The CRICKET Thread, Finally!

[aNarcHy2day]

Sound off below about anything related to Cricket. And no, not the insect!

 

[Kaleb]

was nice to beat he Aussies and reclaim the no1 test spot again.

 

[aNarcHy2day]

I'd quote something I read somewhere... The Aussies looked like a team who had shot all their bullets in the first two tests!

But honestly that Du Plessis innings at the end of the second test was a series changer!

Elsewhere, England all over India!

 

[aNarcHy2day]

India vs England: The Third Test.

India: 316 all out on what quite honestly looks like a dead pitch! I'm getting that sinking feeling right about now!

 

[aNarcHy2day]

England 296/1.

Are they even playing on the same pitch!

 

[aNarcHy2day]

So, Sachin Tendulkar retires from One Day Internationals...

That's it for me then, as far as One Day Cricket is concerned!

 

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Shane Warne losing his temper with Marlon Samuels was funny

 

[aNarcHy2day]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6S38ow6pKI

Oh dear Lord!

 

[chamber-music]

We retain the Ashes!

 

[chamber-music]

RIP Phillip Hughes.

 

[drakestar]

I once had a taxi driver try and explain Cricket to me and the different types of tests.....can someone explain so I can often refer back to it? lol

 

[aNarcHy2day]

Dear Admin,

Could you please merge this with the currently active Cricket Thread?

Thank You.

 

[AnneFan]

Chris Gayle slogged the fast twenty20 century, off 47 balls.

 

[Fallen Angel]

And he was stoned doing it. Ganja is good AF.

 

[AnneFan]

And he was stoned doing it. Ganja is good AF.

Gayle Force is the best slogger of all time.

The spectators become fielders, and the fielders the spectators.

 

[Fallen Angel]

My grandad so Sobers and VIV Richards in their primes. He said the could annihilate any batsman with brute force if they wanted or chose to do so. Especially Viv.

 

[AnneFan]

The Windies are in the twenty20 World Cup final.

#defendingchamps

 

[aNarcHy2day]

Wait. Windies are NOT the defending champs.

 

[Iceman]

Didn't even know about this thread. Looks like England are going to blow it today. 155 first innings total.

 

[Iceman]

Joe Root opened the bowling!

And has wickets already! What's going on?! Actually WI are already 11-3 down!

 

[Iceman]

WI won in the end with Brathwaite getting 4 6s in the last 4 balls.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Match sounded crazy. What did you tihnk of it Iceman?

 

[regwec]

*****.

Oh well, T-20 is always a something of a throw of the dice.

Congrats to WI, who are deserving winners. WI cricket has been in the doldrums for some time, and I hope this brings them into a new purple patch. That looks to have been a classy innings from Marlon Samuels.

England have come a hell of a long way from the ODI world cup. Root and Buttler are special players, and Jason Roy looks to be settling into his role. I don't think they are doing too much wrong- they need to keep playing with the same guts and commitment and they will get their hands on a trophy.

 

[Hound55]

Yeah... I gotta say Sobers is at least worth a mention with Gayle.

Have to remember Gary Sobers was playing back pre-20/20... and he batted like that. That wasn't him pushing the pedal down.

So many guys it would have been special to watch play in the World Series cricket era...

20/20... whilst I don't care for it, it's opened up the flood gates of what's considered possible in the 50 over game.

 

[regwec]

That and teeny boundaries and big hefty bats and covered pitches and fielding restrictions. It's just a different game now. Most modern players would not have had the career Geoffrey Boycott had in his day, let alone Gary Sobers, let alone Don Bradman.