The cricket thread

crunchman

A proper test match has broken out.  Root 13 off 37 balls and Brook 12 off 32 as I write this.  It's quite refreshing.

guitars4you

crunchman said:

A proper test match has broken out.  Root 13 off 37 balls and Brook 12 off 32 as I write this.  It's quite refreshing.

and this pair could be the match

guitars4you

guitars4you said:

crunchman said:

A proper test match has broken out.  Root 13 off 37 balls and Brook 12 off 32 as I write this.  It's quite refreshing.

and this pair could be the match

And to be fair SL have fought well to make a match out of it 

scrumhalf

Gus Atkinson - fantastic batting.

scrumhalf

Roooooooooot.

What a player.

guitars4you

scrumhalf said:

Gus Atkinson - fantastic batting.

scrumhalf said:

Roooooooooot.

What a player.

Yes to both comments - Atkinson has his name plastered on various Lords boards and only played 2 games there

And probably a good 3 years, maybe 5 left in Root yet to take on more records

crunchman

guitars4you said:

scrumhalf said:

Gus Atkinson - fantastic batting.

scrumhalf said:

Roooooooooot.

What a player.

Yes to both comments - Atkinson has his name plastered on various Lords boards and only played 2 games there

And probably a good 3 years, maybe 5 left in Root yet to take on more records

If he wants to carry on.  He's the same age now as Cook was when he retired.

He's probably going to need 3 years (if he stays fit) to catch Tendulkar for the main record.

scrumhalf

More bazbollocks. We're throwing the game away.

camf

Sure are. 

crunchman

I think the first innings was worse.  The chucked away a dominant position.  Today the ball was swinging.  The inswingers from the left armer that got Root and Brook were very good.  Maybe they could have played them better, but getting out to those was forgiveable.  The way most of them chucked their wickets away in the first innings was awful.

Nitefly

It will be an interesting day tomorrow...