The Cricket Thread

[Grays_1890]

Just saying to my son how thr current England side have changed the mindset 3 years ago we would have been very pleased to see England score 54-1 in a morning session of an Ashes match and now we are ridiculing the Aussies for that.

Yeh exactly

Mark Butcher did a segment on it which explained it really well. Players will hit centuries and get out cheaply that the nature of cricket, but we have found a formula where players might get out for 12 off 12 but players will also get out for 12 off 70 with the later actually creating more pressure on yourself inviting wickets than being attacking. Especially with the other team having to react to you and not the other way out, example being the Aussies on day one with fielders on boundary

 

[markysimmo]

Stokes gone, 200 lead with 7 to go
I would feel happy with a lead 350 & updwards

 

[Grays_1890]

Stokes gone, 200 lead with 7 to go
I would feel happy with a lead 350 & updwards

Another long demoralising day in the field for the Aussies.

Warner denying he has seen any Bazball this summer made me laugh. 120 in one session, record for any test ever.....enjoy ya retirement Warner

 

[markysimmo]

Another long demoralising day in the field for the Aussies.

Warner denying he has seen any Bazball this summer made me laugh. 120 in one session, record for any test ever.....enjoy ya retirement Warner

He is a rooster who is going out with a whimper, should never have been allowed to play cricket again the 1st place

 

[markysimmo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1685243125227302913

 

[Grays_1890]

Oh Jimmy Jimmy

What a day

 

[Seedy Ron]

So what's the weather forecast for the next couple of days?

 

[markysimmo]

Broad to retire after this series

 

[markysimmo]

 

[markysimmo]

At least 10 overs short every single day, with how much tickets are they have to something about

https://twitter.com/x/status/1685339855587291136

 

[Robspur12]

Will it be enough though. Still 2 days for the Aussies to bat…

 

[markysimmo]

Will it be enough though. Still 2 days for the Aussies to bat…

A massively revved up Broady will be too much for them

 

[Dicko]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1685242076697358336

 

[Robspur12]

A massively revved up Broady will be too much for them

Hope so .

 

[Seedy Ron]

No chance they'll score the runs. Weather might scupper us again though.

 

[Grays_1890]

Random one but watching this test its made me realise what a hodge podge of a ground the oval is, the pavilion looks like its been sandwiched between two council estates.

 

[markysimmo]

Random one but watching this test its made me realise what a hodge podge of a ground the oval is, the pavilion looks like its been sandwiched between two council estates.

It's one of my fav grounds to go and watch cricket in but is very random
The playing surface has reduced by 25% over the last 20 years of development as they have zero space around it

 

[Grays_1890]

It's one of my fav grounds to go and watch cricket in but is very random
The playing surface has reduced by 25% over the last 20 years of development as they have zero space around it

Oh yeh I love it there, just looks so random now haha

 

[Dicko]

Feels 50/50 now. Need a breakthrough

 

[Glenda's Legs]

Off to the Oval today. Weather forecast looks a lot more promising than it did, at least up until mid-afternoon.
Let's hope England can get some early traction.