The Cricket Thread

[Tredman]

Another game goes down to the last ball after a team was cruising and started to falter. So so boring to watch. Can't wait for our blast to come back where the games are so much more entertaining, the standard higher with international stalwarts like Colin ingram and the games are over in 2 hours.

Why not just enjoy the game?

 

[Mel Evo]

Another game goes down to the last ball after a team was cruising and started to falter. So so boring to watch. Can't wait for our blast to come back where the games are so much more entertaining, the standard higher with international stalwarts like Colin ingram and the games are over in 2 hours.

Someone must have had a word to fix it to keep the ratings up after the bore fest the night before.

 

[Jonzy the ref]

Someone must have had a word to fix it to keep the ratings up after the bore fest the night before.

Maybe mate. Probably learnt off us brits how to do fix it. After all the biggest fixing scandal of recent times was masterminded by an Englishman

 

[Mel Evo]

Maybe mate. Probably learnt off us brits how to do fix it. After all the biggest fixing scandal of recent times was masterminded by an Englishman

Well they nicked the T20 off us and changed a fun fortnight into an interminable two months so, yeah, probably fixing too. We’ve a proud history of doing plenty of sht things first, then perfected elsewhere.

 

[Mel Evo]

Anyway, I don’t enjoy the IPL much. However, having been brought up playing and watching my cricket at Acklam Park Middlesbrough, the air quality does make me a bit nostalgic. If I peer hard enough through the smog I think I can make out a young Ashley Metcalfe slowly compiling 30 something in his bid to open the batting for England.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Middlesex's top order having a top start to the season. 4/4 and 41/4 last week, 11/4 today.

 

[Trips]

Their top 3 have scored a combined 16 runs from 3 innings so far

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Simpson, Higgins and Extras: 116
Everyone else for Middlesex: 33

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

England Watch, Week Two, Day One

Warwickshire 367/3 vs Kent

S Hain 124*

Hampshire 254 vs Surrey 37/0

J Vince 18
L Dawson 1

R Burns 23*
D Sibley 12*

Nottinghamshire 256 vs Somerset 28/2

H Hameed 65
B Duckett 75
J Clarke 8
L Patterson-White 7
S Broad 0

C Overton 16-4-35-1
J Leach 6-0-36-0

T Abell 3

S Broad 5-3-5-0

Lancashire 207 vs Essex 98/3

K Jennings 1
J Bohannon 27
J Anderson 9*

J Porter 13-2-43-1
S Cook 17.5-4-42-5

D Lawrence 39*
M Critchley 23*

J Anderson 11-3-33-2

Middlesex 149 vs Northamptonshire 111/3

T Helm 4

T Helm 10-4-34-0

Durham 363/7 vs Worcestershire

A Lees 70

 

[Tony Towner]

Early days, but Warwickshire seem to have remembered how to bat this season after having a year off. 2 100s in 2 innings for Hain although there's not a middle order place available for England

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Early days, but Warwickshire seem to have remembered how to bat this season after having a year off. 2 100s in 2 innings for Hain although there's not a middle order place available for England

There's not in Tests, but he should easily be ahead of the likes of Vince as a spare batsman in ODI squads.

 

[Carrotdude]

What on earth has happened to Kent’s bowling attack? 26 overs for Denly, Bell-Drummond and Leaning on day 1???

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

What on earth has happened to Kent’s bowling attack? 26 overs for Denly, Bell-Drummond and Leaning on day 1???

From the look of it one of Quinn or McKerr has pulled up lame as they have an unfinished over, so that would account for a few.

Having those three as your "spin" options even in April is a poor show nonetheless!

(We haven't picked a proper spinner either but it's because Briggs is still knackered. Yates and Mousley bowl a little bit)

 

[Sniffer]

Surprised that you’ve dropped Yates from your international watch list. He was in the A team in the winter of 21/22 after a fine summer. Being pissed about by Farbrace ruined last season for him but he scored a ton today. It’s not as though England have any real openers knocking on the door either.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Surprised that you’ve dropped Yates from your international watch list. He was in the A team in the winter of 21/22 after a fine summer. Being pissed about by Farbrace ruined last season for him but he scored a ton today. It’s not as though England have a real openers knocking on the door either.

Fair, but he did average 17 last season, poor treatment or not.

If he keeps scoring I'll put him back on.

I have to be careful with it as it's not just for here and I don't want to seem too Warks biased

 

[Carrotdude]

Harry Brook was brilliant yesterday, he’s such a talent. Shame I had to watch on mute as the commentary was unbearable!

 

[Tony Towner]

Crawley out twice in a day, 0 and 12

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Warks had Kent 99/7, following on and miles behind.

They're still behind but 273/9 and Evison has 99 and counting from number 9.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Just about won. Evison out for 99

 

[Tony Towner]

Would have won the first game aswell if it wasn't for a dopey Somerset groundsman