- Location
- Surrey
- Country
- England
A very good start by England, currently have Sri Lanka 112/7. 😎
On the honours boards with bat and ball, not bad for only 2 (?) tests at lords!Not bad for a no.8! Proper shots too.
Hilarious?Hilarious century from Gus Atkinson.
He averages around 20 in first class cricket - which I guess indicates "he can bat a bit". By hilarious, I meant unlikely yet entertaining from a tail ender. Perhaps a wrong choice of words.Hilarious?
It was nothing short of brilliant. The guy’s a quality bat. He is having an epic series.
Yes, England could do with more of a test. These one sided games are not the test needed to take on the Aussie "ultimate sportsmen" (cheats).Enjoyed Joe dropping that catch, and the rubbish shot, otherwise remorselessly brilliant.
Dedicated his century to Graham Thorpe who helped him make his mark.
Shame it's a bit one-sided.
It only needs a last wicket partnership of, say, 350 for Sri Lanka to make it a contest.
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It's the Freemasons, sorry, I meant "Lord's members".Unusual dismissals this morning. Duckett out to a "relay" catch and Pope caught by the only offside fielder within about 50 yards.
Jofra Archer to come back in?I thought the point of playing Olly Stone was that he's fast and we need pace bowlers for the upcoming Australia.
Well, I have to be honest he doesn't look that quick to me, he's around 84-87 and that's not going to cut it....especially as he's injured so often. If you wanted a bowler for 85 mile an hour bowling then Sam Cook has a better record than Stone.
Is it the case that English county cricket only has one bowler capable of bowling consistently over 90+.....seems to be the case and that's worrying because you're not beating Australia with 84-87 mile an hour bowling.
His injury levels are similar to Stone. If he proves that he can bowl at over 88 for 15 overs a day then sure....but I have my doubts.Jofra Archer to come back in?
Not with my good wishes, I regard cricket as self harming itself enough for a quick buck as it is.....there needs to be protection for Test Cricket.Should they reduce tests to four days and then have an extra day if a certain amount is rained off? I'm struggling to remember any five day matches not caused by the weather.
Not with my good wishes, I regard cricket as self harming itself enough for a quick buck as it is.....there needs to be protection for Test Cricket.
They've bowled well but the way some of ours got out it almost looked as though they want our bowlers make use of the conditions as well. Atkinson and Woakes should be hard to deal with anyway.Batting not quite working right now but probably still enough runs to pressure Sri Lanka.