The Cricket Thread. - Page 479

Hikarufan · August 5th, 2017, 01:32 PM

Well the Australian team is employed again so we might be able to knock something together for the up coming Ashes series. It was looking like England would play the Burrumbuttock first eleven but we'll save them for another time.

**countjimmoriarty** · August 5th, 2017, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Hikarufan

Well the Australian team is employed again so we might be able to knock something together for the up coming Ashes series. It was looking like England would play the Burrumbuttock first eleven but we'll save them for another time.

Wouldn't have been a tour at all if you hadn't finally got your sorry arses in gear.

**DB83** · August 5th, 2017, 07:37 PM

Baring some miracle performance I will right now put a shilling on Jimmy Anderson being MOM.

Not many get to have it away at their own end

- ok, maybe that couple watching the game from their bed got some hanky-panky under the sheets

- and he may still get that elusive 5-for at Old Trafford.

Rowland-Jones has got a hat-trick tho. Not many if any bowler can claim the wicket of the same batsman 3 from 3

**rewbear** · August 5th, 2017, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DB83

Baring some miracle performance I will right now put a shilling on Jimmy Anderson being MOM.

Yeah, the way he steamed in their first few overs I thought he was going to win it there and then.

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Originally Posted by DB83

Not many get to have it away at their own end

- ok, maybe that couple watching the game from their bed got some hanky-panky under the sheets

- and he may still get that elusive 5-for at Old Trafford.

See above - he's certainly fired up enough.

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Originally Posted by DB83

Rowland-Jones has got a hat-trick tho. Not many if any bowler can claim the wicket of the same batsman 3 from 3

Especially not a master craftsman like Amli.

I'm really looking forward to the next couple of days.

**rupertramjet** · August 6th, 2017, 09:19 AM

In the day, Jonny Bairstow did make one century, his hundredth test dismissal. I am absolutely delighted for him! He comes across very well in the interviews I have seen with him too.

But are we once again in the flash in the pan moment? A tiring touring side, close to the end of the series, and thinking of home? God I hope not! But the batting does still need some work, in the last two innings it has been a singularly great innings that has allowed England to post a decent target, a change is still very much needed at 2 for example.

**victor meldrew** · August 6th, 2017, 01:29 PM

Not the easiest pitch to bat on as currently lots of uneven bounce, even Root is not having it all his own way, 150+ might be a decent score.

Things must be bad as both TMS & Sky have mentioned the return of a certain Mr Bell at three.

**Roger Allott** · August 6th, 2017, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by victor meldrew

Things must be bad as both TMS & Sky have mentioned the return of a certain Mr Bell at three.

If Old Trafford can have a James Anderson End, will Edgbaston get a Bell End?

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**rupertramjet** · August 6th, 2017, 05:21 PM

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If Old Trafford can have a James Anderson End, will Edgbaston get a Bell End?

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They already have! Whoops showing my known bias! Seriously he has to be first choice for the selectors, fifty seventh in the county averages, with a fantastic 27,58 average! Ballance is averaging 101 in eleven innings for Yorkshire, and a double hundred too!

**victor meldrew** · August 6th, 2017, 11:27 PM

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Not the easiest pitch to bat on as currently lots of uneven bounce, even Root is not having it all his own way, 150+ might be a decent score.

Unless your name is Moeen Ali, here catch this Mr Bairstow. Even the skipper has a laugh.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40845101

**DB83** · August 7th, 2017, 07:46 PM

Well I did say it would take a miracle to snatch MOTH from Jimmy and that miracle was in the shape of Moeen.

And this time I heard that it was indeed the $ky commentary team that decides.

But that same team was harking on just how good a No.8 he is which you can also turn around saying that he was not so good in the other 6 or more positions he has played.

But he did make the break-tho when I was beginning to think that S.A. could save this one with a little help from some more rain.

August 5th, 2017, 01:32 PM	#4781
Hikarufan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Down under Posts: 399 Thanks: 68 Thanked 4,200 Times in 395 Posts	Well the Australian team is employed again so we might be able to knock something together for the up coming Ashes series. It was looking like England would play the Burrumbuttock first eleven but we'll save them for another time.

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DB83 Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,472 Thanks: 1,948 Thanked 12,019 Times in 1,458 Posts	Baring some miracle performance I will right now put a shilling on Jimmy Anderson being MOM. Not many get to have it away at their own end - ok, maybe that couple watching the game from their bed got some hanky-panky under the sheets - and he may still get that elusive 5-for at Old Trafford. Rowland-Jones has got a hat-trick tho. Not many if any bowler can claim the wicket of the same batsman 3 from 3

August 6th, 2017, 09:19 AM	#4785
rupertramjet R.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Cloud cuckoo land Posts: 4,300 Thanks: 26,852 Thanked 54,117 Times in 4,288 Posts	In the day, Jonny Bairstow did make one century, his hundredth test dismissal. I am absolutely delighted for him! He comes across very well in the interviews I have seen with him too. But are we once again in the flash in the pan moment? A tiring touring side, close to the end of the series, and thinking of home? God I hope not! But the batting does still need some work, in the last two innings it has been a singularly great innings that has allowed England to post a decent target, a change is still very much needed at 2 for example.

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victor meldrew Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: At the bottom of an empty glass Posts: 15,778 Thanks: 531,920 Thanked 180,035 Times in 15,766 Posts	Not the easiest pitch to bat on as currently lots of uneven bounce, even Root is not having it all his own way, 150+ might be a decent score. Things must be bad as both TMS & Sky have mentioned the return of a certain Mr Bell at three.

August 7th, 2017, 07:46 PM	#4790
DB83 Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,472 Thanks: 1,948 Thanked 12,019 Times in 1,458 Posts	Well I did say it would take a miracle to snatch MOTH from Jimmy and that miracle was in the shape of Moeen. And this time I heard that it was indeed the $ky commentary team that decides. But that same team was harking on just how good a No.8 he is which you can also turn around saying that he was not so good in the other 6 or more positions he has played. But he did make the break-tho when I was beginning to think that S.A. could save this one with a little help from some more rain.