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Woeful, absolutely woeful, on what's still a good batting pitch. Peiris and Jayasuriya put a lot of deliveries in the right place, but were in no way venomous. Just good bowling backed up by good fielding and greatly aided by atrocious batting.

The only NZ player worth his place is O'Rourke. Maybe Latham and Ravindra (but if they fail again in the 2nd dig, they're gone too).

I just noticed that we did not even bat out 40 overs. Fucking pathetic. Two openers out in the middle now.

Latham out in first over

I thank the Lord we never got exposed to Afghanistan.

We got a DRS review right!!!!

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 6:00 am

Sards wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 5:52 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Fri Sep 27, 2024 6:36 pm The struggling Proteas finally look like getting a win over the Irish.

Our national cricket is awful. If you want to put yourself off the sport you just watch the Proteas. Which is why I don't bother. Rather watch the kids

Agree. And it's not that we don't have great young talent. Cricket have the same structure as rugby.

Cricket administration is a joke.
Have you had a deep look at the Sharks URC squad. Lots of merited represented players. You don't attract young players unless your senior side is successful. And that's where representation becomes easier. Cricket really hasn't got it right. I have found Cricket bats being sold by the coaches of the Township teams that they received as sponsorship deals. It's a complete cock up

Bangers v India...

It was India's aggression with the bat which took the headlines - their first 50 came off just three overs, and beat their record in both one-day and T20 cricket.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/art ... 78y3z2n8lo

SA 39/3 after 10 against Ireland in the ODI.

Ireland win probablity already 76%

271/9

Insane_Homer wrote: Wed Oct 02, 2024 3:54 pm271/9

Then Ireland all out for 132.

Sad situation. Measuring vs Ireland.

Pak v Eng started today.

Pakistan off to the flier after winning the toss and choosing to bat.

255/1 in 56 overs, Masood 146* and Shafique 100*

Hands up everyone who's surprised that Bashir has been getting flogged? His piss poor displays at home went unremarked but he was clearly way off the required standard. Poor Liam Dawson...

JM2K6 wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:27 am Hands up everyone who's surprised that Bashir has been getting flogged? His piss poor displays at home went unremarked but he was clearly way off the required standard. Poor Liam Dawson...

Racist bro (in Yorkshire)

Root is now the highest English runscorer in Test history.

Also, I've been following the Pakistan Test via cricinfo and a question came up in the live reporting - how far would a fielder run in a Test match? I've no idea, but it sounds like Root and Brook are keeping the boundary riders busy. It's baking hot out there and chasing a ball for 6 hours is going to be taxing. Wicket Keeping must be shattering.

...and Test century no. 35.

JM2K6 wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:27 am Hands up everyone who's surprised that Bashir has been getting flogged? His piss poor displays at home went unremarked but he was clearly way off the required standard. Poor Liam Dawson...

Has to have really pissed someone off at some stage, it’s astonishing. Bashir is not up to the level

Draw written all over this

Root surpasses Cook as England's top run getter

This pitch is doing absolutely nothing. It’s beyond flat. It’s not a great advert for the game. Bowl or bat until you’re so knackered you can’t do it anymore. Repeat for 5 days.

Paddington Bear wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:27 am

JM2K6 wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:27 am Hands up everyone who's surprised that Bashir has been getting flogged? His piss poor displays at home went unremarked but he was clearly way off the required standard. Poor Liam Dawson...

Has to have really pissed someone off at some stage, it’s astonishing. Bashir is not up to the level

Draw written all over this

I wonder if there was more to last winter when Dawson played T20 in SA rather than tour. A lot was said to bump up Hartley and Bashir but that sounded like PR tbh.

Insane_Homer wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:47 am Root surpasses Cook as England's top run getter

He'll definitely overtake everyone apart from Tendulkar. Whether he overtakes him is down to how long he plays - would take four years on current form I think.

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:59 am This pitch is doing absolutely nothing. It’s beyond flat. It’s not a great advert for the game. Bowl or bat until you’re so knackered you can’t do it anymore. Repeat for 5 days.

I hope England can bat for at least another day - 800/6 sounds great and will teach them for delivering such a pitch. If Pakistan default due to having no fit bowlers left, even better.

250+ lead by tea. declare and see what happens in 1 session and 1 day to go. Hope for some turn and variable bounce.

You know what lads, I'm beginning to think maybe Liam Dawson might not have made much difference

Insane_Homer wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:45 am 250+ lead by tea. declare and see what happens in 1 session and 1 day to go. Hope for some turn and variable bounce.

I’d bat most of today and get well over 300 lead. Quick pop at them for half an hour tonight, still have a fairly new ball in the morning.

Actually, I’m now thinking that you might want to set it so that Pakistan would have 100-105 overs to bat, so you get a second new ball near the end of tomorrow if you need it. So give them just over an hour tonight.

Enzedder wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2024 5:30 pm

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:59 am This pitch is doing absolutely nothing. It’s beyond flat. It’s not a great advert for the game. Bowl or bat until you’re so knackered you can’t do it anymore. Repeat for 5 days.

I hope England can bat for at least another day - 800/6 sounds great and will teach them for delivering such a pitch. If Pakistan default due to having no fit bowlers left, even better.

823/7 sounds about right, then?

Look like the Proteas women is a better team then the men.

Pakistan doing Pakistan things

They must be completely frazzled. This Test is an endurance contest they've come out on the wrong side of.

59/5

Insane_Homer wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 11:06 am 59/5

Sandstorm wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 11:11 am

Insane_Homer wrote: Thu Oct 10, 2024 11:06 am 59/5 :wtf:

The suspicious betting patterns on this one will be visible from Mars.

These Pakistani batters are making England work hard - as they should

Good link here but use the Brave browser to beat the pop-ups

https://free.watchcric.com/live-four-server-2.php

I was thinking that the quicks were toothless. Leach on - wicket straight away.

That should do it

Leach gets 2 more (1 batter in hospital) so an innings and 47 runs it is)

How many times has a side scored 500+ in their 1st innings and lost by an innings?

Enzedder wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 6:39 am Leach gets 2 more (1 batter in hospital) so an innings and 47 runs it is)

How many times has a side scored 500+ in their 1st innings and lost?

IIRC the last two times England conceded 500 they’ve won.

Remarkable result really

I meant lost by an innings. I am thinking this may be a first

Enzedder wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 6:54 am I meant lost by an innings. I am thinking this may be a first

Not finding another example at international level, maybe domestic in India????

Clearly you beat England by scoring something less than 500 in your first dig, or are Australia.

Enzedder wrote: Fri Oct 11, 2024 6:54 am I meant lost by an innings. I am thinking this may be a first

I love reading Barney Ronay, but this genuinely nearly brought me to tears about the slow death of Test cricket extrapolated from the Pakistan game

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/ ... SApp_Other