Cricket Thread

[Ollie the Optimist]

tim southee opened the batting for essex today in a t20 cos of our injuries. got 70 odd off 30 balls :bow:

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On to the real cricket

England v SL T20 about to start

SL won the toss and will field

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No Bell today :doh:

Hes our best player and Bumble and Athers agree to that

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3-1

Lumb gone

KP in the middle

[Syn]

Atherton can go fuck himself. But Sri Lanka should be disqualified from the match for fielding a filthy chucker.

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England playing at Test pace

6 runs off 2 overs :lol:

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Bedwetter gone

12-2

Morgan in now.

All down to these 2

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Kieswetter gone. The South African caught at mid off. In comes the Irishman to join the other South African at the crease. England :bow:

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Morgan should be gone

Plum LBW not given and no referral system in place and then could have been run out if the ball had hit the stumps directly

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Another run out chance but missed again

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Morgan dropped by Angelo Mathews

Very easy chance

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24 runs off the 11th over :lol:

91-2 off 11 overs

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95-3

Morgan gone for 47

Bopara in :lol:

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KP gone for 41

101-4

Jayasuriya with the wicket :bow:

Hes a left arm spinner....

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So out go an Irishman and the South African and in come 2 Indians in Bopara :lol: and Patel

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Patel the fat cunt run out :haha:

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An Englishman in the middle :bow:

I assume Luke Wright is one. Certainly shit enough to be one tbh

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119-5 off 17 overs

Bopara and Wright have been awful

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Bopara gone

128-6

Some pub teamer called Woakes in

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131-7

Wright gone

Bring Colly back asap

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Broad in now.

Still more well known for being Yuvraj'd than anything else he has ever done in the game

Broad :pal:

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136-8

Woakes gone

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Broad run out last ball

136-9

What an awful last over

One boundary in the last 8 overs.

Simply awful.

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40-1

Jayasuriya gone

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Broad run out last ball

136-9

What an awful last over

One boundary in the last 8 overs.

Simply awful.

Last 8 overs or last 8 balls?

Surely if it's the last 8 overs, that's gotta be some sort of Twenty20 record?

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Overs, not balls.

Not sure if its a record but if it is, im sure they just beat themselves.

How the hell did this team win the World Cup?

SL 117-1

Need 20 off 27

Jayawardene and Sangakarra look comfortable.

[Syn]

How the hell did this team win the World Cup?

They didn't. They won a tournament called "The World Twenty20"...it wasn't a world cup.

Not that Twenty20 counts as proper cricket anyway.

But yeah, a bit of a battering today.

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SL 137-1

SL win by 9 wickets

England, awful. Simply awful.

I feel sorry for Broad. Out of his depth as captain. A shite player as well. No way should he be anywhere near the T20 scene. Keep him in the Test arena where average players can look good but in the pressure cricket of scoring runs and taking wickets quickly, he just isnt up to it.

ODIs next and i can see a whitewash in that as well. Cook is captain there but again you need to score runs quick in that format and he cant do that.

England have a lot to do.

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They didn't. They won a tournament called "The World Twenty20"...it wasn't a world cup.

Not that Twenty20 counts as proper cricket anyway.

But yeah, a bit of a battering today.
You need to score runs and take wickets.

Seems like proper cricket.

Only difference is you dont have 4392849387349587 overs as a bowler or 2398479827439823749384 balls as a batsman to get your eye in. You need to be on the ball asap or youre gone. Far more pressure on this format.

[Syn]

Dravid would be disgusted with you imho.

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i think the decision by india to veto DRS in the series against england is a joke. should be used in all forms of the game. does more good then harm.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/13925446.stm

Ollie :lol:

You've had some shockers son

[Syn]

It must've been this West Indies tour that got the non-believers fed up. In the second Indian innings, 4 batsmen were given out when they weren't (all in a row; from Kohli no.4 to Dhoni no.7).

Anyway, good news if true. The technology might not be perfect but in instances where there is doubt, you'll stick with the umpiring decisions. DRS is only supposed to filter out the shockers made by umpires and I don't understand why anybody would be against that.

[Ollie the Optimist]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/13925446.stm

Ollie :lol:

You've had some shockers son

erm not really, when i posted that they had vetoed it.

[Ollie the Optimist]

It must've been this West Indies tour that got the non-believers fed up. In the second Indian innings, 4 batsmen were given out when they weren't (all in a row; from Kohli no.4 to Dhoni no.7).

Anyway, good news if true. The technology might not be perfect but in instances where there is doubt, you'll stick with the umpiring decisions. DRS is only supposed to filter out the shockers made by umpires and I don't understand why anybody would be against that.

tbh syn after that sydney test in 2008, i dont understand why the indians dont want it. they could have reviewed all of those, and had them reversed

[Boss]

Will probably be going to India v England @ Lord's.

Hope we thrash the filthy goras.

[Ollie the Optimist]

SL 137-1

SL win by 9 wickets

England, awful. Simply awful.

I feel sorry for Broad. Out of his depth as captain. A shite player as well. No way should he be anywhere near the T20 scene. Keep him in the Test arena where average players can look good but in the pressure cricket of scoring runs and taking wickets quickly, he just isnt up to it.

ODIs next and i can see a whitewash in that as well. Cook is captain there but again you need to score runs quick in that format and he cant do that.

England have a lot to do.

you dont watch cook a lot do you? last year he got several tons playing for essex in one day games, has got a ton this year and a few fiftys. just stop talking shit

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you dont watch cook a lot do you? last year he got several tons playing for essex in one day games, has got a ton this year and a few fiftys. just stop talking shit

:doh:

You dont listen to Cook much do you? When he himself admitted he played too slow in the 2nd test even though he got a century.

And playing well against pub teamers in county cricket is completely different to the international game but i dont expect you to get that.

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First ODI today

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SL win the toss and will field

Dilshan plays.

Bopara dropped :lol:

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England: AN Cook*, C Kieswetter†, IJL Trott, KP Pietersen, EJG Morgan, IR Bell, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JW Dernbach, JM Anderson.

Sri Lanka: ST Jayasuriya, TM Dilshan*, KC Sangakkara†, DPMD Jayawardene, SHT Kandamby, AD Mathews, BMAJ Mendis, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, S Randiv, SL Malinga.

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Will probably be going to India v England @ Lord's.


Excellent. It's an amazing ground and the atmosphere will be great...mostly because 80% of the crowd will be Indian. (I'm not joking).

We've fucking ruined this country tbf. Cheers. :cheers:

[Syn]

tbh syn after that sydney test in 2008, i dont understand why the indians dont want it. they could have reviewed all of those, and had them reversed

As I've said, the BCCI don't represent the views of the players or public. They're just a bunch of dicks on a power trip.

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Its raining :rolleyes:

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Its raining :rolleyes:

Limited overs cricket :haha:

There's a test match going on later - no doubt accompanied by fantastic sunshine...what a coincidence...

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Think the players should man up and get out there tbh.

We all want to see Jayasuriyas last ever match before he dies

[Syn]

We all want to see Jayasuriyas last ever match before he dies

:haha:

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1315 Commentary

We will start at 1325, apparently. Well that's excellent news, we're still going to play 50 overs a side too, should there be no further interruptions.

That was quick.

In Tests, the umpires would have an inspection and then have play start an hour later.

ODIs :bow:

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6-1

Cook gone

:haha:

Ollie :haha:

hp :haha:

The ultimate :haha:

2 South Africans in the middle now. Trott, another slow ass player and Bedwetter whos a bit shit

[Syn]

West Indies put the Indians in first. Should be interesting.

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152-4

Its a 32 over match

22 overs in atm

Morgan and Bell are the men in the middle.

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ALASTAIR COOK begins his career as England's one-day captain today with a blast back at former skipper Mike Atherton.

It shows Cook will be his own man and will not be distracted from his dream of becoming both Test and limited-overs skipper.
On the eve of the opening 50-over clash against Sri Lanka at The Oval, Cook rejected former opener Atherton's claim he should not lead the team.
Atherton, now a Sky Sports pundit, described Cook as a "blocker at the top of the order" and "a bit of a donkey in the field".
Quick as a flash, Cook responded: "I suppose it takes one to know one!"
He said: "Everyone is entitled to an opinion but I have scored a one-day hundred for England and I know I can score runs at the top of the order.
"As an international player, you are always under pressure and always having to prove yourself. I'm no different now.
"My one-day game has evolved. I scored runs quickly in Bangladesh last year so I know I have the talent and skill to do it.
"I don't think one-day cricket will affect my Test batting. You need the skill to be able to change your method and mindset when you move from Test cricket to one-day cricket and back again.
"I'm more experienced and have a better understanding of my game. I'm a more expansive batsman than I was, although I'm nowhere near the finished article."
Cook becomes the THIRD man to lead England in eight days after Test captain Andrew Strauss handed over to Stuart Broad for Saturday's nine-wicket Twenty20 drubbing in Bristol.
But Cook, 26, insists it will not be a problem.
He explained: "We're not sure how it will work but, with the personnel we have, we think it is the best way forward. Myself and Broady are two inexperienced leaders who can learn from Straussy.
"And, with Broady as vice-captain in the one-dayers, he has passed on a lot of information from Saturday."
England players yesterday met injured servicemen on a visit to the MoD's Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court in Surrey.


The row over the Umpire Decision Review System took another farcical twist when the ICC said the system will be mandatory — but without Hawkeye.
It means the ball-tracking technology will not be present for England's series against India, making the third umpire's job more difficult.


Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/cricket/3662880/Alastair-Cook-kicks-back-at-donkey-jibe.html#ixzz1QaqPI0FJ

Good to see im not the only one who thinks that way of Cook

Anyway 194-6

Bell and Morgan both gone

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India 94-4

They were 38-4 but Laxman has his 50 and Raina is supporting him.

Openers flopped again. Dravid out for 2 and Kohli is pretty shit, out for a 2nd ball duck.

Need Sehwag in this team asap

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Eng 226-7

Bresnan gone

4 balls left

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A shocking decision for Bresnan there.

Given LBW but the ball was missing leg stump by some way

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229-8 off 32 overs

Broad out last ball

For some reason the D/L method says SL need 232 off their 32 overs.

Wtf?

They will be pissed if they get 230

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2-1

Dilshan gone

Caught Bresnan, bowled Anderson

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And there we have it.

The end of Jayasuriya. He got 2

6-2

Caught Morgan, bowled Bresnan

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14-3

Jayawardene gone

LBW Anderson

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15-4

Sangakarra gone

Caught and bowled Anderson

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40-5

Mathews gone

Caught Anderson, bowled Dernbach

Great catch

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60-6

Mendis gone

Caught Anderson, bowled Swann

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65-7

Someone gone

Caught Cook, bowled Anderson

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69-8

Candyman gone after an awful innings

Caught Broad, bowled Dernbach

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India 189-9

Bar Laxman and Raina who both got 50s, the rest were awful

SL 121-9

Malinga gone

Caught Bopara (sub) bowled Swann

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SL 121 all out

Someone out

Stumped Kieswetter, bowled Swann

England win by 110 runs

Bit of a farce match with the rain. On to the 2nd ODI.

Anderson for MOTM surely

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India 201 all out

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Laxman - what a fucking icon. Dhoni can go fuck himself. What a stupid shot. A poor score batting first. With the wicket getting better, I think WI will win this game.

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Dhoni should be forgiven Syn



MS DHONI was mistakenly given out after a TV review by the third umpire.

The Indian skipper was caught by Shivnarine Chanderpaul off the bowling of Fidel Edwards on the opening day of the current Second Test in Barbados.
On-field umpire Ian Gould suspected it was a no-ball and wanted confirmation from upstairs.
But the ICC have today admitted the wrong replay was given to third umpire Gregory Brathwaite, who was instead given pictures of an earlier legitimate delivery.
ICC match referee Chris Broad said: "Having looked into the situation, I am satisfied it was an unfortunate but honest mistake in what is a tense and live environment.
"Seeing as the game has continued, clearly there is no opportunity to reverse the decision. We are forced now put it behind us and move on with the remainder of the match."


Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/cricket/3670083/MS-Dhoni-was-mistakenly-given-out-after-a-TV-review-by-the-third-umpire.html#ixzz1QmwNDt00

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WI 190 all out after a near wash out yesterday

Sharma got 6 wickets and is the 5th youngest bowler to get 100 Test wickets

India 20-0 at tea

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2nd ODI today

SL 300+ atm

2 balls to go

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309-5 off 50 overs

Jayawardene got 140 odd

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Eng 82-1

Kieswetter gone for 20 odd

Trott has 9 off 20 odd balls :sleep:

Cooks doing well with 46 off 50

17 overs player

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85-2

Cook gone for 48

One man to blame for that and thats Trott


Oh dear, that was almost too predictable...laden down by a snail-like run-rate from the past few overs, Alastair Cook attempts to use his feet for a big aerial shot over long off, but he miscues his stroke, spooning the ball for off-side sweeper Angelo Mathews to gather with consummate ease.

Blame Trott for that. Awful ODI player

[Syn]

Still quite an even match though. SA&England will need to keep wickets in tact in the next 15 overs.

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From Ben, Liverpool, in the TMS inbox: "I'm trying to convince other people in the office to let me put the cricket on the TV. Unfortunately the impending arrival of Andy Murray onto Centre Court is ensuring that cricket, to put it bluntly, is simply being ignored for the day."


:pal:

[Syn]

Meh, fuck it, I'm watching the motherland in action until it starts pissing down in Barbados again.

47-1, a lead of 58.

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113-3

KP gone

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144-4

England are back in it

Trott gone

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The South Africans might've failed but the Irishman is playing a blinder atm.

'England' :bow:

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201-5

Morgan gone for 51

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228-7

Bresnan and Broad both gone

Both are shite

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232-8

Bell gone

And with him so have Englands chances

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232-9

Anderson gone

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240 all out

Dernbach gone

SL win by 69 runs

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Chris Gayle has broken his silence over the stand-off between himself and the West Indies Cricket Board. Very emotional statement released:


I, Christopher Henry Gayle, am making this statement so that all my friends, fans and followers who continue to wonder why I am not being picked for the West Indies team despite being fit, available and in form will know the truth considering the many rumours and statements that have been made as it relates to this issue. Until now, I have kept my silence, but I believe that the time has come for you to all know what I plan to do about this extremely frustrating and humiliating situation....[read on]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-india-2011/content/current/story/521593.html

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A shorter version of it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/14000981.stm

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Kohli goes for 27. Day 5, India lead by 243 runs with 6 wickets in hand. They'll look to declare around lunchtime.

Kohli also dropped for the England tour. Shitwag is in the squad but expected to miss the first Test.

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Thank fuck for that.

Kohli has looked shite against WI.

Sehwag :bow:

We need him for the first Test though

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Kohli was disappointing. He's too talented player to be out the set-up for too long though.

With Sehwag out, Mukund will probably open with Gambhir and Anderson will get him lbw in both innings.

[Syn]

Dhoni declares with a lead of 280....might not be enough :blink:

He thinks he's a gangster.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Cook got a ton.

Cook :bow:

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WI were 200 odd for 7

Ended as a draw.

Sharma got 10 wickets in the match :bow:

3rd ODI today between Eng and SL

Eng 246-7 off their 50

Cook got 119 but off 143 balls :rolleyes:

KP got a very good 41 off 43 balls

Trott is awful. 2 off 13 balls

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SL 30-1

Dilshan gone

Bowled Bresnan

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133-2

Jayawardene gone for 79

Caught Morgan Bowled Dernbach

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Well done to Cook.

A well earned :doh: for the rest of the batsmen though (most of them anyway).

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SL won by 6 wickets.

Shocking from England

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Couple of cric games going on. England have started very well in the ODI - SL 11/2 after 4 overs. And Dhoni won the toss and has put Windies in first in the 3rd Test. Hope the weather is clear for both games.

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Make that 11/3 ! Anderson gets an lbw

[Boss]

Apparently India v England @ Lord's was sold out ages ago.

ffs - didn't think Tests were still that popular.

Uncle has a couple tickets and is going so will probably go for a few hours.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sri Lanka were all out for 174.

England. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England are 55-0, Cook is hitting it at more than a run a ball...and now the rain has come down. :doh:

20 overs need to be bowled in order to constitute a match and currently 7.4 have been bowled.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Cook :bow:

95 of 70 odd balls.

ach :pal:

[GP]

England :bow:

India :pal:

[Syn]

Interesting situation in the Third Test. Rampaul went off injured and Windies were left with just 3 bowlers to bowl 90 overs (if Darren Sammy actually counts as a village bowler). Chanderpaul bowled for the first time in 5 years and took the weirdest wicket I've ever seen. Laxman was stumped leaving a ball. I've ruined Kohli's chances of becoming a decent cricketer by constantly talking him up. Mukund's already better than Sehwag so glad he'll be opening against England.

Anyway, Dennis Dhoni's playing a don of an innings. He has a decent average for someone with no technique or quality. 65* so far but already 6 down with the worst player ever to take 400 wickets at the crease with him. Prepared for some village garbage now that all the proper batsman are out.

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England 268-9 off 50 overs

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Cook :bow:

95 of 70 odd balls.

ach :pal:

Yeah cos im the only one who has concerns about Cook not being an ODI players. :doh:

[Ollie the Optimist]

Yeah cos im the only one who has concerns about Cook not being an ODI players. :doh:

england won the series, cook got a ton and 95*. i think the doubters can fuck off after that :)

[IBK]

Series win over arguably the 2nd best one day team in the world? I'll take that!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bresnan is Mr. Reliable.

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WI and India drew the final test

India win the series.

On to England

[Ollie the Optimist]

india were a joke yesterday, had plenty of time to get the runs, think they only needed 180 odd with 7 wickets left and shake for an early draw. farcical. if england did that, id be fucked off

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Sehwag :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol:

Also, England vs India tomorrow then. :popcorn:

Broad or Bresnan?

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I think Broad is playing. Should be a great series if the weather stays fine. Interesting selection dilemma from the Indian perspective is Raina or Yuvraj...as it's against England I would pick yuvraj but raina will probably be picked on form.

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Broad does indeed start.

Also, India won the toss and chose to bowl. Play hasn't started yet though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

19-1, Zaheer got Cook out lbw.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dravid dropped one. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

43-1 at lunch.

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Anyone watching the lunch time talk? Its about the decline of Test cricket. How they can make it more exciting etc

Beefy speaking shit as usual saying theres nothing wrong and its T20 thats under decline :lol:

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62-2

Strauss gone

Khan :bow:

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England have scored 20 runs in an hour

Awful

Even worse, just realised Sehwag isnt playing anf will miss the 2nd Test as well if not more. Interest in this series is dying as we speak. Only Sachin can save it now

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Think Zaheer has pulled his hamstring

Hes gone off

[Boss]

Destroying those filthy goras.

Come on India.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

forgot bout this

England vs The Godmen

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No play since tea

Inspection at 6pm

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/cricket/3706161/Monty-Panesar-has-been-helping-Sachin-Tendulkar-prepare-for-Test-series.html

Monty :bow:

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Play to resume at half 6. Will play up to half 7.

Expecting Anderson to be out there soon

[Syn]

Oh no, now Tendulkar will be good...

[Syn]

Oh, and if Kohli was in instead of Dravid, England would be 4 down by now. His reflexes aren't what they used to be.

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Started raining again and play has been called off for the day :lol:

Umpires to blame tbh. Stopped raining 45 mins to an hour ago but for some reason they had the inspection at 6 and then said play will resume at half 6 so lost a lot of time there instead of just playing again as sooon as it stopped raining.

Tests :rose:

[Syn]

Probably for the best that this Test gets rained off. England look much sharper than India from what we've seen today.

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KP a lot more positive today after the shocker he had yesterday. Still 37 off 100 balls is pretty pathetic.Trott as you'd expect still as boring as ever.

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Trott gone finallyKumar with the wicket

[McNamara That Ghost...]

KP should've been out. :lol: No DRS system = India's fault.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

KP is close to a 100.

:popcorn:

[Japan Shaking All Over]

KP should've been out. :lol: No DRS system = India's fault.

hahaha! fuck no smilies on my smart phone!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pietersen did indeed get his century. Bell and Morgan were out soon after though. :doh:

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Bell gone for a quick 45

Moegan 3 balls in

shit missed Morgan wtf

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45 off 70 odd balls is hardly what id call quick. Its not Trottesque admittedly but still slow

Morgan should concentrate on real cricket

KP :bow:

Also Dhonis bowling? wtf :blink:

Shows how seriously we are taking this series if we have our wicketkeeper bowling :lol:

Tests :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

300-5 currently.

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Dravids wicketkeeping is awesome

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305-5 at tea

Btw this is the 2000th Test match ever.

Best Test ever? Not sure about that but the best series ever and by quite some distance is the obvious one. When the all conquering Aussies got thier asses handed to them.

Thats right. India v Bucknor and co in 2001

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Prior gets his fifty.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

390-6. Prior is out on 71.

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Prior gone for 71

Kumar with his 4th

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Broad gone first ball :lol:

Awful player

Kumar has 5 :bow:

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Swann digging in......he is a good player

450 soon up

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Swann gone

Bowled Raina

Last 4 overs have seen 49 runs. Just how Cricket should be

[McNamara That Ghost...]

A classy stroke by Tremlett for four.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

KP very close to his double century.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And KP gets it, what a innings. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England declare on 474-8.

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KP 200 :bow:

The South African has done well

England declare on 474-8

Anderson :pal: If my captain declared before i had the chance to bat, id whack him on the head with the bat

[McNamara That Ghost...]

India close on 17-0.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Going to be an interesting day, early wickets will set things up nicely
but if KP can put a score like that then Im sure Sachin can do so too, havent read if the wicket is turning tho, any news?

[Syn]

I'm sure Swann could turn it on a day 3 Lords wicket. If it hasn't been turning it's because Harbhajan is utter shite these days. His bowling average in the last few years is well over 35. Fucking pie-chucking knobhead. Losing Zaheer was a massive blow.

Anyway, South Africa have done superbly to post such a strong total. And fair play with the aggressive declaration. The weather forecast seems quite good today and India might well be looking at following on before the day's over.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

63-1, Broad bowls Gambhir.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Broad gets Mukund also. 83-2, Mukund dragged it on, out on 49.

[Cripps_orig]

FFSCome back Sehwag. All is forgiven

[Cripps_orig]

Sachin gone for 34

Bowled Broad, Caught Swann

Someone needs to drug test Broad. The guy is awful but he has all 3 wickets? Somethings not right here

[Cripps_orig]

Broad should have had Laxman

Easy catch dropped at slip by Strauss

[Cripps_orig]

And another dropped catch :lol:

Broad :lol:

This time by Swann

Laxman again

[McNamara That Ghost...]

One of them was Dravid. Dravid's one was an absolute dolly. Strauss. :doh:

[Cripps_orig]

They all look the same tbh

[Syn]

Details are wrong, gents.

Laxman's drop was the sitter for Strauss. Swann grassed a more difficult-but-still-easy catch from Dravid.

Oh it's all going so horribly wrong.

Hope god pisses down soon. (Not Tendulkar, the other guy)

[Cripps_orig]

Dravid has his 50

Innings of the Test so far imo

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Details are wrong, gents.

Laxman's drop was the sitter for Strauss. Swann grassed a more difficult-but-still-easy catch from Dravid.

Oh it's all going so horribly wrong.

Hope god pisses down soon. (Not Tendulkar, the other guy)

Oh I see.

[Cripps_orig]

Laxman gone

Looked out of sorts

Bowled Tremlett, caught Trott. Even the catch was boring tbh

182-4

All down to Dravid

[Cripps_orig]

Raina :doh:

Didnt take the 2nd run which was there so hes on strike and out next ball, caught lbw bowled Swann.

Shocker from him.

Come on Dhoni

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Raina. :wave:

Swann. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

193-5 at tea

[Cripps_orig]

Nasser and Athers talking about the All time World XI shown by the ICC recently.

Sehwag is in the team :bow:

How he is missed

[Cripps_orig]

240-6

Dhoni gone for 28

Caught Swann, bowled Tremlett

Think its Harbhajan next

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Harbhajan. :lol: Just when you think he'll come in and do something daft, he'll probably get a fifty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ok so he'll do something daft on this occasion. 241-7.

[Cripps_orig]

:doh:

Will Zaheer bat?

[Japan Shaking All Over]

lol

[Cripps_orig]

Want England to enforce the follow on tbh and then Sachin to score a century.

[Cripps_orig]

How many times will England have the sub fielder on?

Its taking the piss now

[Cripps_orig]

Kumar :bow:

Whacking it all over the place

Runs and wickets

MOTM by a mile

[McNamara That Ghost...]

276-8, Broad with four-for.

[Cripps_orig]

Kumar gone

Broad has 4

276-8

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zaheer has a runner out there. Raina in fact.

[Cripps_orig]

Zaheer is out there :bow:

He manned up.

MOTM by a mile

Has a runner though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dravid is on 98.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dravid gets his century. Excellent innings tbf.

[Cripps_orig]

And there it is

Best innings of the Test so far.

MOTM by a mile

Dravid :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Zaheer gone

Bowled Anderson

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Anderson finally getting in on the act. Great ball.

[Cripps_orig]

286 all out

Sharma gone

Anderson with the wicket.

Broad :pal:

Didnt get the 5

[McNamara That Ghost...]

India all out on 286.

England. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

So England lead by 188.

They need to score quick runs.

Even if they are all out for 200/250 its still a considerable lead so they should go out and whack it.

Anyone leaving or blocking it should be shot.

If anyone does leave/block and the Test ends as a draw then they can only blame themselves

[Syn]

Agree with cripps for once. England are in a brilliant position and should be very aggressive and put India in well before Tea tomorrow. Broad bowled very well for his 4 wickets and a superb knock from Dravid to finally get a ton where it all began. Amazing batsman; one of the very best in history.

[Cripps_orig]

So saying that, what do England do?

In the 5 overs, they are 5-0

2 of which are extras

And people wonder why Tests are dying when even with a 188 run cushion, they still cant take some risks.

[Syn]

In other news, the world would be a better place if harbhajan committed suicide. Sehwag :haha: :haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Cooks gone for 1 off 27 balls :haha:Truly awful.I would say things will get better but Trott is arguably even worse. Looks like a draw to me

[Cripps_orig]

England collapse :bow:

67-5

Sharma has been awesome.

What is most embarrassing is that the collapse happened whilst they were blocking/leaving mode :lol:

That went well

[Cripps_orig]

72-5 at lunch

England lead by 260

If Indias batting clicks and Broads drugs have worn off then we could see an Indian victory

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England. :(

[Cripps_orig]

The lunch time thing is a bit shit today

[Cripps_orig]

Sachin has a virus and hasnt taken part today

[Cripps_orig]

Morgan gone finally

He was showing no interest in scoring runs :doh:

And then he has the nerve to review the catch wheich went straight in to the hands of the fielder.

Sharma has his 4th

[McNamara That Ghost...]

England lead by 306. Still a fairly sizable lead.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good stuff from Prior again, he is on 55. Broad on 36. :blink:

174-6 at lunch.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Another turned down appeal for India that possibly would've changed under DRS. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ravi Shastri. :bow:

Always with the shades.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Broad gets a fifty.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Prior is on 99.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How hasn't Broad played it on? :lol: Then he smacks one for four.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And again. Wow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Prior gets his century.

:bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And England declare on 269-6. England lead by 457.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dravid has opened the batting with Mukund.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

19-1, Mukund bowled by Broad again.

:scarf:

[Cripps_orig]

India closed on 80-1

England need 9 more wickets to win

More importantly, India need 300 something

[McNamara That Ghost...]

94-2, Dravid is gone. Anderson. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

131-3, Laxman is gone now. Anderson again. :scarf:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

135-4, Gambhir gone, lbw Swann.

:d

[Cripps_orig]

142-4 at lunch

Sachin still there so India still favourites

[Cripps_orig]

Sachin got lucky there.

Looked plum lbw but not given

Not having the DRS for LBWs has worked there for India

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Strauss dropped one again?

[PGFC]

:wave: Sachin, it's been a blast.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Indeed, 165-5 now. Anderson. :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

So England aren't flops in one sport after all?

[Cripps_orig]

Dhoni gone

225-6

[LDG]

225-6 Dhoni c Prior b Tremlett 16

Go on boys.

[Cripps_orig]

Harbhajans in the middle now.

Should be entertaining.

He'll either get out or he'll smack it everywhere.

The way cricket should be played

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Come on England.

[Cripps_orig]

Morgan drops one

[Cripps_orig]

Bowdens having a shocker

Another obvious lbw not given

[Cripps_orig]

Harbhajan gone

Anderson has 4

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Harbhajan should have been outapparently. Damn you India and your veto of DRS.

Ah it doesn't matter now, especially given I am way behind. :lol:

:dance:

[LDG]

This is all set up.

Ceeeeumon.

[Cripps_orig]

It was Raina who got away with it.

Thank god for that cos hes needed

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'm having a shocker tbf.

[Cripps_orig]

Kumar gone

Broad with the wicket

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Broad.

:bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Khan with a runner

[Cripps_orig]

Awful review there from Strauss.

Bat was nowhere near it

[Cripps_orig]

Raina gone

Anderson has 5

[LDG]

It's on!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Excellent.

:dance:

[Cripps_orig]

Sharma gone

Broad with the last wicket

England win

On to the 2nd test

[McNamara That Ghost...]

GET IN!

England. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

MOTM award soon

Likely winner? For India, theres Dravid after his awesome century, Kumar who got 5 wickets in the first innings, Sharma with the best bowling and getting 4 wickets in a short space of time, Tendulkar for being Tendulkar :bow:

England - Anderson with 5 wickets, Broad for being hit for 6 sixes in an over against Yuvraj :pal:

South Africa - KP with his 200 and Prior for his 70 odd in the first and century in the 2nd

Tough decision but id go for Tendulkar

Sachin :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

KP gets the MOTM

Unlucky Sachin

[Cripps_orig]

Zaheer Khan out of the 2nd test.

[Cripps_orig]

Cook already out :lol:He's a bit shit.Team news is Bresnan is in for Tremlett and for India, Sreesanth and Yuvraj in for Khan and Gambhir.Broad :lol:

[Syn]

Pleased yuvraj is in. If he survives the first 30 balls he faces, it'll be choas.

[Syn]

Pietersen is plum but not given. SA sure do get away with a lot in england