Cricket thread

[newts]

If Stokes & Bairstow stay in together for any length of time the run rate will likely rise to nearer 5 an over with the aging ball.

 

[Chromatic]

This would be a great Test Match .... except that the bloody horse-racing is keeping TMS off 5SportsLiveExtra. Grrrrr!!!!!

You want to live round here, every year they go on about Cheltenham races as something akin to the second coming, gets right on my tits. It's just a few horse races FFS.

 

[Beebo]

Interesting stat on TMS about most 6s in tests.
Stokes has 89. The world record is 107, so it’s well within his sights if he plays a few more years.

 

[AndyRM]

369-3 at lunch on the second day. Got to be looking north of 500, maybe declaring at tea?

I wasn't far off.

 

[AndyRM]

Decent start by both sides.

I'm gonna go for a high scoring draw.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Decent start by both sides.

I'm gonna go for a high scoring draw.

Sounds about right.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Decent start by both sides.

I'm gonna go for a high scoring draw.

Quite likely, just not enough for the bowlers like the first test, which is a shame.

 

[Grant Fondo]

101-3 not a bad start, Brathwaite wicket soon please.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Tough watch this match? Maybe the weather will put us out of our misery.

 

[T4tomo]

I see Ash Barty is retiring from Tennis. She played Big Bash cricket for one series a few years ago, I wonder if she is planning a permanent switch to cricket. she is no doubt one of these talents that could play a number of sports to a high level..

 

[Beebo]

I see Ash Barty is retiring from Tennis. She played Big Bash cricket for one series a few years ago, I wonder if she is planning a permanent switch to cricket. she is no doubt one of these talents that could play a number of sports to a high level..

If she was it wouldn’t be for the money.
There aren’t many sports that pay as much as women’s tennis.

 

[matticus]

If she was it wouldn’t be for the money.
There aren’t many sports that pay as much as women’s tennis.

I don't have numbers to hand, but I have a feeling that the T20 stuff may pay better per minute? That could be attractive for an athlete worried about injuries and fitness.

 

[Beebo]

I don't have numbers to hand, but I have a feeling that the T20 stuff may pay better per minute? That could be attractive for an athlete worried about injuries and fitness.

It also quite a lonely sport.
Playing as part of a team must have huge benefits.

 

[T4tomo]

I don't think she's in for the money, full stop, and besides she has made a shed load already ($24m). Reading her statement, her heart is no longer in doing 6-8 months on the road. She is also a talented golfer as well as cricketer....

 

[T4tomo]

Welcome to Grenada, Windies win the toss and bowl, having swapped in a medium pace all rounder for their spinner. Overton is fit and comes in for Fisher.