The Cricket Thread

[oakroader]

Now fuck off rain…
Get in at least 10 good overs and it’s ours!!!

 

[kieran_vale]

First thing out the way, we now have a live game with 10 overs gone. Worth just keeping one eye on DLS (England well ahead at the moment).

 

[Super_horns]

Might be relying on Stokes again .

 

[kieran_vale]

Ben Stokes is just an absolute legend. How does he manage to keep his nerve in these situations.

Brilliant from England and well deserved for a very good all round performance.

 

[oakroader]

Championee
Championee
ole ole ole ole
Yahooooo

 

[Super_horns]

Stokes the man for the big occasion when it matters again

Congratulations England!

 

[Railway Blue]

Undisputed World white ball champs.

 

[Railway Blue]

Reading that the Pakistani community is the fastest growing community in Australia.

Nice to see lots of their women enjoying the game without those hideous head-coverings.

Respect to the Pakistani's too for not throwing the towel in.

 

[Super_horns]

Whilst we are winning the World Cup Australians are having unfortunate accidents at birthday parties.

Australia's Maxwell breaks leg at birthday party

Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell breaks his leg in an accident at a friend's 50th birthday party.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Aber gas]

Absolutely superb from England. Rashid and Curran absolutely brilliant. I wasn’t worried at all

 

[GTFCfish]

Absolutely brilliant, so many similarities with the 2019 50 over World Cup win too, had to win our last 2 group games just to get through after a dodgy group stage and did it, then had to beat two of the best teams in the world in the Semi and final and did that too.
Fantastic stuff.

 

[Super_horns]

Just need to win the test Championship for a treble !

Is that possible?

 

[Caitlyn]

Just need to win the test Championship for a treble !

Is that possible?

No.

 

[Caitlyn]

Well done England for actually winning something (and being half decent at it too) can you dominate the T20 scene? We shall see.

It was a great TV feast being honest and England bowled very well and feel that's where the game was won.

 

[Railway Blue]

We could have done without this ODI series. Let the players get home to their families.

 

[Super_horns]

We could have done without this ODI series. Let the players get home to their families.

Sounds like an ICC calendar filler as we didn’t play any during the Ashes last winter .

 

[Railway Blue]

We could have done without this ODI series. Let the players get home to their families.

I probably wouldn't have said this if we'd won, lol.

 

[Super_horns]

Aussies won this series but we’ve won the important games ..

 

[Railway Blue]

Aussies won this series but we’ve won the important games ..

Yes ~~~ proud to be an England supporter.

 

[Railway Blue]

Aussies won this series but we’ve won the important games ..

We never really lost a game in the T20 World Cup. One rained off and one lost on Duckworth Lewis (a game I'm confident we'd have won but for the rain).

 

[Super_horns]

Ouch - rather painful hammering there !

 

[Railway Blue]

Ouch - rather painful hammering there !

I only saw the result and I wonder if they just threw the towel in.

 

[Super_horns]

Moeen Ali pretty much did before they started .

Gives them something to work on I guess.

 

[Caitlyn]

Aussies won this series but we’ve won the important games ..

It was an ODI series planned for a long time ago so not sure what important matches there have been prior in the ODI calendar?

 

[Caitlyn]

I only saw the result and I wonder if they just threw the towel in.

Every time England play there is someone ready with a towel. You guys do seem to go through phases of bad results.

 

[Caitlyn]

Ouch - rather painful hammering there !

When the old gold are hurt they instantly inflict pain on some other weaker teams.

 

[Caitlyn]

I probably wouldn't have said this if we'd won, lol.

Probably bad scheduling but there needs to be a set number of ODIs in a calendar year for the rankings.

 

[Super_horns]

It was an ODI series planned for a long time ago so not sure what important matches there have been prior in the ODI calendar?

That is true but I meant the T20 World Cup ..

 

[Super_horns]

England side for the first test in Pakistan has been announced.

Duckett rather than Jennings will open with Livingstone making his test debut.

Duckett
Crawley
Pope
Root
Brook
Stokes
Foakes
Livingstone
Leach
Robinson
Anderson

 

[Railway Blue]

England side for the first test in Pakistan has been announced.

Duckett rather than Jennings will open with Livingstone making his test debut.

Duckett
Crawley
Pope
Root
Brook
Stokes
Foakes
Livingstone
Leach
Robinson
Anderson

Hope I'm wrong but that looks a bit weak.