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Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:22 pm
by Mini E
Buttler saluting Cotterill :lol: :lol:

54 runs off eleven balls formed part of that innings. What the actual strawberry float? I feel so lucky to have been able to watch that at work :lol:

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:42 pm
by Harry Ola
Blimey I switched that on at the right time. When I switched it on Sky were predicting a score of 330. Ten overs later ….. :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Alongside the 11 balls for 54 runs, Buttler went from 50 to 150 in 32 balls.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:47 pm
by Drumstick
Absolutely incredible batting. Another Jos Buttler special and the ton that Morgan's form in the last year has deserved.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 6:59 pm
by Rex Kramer
Just imagine how good this England side would be if they had one match winning bowler to go alongside the 6 match winning batsmen that they already have.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:12 pm
by Balladeer
Instead they’re going to let WI chase down a target of 400+. Nice.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:46 pm
by Rex Kramer
Well this is/was a little too close for comfort.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:49 pm
by Drumstick
Rex Kramer wrote:Just imagine how good this England side would be if they had one match winning bowler to go alongside the 6 match winning batsmen that they already have.

Adil Rashid. 8-)

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:57 pm
by Rex Kramer
Drumstick wrote:
Rex Kramer wrote:Just imagine how good this England side would be if they had one match winning bowler to go alongside the 6 match winning batsmen that they already have.

Adil Rashid. 8-)

Err, no. I meant a world class bowler.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:32 pm
by Balladeer
He’s a world class LO bowler. Just keep him away from Tests.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:40 am
by Balladeer
In celebration of Cricket 19 coming to Switch (and everything else), I came up with Nintendo’s cricket team:

Saeed Anwario (c)
Ben Ducklett
Calum Fox McLeod
Sachin Nintendulkar
James Hildreth of the Wild
Wiiaan Mulder
Luke Ronchi Kong (wk)
Samus Curran
Jack Peach
Umario Gul
Josh Game Boysden

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 1:14 pm
by Drumstick
Apparently Ramprakash was relieved of his duty over the weekend. Have to say I don't think it's a bad move after reading and listening to a couple of interviews, seems like he was a softly-softly type (who let's not forget never really cracked Test cricket) that might not have been a strong enough character.

Thorpe is the favourite to take over and by all accounts he is a more forceful kind of character. He's also a UKIPer. :(

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 1:30 pm
by Balladeer
I try not to think about most cricketers’ political leanings. Beefy, heavily involved with ‘my’ club Durham, was very pro-Brexit. As for Gentleman Farmer Alastair Cook...

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:40 am
by Balladeer
Anyone for live cricket?


Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:49 am
by Rex Kramer
That's some recovery from 69-8.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:53 am
by Balladeer
And 85-9. Murtagh putting that county experience to good use!

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:14 am
by Saint of Killers
Bangladesh team apparently narrowly avoided being involved in one of the Christchurch mosque shootings.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:18 am
by Balladeer
Yes... and they’ve cancelled the last Test. Seems reasonable.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:34 am
by Drumstick
If you have any kind of Sky package (even the absolute most basic, like yours truly) you can watch the IPL on channel 729.

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 2:01 pm
by Balladeer
Never mind the Ipple...

twitter.com/bbctms/status/1109035576680960001



GET YERSELVES HYPED

Re: The Cricket Thread - Show some elite honesty

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:19 am
by Mini E
Ashwin mankaded Buttler yesterday in the IPL - poor form. I had an extremely brief and polite discussion with Harsha Bhogle on Twitter (a couple of tweets each) where I mentioned how long the game is going to take if bowlers are attempting to mankade two or three times per over (in an era where we seem to be trying to speed the game up). The Indian cricketing fraternity have now descended into my notifications. My personal favourite:

twitter.com/amanjain_101/status/1110419854815723520