Re: Cricket
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:41 pm
I think the theory is to wear out the opposition bowlers, West Indies currently 273-5
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Re: Cricket
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:25 am
Perhaps they wanted a bit of batting practice.
Re: Cricket
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:34 pm
Day 2: 18 wickets fall.
Day 3: 0 wickets fall, that is until England bat!
Day 3: 0 wickets fall, that is until England bat!
Re: Cricket
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 9:28 pm
Even England cant get out!
What a weird wicket.
What a weird wicket.
Re: Cricket
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:57 pm
Ah well, the agony is over.
I'm sorry for anyone that bought a ticket for the 5th day.
When I lived in Joburg, I always always went Wanderers on day 2, definitely was the most action for ones money in Barbados.
The Oztralians must be looking forward to the Ashes series.
I'm sorry for anyone that bought a ticket for the 5th day.
When I lived in Joburg, I always always went Wanderers on day 2, definitely was the most action for ones money in Barbados.
The Oztralians must be looking forward to the Ashes series.
Re: Cricket
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:21 pm
Roston Chase had a Test Match bowling average of 47, today took 8-60, better than Shane Warne’s best figures 
Re: Cricket
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 7:32 am
Yep, a mere 381 runs was all it took to beat England.
There's a beautiful and unintended irony here however.....it was a spinner that did the damage. The irony is, that, when the Windies were at their peak, they had a Mr L.Gibbs in the team. Mr Gibbs was, as they say, at the top of his profession as a spinner and although it's hypothetical, we can only wonder how much more he would have achieved if contemporary bowling and training methods had been available to help him.
We now await the clarion calls for the nations saviour, Broady, to return to the side for his usual match saving centuries and astounding bowling returns......
There's a beautiful and unintended irony here however.....it was a spinner that did the damage. The irony is, that, when the Windies were at their peak, they had a Mr L.Gibbs in the team. Mr Gibbs was, as they say, at the top of his profession as a spinner and although it's hypothetical, we can only wonder how much more he would have achieved if contemporary bowling and training methods had been available to help him.
We now await the clarion calls for the nations saviour, Broady, to return to the side for his usual match saving centuries and astounding bowling returns......
Re: Cricket
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:42 pm
Much as I admire Lance Gibbs, surely the Windies didn’t really hit their peak until the late 70’s and most of the 80’s and I can guarantee that Roston Chase would get nowhere near that team.
Re: Cricket
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:39 am
Fair comment. Mr Gibbs was prominent in the emergence of the Windies in the late 60's untl he retired in the mid 70's.....thereafter, as we know, pure unassailable class and magic prevailed.
Mr Chase, as you say, would not have been a participant in those teams.
Re: Cricket
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:22 am
Well even by England standards that was pathetic
Re: Cricket
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2019 11:01 am
Re: Cricket
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:58 am
No sign of any contrition then 
David Warner and Steve Smith said it felt as though they had never left the Australia squad after they met up with them for the first time since the ball-tampering scandal in March 2018.
The pair were banned for 12 months after the incident in South Africa.
They were not included in Australia's squad for the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan but met players and staff in Dubai on Saturday.
"There were a lot of big hugs and cuddles," Warner said.
"It's like we didn't really leave, the boys were very accepting of us coming in and with open arms."
After the end of their bans, both players would have been available for selection for the final two games of the five-match series against Pakistan, which begins on Friday.
Re: Cricket
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 1:40 pm
Re: Cricket
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 2:28 pm
Is Garry Ballance attempting to get back in the Test team?
Again.
Again.
Re: Cricket
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:57 am
Re: Cricket
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:10 am
A passing mention for any villages in search of an idiot.....Notts have one immediately available for long term hire and / or a permanent position.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/ ... l-drug-use
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/ ... l-drug-use
Happiness is...........
Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 11:50 am
....watching Joe Root bat on one screen, while perusing Ops Normal on the other.
Re: Cricket
Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 8:03 am
Happiness is...or rather will be, watching the Aussies enjoying themselves scoring runs thanks to the generosity of ? who else but ?...Broad !
Re: Cricket
Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 8:42 am
Not sure about that 
Re: Cricket
Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 9:39 am
I'm wondering if the new generation of quickies do well at the 50 over game, whether or not there will be pressure to include them in the Test team.
Then again, the new guys might fail.
Then again, the new guys might fail.