Cricket thread

[AndyRM]

80/4 now. Not looking good.

I think South African cricket needs a bit of a rebuild. Too many players the wrong side of 30.

 

[nickyboy]

155-6 off 38.4 overs

I hope SA get at least a score over 200. When the team batting first get skittled really cheaply the second innings becomes a prod it around borefest

 

[winjim]

227. Might be a game after all.

 

[AndyRM]

Bangladesh were going well against NZ until I started paying attention.

67/2 now.

 

[winjim]

Stupid India.

 

[Dayvo]

Stupid India.

Why?

 

[winjim]

Why?

Because I had a bet on SA. So stupid me really.

 

[ianrauk]

The Windies are bouncing their way through the Aussies

 

[winjim]

Looks like Australia may have brought that one back from the brink. 288 ao.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Warner plays on and for the second time in this world cup the bails stay put.
Big grin from warner.

 

[Dayvo]

Warner plays on and for the second time in this world cup the bails stay put.
Big grin from warner.

Reckon he's moved on from sandpaper to glue!

 

[Beebo]

Warner plays on and for the second time in this world cup the bails stay put.
Big grin from warner.

TMS are suggesting these electric flashing bails are heavier than normal.
In the england game the lights actually started flashing but the bails stayed put.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

^ 5 times in 10 days the bails have not been removed after the stumps were hit, apparently. As cricket is full of statistics, that's an 87% success rate for the bails. Apparently.....

Meanwhile, the Aussies are playing for a draw....

 

[Beebo]

Does everyone else like Andy Zaltzman as the TMS scorer.
I’d like him to do it full time for test matches but I suspect it would interfere with his comedy work.

 

[AndyRM]

Some excellent gallows humour from the BBC TMS feed:

"The World Cup and Ashes in this country in the same summer. What an amazing carnival of cricket we're going to have. Nothing could ruin this!"

British weather: "Hold my beer".