The Cricket Thread

[3offTheTee]

Is this a 50 overs match!

 

[Newtonuti]

294 runs in 48 overs, bloody hell Got decent hitters in the middle order as well!

 

[venger]

Has anyone declared on the 1st day of a test match?

 

[Newtonuti]

Has anyone declared on the 1st day of a test match?

According to google it's happened before. The highest runs scored on day 1 of a test was 494 in 1910 for Australia against South Africa. So we'll see what happens in that regard.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

A/ Is the pitch an utter batting paradise?
B/ Are the bowlers having an awful day?
C/ Is everything coming off for the batsmen in a way that is just freakish?
D/ A bit of all of the above?

I'm at work and so not watching it.

 

[pokerjoke]

I’ve never seen a quicker run rate in a test.
Poor bowling and an appetite to score quickly.
Is test cricket becoming exciting again

 

[Piece]

Jeez, this is a run fest. If I was in the field...I'd been feigning injury and be off the field!

 

[fundy]

Completely and utterly bonkers days cricket!

They say cricket has changed...................

 

[GB72]

Completely and utterly bonkers days cricket!

They say cricket has changed...................

What are the odds on Stokes having a shot for the fastest test century in the morning now that Brooks has just missed it.

 

[Asian Dawn]

A/ Is the pitch an utter batting paradise? YES
B/ Are the bowlers having an awful day? YES
C/ Is everything coming off for the batsmen in a way that is just freakish? NO The batting has been amazing - well until Stokes went mental in the last 20 minutes
D/ A bit of all of the above?

I'm at work and so not watching it.

 

[Newtonuti]

The fastest a test team has ever reached 500 apparently. Imagine if they declare and Root and Stokes are the only people who have batted, and NOT reached 100

 

[fundy]

What are the odds on Stokes having a shot for the fastest test century in the morning now that Brooks has just missed it.

Not sure theres enough pressure for Stokes to be breaking records lol

In seriousness hes about a 7/4 shot to make a hundred, it will be quick if he gets there especially with a new nut in the morning

 

[Piece]

506 in 74 overs...nearly 7 per over in a Test match.

 

[fundy]

506 in 74 overs...nearly 7 per over in a Test match.

Everyones astounded that 500 in a day was even possible, they may have got 600 if they got all 90 overs lol

 

[IanM]

BBC headline: Rampant Pakistan take 4 wickets on opening day!

Ok, maybe not this time!

 

[Maninblack4612]

A/ Is the pitch an utter batting paradise?
B/ Are the bowlers having an awful day?
C/ Is everything coming off for the batsmen in a way that is just freakish?
D/ A bit of all of the above?

I'm at work and so not watching it.

Highlights on Sky at 6.30

 

[D-S]

Lucky for Pakistan that they went off 15 overs early due to bad light, otherwise they might have declared and had a few overs at the opposition at the death.

 

[sunshine]

This is only day 1! England to bat all day tomorrow and declare when they get to 1000. Then 3 days to get 20 Pakistani wickets

 

[GB72]

Pakistan scoring at only 3 an over, are we regressing to the days of Boycott and Tavare

 

[JRS7]

Think England could do with Livingstone and Stokes in tandem to start tomorrow. Could do with a breakthrough