Cricket

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 6:16 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 6:08 pm I cant be often that a team wins after a declaration and a follow-on

I've never heard pf that happening.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:48 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 6:03 pm When I look at that, I dunno, score or whatever it’s plainly obvious this was one hell of a close match. Test. Event. Colonization. I don’t know what you call a cricket game.

Pretty sure that's just a telephone number.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:12 am

New Zealand again won a test match on the final ball.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Mon Mar 13, 2023 7:07 am

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:01 pm

Just heard about this on the great "Sports Bizarre" podcast...

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:06 am

The Ashes start today on Willow

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:27 am

The water falls on the cedars today.

(wtf are you talking about, man?)

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 2:24 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:27 am The water falls on the cedars today.

(wtf are you talking about, man?)

The test match series between England and Australia (the trophy for winning is The Ashes) and is on Willow TV.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Jun 16, 2023 2:46 pm

Why Google when you can just be a jackass.

(thanks)

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:09 am

Interesting now. 5th day of the 1st test. Australia need 117 and England needs 5 wickets. 46 overs left so probably 50/50 who wins.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:01 am

Tea. Australia needs 98 runs, England needs 5 wickets.

Did England declare at 393 in their first inning(s)? Was that a reasonable move at the time?

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:14 am

Wicket! Australia needs 89 to win. Four wickets left.

Australia got 48 in their first innings after the sixth wicket. England got 77 in their second innings after 6.

Drama.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:45 am

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 11:01 am Tea. Australia needs 98 runs, England needs 5 wickets.

Did England declare at 393 in their first inning(s)? Was that a reasonable move at the time?

To win yes. They could have kept batting and killed more time into Day 2 which would probably result in a draw. There are always risks with declarations and Stokes has been known to captain to win. Also they wanted Broad and company throwing 30 fastballs at the surprised and unprepared Aussies late in the day in bad light.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 1:07 pm

Oz one big shot away from winning

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 1:13 pm

I thought England had it when they got the 8th wicket. But it looks like that's all they're going to get.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Tue Jun 20, 2023 1:24 pm

Shackledraggers win

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 11:58 am

England collapse Australia close to going 2-0 up

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:35 pm

Baloney wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 11:58 am England collapse Australia close to going 2-0 up

Need Bazball now

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 5:02 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:35 pm
Baloney wrote: ↑Sat Jul 01, 2023 11:58 am England collapse Australia close to going 2-0 up
Need Bazball now

That might be the problem.

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:55 pm

England’s problem is their best bowlers are past it.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:05 pm

Oz win including a controversial run out.

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:59 pm

It was an unbelievable day of cricket. Honestly Stokes’ knock deserved more, but once he went the tail unraveled quickly.

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:27 pm

Another really interesting day in what is turning into an incredible Ashes. Honestly, it could be 3-0 for either side at this point. England absolutely mashed the gas for about five hours today, and Crawley nearly got a double ton at over a run a ball. Question now is when do England declare? To have a chance of getting the Ashes back they HAVE to win, but the weather forecast for the weekend is shit. Would be a shame for the aussies to retain the ashes with a weather draw at this point, so I’d like to see England bat like mad for about thirty minutes and then try to get ten. Wicket looked much more unpredictable the last part of the day, so there are strange bounces a plenty coming.

Tom 1860 · Post by **Tom 1860** » Thu Jul 20, 2023 3:26 pm

Square Rob wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:27 pm Another really interesting day in what is turning into an incredible Ashes. Honestly, it could be 3-0 for either side at this point. England absolutely mashed the gas for about five hours today, and Crawley nearly got a double ton at over a run a ball. Question now is when do England declare? To have a chance of getting the Ashes back they HAVE to win, but the weather forecast for the weekend is shit. Would be a shame for the aussies to retain the ashes with a weather draw at this point, so I’d like to see England bat like mad for about thirty minutes and then try to get ten. Wicket looked much more unpredictable the last part of the day, so there are strange bounces a plenty coming.

The reason England are scoring so quickly is because they know the weather forecast is horrible. As a test match is played over 5 days and the first three matches have been resolved within 3 days (when taking weather into account), so hopefully all is good. The Aussies have picked a fairly defensive team and likely are playing the weather, knowing this the English have been smashing the ball all over the shop...

Square Rob · Post by **Square Rob** » Thu Jul 20, 2023 3:44 pm

For sure they needed to be aggressive today, but the English have been scoring runs at high rates since baz took over, not just today. It’s simplistic to say bazball is just about scoring fast, but it’s primarily about playing without fear.

I’d also argue that the aussies picked an offensive team, not a defensive one. They dropped spin and added two allrounders to strengthen the tail after Lords.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu Jul 20, 2023 4:15 pm

Today showed how much Australia miss Nathan Lyon tying up one end.

Tom 1860 · Post by **Tom 1860** » Thu Jul 20, 2023 4:29 pm

Square Rob wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 3:44 pm For sure they needed to be aggressive today, but the English have been scoring runs at high rates since baz took over, not just today. It’s simplistic to say bazball is just about scoring fast, but it’s primarily about playing without fear.

I’d also argue that the aussies picked an offensive team, not a defensive one. They dropped spin and added two allrounders to strengthen the tail after Lords.

They strengthened the tail to bat for longer, not to make this competitive. The best way to keep the opposition from scoring is by batting for a long time. The longer they bat, the less time England have to score with the weather closing in. Also, as mentioned by Baloney, Lyons would have played and bowled a lot if available, he would have also got through his overs quickly. Australia's bowling rate has been so slow during this series, this is because there is no Lyons and they do not want to bowl quickly.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:56 am

Well that was a fun last wicket partnership, tough to be left stranded on 99 not out.

Wonder when Cummins last had figures of 1-129

Tom 1860 · Post by **Tom 1860** » Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:31 pm

Baloney wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:56 am Well that was a fun last wicket partnership, tough to be left stranded on 99 not out.

Wonder when Cummins last had figures of 1-129

Cummins looked knackered and pretty annoyed at the end of England's innings today. All three top Aussie bowlers gave up 120+ runs, which has never happened before to them.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:56 pm

Australians must have the prayer mat out for rain

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:53 am

Baloney wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:56 pm Australians must have the prayer mat out for rain

Yup. England screwed by their own weather.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:40 am

Another close finish upcoming, Oz need 89 runs, England need 2 wickets

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:02 pm

Brooklyn versus Cricket World Cup
https://www.bxtimes.com/cricket-stadium ... k-hurdles/

Post by **brian** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:36 pm

ODI World Cup kicks off tonight with a rematch of the classic 2019 final - England v New Zealand.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:53 am

BeckyHammon’s hoodie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:36 pm ODI World Cup kicks off tonight with a rematch of the classic 2019 final - England v New Zealand.

NZ bossing this, could win with 10+ overs to spare at current rate

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:18 am

Baloney wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:53 am
BeckyHammon’s hoodie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:36 pm ODI World Cup kicks off tonight with a rematch of the classic 2019 final - England v New Zealand.
NZ bossing this, could win with 10+ overs to spare at current rate

yeah, in todays cricket sub-300 isn't going to cut it

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:53 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:18 am
Baloney wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:53 am
BeckyHammon’s hoodie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:36 pm ODI World Cup kicks off tonight with a rematch of the classic 2019 final - England v New Zealand.
NZ bossing this, could win with 10+ overs to spare at current rate
yeah, in todays cricket sub-300 isn't going to cut it

May have a chance of defending that on an English wicket, I doubt they could have defended 350 today.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:52 am

Pakistan about to set the record for a World Cup run chase - 345 runs

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:47 am

England beaten by Afghanistan

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 10:16 am

The chokers are at it again. 52/4 chasing 245