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England 8/240
vs Sri Lanka
first for anime
atleast you used a new image I guess
cricket is gay
Just woke up lads
>>67719328
PLEASE
>>67719328
Back to /bundes/ fag
>>67719299
kys threadcunt
How many overs will they play today if it stays dry?
>>67719341
He unironically only watches t20. There is a Swiss guy who does the same thing.
>>67719351
At most 50 each you fucking fool.
>not understanding how ODIs work
>britbong education
>>67719351
Just 1 more m8
>>67719328
>>67719355
i'm actually half-watching the test atm
>>67719351
Will they is an actor m8
about 90
How many are england gonna get lads? I'm going for a cheeky 280 with bairstow giving it a bit of tonk
>>67719351
90 overs is standard but they can extend it by 30 mins at the end to make up for lost time yesterday
so the answer is 90+how ever many they can bowl in 30 mins
>>67719402
>bit of tonk
You sound like a massive poofter m8
>>67719402
If Finn or Blanderson can hang around I'd back Basedstow tog et them to 300
>>67719418
At least he's not an aussie though tbqh
>>67719381
>half-watching
You sound like a proper poofter m8
how long is the lunch break?
>Tony Cozier
F
>>67719445
10 hours m8
Where's Trini bro?Are there many white Caribbeans like Tony Cozier?
>>67719445
40mins
>>67719442
>>67719452
lunchtime slags time lads
>>67719473
saved
>>67719473
>>67719328
based hammers
>>67719461
One of the trinidad lads said he hadn't seen a white girl until he island hopped as a teenager
>>67719487
PROGRESSIVE
ENGLAND'S
BRAVE
JONNY
BAIRSTOW
Might go to maccas lads
slags
>>67719529
>cropping the caption
>>67719529
Any one else into assjob porn?
>>67719473
>>67719526
get a HSP lad
>>67719554
I don't like highly sensitive people m8
>>67719473
"Girl" on the left looks like a fat sack of potatoes, yuck
really need this without the shitty watermark
>I watched Fire in Babylon and I want to emulate that
absolutely based
>>67719582
here m8
Based Holding dropping elite truth bombs
>>67719636
Did he finally realise he's senile?
found a bigger version
Why do Aussies have such an obsession with Elyse Toomua?
>>67719688
she's my gf
>>67719684
you are slipping to the quality level of posting shown by your compatriots on normanbook and twitter, sanjay
Lets face it no one cares about Test cricket. The crowds are shit, the TV ratings are shit, and no one wants to watch a 30 hour match. This is why no one attends the Sheffield Shield. Because watching a 24-hour game spread over 4 days is boring as bat shit.
Can you imagine if T20 was the only form of the game for 150 years and someone said:
"Hey I have an idea, we will invent a new form of cricket. Instead of the current 3 hour game which has gone for 150 years, we make it go for 30 hours, spread over 5 days. Each team bats twice and if the match isn't finished, we just call it a "no result"
Yeah, I'm sure such an exciting conept would be a winner.
T20 is the game that cricket should always have been. And a club based concept is the way to go. Hopefully, over the next coupep of decades, Tests and one-dayers are relegated to the histroy books.
Both tests and one-dayers should never have been invented in the first place. They are the "wrong" way to play cricket. It has taken 150 years for people to work out the T20 is actally the real way to play cricket. It's the game we play in backyards and in schools.
>>67719688
That's Poomua to you faggot
reminder that Poomua LITERALLY browses au/sp/
Goosey, you here m8?
About to hit up Icecrown Citadel if you're in
Is this game not on "our" sky sports?
>>67719708
Cricket is so traditional, that people just have their head in the sand.
The fact the each day of the Hobart Test drew no more than 4,000 people doens't seem to matter, to these people that have never bothered to think outside the square.
The facts are the outside Australia and England (lets face it outside of Boxing day really) people don't attend, watch or care about the long form of the game.
Shield matches are attended by two men and a dog. It's true. Deal with it. No one goes.
Why does no one go? Why? Because people are not interestd in watching a 4-day game played over 24 hours.
If T20 was jsut "cricket" and it was the only way it had even been for 150 years, we would have a fabulous thriving domestic summer sport, instead of the crap we've had for 100 years where we essentially have two international teams playing against each other for the whole summer, with no "end point" of "Grand Final" or season culmination to aspire to. Who wants to watch that? There is no point or meaning to it.
Dealing with cricket traditionalists is a bit like dealing with religious fundamentalists. They have their head stuck in the snad and have never been able to "think outside the square" about how cricket should have always been played.
I know I'm right, and over the next couple of decades, you will see that for yourselves. If you want to continue following Shield matches that no one cares about, in front of 200 people or test matches in front of 4,000 people per day, then do it. The rest of the country will be following the true form of cricket (T20) that should have bene the way cricket was invented 150 years ago. That's the game we play in schools and backyards and on the street. Only about 60 living Australians have ever played a 5 day game.
If you disagree.... "sell" your opionion to me. "Sell" to me why tests are so great, and while you are selling them to me, you had better explain why no one wants to attend them anymore.
>>67719726
ABSOLUMENT DEGOUTANT
>>67719708
>bait this obvious
>>67719708
>>67719742
not sure if pasta but I enjoy the long forms of the game including t20
I will continue to watch cricket in all forms for as long as it lasts/I live
>>67719708
test cricket is the premier form of the game because it is the truest test of skill, endurance and mental ability.
Test cricket is more akin a game of chess, and people who are genuine fans of the sport enjoy that aspect of it. By comparison T20 is pretty much just a fireworks display. Able to be enjoyed by people with no interest or knowledge in the subject for a short time.
Test cricket is a sport, a competition, a genuine battle between two opponents. T20 is just flukey and flashy but without substance.
Test cricket:
Batsman must maintain concentration for extended periods often in trying conditions (heat etc) because one mistake means disaster. They have to decide how much of a tradeoff to take between scoring runs and conserving their wicket. They walk a fine line between playing a good shot, and making the small mistake and getting out. Sometimes they have to be able to handle changing conditions, both good and bad. True cricket fans appreciate this skill.
Bowlers in test cricket are all about taking wickets, but depending on the state of the game, might have to do so whilst conserving runs. They have lots of time to strategically plan how to get an opponent out, a batsman who in test cricket will be fighting to keep his wicket as a priority at all costs (unless it's Haddin). They must also walk a fine line between attack and defence, they have to try and get the batsman out because a dot ball does them little good in test cricket, they bowl on all sorts of surfaces, with balls of varying condition, often for very long spells throughout a day, whilst having to maintain aggression and speed. Test bowling is a display of endurance, mental toughness, strategy, and ability.
Captains in test cricket have to assess their situation at any stage of the day. Playing conditions, match state, player injury/fatigue, team-mates strengths, oppositions weaknesses all must come into their thoughts...
>>67719708
They have pretty much free choice of the field at any stage of the innings and so the balance between attacking fielders to get wickets and defensive fielders to save runs is completely up to them. Strategic things like the toss and declarations etc can have huge effects on the game. They have to think about all these things, often under tough conditions for an extended time of the game. In test cricket if you aren't on it all the time, a chance could go begging.
T20:
Batsmen: Swing bat wildly at ball because getting out pretty much doesn't matter (see Bad Haddin). Bad shots go for edges through where the slips should be, pitches are flat and consistent.
Bowlers: Bowl yorkers and slower balls with the sole intention of saving runs, bowl a maximum of 4 overs.
Captains: Fielding restrictions early in the innings, and then spread the field. Bowlers can only bowl 4 overs each so no management or flexibility available to the captain.
T20 is just a shallow, empty, downright dumb mutation of cricket.
>>67719708
>>67719742
ODI are my favourite form of cricket
T20 is too big bash focused and trying to prove that cricket is a spectacle sport
Tests are just too long. You watch the highlights on the news and you literally didn't miss a bit of it. If they imposed something to keep it a little bit more active than 2 runs an over then it might be better. They could make tests better if they wanted to but they just don't care
>>67719770
>>67719765
He's not trolling, guys. He means it.
Fact is that if 20/20 cricket had started all that time ago, it would be just like baseball, i.e. good, but nothing special or unique.
The thing that sets Test and First Class cricket apart is that it's a soap opera as much as it's a sport. It is a totally unique entity in the sporting landscape.
You wanted an argument, well here it is. The crux of your argument is that if 20/20 was how it had always been, nobody in their right mind would think going to Test cricket would be a good idea. This, I agree with. But that doesn't make people in their right mind correct. Test cricket is insane, and we love it for that. Despite all of the conventional wisdom about attention spans, about what makes sport popular, Test cricket ignores it and provides something totally unique.
What I find particularly interesting is that in your little scenario, you mention that 20/20 would make cricket the second most popular sport in the world, behind soccer. Well guess what? Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world ANYWAY, and that is totally on the back of Test cricket. That is why you are wrong. Because in spite of the fact that Test cricket flies in the face of conventional wisdom, it has still been incredibly successful.
20/20, then, seems incomparable. It's a different sport. It's not worse, necessarily (it's a very young sport, and I agree with you that with time, it may develop complexities that rival other 2-3 hour games that have existed for much longer), or better, but fundamentally different. I'd be more inclined to compare 20/20 with footy than with Test cricket.
To use an analogy, 20/20 is a film, Test cricket is a season of a TV series, with each session an episode. One does not compete with the other, and they entertain in very different ways.
Yikes, Anderson will be a nightmare in these conditions
should I watch this or the italian moto gp
>>67719813
>italian moto gp
sounds fucking terrible
>>67719806
looks like a pretty flat headingly wicket to me DESU
>>67719842
ball's moving a lot tbf
>>67719842
a lot of people have got themselves out with poor shots, root and cook in particular
>>67719771
>test cricket is like chess
No its like monopoly drags on too long and everyone just calls it a draw at the end of a too long period of time.
Chess is fast paced and incredibly strategic game where a small one more decision early on can win or lose you the game. Every turn in chess has substance and is influential to the end result of the game. In tests you can have several overs were literally nothing happens "battle between bowler and batsman" meme is shit call it what it is a stalemate, the batsman is waiting for the bowler to make a mistake so he can get a run and the bowler is waiting for the batsman to make a mistake so he can get a wicket.
>>67719860
based statschink
>>67719860
war of attrition
low scoring matches on green tops are based
>>67719860
>Chess is fast paced
>>67719870
I have no problem with long low scoring games. I have a problem with people saying it's a battle and other bullshit when it's literally opposition waiting for the other to slip up. The "meta" for lack of a better word in test cricket is stale. The winning formula is clear and well known. The sport needs something to be injected into it to keep it alive and shake up the "meta" so we don't have these shit stalemates anymore. Just changing the scoring so that there is no draw at the end unless both teams score the exact same number of runs could be enough. Teams do seem too content with getting non results and that is a problem that is easy to fix imo
>>67719868
Not him
Good shot
BASED BAIRSTOW
so rare to see someone who can score runs to all parts of the ground
>>67719927
>The winning formula is clear and well known
this is literally incorrect
T20 and ODI cricket have been reduced to a formula, test games are always subject to the weather, meme declarations or two autists ala VVS and Dravid
>>67719937
>so rare to see someone who can score runs to all parts of the ground
How unfit is this englishman
He looks out of breath constantly
>>67719947
Looks like someone choked the life out of him
>>67719952
A certain bitchwide johnmeme a year ago
It's 1877, and the touring English side is about to play their first Test match against Australia. On a whim, both captains agree to codify the rules for the sport of cricket. A match will not continue indefinately until there is a winner, but will instead go for 40 overs - 20 overs per side.
This radical concept was new, but both captains agreed, that they would be the new rules of the sport.
The tour was a resounding success, with good crowds attending, with many spruiking the faster, exciting nature of the game, with the result all over in about 3 hours.
15 years later, at the conclusion of the tour 1892 tour, Lord Sheffield donated £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association to fund a trophy for an annual tournament of intercolonial cricket in Australia. The three colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia were already playing each other in ad hoc matches of the three hour game, which now was the only way the game was played. The new tournament commenced in the summer of 1892/93, mandating home and away fixtures between each colony each season. The three teams competed for the Sheffield Shield.
This competition was a resounding success, and as the years went by Queensland, and Western Australia were added. The crowds boomed with attendances rivalling that of the newly formed Victorian Football League. People couldn't get enough of cricket. This 3-hour bat and ball sport was proving to be incredibly popular. Soon, it was mooted that new teams be added from the existing states to develop into a club competiton similar to the Summer to what the VFL was to the Winter.
>>67719927
but theres a very good argument to suggest test cricket is a battle, the simple fact that a single mistake can see your innings (and in many cases your test) done, creates an enormous psychological battle
While i can appreciate a lot of drawn tests (mainly the sub-continent) can be boring, they attempted to remedy that with timeless tests and by all accounts it was an abject failure
>>67719963
As the years went by, the tours by the English team would still be made, but they were less frequent as the English had their own successful club competiton back home which was proving to be just as popular as the Australian version. Tours were still made, but the focus of the summer, was on the domestic competition, with international matches being enourmous events, but but not the backbone of the Summer.
By the 1930's the Sheffield Shield had 3 teams from Victoria, 4 from NSW, and one each from Qld, SA and WA.
Due to the exciting nature of the game, the United States had started to play it on the East Coast due to the British Colonial influence. Someone had tried to start a sport called "baseball" there in the late 1890's but cricket was proving too popular. Canada was a similar story with the locals loving the game of cricket.
As the years went by, more and more countries started playing cricket. By the start of the 1970's more than 60 countries were regular particiapants with strong local leagues.
Fast forward to 2010, and the Sheffield Sheild is in its 119th season. There are 16 teams, with two from WA, two from SA, 3 from Melbourne, one from Geelong, 3 from Sydney, one from Newcastle, two from Brisbane, one from North Queensland, and one from Tasmania. The season goes from October through to March with each side playing 30 matches (playing each team twice) with the top 6 contesting the finals series, with the two Grand Finalists making the Champions League.
About 70 other countries have similarly strong leagues, with the American league comprising 32 teams, and being the dominant summer sport in the USA. One of the biggest issues of the day is many of Australia's better players leave the country to pursue lucrative club careers in India, America, and even Europe. A limit of how many "foreign" players can play for a club side in a different country is introduced to keep leagues like the Australian league strong.
>>67719974
Once every four years, a World Cup is held. Every Summer the best of the Australian cricketers come home to particpate in World Cup Qualifying matches, with these matches being held in between the domestic matches, with the big World Cup tournament itself being held in a different country once every 4 years. England are not the only touring side anymore. In fact, it is not surprising for Australia, in any given Summer of World Cup qualifying to play teams from South America and Europe. The World Cup itself it the 2nd biggest event in the world behind the Soccer World Cup.
A lucrative Champions League tournament is held annually also, which generates massive amounts of money, with the top teams in the various World Club competitions participating.
The head of the ICC in 2010-11, John Smith sits down to with the rest of the executives to discuss the future of cricket, after the season has just ended. It is April 1st, and now that March was over, the MCG is to be used for the AFL for the next 6 months. The sport of cricket was so popular around the world, that they were all pretty content with the status of things. One of the younger executives suggested an idea:
Based Dan26
>>67719992
Young Executive: "How about we introduce a new form of the game"
Smith: "That an intriguing idea. Personally I'm a traditionalist, and I like the traditional and only form of the sport. But what is your idea?"
Young Executive: "Well, what if we introduced a longer form of the game?"
Smith: "Longer? The game goes for three hours already. Name a sport that goes longer? A game of American Football maybe but that's it. The sport is long enough as it is"
Young Executive: "Well, what I was thinking, was what if both teams had TWO innings"
Smith: "What's the point of that?"
Young Executive: "For the novelty and excitement. And teams don't bat for 20 overs, they can just bat on and on and on...a whole day will go for 6 hours, so they could bat for two days, 12 hours, in theory."
Laughter circulates around the room
Smith: "Are you serious, young fella? And how long does the match go for?"
Young Executive: "For 5 days"
Smith: "Hahahaha.... Oh my God, you're actually serious? 30 friggin hours? But what if the match isn't decided in 5 days?"
Young Executive: "Well, we simply call it a no result. No one wins or loses"
Smith: "So, it's like a tie?"
Young Executive: "Well, not really. A tie is when scores are level. It's just a no result. I estimate a no-result might happen about one-third of the time"
Smith: "Look, I'm sorry, but is this some kind of joke? Sounds like a good way to make sure people don't turn up. Havn't you noticed that people turn up to our sport? Why would we change that. We have the best game in the world."
Young Executive: "Do you know what date it is, sir?"
Smith: "Yes, it's April the firs...oh wait... you got me! haha"
Young Executive: "April Fools! You didn't think I was serious did you! I'd have to be a moron to suggest such a preposterous idea!"
The board of the ICC had a few laughs then got back to the business of governing the World's second biggest sport, behind Soccer.
WHY IS ERANGA SO SHIT
Objectively the best shot ive ever seen a "#11" play lel
>>67720008
He's trying his best
>>67720019
He needs to try harder
>>67719927
test draws are dying out mate, curators can't away with roads anymore
have you even been watching cricket over the last few years? GTFO
Based jonny
>>67720014
I was making a cup of tea and missed it
>>67719963
>>67719974
>>67719992
>>67720003
Holy shit, this elite truth bomb
Will """test""" """"""cricket"""""" ever recover?
Chameera's line is dogshit
The death of test cricket fan fiction might be the most troubling thing I've ever read. I hope it's pasta
>>67720038
whipped one from outside off stump through midwicket for 4
>>67720054
It was written by bigfooty's second biggest retard
>>67720054
Yeah it actually made me feel uneasy
>>67720056
Nice bit of footwork or all in the wrists?
for all incense and porpoises why have england picked a "spinner" who averages over 40 with the ball in FC cricket?
Might as well go with either A) another batsmen or B) a spinner who is actually playing well like Simon Kerrigan who already has ~15 wickets this season
>this is unironically one of the largest stands in the game
Why do people insist on saying that test Cricket is the pure, proper form of the game?
How many people replying to this thread have ever played a 5 day game? Or a 4 day game?
Victorian Pemier cricket is played over 2 days. Back at school, we played over consecutive Saturdays, with a 2 day games, but a lot of the matches were just limited overs 25 overs per side.
How many cricketers have ever played a 4 day game? Has anyone on this thread done this?
Of the few hundred thousand cricketers in Australia, what percentage have ever played a 4 or 5 day game? 0.001%, maybe? If that.
But T20 cricket is something we have all played. It's what we play in backyards. We play it at school. In fact, back in the 80s when I was at primary school, we played 20 over per side, and then when I was at high schhol, it was 25 overs per side, with occasional two-day two-innings games played over 2 weekends.
But nearly all the cricket people play, whether it be social, or at school is limited overs, and I'm not talking 50 overs per side either.
T20 is the game we have been playing for 150 years. All that has happened now is that the professionals play it. And so they should. We all do, so why can't they? They've been playing 4 and 5 days games, but no one in Australia except for a few hundred people have ever played a 4 or 5 day game. No one cares about a 4-day game.
That's why people don't attend the Sheffield Shield. Because no one cares about it. It's boring. You can't say "Oh it's not boring" because if it wasn't boring people would go wouldn't they? They don't, because it's shit.
>>67720086
all wrists, no footwork so he had to reach out for it a touch but used quick hands to whip it,
I played a 5 day game when I was about 15. I really enjoyed it actually
>le short outside off man
>>67720133
Most I've played was a game with two innings of 50 overs per team back in high school
>>67720118
test cricket is purely for 5 days of revenue. Its easily solved with greener pitches but no administrator wants that.
t20 has been ruined by small grounds, big bats and balls that don't swing.
Test cricket has failed.
After nearly 150 years only England and Australia are interested. The crowds everywhere else are awful. And despite the power and influence of the British Empire it has only established itself meaningfully in countries tied to the British Empire. Only a handful. No one goes to Test cricket in South Africa, NZ, West Indies, Pakistan, India. They just don't go. No one cares.
Now, take Baseball. A three hour game. Invented in America, (which has as much cultural influence as what the British Empire used to.) It is played in: Argentina Australia Austria Bahamas Belgium Canada China Columbia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador El Salvador Fiji Finland France Germany Greece Iceland India Iran Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan North Korea South Korea Laos Mexico Neatherlands New Zealand Oman Poland Puerto Rico Russia Saudi Arabia Taiwan Thailand United States of America Yeman Venezuela Vietam
It is played in some of those more passionately than others, obviously. I know that. But test cricket could never spread. Ever. How can you market a 30 hour game to another country???
If T20 was invented 150 years ago as the only form of the game, I have absolutely no doubt that Cricket would be played in 50-60 countries today.
What's your favourite type of extra lads?
Mine is leg byes
>>67720169
obstructed ball for a cheeky 5 runs
>wasting a review
>>67720169
I like 4 wides
>>67720169
0-10 runs Wide
10+ runs ,no ball
>>67720169
gotta be penalty runs when the helmet behind the keeper is struck
it happens with alarming regularity in club cricket
>>67720108
Quotas
Who /Cubs/ here
>>67720205
>not supporting the based Phillies
Fuck outta here ya lil bitch
>>67720205
till I die
>>67719419
>>67719419
>>67719419
Reminder that my cricket knowledge is handsome and elite
>>67720205
ey mate, u forgot to take the sticker off your cap
>>67720236
It's stylistically designed to be that way
>>67720108
for all incense and porpoises why have england picked a "spinner" who averages over 40 with the ball in FC cricket?
Might as well go with either A) another batsmen or B) a spinner who is actually playing well like Simon Kerrigan who already has ~15 wickets this season
>incense and porpoises
WHAT?
>yfw dai bair wins the man of them atch
Is /cric/, dare I say it, back?
>>67720245
fuck
all this time ive been taking the tags off my pants and shit
>me
Good total tbqh, England are in a strong spot
just ran my fingers over the seam lads
Bairstow has genuine anger management problems
>>67720269
this is real nigga /cric/ season
it will be slightly busier when Straya is playing during the winter but all the Channel 9 Summer of Cricket bogans won't return until... the summer
I'm looking forward seeing Bread bowl
Jimmy and Finn hundred stand incoming.
So many muscular truth bombs dropped on test cucket bogans ITT
>>67720286
lewd
>>67720289
He's a ginger
looking forward to seeing the burnley lara score some meme runs
>Getting bowled out under 300 by Sri Lanka at home
>The festering poo stain of Englel
wew
Finn is now the third highest scorer
Finn opening batsman when?
>trying to bounce steven finn
the absolute state of sri lanka brain cells, you'd have to pitch it 3 inches in front of your feet to get it over his head
Trying to find TMS stream but they're just talking about soccer. Wtf??
How many people are at this match? Is it the NZ Test all over again?
Why look for a no ball when the umpire voluntarily referred it to the third umpire for a stumping?
>>67720357
Radio 4 LW mate. I think they stream on youtube too
Time for Bread.
Going to the second test in durham for a day next Saturday lads
Hope we play better than this 2bh
>>67720340
do you remember when Morne Morkel opened the batting for SA against Australia?
Picture unrelated
>>67720369
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_fourfm
...
Shithouse total
>>67720369
nvm found the correct bbc stream but it is geo-blocking me
cunts
>>67720384
5 live sports extra, comrade.
What are cricket games like in real life?
>Day 2
>Only just 90 overs
Did the shithole Engcuck weather rear its head again?
>>67720414
As a spectator? Great fun.
Everyone gets pissed and talks shit to the other fans, unless Pakistan or Bangladesh are playing.
English or Saffer crowds are the most fun. WIndians are cool, but you don't see a lot of them on tours.
>>67720415
THE OVERS WILL BE MADE UP GODDAMNIT!
>>67720401
their youtube steam I think is available in aus, or use a vpn
>heavy baseball
would that not be a medicine ball Michael?
Sky Sports' coverage is elite
Channel 9 would just be showing Warne, Healy and Slater jerking each other off right now
>>67720458
have you seen warnes kid?
literally looks like a young supermodel, considering who his dad is i fully expect him to be involved with 10-15 sex scandals over the next couple of decades
Just fucking hang you self if you don't have Cook's jawline.
What part of England likes cricket the most? I'm planning on going on exchange over there and I'd love to go to somewhere where the locals don't just watch divegrass
>>67720441
ta mate but you sure there's a youtube stream? couldnt find it anywhere t b h
>>67720485
yorkshire
north east
london and surrounding london
>>67720499
>no jaw
>no pace
>no swing
literally human trash tbqh
>>67720485
They advertised it yesterday during tea, saying it was available for people outside the UK
>>67720507
>yorkshire
>north east
thought yorkshire was the northeast d e s u
>>67720507
I'm guessing Somerset too?
>>67720499
He has the face of a man with a much smaller head
>>67720469
He looks like. Has Warned been cucked?
http://glamorgancricket.com/live/index.html
>not watching every single one of glamorgans games for free
this is what counties should be doing when sky sports chooses not to show any of their games
>>67720557
word is he's a sex god, so I'd be surprised
>>67720557
He looks like Watson. Has Warne been cucked?
>>67720557
This is some star wars level shit, with warneys guidance his son will become the pussy destroyer
>>67720564
Is that what your mum said lmao XD
>>67720564
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/magazines/aussie-mum-cashes-in-on-tinder-date-tellall-with-shane-warne/news-story/449df85324027dc8f951450a74a88d9a
>Ms McGrath claims that, after a few messages and photos back and forth to clarify it was actually “The” Shane Warne, the pair went on two dates and had “one wild romp” in a hotel room in Adelaide. She has gone into explicit detail in the tell-all, alleging that Warnie asked if she was “up for being devoured” and referred to him as “one of the best lovers” she has ever had.
>“He’s very strong in the bedroom,” she added. “He was definitely in charge.
>“He asked me to keep them [her high heels] on while he spanked me.”
how big is sri lanka? im always surprised they manage to put such good teams together
>>67720169
front foot no balls
>>67720641
Not too large, but they have a 20 million population and no other sports to draw attention away from cricket
>>67720642
kek
>>67720642
It was just a matter of time
sri lanka are going to win
sri lanka 370ao (120.4 overs)
silva-120
chandimal-95
anderson-3-72
broad-2-80
england 220ao(71 overs)
root-75
bairstow-49
herath 4-42
eranga-4-58
sri lanka 148-5(42 overs)
matthews-60
Thirimanne-31
anderson-4-30
finn-1-38
[spoiler]book it[/spoiler]
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Worcestershire batsman Tom Fell given "all-clear" against cancer
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>>67720723
I'd use a cheeky review myself.
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>>67720694
>silva-120
Better luck next time.
Poo Lanka
>Sri Lankek
>>67720694
silva was a typo
i meant mendis
big partnership incoming lads
>shit lelka
Will we bat again today?
>>67720764
thanks herschelle
Can anyone stop us?
>>67720779
No.
That Kiwi is literally furious that I am right yet again
Just bought these, what you guys thinking?
http://www.asos.com/ASOS/ASOS-Slim-Jeans-With-Open-Rips-In-Mid-Blue/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=6497825&cid=4208&Rf934=2305&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=36&sort=-1&clr=Midblue&totalstyles=321&gridsize=3
SL all out by tea
>>67720764
Another type?
Will Sri Lanka score enough to avoid the follow-on?
Will Sri Lanka reach >60?
>>67720812
degenerate/10
>>67720764
Mendis another typo?
>>67720830
Will Sri Lanka is an actor m8.
>>67720812
>asos jeans for $70
wew
>>67720812
>buying ripped jeans
>>67720852
>ripping your own jeans
poors please go
>you will never cut your finger by running it along Cook's jaw
Haven't seen Sri Lanka blown out like this since [Tamil Tiger attack in which hundreds died]
literally going to be wrapped up in the next two hours
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>>67720836
did all you lads go to private schools (or "public schools" or whatever whack name you call them in the Shitstain)
trying to work out whether cricket is as patrician in the UK as Rugby is here
also what type of schools do you have? for us its public=entirely funded and operated by the stats and private=run by and mostly funded by private organisations (usually Church groups)
Ok guys I didn't actually buy the jeans but thinking about being a cap wearer, just a normal baseball cap not new era or whatever they were called. I'm a bit nervous about the prospect it's quite a statement, is it all about confidence when it comes to wearing hats?
>>67720908
>thugby
>patrician
>>67720908
by the state*
reminder that at this stage england were 16-5
>>67720908
I went to a state school and dropped out when I was 14.
who /skysports2/ here?
>>67720908
>Paying for your education
Fortunately, I was smart enough to get into Grammar School. Fuck Comprehensives.
>>67720916
Losing your hair? How old are you?
>>67720908
privately educated people are busy running the country, not posting on a tuvan arts and craft information exchange
>>67720920
Basedby Basedion is literally the most exclusive (semi)mainstream sport in this country, by far. Ofcourse as a Cucktorian or Worst Australian you are just confusing it with the bastardised abomination off-cut sport that is Thugby Plebgue which you are probably more familiar with.
Only crap like rowing beats Rugby for exclusivity in Australia.
>>67720934
Yeah I'm 23, should I get a hat or just kill myself?
>>67720963
Hat tbphwyfam
>>67720963
If you've got the money, you can probably save it, if it isn't too late.
Who else /missingtheturbomanlet/ here?
>>67720908
C of E state school, so it was slightly selective but not private or anything
>>67720963
Are you fat?
>>67720961
Sounds like that's a NSW thing then.
I went to one of the elite all-boy schools here and literally no one played rugby. They struggled to field a full team, while cricket, AFL, hockey and soccer were all overflowing. That was true for all the other schools we played in sport.
As you said, rowing was the most prestigious sport, but it's hardly widespread.
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>>67720928
So I take it State school has the same meaning as public school for us and private is self-explanatory.
Does Public school have any other meaning?
>>67720963
Get ripped and keep your haircuts low.
>>67720982
every day
I feel terrible for him, he was just on the cusp of being relevant.
>>67721018
Public schools here are private.
It's weird, they're called public because originally they were the only schools you could go to if you were a lay person
>>67721013
NSW & QLD
As I said, you are clearly Cucktorian or Worst Australian. Both Rugby's are only played in NSW & QLD just as AFL is played in the irrelevant states.
My school didn't even have an AFL team. I went to two schools and we never even so much as played AFL in PE class and fuck we played stuff like apehoop and European handball in PE.
I'm literally more familiar with American Football teams and rules than I am with AFL and I don't watch either.
>>67720963
Get a hat, and if the loss is too noticable just go full skinhead, there's no shame in it.
Make sure you're not fat though otherwise you'll look like an egg and children will laugh at you.
How do I get ripped bros? I'm 30 and everything is starting to sag.
i just wanna be a west african warlord
>>67721071
/fit/ mate. read the sticky
Thanks for the advice fellas.
>>67721075
Get back to running your country and shilling the EU, David.
these two can bat btw in case any casuals were unaware
>>67721071
>starting to sag
are you a grill?
if so, trip on, Jynn
>>67721095
That's true but their 6/7 are shit and they have the worst tail in international cricket. No exceptions. Even Zimzam are prob better.
Herath is @ 8 and he is a genuine no11
>>67721071
Just get a knife and cut off all the parts that are sagging.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/tri-nation-west-indies-2016/content/story/1016763.html
looks like the T20 mercs actually wanted to play, so much for the reconciliation Cameron wanted
>>67721117
listen to this man
>>67720908
British cricket fans on /cric/ will all be people from fairly average middle class families, of fairly average ability in all areas who have no interesting personality elements at all. To rectify this they choose to have as their favourite sport a meme game that nobody else can really be bothered to understand, as they think this will make up for their lack of any other remarkable qualities.
>unironically watching pest cucket when based ipl is on
Fucking permavirgins in this poomunity i swear to walkgod
Can dual-citizen non-residents vote in UK elections?
If so I am going to post an 'IN' vote for the referendum
>>67721130
>this flag
I take it you are sex tourist over there to fuck 13 year olds?
>>67721180
You're past the cut-off date, and you have to have been in England within the last three years
t. english expat
>>67721130
That's not true. I also enjoy crosswords, real ale and dogging.
>>67720908
Depends on the region really, in the north it's not uncommon to see kids in the streets playing it regardless of background and going to matches is also pretty open.
Down south however it's a pretty exclusive club.
>>67721180
have you been on the electoral roll in a UK constituency in the last fifteen years?
even if you have, it's too late as the other chap said
