Cricket thread

[Beebo]

Time to see how England bowl on it.
Pakistan could get momentum or could crumble. The pitch seems to have some demons in it.
I prefer this sort of game to the 1st match bore fest for the first 4 days.

 

[T4tomo]

oohh now its getting interesting 3 quick wickets and the first for a pace bowler...

 

[Beebo]

Honours even at the end of day 1.
English hopes currently rest with not having to bat 4th on a pitch which is already unpredictable.

 

[Beebo]

England are having a good morning

 

[T4tomo]

Ye

England are having a good morning

At 150-4 Pakistan were getting back into it, Stokes throws the ball to Ahmed and now its 187-7!

a 50-70 run 1st innings lead would be very handy, i suspect many of the Friday prayers during the extended lunch break will be for that to be much much smaller!!

As I was listening to TMS this morning, Western Australia got a mention, they were 45-1 and slipped to 53 all out!

 

[slow scot]

Ye


At 150-4 Pakistan were getting back into it, Stokes throws the ball to Ahmed and now its 187-7!

a 50-70 run 1st innings lead would be very handy, i suspect many of the Friday prayers during the extended lunch break will be for that to be much much smaller!!

As I was listening to TMS this morning, Western Australia got a mention, they were 45-1 and slipped to 53 all out!

They then went to 52 for 2, and lost the next 8 wickets for 1 run. All out for 53.

 

[Beebo]

Not going as well after lunch☹️

 

[geocycle]

Oh dear. Well played Pakistan, they gambled and won, not just because of the toss in the second test, but they recognised they had a batsman and a bowler who could cope better than England in dry turning conditions. It’s not the first England team to not be able to adapt to these sub continent pitches. I thought Pope, Root, Brook and Duckett had the skill set but clearly not. On to NZ.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Yep, played Pakistan.
Was anyone watching when the commentator gifted Pakistan the match and series at the end of Englands 2nd ins? Hilarious.

 

[geocycle]

Watching an hour of Eng v WI ODI, the England scoring rate is less than the test team!

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

A great feat by New Zealand to beat India by three tests to nil

 

[T4tomo]

Watching an hour of Eng v WI ODI, the England scoring rate is less than the test team!

I believe Liam Livingston scored his first 50 of 60 balls and then a further 17 to get to 100!

 

[T4tomo]

Absolute scenes in Perth.

Seems to be some extra bounce in the wicket, India win toss bat first, 150 all out in 2 sessions, firt 9 wickets caught behind / in slips (well Rahul didnt hit his but given out on review?) Aussie currently 47-6 in reply....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket...set:0ca6f0a3-8fe0-44a4-acf4-59f1867cbdf6#post

 

[Sterlo]

17 wickets fall on Perth in the first day! If that had been a county championship match, there would have been an investigation with teams probably being docked points for a bad pitch.

 

[matticus]

A great feat by New Zealand to beat India by three tests to nil

... and now ENG are on the verge of beating them comfortably, and no interest at all on this thread