Cricket thread

[matticus]

If Duckett hangs around for another hour or so it should be fairly comfortable.

Guess what happened 2 minutes after I read this !!!!!
Still, a great knock, lad done good, etc ... etc ...

 

[matticus]

A certain commentator has just described England as "putting the Indian bowlers to the pump recently". I do like a good mis-used metaphor!

 

[Animo]

Guess what happened 2 minutes after I read this !!!!!
Still, a great knock, lad done good, etc ... etc ...

Now Brook. A twist in the tale!

 

[Beebo]

Brook. Goes for a golden duck after 99 in the last innings.

It was a silly shot

 

[Blazing Saddles]

A dreadful waft of a shot from Brook and first ball up too.
England trying hard to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, once again.
Up to the old guard now.

 

[newts]

England coasted home with plenty overs left in the day.

 

[T4tomo]

expecting more batting dominated snooze fests in the county championship with the kookaburra ball again. I read the phrase somewhere, "playing 4 day cricket with a 5 day ball....."

 

[geocycle]

expecting more batting dominated snooze fests in the county championship with the kookaburra ball again. I read the phrase somewhere, "playing 4 day cricket with a 5 day ball....."

Did you see the Surrey score!

 

[T4tomo]

Did you see the Surrey score!

Most notable point in that inning was Alex Lees (an opening batsman no less) won the toss and opted to bowl first!!!

His bowlers must not be very happy with him...

 

[Beebo]

England needed steady batting this evening.
And didn’t manage it.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

England needed steady batting this evening.
And didn’t manage it.

I think they're trying to tempt India to enforce the follow on.

 

[T4tomo]

Double tons for Root and Brook and we're right back in this....🤣

It's still a flat pitch.

 

[newts]

Are they using the kookabura ball in this test?

 

[T4tomo]

Are they using the kookabura ball in this test?

No, Dukes ball for all tests in England.
The cockaburra is being used in 4 county championship rounds (two just gone and next two) which is why batting records are being broken,

 

[KingstonGraham]

Scenario: an umpire gives "not out" for an lbw because he thinks the ball was going to hit the stumps but that it pitched just outside leg. If it is reviewed by the fielding team and ball tracking shows it actually pitched inline but "umpire's call" on hitting the stumps, can the umpire give it out?