England cricket

[Stirlingsays]

Thomas Rew to captain the England Lions, he's 18 and the squad includes his older brother. He must be good.

Let's hope they don't Rew the day.

I'll get me coat.

 

[chris123]

Maybe the working pleb is being priced out of attending live professional sport over there just as they are being over here.

I heard there were 20,000 in total watching the 1st test SA against Australia, so quite possibly

 

[steeleye20]

A crushing defeat, what an amazing game.

Brook hits over 200 the first time it has been done in an ODI.

But he stubbonly persevered with Curran when he was being carted all over the place.

Poor bowling by the England attack.

Congrats to Sri Lanka.

😕

 

[chris123]

A crushing defeat, what an amazing game.

Brook hits over 200 the first time it has been done in an ODI.

But he stubbonly persevered with Curran when he was being carted all over the place.

Poor bowling by the England attack.

Congrats to Sri Lanka.

😕

Rarely disagree when we're talking leather on willow, superb run chase, which I doubted when they put us in.

 

[chris123]

Not sure how we didn't defend such a huge score, but need to win the next two starting today.

 

[Pete53]

Not sure how we didn't defend such a huge score, but need to win the next two starting today.

I do wonder if a little bit of complacency and lack of urgency sets in when you have made such a huge score in your innings, with the reassuring thought that the opposition are highly unlike to get anywhere near your total. Just bowl your overs and the result will take care of itself.

 

[chris123]

I do wonder if a little bit of complacency and lack of urgency sets in when you have made such a huge score in your innings, with the reassuring thought that the opposition are highly unlike to get anywhere near your total. Just bowl your overs and the result will take care of itself.

Some of the shots this morning suggest a visit home, awful.

 

[chris123]

Some of the shots this morning suggest a visit home, awful.

All caught except for the ridiculous runout.

 

[Stirlingsays]

The core of the problem has always been the ECB, they waste a huge amount of money on rewarding mediocracy. England provide very good wages and contracts but our positions in the test and one day tables don't lie......Why aren't players being paid based upon performance like it would be in the real world.

I've always been very skeptical......It's not about becoming the best and making the best use of the available population but instead it's about money.when much more of their focus should have been on spreading the game into working class areas and helping small and starting clubs, building pitches instead of ensuring that they and their mates make a nice fat living from the game.

There are vast areas in working class communities where if your common working class lad had an interest in playing cricket there is nowhere local for them to do it.

Criminal waste.

 

[ArjunMehtaCricket]

Fair point about the top order — I was thinking the same after that last session, especially with how much pressure the middle order has been under when the openers go early. For anyone following the series closely, I have been checking scores and updates on Sky Exchange — handy for keeping up between innings, and it makes those batting collapses a bit easier to follow when you can see the score moving ball by ball. Hopefully the next Test brings a bit more stability at the top.