Rodders Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 It was a superb knock and with Woakes doing well with bat and really well with the ball it was a terrific day all round for the midlanders. Hopefully a couple more wickets for Woakes todau, if Anderson and Broad dont nab them first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Sri Lanka are shocking and for me its what Test cricket is at the moment. home teams just roll over opponents at the moment which is not great for the fans. this isnt even a contest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 I don't think its just a case of home teams rolling over away teams, Afterall Sri Lanka won in England 3 years ago, but its just the worse Sri Lanka team since the 1980's. Maybe they will learn from this experience but they have lost 3 all time greats since they last came over. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 29, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 29, 2016 'wackily Paul. And England just won in S. Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Yep fair play to Sri Lanka put up a good fight today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted May 30, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2016 Well done to England's finest test batsman on reaching 10,000 today - hopefully he'll finish the game with a half century just to emphasise the point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Great fight from Sri Lanka today. Makes the case that on these tours that if theyd have a couple of extra weeks preparation theyd be more competitive. Tough out there for Mo bowling though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Big congrats to Cook, great achievement... Could get another 5000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 6 hours ago, Rodders said: Great fight from Sri Lanka today. Makes the case that on these tours that if theyd have a couple of extra weeks preparation theyd be more competitive. Tough out there for Mo bowling though. Yes I agree with all that. Slightly strange that Anderson got MOTM not Moeen, even Anderson thought so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Very excited about going to the Yorkshire match tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 What a game that was, just caught the last hour and a half of England's innings. Woakes the villa fan has hit some form out of nowhere with the bat and plunkett steps up with a six on the final ball to draw the game, excellent! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 With Woakes playing like this does stokes get back into the team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Great game of cricket. Watched the start of the England innings, and feared it would be all over well before the 50 overs were bowled. Buttler and Woakes with an outstanding partnership, and Plunkett with the finishing touch. Great stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Seems wrong that it's a draw when we lost one wicket fewer ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 so Bears fans... Been an up and down and washed out kinda season so far, huh? Nice to see Hain get his seasons maiden century against Hampshire on a very flat pitch.. got draw written all over it. Also the continued batting success of Ambrose who keeps playing marvelously when our top order fall down.. again.. and again (Bar Trott sometimes). Also, what do you think about Chopra leaving in a few weeks? I'm a bit sad, I think as a top order batsman in county level, he's very good. I know the captaincy went to Bell and I think that seems to have made him play better. Not sure why he hasn't been in the T20 squad considering his brilliant 98 not out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted July 13, 2016 Moderator Share Posted July 13, 2016 Yeah, there's something odd about the chops chop. They seem to have dipped a bit since it was confirmed. I think he wanted to stay/ get a new contract. I guess it might be a combination of wanting to promote Young players through and maybe saving money? The squad is good but a few of them are knocking on, now. Losing an opener when it's the top order thats the problem seems odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Great first day of the Lords test. Woakes doing the business for England, and just about giving us the edge I'd say. I did enjoy Misbah's celebrations for his ton though. Finn seems to be in shocking form. I'd say he has to be the one to make way for Stokes on current form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Yes the only puzzling thing to me and I didn't watch any was why after Woakes got two wickets Cook took so long to bring him on for his second spell. Misbah is amazing. I actually think Pakistan will be pretty happy with today. With Amir back in the side, their bowling attack is pretty special and anything over 350 would be excellent. Certainly this is going to be far more competitive series than the Sri Lanka one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Some sad news. Only saw him playing at Durham the other week for Hampshire. Get well soon, Carbs. From the BBC Quote Michael Carberry: England and Hampshire batsman diagnosed with cancer 8 minutes ago From the section Cricket Share this page Breaking news England batsman Michael Carberry has been diagnosed with a cancerous tumour, his county Hampshire have confirmed. The 35-year-old missed his side's County Championship match against Warwickshire after feeling unwell, and was sent for tests. Further medical examinations will now been taken before he has treatment. "I would like to send him and his family our very best wishes at this very difficult time," Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove said. It is not the first time Carberry has battled serious illness, having recovered from blood clots on one of his lungs in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 I hope they caught it early enough. Its seems he's a very unlucky man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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