The Cricket Thread

Being discussed on Sky at tea right now. Apparently £12M and 2 years to fix it.

Running out of space on the batsmen's board and need to fill up the bowlers?

Tomorrow is the last day of Stokes' international career.

Creates a number of interesting problems for the test team.

Not for much longer, one would suspect.

I see England have decided to treat the game as a T20 and are 72-3 inside 10 overs against a team with 2 fit seamers.

Root reverse scoops his 2nd ball for 4.
Is this a Bazball compilation episode to end the series?

George Dobell has this thing of “do you what I enjoy in cricket? Winning”. Feels like this era has lost sight of that being the aim. Can’t imagine it’ll get better with Brook as captain, unless there’s a strong coach who can steer him.

Root must feel like he’s playing with his grandchildren. Wonder whether he’ll think it’s worth sticking around just to attempt to catch Tendulkar.

New Zealand are good though and may have won anyway.

6 down inside 19 overs.
Regardless of the quality of the opposition - who hopefully are too happy about winning to feel insulted by England's approach and the whole Stokes retirement announcement mid session - I'd rather England didn't just bend over, whatever point they might be trying to make to Key and McCullum.

Do we believe that Sooryavanshi is really 15?

At the game. Consensus is yes. He is fucking amazing whatever his age.

That's a hilariously awful over from Bishnoi.
Bishnoi Bashnoi Boshnoi.

Hopefully will be eating my words later but Englandcricketladies seem a bit shit.

Australia are very, very good.
England are decent, but a bit short on international quality and prone to doing daft things. Like losing with a 5 wides.
Though that wasn't as bad as earlier when Bell landed one off the strip, followed by Jones tipping the ball round the 1st slip post to the boundary.

That was one of the bits that prompted my post.

Looking on the bright side, we made it through to the final only one other nation managed that.