quinton de Kock
Rohit Sharma
Mark Wood

That says it all about our woeful efforts.

 

[AndyRM]

"What England want is to get among the wickets early here."

So Woakes is on. Bonkers.

 

[AndyRM]

It's cute the commentators have tried to make this sound like it's going to be even remotely close.

With the field back, that's pretty much accepting defeat.

 

[AndyRM]

6 off the last ball to win it.

That was like England from the 90s. The whole tournament has been.

I've seen a few comments on HYS about how 50 over cricket is unfashionable. I disagree. There's more tactics involved than 20/20, but obviously not the intrigue of a Test.

 

[Alex321]

6 off the last ball to win it.

That was like England from the 90s. The whole tournament has been.

I've seen a few comments on HYS about how 50 over cricket is unfashionable. I disagree. There's more tactics involved than 20/20, but obviously not the intrigue of a Test.

The level of tactics involved doesn't determine whether it is fashionable. That is determined by how many want to play it, and more importantly, how many want to watch it.