The Cricket Thread

[Piece]

Bingo! Three day tests anyone?

 

[Mudball]

Bingo! Three day tests anyone?

Going back to the old days... play 3 days and then take a day off.. now make it a week off

 

[Piece]

Game on! So we did play two spinners!

 

[Captainron]

India has the worst decks since Makestyk in Leeds circa 2000.

 

[DanFST]

This is an absolute joke.

Biased commentary yesterday "nothing wrong with the pitch".

 

[Imurg]

That's ruined Root's figures....

 

[IanM]

These pitches are the equivalent of arriving at the course after 4 hours driving, only to find there was hollow tinning was carried out the day before!

 

[Beezerk]

Roooooot.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The difference in the commentary box is embarrassing- we know they are going to be bias but they are taking the pee here

Yesterday - nothing about the pitch , all about the ability of the Indian players etc etc

Today - the pitch is the cause , the Indian players poor etc etc


It’s been superb from Leach and Root

The pitch is shocking and the match referee should report it - it’s close to getting dangerous on those foot holes

 

[Kellfire]

Fantastic pitch. Great to see bowlers on top even though the ICC wants to sanitise cricket to be a batting only spectacle.

 

[DanFST]

Fantastic pitch. Great to see bowlers on top even though the ICC wants to sanitise cricket to be a batting only spectacle.

250 runs & 19 wickets in under 100 overs. Root turning it 2 foot on the second morning.

It's awful.

 

[Captainron]

Fantastic pitch. Great to see bowlers on top even though the ICC wants to sanitise cricket to be a batting only spectacle.

It’s too early to be on meth!

 

[Mudball]

Rooooooooo...

So a lead of 32... On this pitch that might be inning defeat territory

 

[Kellfire]

250 runs & 19 wickets in under 100 overs. Root turning it 2 foot on the second morning.

It's awful.

Why is it awful? Why not have games where bowlers are favoured? It’s too rare.

 

[Piece]

Clever Rooooot. Don't pick a second spinner, as it's you who can mop-up the wickets

Lead by 33. Pop quiz on how many down before we get to 33? I'll go 3.

 

[DanFST]

Why is it awful? Why not have games where bowlers are favoured? It’s too rare.

Because test match cricket is supposed to be a test.

Joe root has just got 5-8.... The pitch Is unsuitable. If barely lasted 1 session, let alone 5 days.

 

[Kellfire]

It’s too early to be on meth!

As a former off-spinner, I’d kill for pitches like these. I remember how harrowing it was to show up to an away ground and be told we were being shifted onto an artificial wicket that day. That was my figures destroyed!

 

[Kellfire]

Because test match cricket is supposed to be a test.

Joe root has just got 5-8.... The pitch Is unsuitable. If barely lasted 1 session, let alone 5 days.

It’s a test for the batsmen for a change. Test matches can last five days. They don’t have to.

 

[IanM]

I was listening to the drivel on the radio this morning. Apparently it was all about having World Class Spinners.... so ours is ok and he can make big hundreds too! Strewth, I would turn it on that pitch.

Rooooooooo... So a lead of 32... On this pitch that might be inning defeat territory

Possibly.... 2 day Test match anyone?

 

[Captainron]

Why is it awful? Why not have games where bowlers are favoured? It’s too rare.

You want a contest.

Having a deck that has both sides making 600 runs for no wickets is just as bad.

This is admittedly a bit more interesting but it’s still a farce.