veloman Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Just got back from watching Warks beat The Heathens (Scotland !) (Wife was born in Scotland btw) We dont half miss Sir Ian and Trott come to that . Brightest moment was when somebody switched the sprinklers on and one part of the crowd got soaked as the wind blew water all over them. Lancs next I think - I hate them !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Wasn't sure where to put this, but here seemed as good a place as any (although I may put it in the 'Recommend Me A Film' thread). I watched the film documentary, Fire In Babylon tonight, and I heartily recommend it anyone who likes cricket. It plots the rise of the West Indies cricket team of the mid 70s, and follows their domination of the game for the 15 to 20 years that followed. Some great footage, and interviews with all the key players, Richards, Lloyd, Holding, Croft, Greenidge etc. Plus a fantastic sound track, and some of the political and social history thrown in. I urge people to go seek it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIW Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Shame to see that again the pitch seems to be appallingly bad and could see us being docked points. not what we need when we could still be fighting relegation at the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Bell and Trott seem to be in poor form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Bell and Trott seem to be in poor form Yeah I think most of the Central Contracted players are not gonna be much cop this early in the season. I'd think they're all probably knackered, after a tour of Australia and the World Cup. I think them coming back to play a few county games is more about giving them time in the middle, ready for Sri Lanka and India in the Summer, rather than expecting them to start ripping up trees. I notice KayPee was out cheaply by one of the University teams the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 docked 8 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIW Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Could have been 24 so it's something. Will just have to win the game now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 I'm all for uneven pitches. Better than having a ridiculously flat pitch where about 1500 runs are scored and about 6 wickets are taken over 4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Surprised no one has mentioned the test series against Sri Lanka. The tourists were all out for 400 but Cook and Trott are already back in the Ashes groove...Cook currently 103 no and Trott 87 no, England 222 for 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Ah cos it's been raining and not much of a match so far. Much more amusing is worcestershire doing a sounness and hiring the cricketing equivalent of ali dia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Blimey, coppers involved now? I heard Phil Mackie talking to Agnew about it on TMS at lunch yesterday. What it doesn't say in that Guardian report (but Phil says on the link on this page) is that, apparently, he also played for Worcs seconds in 2003 (when the present Worcs skipper was also in the seconds, I believe). Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Pietersen fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Nice work Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Ian Bell - 98 & Jonathan Trott - 203, have done Warwickshire proud today playing for England! Not the most exciting match to watch but we're getting there. Can't help thinking a draw is on the cards though mainly due to the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 aye, a shame, weather has been great here in cardiff until about a week, ten days ago and then the cricket comes to town :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Ian Bell - 98 & Jonathan Trott - 203, have done Warwickshire proud today playing for England! Not the most exciting match to watch but we're getting there. Can't help thinking a draw is on the cards though mainly due to the weather. It's just a shame you'll rarely see them in a Warwickshire shirt all summer !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Great stuff from the Warks boys, hopefully we wont bother to declare, and let our guys get some batting practise in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Trott is just incredibly reliable. Only failed to turn one test fifty into a test century, could be reaching 2000 test runs without having played test cricket for 2 years, and has the second highest 20 innings plus average of all time. Respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 (For batting, but you all knew that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 i dunno, would be nice to smash out for a lead of around 200 and then have a go at them, but with Anderson out i imagine it'll be tough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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