Cricket 2024

[chiefdave]

England team seems to be going backwards. Or maybe other teams are gaining on them a bit. Wasn't long ago if they weren't playing Australia or India it was unthinkable for them to lose a game like this.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

England team seems to be going backwards. Or maybe other teams are gaining on them a bit. Wasn't long ago if they weren't playing Australia or India it was unthinkable for them to lose a game like this.

They don’t look like they are spending enough time on fitness and the core skills the fielding was embarrassing. They all seem to spend far too much making tik toks

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Crawley been a bit lucky but hayho solid start 70 -0 replying to 366.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Duckett’s improved so much

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Oops

 

[tisza]

That was a silly collapse close to the end of the day. Platform was set.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Yeah stokes and duckett and brooks idiots

 

[StrettoBoy]

That was a silly collapse close to the end of the day. Platform was set.

It was and it will probably cost us the match.

 

[ovduk78]

India 46 ao against New Zealand in a home test, NZ currently 44-0

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Smith owes Carse one there that is appalling and Root should have grabbed that one as well.

 

[tisza]

India 46 ao against New Zealand in a home test, NZ currently 44-0

Shocker. Bet we don't hear from Kiwis that O'Rourke was actually born in England

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Lost the plot here, 250 was stretching it

 

[ovduk78]

Didn't see that coming in 1st women's t20 semi final

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

 

[tisza]

No surprises there then. Some completely unavoidable wickets as usual. Not difficult to guess what the wicket for the 3rd Test will be like

 

[tisza]

For me they lost that Test in the first innings. More sensible batting in last few overs before close and they'd have built a total that would have put more doubts in Pakistan batsmen.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Turning first thing in the morning

The ball that got Duckett is a disgrace

 

[tisza]

Got to wonder about the mindset. Bazball on a dodgy wicket doesn't seem smart. Maybe 4 of the wickets are poor shot selection - sweeping on a wicket with low bounce isn't a great option.
But with this wicket and its bounce England spinners don't have to be as good as Pakistan's. Pitch is going to do a lot of the work.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Great innings Smith 91.

 

[David O'Day]

this could be over in about 2 to 3 days

I get tailoring the pitch to your strengths but they seem to have gone too far on this one.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Just think in games like this 20's or 30's can be match winners.

 

[tisza]

this could be over in about 2 to 3 days

I get tailoring the pitch to your strengths but they seem to have gone too far on this one.

Curious to see how they bat on it. With the uneven bounce batting last (assuming it gets that far) could be horrendous.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

It looks a result wicket

 

[tisza]

267 from where they were at the 30 odd over mark 118/6 isn't a bad effort. But they've left runs out there.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Looking a good score now

 

[David O'Day]

Not going to want to chase anything really batting last on this

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Pakistan played it well this morning, England need to keep this lead below 40.

NZ on course to win a series in India.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Nope

 

[chiefdave]

This is horrific batting. Pretty much every pundit said they need to be cautious and get through the session so they've come out playing sweeps and all sorts.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Aussie One Day Cup, 52-2, 53 all out

 

[tisza]

No surprise there. Obvious flaws. Really learnt nothing from the series defeat in India.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Bethell called up for the NZ tour as the spare batter! Great potential but feels like another Rob Key ego pick

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Bethell called up for the NZ tour as the spare batter! Great potential but feels like another Rob Key ego pick

Probably a bit to soon, but this lad is so talented but needs to push on with some bigger scores and I hope next summer he doesn’t become an England drinks carrier when he could be scoring runs for The Bears

 

[tisza]

Probably a bit to soon, but this lad is so talented but needs to push on with some bigger scores and I hope next summer he doesn’t become an England drinks carrier when he could be scoring runs for The Bears

The lad hasn't even made a red ball 100 (averaging 25). If Pope doesn't find some form England are going to need an extra battter. He'd be better off going with the Lions to SA and Australia.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]