The Cricket Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Wood finally getting his rewards this afternoon.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Stokes clearly has a table booked for Sunday lunch. 50 off 24.

Broken Botham's record for fastest England 50 in Tests.

 

[Tony Towner]

Don't know how I feel about that. Is it a bit piss takey? Not as if Crawley didn't need the time in the middle

 

[Kenny]

Don't know how I feel about that. Is it a bit piss takey? Not as if Crawley didn't need the time in the middle

Borked his finger so a bit difficult to play

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Borked his finger so a bit difficult to play

He's got all August to get over it

 

[lemonjelly]

Next door to the cricket, this evening there's a showing of 501 not out with a q&a. Mrs jelly just messaged asking if I know this bloke, as she's booking him in, sorting a dressing room & arranging his meals etc prior to him doing the q&a.
Brian Lara! Wish she'd mentioned this before!

 

[ROVERT47]

Great finish to the Hundred tonight, I know, I know.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Mott sacked, Buttler staying as white ball captain (more for lack of alternatives, I suspect)

 

[BillyDee]

Mott the Hopeless

 

[ROVERT47]

Harry Brook on fire tonight.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Mott the Hopeless

He deserved respect for how he brought through all the young dudes

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Pennington injured now so unlikely to play vs SL.

Cook is fit again so I would expect him to join the squad.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Or not...

Stone in. Crawley ruled out so Lawrence is set to open and Jordan Cox of Essex is the new spare batter.

 

[Tony Towner]

That's Olly Stone who has been fit for half of Notts' matches which to be fair is half more than he usually is and is taking wickets at 47 a piece

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

And will be 32 by the time of The Ashes, which is what we're told we're building towards.

Cook's never getting a go by the look of it.

 

[Tony Towner]

IF the County 50 over tournament counts for anything then Ed Barnard deserves a call up when they are experimenting

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

IF the County 50 over tournament counts for anything then Ed Barnard deserves a call up when they are experimenting

 

[Carrotdude]

Graham Thorpe has passed away. Horrible news.

 

[Trips]

Awful news, absolutely no age at all.

He was my favourite batsman when I first started getting interested in cricket when I was about 10/11. Loved watching him bat

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Brilliant player. Basically the only batsman we had in the 1990s who could play spin.

Desperately unlucky to miss out on 2005, he'd been averaging 50+ since he came back in 2003. The conversation should have been Bell or Pietersen, not Pietersen or Thorpe.