The Cricket Thread

[Squeak]

Game management by England was pathetic. The changing of the footwear particularly embarrassing.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yeah, good luck with that you feckless waster.

Sussex's Ollie Robinson sets sights on England return and Ashes tour of Australia

Sussex's Ollie Robinson has his sights set on a return to Test cricket for England and an Ashes series victory in Australia next year.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tony Towner]

Yeah, good luck with that you feckless waster.

Sussex's Ollie Robinson sets sights on England return and Ashes tour of Australia

Sussex's Ollie Robinson has his sights set on a return to Test cricket for England and an Ashes series victory in Australia next year.

www.bbc.co.uk

Looks like we'll be picking a 34 year old Aussie, Worrall for the Ashes if you listen to Key's waffle

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Jafer Chohan, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, John Turner.

How does Curran keep getting a gig and why are they persisting with that ludicrous Overton idea?

 

[Tony Towner]

Woakes bowling in the sub continent and batting at 7...Good luck with that

https://twitter.com/x/status/1842501208495276189

 

[Squeak]

Well at least England has a reliable top order.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I know it's a flat pitch and first innings scores tend to be big in Pakistan whatever you do, but it's thoroughly unimpressive captaincy from Pope, just as it was at The Oval vs SL.

 

[Tony Towner]

Wondering what the bowling coach will day at the end of play

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

We stuck in there, there's absolutely nothing in this pitch though, looks like a typical Pakistan surface where it's a road for three, possibly even four days.

328/4 at stumps.

 

[Carrotdude]

Feels like a complete waste of time playing on that

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Thing is you can very easily have 550 plays 550 and then 150 all out in Pakistan, it flips really quickly.

Looking at 2022, the First Test was 657 vs 579, then 264/7 dec vs 268

 

[jd1981]

4-1 pope gone

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Crawley and Root looking good. No scan for Duckett so hopefully he can bat tomorrow.

Elsewhere, keep your trap shut, Scrappy Doo. Lucky to be getting any games in any format as you are shit.

Sam Curran 'a bit gutted' to be overlooked as Stokes' Test replacement

Allrounder fears he might not 'fit the mould' in Brendon McCullum's England regime

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Duckett looks fine so far

 

[Sniffer]

Well done Joe

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Root goes past Cook as England's top test scorer. Two tests on this pitch and he could be getting quite close to Rahul Dravid.

 

[BillyDee]

Very glad that Root has taken that record away.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

And there is the century as well.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Well at least England has a reliable top order.

Scorecard
Crawley 78
Pope 0
Duckett 84
Root 100*
Brook 52*

Looks pretty reliable to me

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

Root goes past Cook as England's top test scorer. Two tests on this pitch and he could be getting quite close to Rahul Dravid.

High expectations! He’s still 800 behind Dravid even taking into account these runs in this innings.
He’ll get there, but won’t be close for a while yet.