The Cricket Thread

[Sniffer]

I get Joseph playing a few shots but that's a shocker.

106/8

You are typing these out before I've heard them on the radio commentary. I'd forgotten that I'd paused it for a couple of minutes

 

[Sniffer]

7 for Atkinson!

 

[Squeak]

Yikes... 7 for 36 for Atkinson.... can he get 8 and be the first to do so?

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Windies being skittled now

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

That's an incredible "shot" by the other Joseph

Atkinson has 7

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

121 all out, Jimmy gets the last one

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

England absolutely dominated that session but quite a collapse from West Indies

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

88/3 -> 121 all out is very England 1990s.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Rubbish shot by Duckett, "I don't leave the ball" gets pretty old sometimes.

 

[Mel Evo]

Two sessions that already have me checking out the refund functionality on the Lords app. Day four tickets always looked like needing a good drop of rain in the preceding days - and of course it’s the only time all summer that a bad forecast has suddenly cleared up FFS!

 

[Trips]

Two sessions that already have me checking out the refund functionality on the Lords app. Day four tickets always looked like needing a good drop of rain in the preceding days - and of course it’s the only time all summer that a bad forecast has suddenly cleared up FFS!

I'm concerned about my day 4 tickets next week, will be doing a rain dance on the first 3 days

 

[Mel Evo]

I'm concerned about my day 4 tickets next week, will be doing a rain dance on the first 3 days

Good luck I’m mainly disappointed as it was going to be my sons first England match and the Lords visit would have been great all round. Very hard to see this test going past day three now.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Seems churlish to criticise someone who keeps getting good scores but he does need to make them a big 'un a bit more often. Of course if you'd said to any of us 18 months ago that Zak Crawley would now be on a career ratio of scoring a 50 every three Test matches (which he is)...

Averaging 49 now since the start of last summer and 40+ against everyone he's played in that period (Aus, Ind, Ire and WI)

 

[Carrotdude]

Weird thing about Crawley is he’s always been very feast or famine with one massive score in amongst a load of crap. Seems to have swung the other way now with consistent 50+ scores and no big ones

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

68 lead at stumps. I suspect if we make that 268 or more tomorrow then we won't have to bat again.

 

[Squeak]

Crawley is infuriating to watch most of the time but he can be quite brilliant others. I still don't see him as an opener against a top class attack though. WIndies are very average, at best.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

But he averaged over 40 vs Australia and India in the last year?

 

[Squeak]

But he averaged over 40 vs Australia and India in the last year?

Yeah.... exactly what I mean... we know he has the talent but he does like a whaff at the ball and it gets him out. A lack of concentration from time to time. I'd prefer him lower down the order but it seems opener is the only place he fits.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Brilliant bit of spin bowling to take Stokes out

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Root very close to going past Mahela Jayawardene in the all-time table now. Should go past Chanderpaul, Lara, Sangakkara and Cook too in the next year, barring injury or catastrophic loss of form.