The Cricket Thread

[Johnny75]

Finally gone. He hasn't looked comfortable at all today.

Big pressure on Pope

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

A skittish affair from Crawley. Duckett looks fine though. Pope could definitely do with an innings and the pitch isn't doing a great deal to prevent that as long as the six inches between his ears doesn't get frazzled.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Another 50 in the bag for Duckett

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I can't watch Noman Ali without saying "Hello, Noman" à la Seinfeld.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Bloody hell. Pope could have done with rather more than 29

 

[Johnny75]

Bloody hell. Pope could have done with rather more than 29

Was a Jaffa of a ball.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

When your luck is out, that seems to happen unfortunately.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He's not close to getting dropped unless he starts averaging about 10 or something (and he always tends to get a big score somewhere down the line, so that probably won't happen).

Good ball but made it look better than it was.

 

[Carrotdude]

Agree with that last line for sure.

Pope’s a weird one as you know he’ll get a big score every now and then but he gets almost nothing in between. He kind of needs a consistent run of scores between 30-60 to prove he’s not all or nothing. Very odd.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Pakistan

"yay! we got a wicket"

followed by

"oh shit, Root, Brook and Stokes next up"

 

[Sniffer]

Well done Ben Duckett.

Men's Ashes 2025-26 schedule​

First Test, Optus Stadium in Perth: 21-25 November
Second Test, Gabba in Brisbane: 4-8 December
Third Test, Adelaide Oval in Adelaide: 17-21 December
Fourth Test, MCG in Melbourne: 26-30 December
Fifth Test, SCG in Sydney: 4-8 January

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I may have already mentioned that schedule in the thread...

I will spend some time tomorrow investigating when the Brisbane tickets go on sale. Hopefully the prices aren't too eye-watering.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Root out.

Surely this must be a mistake as he hasn't got to fifty at least.

 

[Sniffer]

I may have already mentioned that schedule in the thread...

I will spend some time tomorrow investigating when the Brisbane tickets go on sale. Hopefully the prices aren't too eye-watering.

Oops - missed that one.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

And now Duckett is out. Hmm - things have just got a little interesting.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

This feels like proper old-school England!

 

[Squeak]

Usual England...rabbits in the headlights syndrome we have all seen many times.

Thanks for the Ashes schedule Paddington / Sniffer... now busy trying to work out how I can make it happen!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Pakistan took a healthy first innings lead but are 25/2. We shall see, but I think it's anybody's game.

 

[Johnny75]

43-3. This pitch has demons now.

Could be a very tight match

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I wouldn't want to be chasing much over 200