Cricket Thread

Travelling down to Plymouth, won't get to see it until about 3:50 and it'll probably be over by then anyway. :lol:

Day off tomorrow so it'll be on in the background whilst im doing stuff.

We'll probably lose though cos il be watching

Eng 111-2 off 20 oversCook went lbw P Kumar for 3. Kieswetter went bowled by Kohli for 362 South Africans in the middle atm. Both in the 30s

KP 50 off 48 balls

135-2 off 25 overs

154-3

KP gone for 64 to a left arm spinner

298-4 off 50 overs

Only a brilliant 70 from 40 odd balls from the Indian Patel got England up to that.

Trott was 98 not out but is being rightly critisised cos England at one point was set for a massive total but his slowness is killing the team.

Bopara was out for 24 bowled P Kumar

Pakistan 511-6 declared

Umar got a double century

SL 5-1

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From I. Bell: "Selfish play there from Trott, looked more concerned with getting to a personal 100 rather than risk accelerating for the good of the team."

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Bell :bow:

79-1

Patel gone lbw Bresnan

Looked to be pitching offline to me and a bit high

India 113-1 in reply to England's 298-4.
And the odds on ladbrokes for England to win are a crazy 2-1. Still a long way to go in this match - worth a tenner.
India require another 186 runs with 9 wickets and 28.1 overs remaining

190-2

Gambhir gone for 58

Brilliant catch from KP. Finn bowling

229-4

Rahane gone for 91

Raina for 0

235-5

Kohli gone for 35

LBW Swann

62 from 48 needed

36 needed off the last 4 overs

This Dernback Pub Teamer is a bit shit isnt he?

Dhoni and Jadeja in the middle. Dhoni looks quality

30 from last 3 overs

282-5

17 needed from 2 overs

Good over for India there

Kieswetter :haha:

Kicked the stumps before hitting the stumps for what would have been an obvious run out

Dernbach :haha:

A wide and now a no ball

Awful bowler

7 needed from the last over

Dhoni on strike

Bresnan to bowl the last over

Dernbach hauled off the field

Worst England player of all time? Quite possibly and thats saying something when they have had the likes of Andrew "Fat Fuck" Flintoff playing for them

Boundary off the first ball of the last over

3 from 5 needed

India win. Cock.

Another boundary and India have done it

Dhoni :bow:

What a captain, what a player.

England&SA :haha:

3-0 to the champions, 3-0 to the champions

shit.....

Dhoni's such a gangster. Thinks he's the fucking man.

Good game.

Watch the closing stages of this.

What a shocker England had. :lol:

Seriously though, England need to do something about Trott. If not for him, England would have got well over 300. 320 was easily possible but Trott bats only for himself.

Sure if you just look at his runs then hes an awesome player but you have to score quick and he cant do that

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Dernbach to continue... Dhoni run out! NOOOO! Kieswetter has made a real dog's dinner of that, swivelling to whip the bails off only to kick down the stumps before he made contact with his gloves

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:haha:

Although im pretty sure it was Jadeja and not Dhoni

Samit Patel wins the motor bike

Rahane motm

Deadrubber and not really watching but just thought it was quite funny that Sunny Gavaskar says:

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BBC Test Match Special's Sunil Gavaskar
"England are just about opening up now. Both the batsmen were watchful early on, which was understandable, but now they've got a move on. India could be chasing leather for a while."

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...2 balls later both batsmen are out. Gavaskar :haha:

And I get mentioned on TMS on BBC Sport:

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From Ash in Cambridgeshire, TMS inbox: "Would Mr. Gavaskar like to predict the lotto numbers - just so I know what not to pick..."

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Played to the crowd a bit there. :geek:

Also seems India are FINALLY playing Varun Aaron. Some kid who's already the fastest bowler in Indian history - consistently clocks 90mph+.

There's no substitute for proper pace.

India win by 6 wickets and with 9.5 overs to spare. The most stylish batsman in cricket top scored with 86*. Raina hit 80. And no-one else in the match got to 50 (though Bresnan got close).

Varun Aaron took 3-24...knocked the stumps off with all three. Full and straight.

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Originally Posted by Syn

Deadrubber and not really watching but just thought it was quite funny that Sunny Gavaskar says:



...2 balls later both batsmen are out. Gavaskar :haha:

And I get mentioned on TMS on BBC Sport:



Played to the crowd a bit there. :geek:

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Lucky cunt. Didnt realise your surname was Gavaskar

India Set England a 272 to win the game

England on 151 for 5

India win by 95 Runs, England collapsed bad.

White washed too 5-0 in the series

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Originally Posted by Sky Sports

World Champions India have completed a 5-0 brownwash of England&SA. After India Reserves had a disastrous tour to England, the English media were perhaps cocky to predict anything other than India bending the South Africans over and then fucking them with their tiny penises as sweet revenge. An young Indian side missing the greatest player in history, Sachin Tendulkar, along with star names such as Yuvraj Singh, Virender Shitwag and Zaheer Khan made light work of a frustrated England&SA side with 4 arse-rapings in the 5 match series, and one well-timed chase.

Led by Don Didier, many young players showed why this Indian team could remain champions for years to come. The Indian captain was not out in the entire series scoring 212 runs; including a brilliant 87* to win the only close encounter of the tour. 23 year old opener Rahane showed Shitwag fans would a technically sound opener looks like, recorded consistent scores. Raina was explosive and entertaining maintaining an average of 44. But young batsman stood out. Touted as the next Sachin Tendulkar, with flawless tekkers, an aggressive mentality and impeccable batting style, Virat Kohli was the only man in the series to hit a ton and consistently performed capping off an average of 90.

It’s hard to tell what the South African supporting Englishmen in the media will make of this. “We decided to turn up and battered their talentless arses. Ollie should be fucking embarrassed.”, said all-rounder Jadeja. England&SA have more reason to worry as perhaps some of their South African players may look to go back to playing for the country they are supposed to play for. “I thought I’d play for England because they were a team on the up. After getting humiliated like this, I’m not sure I want to be a part of the same team a fat fuck like Freddie Flintoff used to play for...do you know how strict the ICC are on allowing transfers from England to Bangladesh?”, said Jonathan Trott.

Next for the champions will be a boxing day test in Australia. All eyes yet again will be on God as the wait for his 100^th international century continues.

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Good article.

edit: Nice to see some of the English getting it.

BBC Sport, Ben Dirs:

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"Not really sure what to say about that. One minute I was skipping through a metaphorical meadow on a sunny day, skimming the tops of the tall grass with my hands, the next I was being viciously attacked by a disgruntled farmer with a pitchfork. One thing's for certain - for all the hype, England ain't great yet. You can't use the excuse that we just don't fancy one-day cricket, for better or worse, it's kind of a key part of the sport."

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I lol at the term 'England&SA'.

England. :rose: