Official Cricket Thread

[Untitled]

The BBC Cricket theme tune is the best theme tune ever...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0FWV5QPjvkY

[Alf™]

Glenn McGrath, unsurprisingly gets the Player of the Tournament. :D

[samthebassman]

Yay! McGrath POT! Well deserved!

[JumpTheF**kUp]

I think calling that game a shambles would be a huge understatement. Ridiculous. Completely absotively posilutely ridiculous.

To be honest, I do agree that the Aussies deserved it, but it could've gone either way on the day. Had it not been for the weather and the shortening of the match, as well as the dampening of the pitch, I'm pretty sure Sri Lanka could've made the runs and won. But alas, twas not to be. Congratulations to Australia for proving, yet again, that they dominate International cricket, and will continue to dominate in the years to come.

bl Sri Lanka, but what can you do? That's the way the cookie crumbles.

edit: Oh yeah, and saying that Australia weren't challenged is ludicrous. Had it not rained, Sri Lanka would've come damn near the total, and possibly won it. And yeah, Jayawardene's LBW was ridiculous. Pitching outside off, hitting in line with leg. Just quietly, I'm pretty sure that there's no way that's going to hit the wicket.

[samthebassman]

My World Cup 12:

1.Hayden
2.Gilchrist
3.Ponting
4.Clarke
5.Pietersen
6.Jayawardena
7.Styris
8.Hogg
9.Bracken
10.McGrath
11.Tait

12.Malinga

Dominated by Aussies, but so was the tournament.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

The best way to describe the match comes courtesy of the great C. Montgomery Burns:

"What an absolute disgrace. I've seen more orderly behaviour in a Ritz Brothers film!"

Congratulations to McGrath as well, great career.


edit: sam, your list is clearly biased, and you've left out some key players like Bond, and Malinga is far better than Tait and should be in the eleven. I'm nigh on disgusted that your bias extends so far as to not include Jayasuria and Murali, and yet include 1341348170 Aussies.

8/11 Aussies? Some of them don't deserve to be there at all. Gilly only made runs in the last game, and Clarke hasn't been all that spectacular (although he has played alright).

[samthebassman]

Not just the final but the entire ****ing world cup.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

I guess it was somewhat of a fiasco.

[Untitled]

The best way to describe the match comes courtesy of the great C. Montgomery Burns:

"What an absolute disgrace. I've seen more orderly behaviour in a Ritz Brothers film!"

Congratulations to McGrath as well, great career.


edit: sam, your list is clearly biased, and you've left out some key players like Bond, and Malinga is far better than Tait and should be in the eleven. I'm nigh on disgusted that your bias extends so far as to not include Jayasuria and Murali, and yet include 1341348170 Aussies.

8/11 Aussies? Some of them don't deserve to be there at all. Gilly only made runs in the last game, and Clarke hasn't been all that spectacular (although he has played alright).

Of course its going to be Biased.

I cant beleave the light they where playing in, the camaras did make it look brighter then it was, then it went on stump cam and mark nicolas was like "thats what its like, total darkness" and all you could see was the out line of the stands.

[TheBigMachine]

1.Hayden
2.Gilchrist
3.Ponting
4.Clarke
5.Pietersen
6.Jayawardena
7.Styris
8.Hogg
9.Bracken
10.McGrath
11.Tait

No way man! Tait and Gilchrist definatley not, to be replaced I think with Jayasuria and Bond.

[Alf™]

I wanted McGrath to bowl the last over, throwing down some spinners. That would brought the lols.

[Untitled]

Replace Tait with Malinga, Bracken with Bong, I think Hogg and McGraph are good to stay. The only Aussie batter in there should be Haydos, been very consistent.

[TheBigMachine]

Would've caused uproar!

Replace Tait with Malinga, Bracken with Bong,

lulz :p

[Untitled]

Would've caused uproar!



lulz :p

:o

Its not even like the G and D buttons are that close. It is late though and i am tired.

[samthebassman]

The best way to describe the match comes courtesy of the great C. Montgomery Burns:

"What an absolute disgrace. I've seen more orderly behaviour in a Ritz Brothers film!"

Congratulations to McGrath as well, great career.


edit: sam, your list is clearly biased, and you've left out some key players like Bond, and Malinga is far better than Tait and should be in the eleven. I'm nigh on disgusted that your bias extends so far as to not include Jayasuria and Murali, and yet include 1341348170 Aussies.

8/11 Aussies? Some of them don't deserve to be there at all. Gilly only made runs in the last game, and Clarke hasn't been all that spectacular (although he has played alright).

Gilly was the best keeper in the cup, Tait took more wickets than Malinga, Hogg bowled better than Murali, who would you leave out for Jayasuriya? Clarke's form was exceptional in the middle order I suggest you check his stats, Bond was stiff.

[samthebassman]

No way man! Tait and Gilchrist definatley not, to be replaced I think with Jayasuria and Bond.

Who is the keeper then???

[Alf™]

Sam, learn how to edit your posts pls.

[Untitled]

Sams vision about the world cup team he has proposed is more cloudy then them poor batsman vision earlier tonight.

Yes, Austrialia are good, but to make the team purely out of Aus players is bloody stupid.

[samthebassman]

Replace Tait with Malinga, Bracken with Bong, I think Hogg and McGraph are good to stay. The only Aussie batter in there should be Haydos, been very consistent.

I gather you have not watched any cricket during this world cup, Tait took more wickets than Malinga, Ponting & Clarke both had phenomenal world cup's, Bracken was excellent & very consistant, Bond was awesome but went missing on the big occasion.

[Untitled]

I gather you have not watched any cricket during this world cup, Tait took more wickets than Malinga, Ponting & Clarke both had phenomenal world cup's, Bracken was excellent & very consistant, Bond was awesome but went missing on the big occasion.

Cricket? Oh, im sorry i appear to be referring to elephant polo.......





Theres a dream team that was devised on the BBC show, by people who know what there on about, im trying to find it, but cant goddammit.

[TheBigMachine]

Cricket? Oh, im sorry i appear to be referring to elephant polo.......


whahahahaha
that made me laugh hardcore reps for you

[samthebassman]

From memory Viv Richards Team was:

1.Hayden
2.Sangakarra
3.Ponting
4.Pietersen
5.Jayawardena
6.Gibbs
7.Styris
8.Tait
9.Bond
10.McGrath
11.Muralitharan

[eug008]

tbh I'm suprised they could even see the ball in the final overs. Awsome way for McGrath to retire getting POT.

[samthebassman]

It was pretty dark on the stump camera.

[Inkstar]

Wow. What an ending to the match. I had to leave the TV about 20 mins before it ended, but I was listening on the radio.

Grats to McGrath. Absolute champion. Indeed one of the greatest pace bowlers of all time.

But wow, that ending was chaotic. =\

[samthebassman]

Ramnaresh Sarwan has been named the new captain of the West Indies.

[samthebassman]

Just read on baggygreen that Jason Gillespie has kept his CA contract despite not playing for Australia in the last 12 months, not bad considering the base contracts start at $155,000 a year.

Also Brad Hogg is being talked up to replace Warney in the test team next summer.

[TheBigMachine]

Uh oh
thats not a good thing.

[samthebassman]

I know, he has been inaffective in test cricket so far.

[TheBigMachine]

Oh well.
Some one has to take the reigns I guess. I guess this marks a possible end of our dominance v. sides who pla well against spin.

[Inkstar]

Most likely. I've never liked Hogg. He's never really been outstanding.

[Grumma]

Yeah I woulda thought Dan Cullen would get the nod ahead of him.

Though Hogg does have the advantage of being a decent batsman and fielder

[TheBigMachine]

Cullen is a good fielder, though Im not sure about his ability with the bat.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

I like Hogg.

[Untitled]

From what i have seen of hogg (only the CB and World Cup) he seems pretty good. He wasn't amazing in the CB series, the world cup he defiantly impressed me though.

Who ever gets picked as the specialist spinner in the Aussie team, its going to be hard to fill warneys shoes.

[TheBigMachine]

*impossible

but whatever

[samthebassman]

Dan Cullen was terrible last season and was dropped from the SA side, but he does have time on his side, as far as leggies go another SA boy, Cullen Bailey, has been tipped to be Warne's long term replacement.

[TheBigMachine]

He got a CA contract as well didnt he?

[samthebassman]

Simon Katich celebrated being cut from the CA contract list by making 220 no in county cricket.

[TheBigMachine]

Simon Katich doesn't deserve to be on a contract.
Simon Katich is not test player quality.

[samthebassman]

Yeah, Katich sucks.

It seems Michael Vaughan has just busted his hand in a county game, he should just retire!

[Untitled]

Yeah, Katich sucks.

It seems Michael Vaughan has just busted his hand in a county game, he should just retire!

You should just shut up.

Hes a very good test batter and captain, we could really do with him in the test team, and not it looks like he will miss the first 2 tests against the windies.

[samthebassman]

He should retire, he is 33 now I think, he gets injured every second day, or so it seems, England should move forward.

[Untitled]

Hes going to be out for about 4 weeks at top, its hardly a substantial injury, then he will have the rest of the summer to play. Hes gonna miss 2 games, at the absolute most. He might even get away with playing while his finger is broken, Anderson managed too.

[samthebassman]

Anderson doesnt bat in the top order! Only gonna miss 2 games hey, unfortunately they will be the first 2 tests of the summer.

[Grumma]

And then in his first game back he'll pull his hammy

[samthebassman]

Nothing surer! But the Poms will hang on to him because he was the captain of a team that won the ashes. They haved moved Fletcher on , I dont know why they dont move Vaughan on, he is always injured or out of form.

[Untitled]

Brad Hodge made 130 no, off 133, for lancashire today, with Freddie making 66, and his bowling figures so far are, A Flintoff 4.0 2 9 0, which isnt too bad.

Hopefully freddie will find some form in county cricket with the bat before the first Windies test starts.

[samthebassman]

Hodge can play, a pity probably wont play much more international cricket.

[samthebassman]

I just read that Mohammad Asif has been named Pakistan's new vice captain, he is the best young quick in world cricket but he has just gotten off drug charges, a very strange call.

[Untitled]

Anyone know if the BBC are showing highlights of this summers cricket?

I hope so, i like there coverage, if not ill have to watch online somewhere :(

Oh, i did some research, there all back on channel 5, which is odd, BBC had the ashes, CB and world cup series, C5 did englands last summer of cricket, and doing this one, wtf is the deal with that.

As long as i get to watch idc tbh. C5 show them at a reasonable time too.

[samthebassman]

It looks like India are getting back on track against the Bangi's.

I cant believe the carry on here about Australia's supposed tour of Zimbabwe, they should just call it off now.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Yeah I haven't even been taking notice of it, the media coverage has got so ridiculous. Are we going or not?

[RCVA]

You shouldn't go if your government will pay the costs of the fine. Mugabe has a terrible regime and it would be supporting it to have the world's best cricket side play in his country.


Harmison and Hoggard looking good. I hope England convincingly win some games.

[Untitled]

You shouldn't go if your government will pay the costs of the fine. Mugabe has a terrible regime and it would be supporting it to have the world's best cricket side play in his country.


Harmison and Hoggard looking good. I hope England convincingly win some games.

We have a fair few players finding form.

Strauss has had a couple of good knocks in county cricket, Freddies batting form is coming back, Collingwood has been doing pretty well too, it was pretty much him that made us loose agaisnt Durhum lon monday. Nixon has been handy too in county cricket.

Im wondering who will replace KP though, ive read Shah is in form.

Ok, fake edit, KP is fit to play, this is the BBCs prediction of the sqaud...

Possible squad: AJ Strauss (Middlesex, capt), AN Cook (Essex), IR Bell (Warwickshire), KP Pietersen (Hampshire), OA Shah (Middlesex), PD Collingwood (Durham), A Flintoff (Lancashire), MJ Prior (Sussex), MJ Hoggard (Yorkshire), SJ Harmison (Durham), LS Plunkett (Durham), MS Panesar (Northamptonshire), CE Shreck (Nottinghamshire).

[samthebassman]

Aussie tour of Zim was called of after the gov stepped in. Windies having a decent hit out against Somerset.

[RCVA]

Strauss named as captain. Good call, he did well against Pakistan and his batting was one of the reasons we beat them even when he was captain.

Prior named as wicket keeper. Hmm, i can see him being like Geraint. He has barely scored runs this season so far. Nixon would have been a better bet for this summer then we could see from county cricket which W/K is the best batter. I'm pretty sure all the keepers we could pick are good keepers.

[samthebassman]

Wow, Strauss skipper, not a bad choice but surprising considering he hasnt scored runs in a long time.

[Untitled]

Wow, Strauss skipper, not a bad choice but surprising considering he hasnt scored runs in a long time.

He has in his last couple of county matches, his last county test match he got 100 and something, the match before he made a decent score too.

Ravi Bopara made 101 off 101 and took 2 wickets in Essex's win over Ireland, hes gotta be pushing for a regular ODI place this year, and maybe even a test place.

[RCVA]

Bit early for Bopara pushing for a test place, he's quite a way down the pecking order at the moment. Still definitely a player for the future, he's so young and so is Alistair Cook, it's pretty encouraging.

I think he should be in the ODI team though, he's good enough and we might as well give him a long run after his good world cup.


Strauss is a very good test player and i think he'll be a good stand in.


Freddie's got another ankle problem..brilliant, at least KP should play.

[Untitled]

Just as freddie is finding some form with the bat too. TBH, hes always having ankle problems and usually pulls threw pretty quickly, i read on the BBC that when he had his operation on it it was the inside of the ankle that hurt, now its not the outside, so he dosn't think his old problem is coming back.

[samthebassman]

As far as I know Freddie has been playing with that injury since the start of the ashes.

I would think the poms would stick with Bopara in the ODI's, but he doesn't look solid enough for test cricket yet.

[TheBigMachine]

Young players like Bopara need alot of ODI experience before going in to tests IMO, occasionally you'll pull someone like Clark, but then again after his initial run spree he didn't really make that many runs and he was dropped. You need to mature them if you will.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Hey, is it just me or do you guys not give a f*ck about any other country's cricket teams unless you are about to play them or are playing them? Not meaning to be rude, just genuinely interested if, say, any Englishmen/women would be interested in Australia v New Zealand or whatever, for example. Because England v South Africa is probably the only contest not involving Aus that I would even take an interest in.

[Smokey D]

Haven't NZ and Sri Lanka demonstrated an ability to match those three countries even if they aren't the most consistant?

[RandyfromPennywise]

Haven't NZ and Sri Lanka demonstrated an ability to match those three countries even if they aren't the most consistant?

Yeah, for sure. But that's not what I'm getting at. I'm just saying that from a personal point-of-view that I have little interest in cricket which doesn't involve Australia, although I may have some in Eng v SA, which isn't to do with who's better.

[RCVA]

I guess this is pretty true.

I try to take an interest in all international games but i don't look forward to any games other than England games.

Then again i don't have Sky so there's a limited amount of cricket i can actually watch. I like cricket enough to occassionally put it on the radio though.

[Untitled]

Hey, is it just me or do you guys not give a f*ck about any other country's cricket teams unless you are about to play them or are playing them? Not meaning to be rude, just genuinely interested if, say, any Englishmen/women would be interested in Australia v New Zealand or whatever, for example. Because England v South Africa is probably the only contest not involving Aus that I would even take an interest in.

I keep an eye on AusVNZL matches, or any NZL matches really, there my 2nd team really, but yeah, your right, but tbh, its the same in any sport, like football, or w/e.

Anyway

Bob Woolmer, not murdered now?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6658547.stm

All rather confusing.

[samthebassman]

I take an interest in all international cricket, as well as the aussie domestic stuff and even the county games.

[RCVA]

Well yeah i take an interest but i don't get caught up in any of it except when it's teams like India vs Pakistan etc.

I follow county cricket and i've seen surrey once so far this season but i don't follow any other country's.


Sounds like Flintoff and Panesar might not be playing tomorrow. It'll be good to have some test cricket to talk about again.

[samthebassman]

Yeah, Freddie out Anderson in, what is wrong with Panesar?

[Untitled]

Yeah, Freddie out Anderson in, what is wrong with Panesar?

There expecting the seemers to do better on the pitch then spinners, so they was going to drop Monty for a 5 seam bowlers.

Also, Anderson isnt in the squad, he is sub i think.

England: A J Strauss, A N Cook, I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, O A Shah, M J Prior, L E Plunkett, S J Harmison, M J Hoggard, M S Panesar

npower Test Match Series: England v West Indies
17-05-2007 at Lord's, Day 1 of 5
In Play
West Indies won the toss and decided to field
England 1st Innings
187 for 3 (52.3 overs)

Not to shabby tbh, i beleave they where off for a fair while for bad light though.

[samthebassman]

Ali Cook just keeps getting runs, they should be building their future around him.

[Untitled]

Yeah defiantly, i would rate him for captain in a few years too, he did really well for the U19s England squad and his average didn't go down.

Very good innings from England so far, Prior on 72, of 72, and the hundred partisanship between him and bell just come up, with Prior scoring 72 of them,

n Play
West Indies won the toss and decided to field
England 1st Innings
463 for 5 (126.0 overs)

We should make 500 i would of thaught.

No mid order batting collapse too, which is nice

Wahey, 100 for Prior, and looks likely for Bell too. :)

First English wicket keeper to make 100 on debut, and Bell if he gets 100 itll be the first time 4 100s made since 1938 for england or something.

[RCVA]

Brilliant day for England, batting seemed pretty easy against West Indies' bowlers who got tired. They bowled some good balls but too many **** ones too straight, too wide or on the pads plus short bowling got hit.

Hoggard should do well on this pitch, from watching the WI's bowl his style of bowling will be the best suited out of all our bowlers.

Apparently there's a selection debate opening up now about what to do when Vaughan and Flintoff are fit but i think it's obvious.

Vaughan for Shah and Flintoff for Plunkett if his ankle can bear the strain of bowling the needed number of overs for him and if not don't pick freddie.

[Untitled]

The medics have said Flintoff cant be played as a bowler atm.

Some **** threw my cricket ball threw our car window coz it tapped his transit van, me and my bro where bowling spin outside, so we wasnt exactly bowling fast, then hit touches his van, be carefull of wankers when you bowl on the road :eek:

[RCVA]

What a cunt. Spin bowling with a cricket bowl wouldn't damage anything. I live on a hill so if i bowled it on my road if my brother missed it would roll all the way down...

Oh damn..i have to say i don't think he's good enough to warrant dropping Cook, Bell or Collingwood. I can't see them leaving him out though.

[Untitled]

What a cunt. Spin bowling with a cricket bowl wouldn't damage anything. I live on a hill so if i bowled it on my road if my brother missed it would roll all the way down...

Oh damn..i have to say i don't think he's good enough to warrant dropping Cook, Bell or Collingwood. I can't see them leaving him out though.

Lol yeah, my street is on a hill, my brother, who is about 13 bowled it down the hill to me, and he tried to spin it, and defiantly is slower then me and i wasn't putting much effort into it. But my mum rang the police haha, for criminal damage :eek:

And i don't think anyone should be dropped, after this innings, the only people not to preform really are Shah and KP, Shah will be dropped for Vaughan, and there's no way they will ever drop KP any time soon, so i really dont know where he will fit in.

I know he has been playing well with the bat for Lancs, but i don't think he can get a place in the England squad of his batting from what its been like from the last England matches.

[samthebassman]

Yeah Shah for Vaughan & Flintoff for Plunkett if he is fit and can bowl, otherwise they shouldnt play him as Bell & Collingwood deserve their positions.

I see Prior smoked them around, I look forward to seeing the highlights.

[TheBigMachine]

Its a good thing, England finding form, even if it is post Ashes. It's still promising. Im quite pleased!

[samthebassman]

Hoggard just limped off with a groin injury, that will put a spanner in the works.

[samthebassman]

I am impressed with Monty, he is bowling really well at the moment.

[RCVA]

Hoggard just limped off with a groin injury, that will put a spanner in the works.

You were proved pretty much right.

Well bowled Monty, Collingwood was ok. Harmison and Plunkett...mhrrrrmmmm reminds me of the winter.

[Untitled]

Harmison was wayyyyy to expensive, Plunkett was too, but at least he took a couple of wickets.

Good old monty though, 4 wickets, i bet there happy they didnt play 5 seemers now. I say, Harmison for Jones when Jones is fit, and Flintoff for Plunkett.

I think it might get Harmisons arse into gear if he is dropped.

[samthebassman]

Yeah, I would drop Harmison too.

[Untitled]

The live text on the BBC always makes me smile.

A very fruity player, Prior, very fruity indeed.Haha.

Prior, he is good i will say, or has been in this test and i hope he proforms like this threwout his career, must have a safe England place if he can keep it up.

I mean, he came out, hit 16 of 5 balls, 2 6's and a 4, now on 17 of 6.

se 606

WEST INDIES SECOND INNINGS

1854: Oh my life, that's pitched on a length, jagged back and caught Gayle slap bang in the orchestras. Down goes the big man in a heap - his missus will be weeping into her Mothercare catalogueOUCH!!

[RCVA]

This is gonna be interesting, WI need 401 to win on the last day on a fairly good pitch but seems to be spinning a lot and Harmison looked a bit better today.

Still a big ask for England to take 10 wickets in one day but Panesar could just do it for them.

[samthebassman]

Especially if they batsman keep on padding up to him.

[Untitled]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO rian.

Wtf, its a pretty nice day here, it is the complete opposite mide of the country mind.

Its going to be a draw at this rate, Windies wont try and reach that total they will just try and bat all day, which is looking likely atm.


Drawn match, rained off, shame really we should of won it, English weather as per usual though.

[samthebassman]

A shame that it rained, the windies were batting well, Gayle was looking a million bucks, with a 3 man bowling attack, who knows we might have seen a good run chase.

[samthebassman]

How bad is the current ODI series between Pakistan & Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka are missing Malinga, Vaas, Sangakarra, Murali and Jayasuriya. Why do the asian teams insist on playing these meaningless series when clearly nobody is interested.

It is a joke when players choose to represent their county sides rather than their countries.

[Untitled]

How bad is the current ODI series between Pakistan & Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka are missing Malinga, Vaas, Sangakarra, Murali and Jayasuriya. Why do the asian teams insist on playing these meaningless series when clearly nobody is interested.

It is a joke when players choose to represent their county sides rather than their countries.

Well i know from being a Lancashire fan that Murali is playing for Lancs most this season and not for Sri Lanka, except 2 or 3 ODI games, he's not playing the 20/20 world cup either, he said the only thing hes not won is the county championships, and with lancs coming 2nd in them both last year, we should have a good chance of getting them this year.

[samthebassman]

Exactly what I mean. Most players would kill to play for their country, and now guys are choosing to play county cricket rather than international stuff. In my opinion it really sucks ***.

[Smokey D]

I think it's legitimate to want to win something that has so far eluded you.

[Untitled]

I think it's legitimate to want to win something that has so far eluded you.

Yeah me too.

And tbh, i want Murali at lancashire, we all know hes a great bowler and he is taking wickets for us :p

[samthebassman]

All Im saying is that playing for your country should be priority number 1.

How much of Murali's decision has to do with winning a county championship? Im sure he earns a lot of money for playing for Lancs, probably more than he would playing for sri lanka.

Freddie ruled out of the second test to.

[Untitled]

Waheyyyy 100 for Vaughan, looking good for us today :)

245-2 With two batters very much in who seem to have some form with them today

[Ganondorf]

India is like 365 - 0, but the two openers retired hurt.

[Untitled]

http://limat101.blogspot.com/2007/05/england-vs-west-indies-live-streaming_25.html

IT streams sky sports cricket when its on, ill certianly be using that now.

Looking good for india with that score, and england with our score, its good all around.

[RCVA]

England 464-5 pietersen hopefully will get a double century and prior a century. it's really easy for them out there at the moment.


It's gonna be interesting to see how well england's bowlers bowl as the west indies are missing their two of their best batsmen so it's only gayle with an average over 35 for the west indies. If england bowl like they did last test though this game could be a draw cos it's gonna rain tomorrow.



India are dominating so much, bangledesh are 58/5 after india got 610/3 declared

[Echleon]

KP reaches his double century!

[Untitled]

Yay, he dosnt fall on 158.

Plunkers didn't do himself any harm with the bat either today, from the radio commentary sounded like a good knock, imo they should of let him get 50 before the declared. but 570-7 is a very good score, especially with a windies batting side with 2 of there batters gone.

[Untitled]

Close
England won the toss and decided to bat
England 1st Innings
570 for 7 (122.3 overs)

West Indies 1st Innings
146 for 9 (37.0 overs)

West Indies 2nd Innings
22 for 2 (9.0 overs)

It has to be said, we are destroying them, there best to batters are out though.

Tomorrow and Monday forecast for a lot of rain. But if they pick up how they carried on on tuesday, i cant see why we cant win this match in 3 days.

[samthebassman]

Kp must have played well, Windies must have played poorly.

India must have smashed the Bangi's to.

[samthebassman]

A record loss for the windies.

[Untitled]

Yeah, shame, nice we won, would of prefered to see more of a fight from them though.

Flintoff has been ruled out the rest of the series and season, having another ankle operation.

also, i got my new bat today :eek:

[samthebassman]

What kind of bat?

Sarwan also out for the rest of the series.

Greg Blewett also announced his retirement from all cricket.

[Untitled]

What kind of bat?

Sarwan also out for the rest of the series.

Greg Blewett also announced his retirement from all cricket.

Slazenger SXi Classic. The cheapest one in that rangem nice weight and size though, if i properly get back into playing ill probably invest a better one.

[samthebassman]

I dont think you can that slazenger range in Australia.

[Untitled]

http://www.insidesport.com.au/is/topgear/2006_12/PupAndPro.jpg

Yeah most of the Aus Slazenger are like that, i do prefer the look of that, but i love mine too, Red > Blue as a colour generally though.

[samthebassman]

I havent seen anyone using em is all.

They reckon Wooler wasnt murdered now, Im guessing CSI: West Indies wont be a hit.

[samthebassman]

Haha, Vaughan blames their crappy world cup on Freddie getting pissed, nice work.

[samthebassman]

Asian XI beat the African XI in the first 20/20 game of that series.

Also Jon Moss has left Victoria to return to NSW next season.

[samthebassman]

Honours are about even on stumps of day 1 of the third test.

[Untitled]

1252 - Ganga lbw b Harmison 5, WI 17-1 Harmison steams in, all arms and legs, like an Indian deity running for a bus...and his first ball...is a ruddy wide...short and high over Ganga's shoulder...and his second is a load of old rubbish and ends up slapping into the fine-leg fence. Hmmm...A couple outside off-stump...before another runs away for four down leg-side. Another leg-side wide and this is very ugly to watch...AND HE'S TRAPPED GANGA LBW!!! That's Russian roulette for you, Daren, you're bound to get your brains blown out at some stage. Chanderpaul gets an absolute jaffa second-up, the ball spitting off a length and just missing the top of off. That was one of the strangest overs I've ever seen.I think that over pretty much sums Harmison up, he bowls some rubbish, but some good stuff too, still needs to get sorted though.

370 is a better total then i was expecting from us at the end tbh, Harmison, Sidebottom and Panesar all puting usefull runs on the board.

[samthebassman]

Yeah, if I was a pom supporter I would be calling for his head, far too inconsistant.

[Untitled]

Oh deer, Windies where looking alright, then look at this.....

Fall of wicket


17 D Ganga
49 C H Gayle
116 R S Morton
157 D S Smith
216 D J Bravo
224 D Ramdin
225 D J G Sammy
225 J E Taylor
225 S Chanderpaul

5-9 in 37 balls

EDIT all out for 229 :eek:

they where looking good for at least 300+

[samthebassman]

Man they are hopeless.

Just read that Gayle was selected as captain for the ODI series but was then dumped by the WI board, they are falling apart.

[Untitled]

1526 - WICKET! - Pietersen hit wicket Bravo 68 Eng 221-3
Pietersen goes! And in bizarre fashion too. A tremendous surprise bouncer from Bravo raps him on the helmet as he tries to pull, which flies off his head with the strap broken and onto the stumps. Pietersen looks stunned and has to suffer the ignominy of having to walk back to the wicket to pick up his headgear before traipsing off. Bravo celebrates wildly, bless him.

Best Dismissal ever.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43029000/jpg/_43029123_helap416.jpg

[samthebassman]

Haha, I look forward to seeing it.

Sammy took 7/66, you would have to be happy with that, especially on debut.

[samthebassman]

A question to all the Poms out there, why does alastair cook not get picked in ODI's, he seems to have the world at his feet but has never been given an opportunity in the one day game.

[Untitled]

A question to all the Poms out there, why does alastair cook not get picked in ODI's, he seems to have the world at his feet but has never been given an opportunity in the one day game.

I think its just he's tpp slow, hes made 1 ODI 100 last week for middlesexm, and thats it as far as i know.

I dont know really, all i do know is hes a bloody good test batsman.

[samthebassman]

I think they selectors are mad if they dont give him an extended run in the one day game, I reckon he would be a great batsman to bat through the innings, he is a better bet than Vaughan & Strauss.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

So apparantly Bob Woolmer died of natural causes. What the **** is going on?

[samthebassman]

A joke isnt it, you would think the fuzz would keep quiet until they had come to a conclusion, instead of making a circus out of the situation.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

I wish they'd just drop the whole thing, I mean seriously, no one needs any more reminders of how awful that entire World Cup was.

[samthebassman]

Yeah, it was a pile of poo.

[Untitled]

Its good its not murder, but a fuking right mess over all.

In other news.

With Harmison finding form in the last innings of the Old Trafford match, Hoggard replacing Plunkett, and Siders and Panesar both playing well, our bowling line up isn't looking too bad anymore.

The weather forecast is looking terrible though, its been raining all week here, same in Durham too apparently.

[samthebassman]

Sidebottom is a stinker, he wouldnt even play state cricket in Australia.

[JumpTheF**kUp]

Is Matty Prior going to start playing ODI's for England now or what?

[samthebassman]

Who knows, you would have to think so.

Pissing down at the 4th test.

[Untitled]

Sidebottom is a stinker, he wouldnt even play state cricket in Australia.
Wtf are you on about, hes a good bowler, hes got the ball in the right spot all the time, and he can get it to swing a lot, hes got 11 wickets for an average of 17 in two matchs, off 66 overs this series....

Compared to harmison whos bowled 105.1 in 3 matches, 11 wickets and an average of 31.5
Is Matty Prior going to start playing ODI's for England now or what?

Hopefully, i would push up up the order though, maybe even opening, i think he opens for which ever county he plays for.

Good that we have a keeper who can actully bat and who is young too :)

[samthebassman]

I agree with Prior batting up the top of the order in ODI's.

Really, do you think Sidebotoom is that good?
He is a struggler, he will bowl ok in your conditions when the ball swings all day & against weak opposition.

Your stats comparison shows yet another reason why Harmison should be dropped.

[Untitled]

Im not saying hes amazing, but hes certainly not "a stinker" but hes taking wickets and with the rest of our bowlers being injured then hes going to play. Once Flintoff is in the team he may get dropped, unless they opt to drop Strauss for him, but defiantly when Jones is back.

Harmison has found form in the 2nd innings in manchester, so id keep him on in Durham and hopefully he can bowl well there too, find his confidence and stuff back, its his home ground to which will no doubt be a help.

[samthebassman]

For me Harmi & Siders would both be dropped when Flintoff & Jones get some fitness back.

Which openers on the county scene are pushing for Strauss' spot?

[Untitled]

Hmmm, i dont know really.

What might happen is if Strauss gets dropped, Vaughan and Cook open, Vuaghan has pretty much been an opening in his past 4 innings anyway, then everyone being pushed up a spot, Flintoff comes in before prior, hes been batting pretty well for lancs, and we could play 5 bowlers then too.

If not, personally i want tresco back in the team.

Id be tempted to give Bopara a run at number 3 actully.

[samthebassman]

Serious?

Bopara doesnt look ready for test cricket yet & I reckon Freddie is best suited to 7.

[Untitled]

Well hes Average 67 at county test level, and he proved in the world cup that he has the mental ability to play under pressure, i think he could potentialy take that into tests matchs in the near future. Realistically early next year or something.

[samthebassman]

Mmm, I would give him a bit more one day cricket first, no point in rushing him in especially to bat at 3, if anything 6 would probably be a better spot, ideally.

[samthebassman]

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/298039.html


Gayle gets the ODI captaincy, nice.

[Untitled]

Still no play yet.

Botham has been awarded a knighthood too for various reasons, his cricket, and charity work.

[samthebassman]

Yeah I heard that, they reckon a toss in about 10 mins and hopefully play to start in 40 mins.

Fingers crossed.

[samthebassman]

Oh no, the stinker is cleaning up!

[Untitled]

He was :eek:

And yet agian, canderpaul gets dropped on a low score and now could be set to punish us.

Only 7 extras today in 40 overs :eek:

Harmison must of got the ball in the right place, he usualy gives that away in one over.

[samthebassman]

Chanderpaul is class, Bravo is looking good again, that boy can play!

[Untitled]

Yup, hes the only west indies player who worried me atm.

And agian making 139 not out, so up, he punished us for dropping him.

And "the stinker" got a five-for.

Strauss is going alright too, 39 not out.

Strauss made 50, i hope he makes 100, that would be all our batters making centurys this series.

[samthebassman]

Oh no, the stinker.

Strauss 72 no, about time, he might have just saved his skin.

[samthebassman]

Monty is becoming a real force in international cricket, it is great to see.

[Untitled]

I love his attitude.

When he was interviewed after being given the man of the series, Mike Atherton said to him "surely your place is now secured in both formats of the game" and Monty just said "oh i don't know about that, im going to have to keep working hard to keep my place in the team" even though i dont think hes going to be dropped any time soon.

Harmison from the commentary sounded to be back at his best, even though 2-90 his figures really didn't show it. And Vaughan's batting was good positive and aggressive.

All round the team is getting better, the bowling attack defiantly is, the batting has been verys strong all series.

[samthebassman]

Although it is hard to tell against weak opposition.

[samthebassman]

It is good to see a new look England ODI squad, Collingwood will be a good captain, he reminds me very much of Steve Waugh.

Excellent to see Strauss & Vaughan dropped with Cook & Prior getting an opportunity.

About time.

[Untitled]

Yeah, the team has all changed for the ODIs, hopefully itll be a lot more attacking and they are progressing in the right way.

No Bopara in the squad though surprisingly, im thinking hes going to miss the twenty20 and play the ODI series.

Also, Cook and Prior to open i hope, one really attacking player and one slower century builder kinda person, could work well.

[metal-militia]

It's good to see Mascarenhas being called up to the ODI side, he is a quality player.

[samthebassman]

Yeah, the team has all changed for the ODIs, hopefully itll be a lot more attacking and they are progressing in the right way.

No Bopara in the squad though surprisingly, im thinking hes going to miss the twenty20 and play the ODI series.

Also, Cook and Prior to open i hope, one really attacking player and one slower century builder kinda person, could work well.

Bopara is out through injury I think.

[samthebassman]

Windies had a good win, they seemed to have needed it badly. Samuels must have smoked them.

SL smashed the Bangi's in the first test, Murali took 9 for the match, he now has 59 wickets in 7 tests against the Bangi's.

[Untitled]

Yeah.

Its going to be a good ODI series i think, the west indies team is a lot better at ODI and the England team is a lot worse at ODI so it should be a lot closer then the tests.

Won today which is good, Shah winning it for us with mascheranus. Tied series.

I think our squad will be better for the full length ODIs, it dosnt look to bad atm.

Also, new rules the ICC are introducing...

# Future ICC presidential terms to be limited to two years, with no option for an extra 12 months

# ICC management instructed to draw up an international programme which limits the number of Tests, one-dayers and Twenty20 games sides may play in any one series; no team to play more than seven Twenty20 internationals per year

# One extra fielder to be allowed outside the circle in the second or third powerplay of limited overs internationals.

# Ball to be mandatorily changed after 35 overs of each innings in limited overs internationals

# If a player bowls a front-foot no-ball in a one-dayer, the next one will be deemed a free hit

# Minimum boundary sizes for one-dayers to be increased to at least 150 yards square of the wicket and 70 yards straight, instead of 140 and 65.

[samthebassman]

Free hit will be good value.

Owais Shah looked like he may be a good finisher in the one dayers, he is no Huss but he doesnt look too bad.

[samthebassman]

We found out today that my youngest brother, who is only 16, has been selected in the Australian under 19 cricket team to tour Malaysia and Pakistan in September and October.

Look out for the name Kane Richardson.

[Aficionado]

**** I never knew there was a cricket thread.

*subscribes*

Congrats man...Owais Shah I feel sorry for. I mean he played so well on his debut and they just scrapped him for no reason at all. But it's good to see him finally play again.

BTW did you guys hear Lara wants to come back in a few months in test format? He said he is appaled at the state of west indian cricket, I don't blame him.

[samthebassman]

I had not heard about Lara, that is news to me.

[Untitled]

I have heard nothing also.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/west_indies/6260342.stm

Very bottom of that says

Holding's sentiments echo those put forward by batting legend Brian Lara, who said on Sunday he would be willing to take on an administrative role to help rebuild grassroots cricket

So looks like he'll be involed in windies cricket, but not playing.

[Aficionado]

Oh...

Oh well, you never know with Lara though.

[samthebassman]

He aint getting any younger.

[Aficionado]

He's not getting any saner

[samthebassman]

Sri Lanka seem to be humiliating the Bangi's again, surely the ICC have to re think Bangladesh's test status soon, they are becoming a farce.

[Untitled]

62 all out wasnt it, and 121-1 at the end of play for sri lanka or something.

TBH, i would just declare now bowl them out cheaply again and end it within the second day.

Soon that is all over the sooner we can have Murali back.

[samthebassman]

Yeah 62 all out, pretty bad.

I thnik they have lost 42 of their 47 tests and have only won 1, I cant believe the ICC havent revoked their test status.

[Aficionado]

Definately need to be removed from test status. But should play an active role in odis.

[samthebassman]

Yeah agreed.

Good to see the Windies get one back against the Poms, Chanderpaul is class.

[Untitled]

West Indies defiantly did the right thing of putting him up to number 3, he just seems imposable to move, hes had so many not outs this tour, class batter, pain in the arse.

Yestoday sets it up nicely for Saturday too.

[Aficionado]

Poor Chanderpaul is carrying this side on his shoulders. Why is Gayles so damn inconsistent?

[samthebassman]

He is hit or miss, that is the risk the Windies take by playing him. On his day he will slay any bowler in the world but when he is off he is terrible.

[Aficionado]

Exactly, it's a sad fact. The world is full of players like that. Especially our players of Pakistan.

[Untitled]

^^ and the England ODI sqaud :'(

Im sure, by the 2011 world cup, we will have a strong squad if we start building now, i mean, pretty much all our squad atm should be playing then so hopefully they will have gelled as a squad and become a side to reckon with in the future.

[samthebassman]

Yeah, all the sub continent teams are like that, infact most teams are, except the Aussies.

[Aficionado]

But moreso the sub continent teams. Let's not even mention teams like Australia in the presence of teams like England and Pakistan.

As for England, Pieterson is the only player I find can make an impact and pull through for that knock that will save the team's behind. Not enough match winners, but hopefully players like Broad can blossom into matchwinners.

[samthebassman]

If England could keep a squad of these guys together, they would improve out of sight on ODI cricket.

Prior
Bell
Pietersen
Bopara
Collingwood
Flintoff
Shah
Plunkett
Panaesar
Broad
Anderson
S.Jones


That is a pretty good ODI 12.

[Aficionado]

That doesn't seem very threatening at all.

[samthebassman]

You don't think so?

I reckon if they stuck with that squad for a while they might get some better results.

[Untitled]

Prior - Once he gets used to opening with England, a shot playing agressive player like prior will get the innings going, no questioning his ability
Bell - Consistent run maker, Probably more of a test player but get him up the order and he could stay in the innings all day and make a good score.
Pietersen - Number 1 ODI batter in the world, can play some stupid shots to get out though, but he will learn in time, can bowl too, he rarely does, but he has taken a couple of wickets in ODI
Bopara - Very good young prospect for us, just look at how he did in the world cup, the pressure just didnt seem to affect him
Collingwood - Another consistent batter, and a decent bowler, great cricketing mind as well, should be a good captian
Flintoff - No doubt his ability with the ball, and the bat when he is on form, only worry for me is his ankle
Shah - From what ive seen in ODI shah could be good to finish off the innings for us, but ive not really seen that much
Plunkett - Good bowler when hes on form, Alan Donald seems to have made a bit of impression on him
Panaesar - By far and away the best spinner we have, not done amazingly in ODI yet but im sure he will.
Broad - Looks a very good bowler from what ive seen, still very young too.
Anderson - Expensive but takes wickets.
S.Jones Great bowler, not bowled for England since the 2005 ashes when he had the aussies in all sorts of trouble, we do need him back, i would pick him over plunkers when he's fit and ready to play.


I think the team has a lot of potential, hopefully with the new regime, and the fact we have a new bowling coach, which should get our bowlers playing well agian, then in 4 years, it may be a team with a good chance to win the world cup, its a long time away yet and im sure there be new players added into the sqaud over time, but that team is very young, and we do have players coming up threw county cricket.

[samthebassman]

I made 152 today, smoked em.

[Aficionado]

152? Nice

The bowling looks hella weak.

[samthebassman]

Good to see the Windies playing well.

[Aficionado]

It's about time.

[samthebassman]

Windies pumped the Netherlands, Im not sure why the minnows are playing so much international cricket, they suck.

[Aficionado]

Which is exactly the reason.

The whole point is to improve and to gain experience.

[samthebassman]

They should play each other, their players should play first class cricket in Australia or South Africa or play county cricket. They shouldn't be playing international cricket where they are consistantly flogged by any major team. It does nothing for the minnows and it inflates the stats of any cricketer who plays against them.

[Untitled]

They should play each other, their players should play first class cricket in Australia or South Africa or play county cricket. They shouldn't be playing international cricket where they are consistantly flogged by any major team. It does nothing for the minnows and it inflates the stats of any cricketer who plays against them.
Well Ireland and Scotland both play in our County leagues, well, the ODI that's it though, not the other 3.

[Untitled]

England provisional 30-man squad for Twenty20 World Cup:

Anderson (Lancs), Bell (Warwicks), Bopara (Essex), Bresnan (Yorks), Broad (Leics) Chapple (Lancs) Collingwood (Durham, capt), Cook (Essex), Flintoff (Lancs), Kirtley (Sussex), Lewis (Glos), Loye (Lancs), Maddy (Warwicks), Mascarenhas (Hants), Nixon (Leics), Panesar (Northants), Pettini (Essex), Pietersen (Hants), Plunkett (Durham), Prior (Sussex), Schofield (Surrey), Shah (Middx), Sidebottom (Notts), Snape (Leics), Solanki (Worcs), Tremlett (Hants), Trescothick (Somerset), Trott (Warwicks), Wright (Sussex), Yardy (Sussex)

Good to see a lot of Lancashire players in there, we've been doing well in the twenty20 cup.

[Aficionado]

Good to see Trescothik in there.

As for your comment sam,

First class cricket won't help those players. International play is the most helpful level and playing internationally will help out that country in the long run. Heck, New Zealand didn't win a test match till sometime in the 50's. This was years after their inception. Now look at em. Teams will improve, just give em time. But I think not that many should play in World Cups. All the other minnows should have a tournament to decide which two minnows go to the world cup. The two teams that reach the final should be elligeble to go to the world cup.

[Untitled]

Its the same with Bangladesh with test cricket as like Holland with ODI.

there not going to better unless they play, i mean yeah they have done appallingly so far, but i mean, there not going to get better playing international teams, unless they play international teams.

Also, i doubt Trescothick will play unfortunately.

[samthebassman]

Do you think Trescothick will ever make it back into an England team?

[Untitled]

I think if he is ready to play, he feels mentally stable to go away on tour and stuff, then sure, he may make it back, there's no doubting how much he has been missed in the squad.

[samthebassman]

Yeah, mainly in the ODI side.

[Untitled]

Yeah, tests series last for what, at least 4/5 weeks, and over seas he might not want to stay that long.

ODI tournements can be over in a week or so, so they might be good.

Its all up to him, if he dosnt want to come back that's his decision, and hopefully prior will be able to make that opening spot his own when hes a bit more used to it at international level.

[samthebassman]

Prior will develop into a good one day player, if Trescothick comes back Prior could easily slide down the order.

[samthebassman]

I just read that Saqlain Mushtaq, the former Pakistan spinner is wanting to play for England, interesting.

[Untitled]

Prior will develop into a good one day player, if Trescothick comes back Prior could easily slide down the order.

Yeah, theres noone lower down the order who can hit big where flintoff usually plays, untill he is fit thats going to be a hard gap to fill for the ODIs.

KP blames his dip in form on tierdness.

To be fiar, i dont blame him for being tierd.

He played the Pakistan tour, Sri Lanka tour, Ashes, CB series, world cup, West Indies series, and now the India series starts next week, hes not exactly had much time off. Hes had a bit of time off when he broke his rib, but thats it.

And he has the india test series, then 7 ODIs with them, and then the twenty20 cup.

Same for other players too tbh, like collingwood, bell, etc.

[samthebassman]

7 ODI's against India is total overkill, I cant see the point in a 7 match series.

[nowhesingsnowhesobs]

its just for indian tv, which is stupid.

[Untitled]

I think they should of overlapped the Windies tour with the India tour and had a 3 way series over here.

Play 3 games against each team, then a final maybe.

[samthebassman]

Strauss only made 1 for England A against India, he needs some runs badly.

Murali got his 700th, Bangi's got raped again, they are a joke.

[Aficionado]

Strauss never impressed me. Like never.

Let them play against A teams. let them prove their status. let them LEARN with the A teams. Then induct them back into the test championship.

[Aficionado]

Pakistan's new coach has been appointed.

Geoff Lawson is the new man.

[samthebassman]

Unlucky for him.

[samthebassman]

Looks as though Hoggard will miss the first test aswell, that will test the Poms bowling stocks.

[Aficionado]

Harmison's gone for the series...India is going to have a good time.

[samthebassman]

Only if they can show some heart for a change...

[Untitled]

Well, struass got 90 something today, which is good, he needed them runs, hopefully it will set him up for the rest of the series.Vaughan making 70odd too.

268 for 4 , with KP in, and Bell, and Prior still to come, looking good :).

Bowling is, hmm, Tremlett i have no idea how good he is, i would of played Broad. Anderson is a good bowler, last tests in played in aus he just came back from injury, hopefully he will do well, if it stays overcast and dull siders will do well, and panesar, well, hes just class.

[Aficionado]

Why don't they have faith in Broad? I think he's a really good bowler.

[samthebassman]

Yeah, I think they made a mistake in leaving out Broad.

[Untitled]

I dont really know why he has been left out, i would of picked him over Tremlett, but then agian, i dont really know anything about him.

We will see whether they where right to do it or not.

Looks good for the series though, quite surprised at how wayward some of the Indian delivers where, some where as band has Harmy's first ball in aus this year.

[Aficionado]

We seriously need more than 3 people contributing to this thread.

[samthebassman]

It was pumping during the aussie summer & the world cup.


The Indian quicks are pretty much hit or miss, similiar to Harmi.

[Aficionado]

I bet it was...but the world cup happenned :(

[samthebassman]

Aussies have named 3 badass squads...

Twenty20 World Championship squad: Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Brad Hodge, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Shaun Tait.

Squad to tour India: Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Brad Hodge, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Shaun Tait.

Australia A squad: Phil Jaques, Chris Rogers, David Hussey, Adam Voges (capt), Cameron White, Luke Ronchi (wk), James Hopes, Andrew McDonald, Ashley Noffke, Cullen Bailey, Dan Cullen, Ben Hilfenhaus, Doug Bollinger, Stuart MacGill.

[Aficionado]

Damn...that is quite a squad.

Talk about a collapse! England bundled out for 298!

[Untitled]

Damn...that is quite a squad.

Talk about a collapse! England bundled out for 298!

India are only 145 for 4 though.

The pitch looked awefull though.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44011000/jpg/_44011052_rain416.jpg

[Aficionado]

Finally a close test match. It's about time considering we had to go through watching Bangladesh get hammered.

[samthebassman]

A couple of early wickets for the poms... the stinker strikes again...

[Untitled]

175-7

Anderson just took another, 4 for him this match :)

[samthebassman]

He has good figures... good too see him get another chance in tests, he was feed to the wolves during the last ashes series.

[Untitled]

He had jsut come back from injury then though, we have a tendancy of rushing players back into playing even if there not fully match fit.

[samthebassman]

Exactly right... it was a typically stupid move by Duncan Fletcher and he crew of nit-wits.

[Untitled]

And not playing Panesar, and when he does get played he ends up getting a 5 wicket haul or something.

197-9, siders and Jimmy gonna be fighting it out for the 5er, i hope its jimmy because hes a lancs lad :)

[samthebassman]

He got it...

[Aficionado]

Disappointing by India.

[samthebassman]

A couple of quick wickets to RP Singh...

[Untitled]

Then a solid 134 for pieterson and 42 for prior, in a paternership of 119, and ultimatly giving us a lead of 380, its would be hard to loose from there, another two hours left tonight, then all day tomorrow, i think we can win, india might play for a draw, and if they do that, they might be a lot harder to topple over then the west indies where a few weeks ago

[samthebassman]

Should be a good finish...

[Untitled]

Pissing draw.

1 wicket left, both tail enders, rain takes them off.

IMO we won :mad:

[Lord Abortion]

Personally I'm saying that LBW shout in Monty's last over was out by a mile.

[Lord Abortion]

Personally I'm saying that LBW shout in Monty's last over was out by a mile.

[Aficionado]

You DID win...it's too bad that it ended up in a draw.

[samthebassman]

That's cricket...

I hope India show a bit more heart for the rest of the series.

[Aficionado]

I hope India show a bit more heart for the rest of the series.

For realz. Am I the only one not excited about the 20-20 world cup?

[samthebassman]

Nah, I reckon it will suck ***...

[samthebassman]

India looking good...

[samthebassman]

What is going on with the Poms having a sledge? They must have learned a thing or two from us during the Ashes.

[Ganondorf]

And India dominates haha take that, you have Vaughan to thank for saving you from TOTAL embarassment hahahaha

[Untitled]

Yeah we've lost this match.

But we should of won the last match, stupid weather.

[Aficionado]

Sreesanth's call on Collingwood at legside was out and that no ball was probably the biggest no ball I have everseen. Even his back leg was outside the line and that beamer was killer.

He needs to get his head checked.

[samthebassman]

Tremlett looks like a great find for the Poms, he has improved out of sight since the VB series in January...

[samthebassman]

Anderson was lucky to get the first wicket, caught at third man.

He bowls too many four balls.

[samthebassman]

How does Anil Kumble get a test 100?

Looks like the Poms home winning steak is as ****ed as they are.

[Ganondorf]

India have destroyed England at home rinsed

[Untitled]

Problem is for us atm, we just dont have the bowlers.

Our all 4 of our first chioce bowlers are injured, india are thus putting big totals on the board, which our batters cant seem to match atm.

[samthebassman]

Everyone was praising your bowlers after the first test... not anymore though.

Backflip...

[Ganondorf]

Problem is for us atm, we just dont have the bowlers.

Our all 4 of our first chioce bowlers are injured, india are thus putting big totals on the board, which our batters cant seem to match atm.

Lol the thing abotu your bowlers dosen't matter, our pace bowlers are pretty inexperienced/ not that good, certainly not up there with the best, England just can't bat consistently.

[Untitled]

Everyone was praising your bowlers after the first test... not anymore though.

Backflip...
Becuase in the first test they all bowled well.
Lol the thing abotu your bowlers dosen't matter, our pace bowlers are pretty inexperienced/ not that good, certainly not up there with the best, England just can't bat consistently.Englands batters can seem to bat when the presure is off, i prefer them to go and bat first and put a decent total on the board, then its better.

The series really should of been 1-1 tbh, India won there match fair and square, the draw the other day was the same, but we really should of won the 1st test, but the bleeding weather stopped us from doing it.

ODIs should be good, 7 is wayyyyyyyy to many though. India will win the series, dunno by how much though, id like to think itll be close.