The Cricket Thread

[jd1981]

Listening to Aggers and Steve Finn on the way home from work on TMS, basically saying Australia are playing like it’s a tri series tournament and no one can be arsed. Love to know why Glen Maxwell earnt the nickname “big show”

 

[Tony Towner]

Maxwell and Moeen who were the Bears big signings for the T20 this year were both awful, obviously the latter left early to play for England, but he came back from the IPL and actively made the team worse

 

[Sniffer]

Alastair Cook has now officially retired.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Pakistan have gone 155/2 -> 171/7.

Not getting many close games so far.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Now lost 7 wickets for 32 runs.

Nothing to do with the pitch either, bad batting.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

They were going fine with Babar and Rizwan and then the wheels completely fell off.

I can’t think of a single game so far where the result was in doubt after 20 overs of the second innings bar the massive Pakistan run chase the other day.

 

[jd1981]

Woakes bowling some tripe again

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

He is becoming a serious concern. Never a sub continent bowler really.

 

[jd1981]

England conceding 8.3 per over currently, how to give the underdogs a massive foot up.

 

[Tony Towner]

Never been anything outside of England as a Test cricketer, dross in Australia, WIndies and SA. He's usually serviceable in 50 over cricket though at least at the front end of the innings. Clearly not the case this WC.

 

[jd1981]

Tend to agree just a very good home player, fielding has been very sloppy to Buttler set the tone on the first ball.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Well this is going swimmingly. Going to be chasing a monster score.

 

[jd1981]

This pitch is a road mind anything less than 320 and you’re in big trouble

 

[jd1981]

Excellent work from Buttler

 

[Sniffer]

Ridiculous from Afghanistan

 

[Sniffer]

We’ve bought Woakes back on to give them a chance.
Get Root on, he may be required in this tournament.

 

[Sniffer]

Outstanding catch by Root.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Keeping them under 300 would be not too bad

 

[jd1981]

Good recovery in the end Rashid pick of the bowlers

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Made the best of a bad situation. Got to bat well though. The total is respectable if not intimidating