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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
>>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
lunchtime slags time lads
>>67719473
saved
>>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?
>>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]
BASED BREAD
28 minutes ago
Worcestershire batsman Tom Fell given "all-clear" against cancer
:)
>>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
>>67720862
>>67720840
>>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.
>>67720987
>>67720978
>>67720944
>>67720932
>>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
>>67721180
You're thinking of Thailand/Cambodia senpai, what little prostitution there is here is just scams used for blackmailing foreigners out of money by gangs threatening to turn them over to police if they don't pay. Just teaching English desu.
>>67721229
Are you British?
Ahahahahaha
>>67721287
Yes chum
Who /remain/ here?
>>67721340
lel he can't help it
>>67721383
t. Jakub Niewadomski
>>67721340
absolute mad man
>Vince bowling
lads?
>yfw James Vince's birthplace
>>67721418
That bouncer
Nothin like a nice /comfy/ tea break
anyone in chelmsford wanna frot
English Breakfast or peppermint lads?
>>67721563
Peppermint at this time of night.
Im having chamomile myself sis
>>67721557
>>67721595
>Living in the third world
based broaderson destroying sri lanka worse than the boxing day tsunami
Yess delhi daredevils are playin sunrisers on sky sports 1
>>67719497
yh cause he is a fat stinky indian so they all hide from him
>>67719968
only way timeless tests would work is if you could make it more bowler dominant, so batsman could really grind out scores in hard conditions rather than flat wickets and innings like cook's in the UAE
>>67721643
Calm down Eoin
>>67719968
drawn tests have almost completely died out in general
thanks to spectator backlash + scoring rates
Haven't been able to watch the entire day, what did I miss lads?
>>67721675
my name's Nigel mate
stokes looks like such a pikey
>>67721685
exactly, I'm happy with things the way they are now, pitches should favour seamers on days 1/2, batsmen on 3/4 and spinners on day 5, pitches the last 3 years have been excellent imho
>>67721661
if you make it bowler dominant though it rules out the chances of tests making it to day 6/7 unless weather becomes a factor
Alight I feel like I've caught up enough on the sport now that I can be here without being a retard.
All I need now is a team. I don't wana be some band wagoner bitch...
>Chandimal
>shit lanka
>>67721716
Any cricketer with a tattoos is disgusting. England have a few.
Stream lads?
>>67721731
So all of them?
>START THE TUK TUK
Thats a fucking beauty of a delivery first ball
Literally only Mathews who can even bat now. Follow on is inevitable.
>>67721731
It's just not cricket imo
>Daniel was mocking me for putting $100 on England
>>67721725
a lot of wickets are because players try and play more aggressive than they need to, if a batsman knew he could bat for in theory forever there would be a massive shift in how the game is played, meaning bowlers would need more encouragement or it would just be grinding games. this makes the game favour batsman that have solid techinque, good discipline and patience in theory at least
>>67721747
Thirimana isn't shit. Better than his average implies
daily reminder that australia's performances in india and the UAE were disgracefully poor and that questions really should have been asked about their right to test status following those displays. just shocking.
ahh, fuck english weather
>>67721786
It isn't raining at least
>>67721781
know your stuff, nigel
>>67721766
I'm not disagreeing with you regarding technique etc, but the issue becomes that when the game is timeless, batsmen will just turtle for days which is not going to encourage fans, to combat this you'd need to prepare a pitch that favours bowlers but that in itself could lead to matches being over in 2 days as the pitch will be soft and green as a lick (think uncovered wickets) which would in turn remove the need for timeless tests
As i said, i think things are spot on right now, a set time limit for matches and wickets that favour everyone at different points during the match
>>67721786
>>67721796
You can watch Warner hit a meme ton.
>>67721813
I'd rather end my own life than watch the death of cricket
>>67721813
>IPL
I've gotten an overdose of t20 lad. I'd rather listen wait for play to start again.
>>67721801
the ICC rankings have, are and always will be little more than a joke, theyre not quite as bad as fifas but certainly up there
For example, SA will probably drop to 7th in the coming weeks despite the fact they went a decade without losing an away series and prior to the india debacle in November had only lost to Australia at home in the previous 7-8 years, likewise you've got Pakistan above NZ, SA and Eng and virtually equal with India despite the fact they are garbage away from home
>>67721801
you're literally good on one top of track. one that bounces at least a little and the ball doesn't move a millimetre either in the air or off the pitch.
on any other type of pitch you are a joke and thats the most undeserved number 1 rank ever.
>>67721839
Good lad
>>67721839
People who actually play cricket think otherwise.
>>67721847
Australia just spanked Poo Peeland at home in swinging conditions m8
>>67721873
>New Zealand
>good
>>67721845
There's nothing wrong with the rankings. They are 100% accurate.
South Africa are shit now. England drew with the WEST INDIES. UNIRONICALLY. Lost to Pakistan. Only beat >us and SA by narrow margins so didnt get many points. Pakistan have been consistent and havent played outside of Asia for ages so their ranking will drop if they get BTFO by Englel.
New Zealand have been ruthlessly exposed for the shit team they are and their ranking reflects that.
>>67721847
>I haven't watched any cricket involving Australia that wasn't the Ashes: the post
Australia BTFO Poo Peeland on their own greentops
>>67721890
tied against you last year
>>67721890
You're right.
They sure aren't a powerhouse like Sri Lanka.
>>67721900
England also lost AT HOME to SRI LANKA
KEK
>>67721900
>unironically lost to pakistan
just to clarify you did the same last series in the UAE
>>67721873
>swinging conditions
the only time the ball did anything was the first morning at wellington, other than that it was very favourable conditions for batting
The 2nd test was 400 plays 500 in the first innings, with McCullum setting a new record for fastest test century
test cricket is the neet's sport of choice
>>67721938
Yeah lad, just finished exams and I have nothing left to do.
>>67721936
ball was moving for Australia tbqh, Southee and Boult gave up and bowled cross seamers
Even Mitch Marsh was shitting reverse swing
>>67721938
>implying I am not posting from work
although i am not really working
how many wickets is this qt going to take this summer?
i unironically think 30
is there any reason I shouldn't adopt england as the team I root for? I found myself in favor of the english this whole game so I figure I'll just keep following them.
>>67721935
Not the point. Australia is clearly the best team in the world at the moment.
You see the thing is, when Australia dominate, >we win 5-0. When England "dominate", >you win 3-2.
>>67721936
>other than that it was very favourable conditions for batting
You're a fucking idiot. The ball was swinging for 75 overs for Australia every innings. The Poo Peelanders just weren't good enough to get reverse. Australia had reverse after 15 overs in EVERY innings.
Do not confuse Boult and Southee being fucking rubbish for the conditions being batter friendly. The pitch was comically green.
And if the conditions were so batter friendly howcome Poo Peeland got BTFO four times in a row? Literally McCuck's luckswing innings was the only thing of note they did
>>67721967
good choice tbqh
England are on the verge of being very, very good
>>67721965
He'll probably off himself during the first test match because of the crowd.
>>67721965
zero because his visa will be rejected since he was convicted
>>67721998
he's already been approved iirc
>>67721936
>The 2nd test was 400 plays 500 in the first innings, with McCullum setting a new record for fastest test century
They then proceeded to lose the match by 7 wickets and not come close to stretching the full 5 days.
That's alright though, we all know you didn't actually watch the series and are just now checking the the series page on cricinfo for pieces of information you can use to try (and fail) to suit your argument.
All of this, plus you STILL pretend to be a girl on the sports section of a chinese cartoon imageboard. Why the fuck haven't you either sorted your life out or killed yourself yet?
>>67722020
good, series would be boring otherwise.
last time Pakistan played outside of Asia they lost a Test match to Zimbabwe. Kek.
>>67721973
>btfo
>innings of 370, 335 and 330 to go with the 183 which as i explained was due to the first morning at wellington doing allsorts
Considering historically the scores that you get in NZ, the conditions were as favourable and the scores better than you would expect
>>67721973
>Not the point. Australia is clearly the best team in the world at the moment.
So you're just gonna ignore that point, are you?
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/may/20/england-in-the-90s-sky-cricket-front-page
>>67721993
he's not mitchell johnson mate
>>67721973
not sure what happened to new zealand
it looked like they were about to become good but then they got shit again
>>67722031
>not come close to stretching the full 5 days
I'm pretty sure the match ended halfway through day 5 and there were no overs lost to bad light or weather
Youre starting to sound really butthurt that i disagree with you and am able to show why you are wrong, probably a good time to return to reddit with the other 13 year olds ;)
>>67722060
The crowd will literally bully the fuck out of him and drive him to suicide.
>>67721965
probs a lot. cook and hales/whoever else will be dead meat all series
amir vs root is going to be the battle of the summer, a battle root will win enough times to ensure that england win the series comfortably, as lettuce be reality pak aren't going to score any runs
>>67722045
see >>67722031
you didn't even watch the series so into the trash your "opinion" goes
>literally just checked the scored on cricinfo
>bases an arguement off that
>>67722049
There was no point.
I said that they lost to Pakistan. He replied that >we also lost to Pakistan, which is true.
But my point was England never win big series which is why their points are mediocre. The rankings go back two seasons and get scaled by the year. So in that time Australia has:
+++++beaten England 5-0
+++beat South Africa away 2-1 when they were no1
++beat India at home 2-0
++++beat New Zealand 5-0
+beat West Indies home and away
--lost to Pakistan away
-lost to England away (3-2)
So as you can see Australia's achievements clearly outway the two setbacks. >We actually got a ratings boost because the 2013 Ashes and India away series (3-0 and 4-0) no longer count in the rankings.
next year the 5-0 and 2-1 over SA won't count anymore so we'll lose those points
>>67722099
not sure what vegetables have to do with amir's left arm swing but ok
>Anderson has bowled 19 deliveries to Thirimanne in his career and has got him out 6 times
Lulwut? Did I hear that right?
>>67722099
Cooks been scoring a bucket load of runs for Essex though and did look ok before he threw it away yesterday, agree with you that pak's batting is gash though, think weather is more likely to win a test than pak are
>>67722079
>butthurt
>13 year old
>;)
Literally the top 4 cards to play when you're under extreme pressure in an argument on 4chan and being utterly exposed as the seething casual you are.
Just needed to throw in a "cuck" meme and you'd have the whole top 5.
>>67722063
Might be a lack of depth in the bowling and just no consistency. Boult was the only real world class seamer but he's clearly fatigued and has tweaked a nerve in his back. Southee is too inconsistent and while Henry, Milne and Wheeler have their moments they aren't anywhere near world class. There was a time when these guys kind of peaked at the same time but without depth it isn't sustainable.
>Australians go to sleep
>/cric/ becomes a place of serious discussions
http://live.trentbridge.co.uk/#feed
The notts v Warwickshire T20 should be on here in an hour, wont be on Sky as they are showing Surrey v Essex (A game no one wants to see)
>>67722063
>it looked like they were about to become good but then they got shit again
Incorrect. What happened to New Zealand is they managed a two-year run of fixtures where they avoided a single decent opponent where theyn just repeatedly played Sri Lanka at home and that was their cricketing "golden generation".
>>67722142
>Boult was the only real world class seamer
LOL
Out bowled by Mitchell Marsh.
I'll repeat it. Out bowled by Mitchell fucking Marsh.
>>67722164
In the recent series? Yeah like I said that was following his time out for the back injury.
>>67722164
He did say "was".
Boult WAS a world class bowler when he hit his peak a couple of years ago, and was a legitimate top 3 seamer in the world.
That Boult would've walked into the Australian team at the time, and still would if his form, fitness and confidence didn't inevitably slip.
jammy
donut
>>67722198
>>67722190
Literally when was Boult good?
He had one good game against England in England but then Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a good game against England in England. Is he "world class" ?
BTFOing Sri Lanka at home does not count. Boult was useless against South Africa and Australia and that's all that matters because that's where fast bowlers earn their crust.
How do we fix Australia?
Alright last retard post..
Can you guys tell me who some of the star players are right now and some good upcoming matches to look for?
>>67722223
>earn their crust
The only crust around here is the dried up semen crust around your mouth.
>>67722121
i unironically think pak vs england this summer will be close here is why-
it's being played in mid-late summer. in recent years the pitches around this time of year have been pretty dry, this may be helpful for pakistan.
they have imo a future qt ATG in amir
they have by far the best spinner of the two sides
pakistan have always been competitive in england
pakistan are actually a solid test team, ranked higher than england and have younis GOAT, so i don't think you can say their batting is that bad
please correct me if i'm being unreasonable
>>67722250
Fuck I wish >we won just so we got to host it next year.
None of you would watch because timezone and only hipsters from Melbourne would turn up. It would be ruined.
>>67722257
>some good upcoming matches to look for
there are two ipl matches tomorrow
>>67722257
No cricketer has played the sport in space.
>>67722269
I mean everything you said is correct, but you left out one glaring omission
>their batting is arguably worse than Sri Lanka's
last time they played outside Asia they lost to Zimzam. Misbah and Younus are their best and they are a gorillion years old. Shafiq and Azhar have never done anything outside Asia.
>>67722271
>we got to host it next year
if australia had won, they would've had to nomiante a european country to host
>>67722257
Batsmen:
>Root
>Smith
>Williamson
>Rahane
>de Villiers
Bowlers:
>Hazlewood
>Starc
>Amir
>Rabada
>Steyn
>Shah
The South African tour of Australia will be the most competitive series, but that's a few months away.
will sri lanka ever get good again? things look dire for them.
>>67722257
>some of the star players are right now
>>67717583
>>67717583
>>67717583
>>67722300
Cool thanks
>>67722271
why are >we even there anyway
>>67722308
Chandimal will be good if he gets a better line
>>67722121
Look at division 2 already man, Essex are going to walk it. Fair enough Cook did well but I'm not taking it as any real indicator of form, certainly not to the point of tipping Dan Lawrence for an England place yet.
>>67722300
saffer in england here, SA cricket is dead.
it won't be competitive at all.
>>67722308
their batting was carried on the back of jayawardene and sangakarra for so long, no-one but matthews has really figured out how to step up yet outside of asia which is a huge problem, their bowling is decent enough just the batting is a huge issue
>>67722299
>they would've had to nomiante a european country to host
Israel
>>67722318
It's a giant joke. Last year >we sent a Malaysian and this year >we sent a chink.
They have shit like Israel and Azerbaijan in it so I don't think they care about it being European.
>>67722334
The SA future is shit, but they've still got a few good players in the team now
Steyn, Rabada, Philander and Morkel is probably the second best pace attack in the world right now.
The batting is still propped up by Amla and ABDV, plus de Kock and Bavuma are on the cusp of being good
>>67722269
the only issue though is 3 of the 4 tests are unlikely to be spinner friendly, Old Trafford might do a bit but i dont think pakistans seamers are able to put enough pressure on the england line up to give shah a chance to take wickets, no doubt Amir has a ton of potential but hes not at the stage yet where he can be relied upon to run through sides
It probably doesn't help that hes fairly short of red ball practice and theres no guarantee that he'll get a visa being a foreign national with a criminal conviction on English soil
The whole super series makes it an interesting tour though, as Pakistan on their day are capable of beating anyone in white ball cricket so could easily lose the test series 2:0/3:0 but come away with the SS due to white ball goatness
>>67722334
>>67722361
60% of SA team has to be quota now
RIP GOAT AUS-SA series ;_;
>>67722257
>>67722275
This. As a newbie IPL is pretty based.
>370 "poosts"
>42 IPs
KEK
>>67722269
i should be going to the tour game between somerset and Pakistan at taunton in early july though, that should give us an indication of how competitive Pakistan are going to be :)
>>67722366
>as Pakistan on their day are capable of beating anyone in white ball cricket
You have said some moronic, naive and downright idiotic things during your time on this chinese imageboard. But that takes the cake.
Congrats. (You) just posted THE dumbest thing I've ever seen written here.
>>67722369
>remove Mugabe
>bring back Rhodesia
>all white south Africans now play for the republic of Rhodesia 2: electric boogaloo
>>67722366
pakistan are super over-rated at white ball cricket, they are basically what england where pre last world cup. no top explosive batters, their 'batsman' ie players who nudge it around and keep the game ticking over score too slowly and their fielding is really poor. they will get absolutely blown out by england in the white ball stuff
>>67722361
steyn's getting a bit tired. philander won't do shit in australia. the lower-middle batting order is a joke.
point is dude, it doesn't matter, a few good players here and there, it's not enough.SA cricket has had the life sucked out of it. the government have literally killed it deliberately.
>>67722404
I don't think I've ever heard anyone say Pakistan are overrated at limited over games.
They're home test specialists
>>67722275
>>67722373
are you two baiting? I genuinely cant tell
>>67722421
i'm not
>>67722419
there's still a perception of them as 'mavericks' who can sometimes turn up and roll teams over, in england at least, in white ball cricket. they are entirely useless at it however as everyone but the tripfag has noted
>>67722392
Now, you're just getting desperate, by disagreeing you've managed to humiliate yourself in front of the whole board
Go to bed kid
>>67722326
Would love to see the idea proposed by people on here yesterday about 3 divisions and better integration with the minor counties and nearby countries like Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands (if their international schedules allow it)
>>67722366
amir is literally going to take 30 wickets in the test series
t.mohammed btw
>>67722446
I'm not the person you are arguing with. Pakistan are so bad at limited overs that you could unironically argue Afghanistan are better. They have better meme batsman and their bowlers are about the same.
The fact you are completely unaware of this shows that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
>>67722446
Scotland and Netherlands, sure.
I feel like that would weaken the Irish bid for test status though, since once of their strengths is that they already have a very well structured domestic circuit in all three forms of the game. There's no reason to rip the throat out of that just for them to play against the bottom of the county ladder
>>67722482
>their bowlers are about the same.
Amir is good and Wahab can be devastating at times.
Afghanistan's bowlers are serviceable, but nothing extraordinary
>>67722506
Agree on Amir but Wahab is an absolute meme
Irfan is a walking joke and the rest are shit.
Afghanistan also literally have better spinners.
>>67722421
>>67722428
Me neither.
>>67722111
i think you could argue that india have actually been the best team overall in recent years. sure they lost all their series away by heavy scorelines, but the matches themselves have been close. whereas aus's performances in the subcontinent have just been embarrassing
>>67722536
>whereas aus's performances in the subcontinent have just been embarrassing
different Aus team
theres like 2 players leftover
>>67722435
theyve got a pretty good record at major tournaments (making the semis 4 times out of 6 at the world t20, they were unfortunate to have the group of death this year) as for the 50 over world cup theyve been knocked out by the eventual winners the last couple of tournaments and over the last 5 or so years theyve recorded ODI & t20 series wins over every test nation except Australia, the last thing england want to do is be complacent
And as you said, Pak have the vastly superior spinner and in white ball cricket, englands record vs spinners has never been particularly amazing
>>67722550
I don't think there would be much difference tbf
>>67722583
we'll see in July
>>67722506
Wahab was awful at the meme20 tournament at least, same with Irfan
>>67722483
>I feel like that would weaken the Irish bid for test status though
I think youre probably right but the ICC still seem to be dragging their heels with regard to Irelands admission to test cricket, have they even given a concrete timetable for when this test championship/playoff is going to be held?
It would be a shame if the current crop of Irish players (who are excellent) end up retiring and the next generation has nowhere near the level of talent because the ICC failed to properly invest in the opportunity and expand the game in another market ;_;
If needs be you could swap Ireland for another MC or possibly go down the path of a unicorns side of use the MCC Youth
How do you pronounce Sri Lanka? Sree Lahnka?
>>67722624
They should just agree to axe Zimbabwe already. They don't even play tests anymore and the country has no future while mugabe still lives
>>67722594
tbf aus won there in 2011
and sri lanka were better then
matthews you derp
>>67722652
Completely agree, I'm playing cricket for Newquay CC at the moment and our overseas is Mark Vermeulen, by his accounts Zimbabwe is an absolute shithole
its a shame as well, i remember in the mid to late 90s they had a really solid squad with a couple of absolute class players like the flowers, Houghton and streak
matthews matchfixing again
>>67722577
'But as far as one-dayers and T20s go - we struggled, and looking at the stats, the guys' performances had gone down.'
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1001637.html
>>67722689
yeah they were basically the level that new zealand are now
>>67722652
Yup, i can see SA going the same way if something doesn't change, the ANC are getting more and more involved in the administration of sport year in, year out and its only causing our national teams to go backwards, with all the social and economic issues the country has as well its probably less than a decade before SA becomes the new Zim :(
>>67722689
>Mark Vermeulen
I remember you said that a while back and I thought it was a joke. Isn't he a complete psycho?
matthews just made some paki in lahore very rich
>>67722689
It's funny, Mugabe actually said that he wanted the entire country to be playing cricket and then he actively fucked the entire sport over and unironically ordered a hit on Henry Olonga
>>67722693
>http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1001637.html
i wont disagree with you that theyre not as consistant or as talented as they used to be, but their record does show over the last couple of years that they are capable of getting results
I still think england will sweep the series' theyve gone massively forward under the strauss/morgan/bayliss trifecta of awesome BUT its not outside the realms of possibility that Pakistan could roll out of bed on the right side and snag a few results
I'll probably have a better idea of how good Pak will be after the touring match :)
>West Indies
>Kenya
>Zimbabwe
>South Africa
Who's next lads? Pakistan? Sri Lanka?
>>67722713
niggers killing cricket deliberately
they know well that no little nigger is interested in the game, it's not about spreading the game or about creating equal opportunity, it's simply about watching something that represents white colonialism burn
sa will be awful soon
Is the accomplishment of a hat-trick slightly diminished when it's spread over two overs?I think it is.I mean, it's still an awesome feat but doing it in one innings is just mental.
>>67722721
Well, hes only been at the club for 2-3 weeks so not got to know him massively well as yet BUT having played 4 games with him ive found him to be a really sound guy, literally you would not imagine he would attempt to murder a fan, burn down the zimbabwe centre of excellence or engage in a racist debate on facebook/twitter
Hes been absolute class batting wise though, hes leading run scorer in the prem so far and we've got the shittest squad in the division and probably the worst wicket in the county
>>67722756
Apparently they are having power cuts 18 hours a day in harare and crime is pretty much doubling every year :O
>>67722785
I find it hillarious listening to the 'we need to make it representative of our multicultural country' rants on youtube from the guys who do all the quota shit, their logic is so full of holes it's painful. They keep on upping the number of 'coloured' players needed in the team yet they seem blind to the fact no black kids want to play it, it's a private school game in SA and they need to sort shit out at lower levels and it will be fine. Idk if they want it to crash it burn but it sure seems that way
>>67722802
you mean taking a wicket in balls 5 and 6 and then a wicket on ball 1 of the next over?
>>67722802
I think in the 1980s Merv hughes had one spread over 3 overs/2 innings
>>67722802
>>67722845
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/540237.html
Aha! i found it :)
>>67722845
How can you spread it over 3 overs?
>>67722836
Either that, or taking a wicket on the 6th ball of one over, then on the first and second of the next one you bowl.
Don't get me wrong, it's still impressive.
>>67722802
My dad unironically got a double hat-trick with a 6month+ difference between the games back in the day, took 2 wickets in 2 balls last match of the season to end the game, got 4 in his first 4 at the start of the season against the same team
>>67722830
>Idk if they want it to crash it burn but it sure seems that way
they do
>>67722864
last ball of the over, tenth wicket with the next ball then the first ball of the next innings
>>67722864
Oh wait I see
That's pretty impressive
>>67722864
I guess if the game was brought to a halt after the second wicket of the hat-trick.
>>67722895
Second wicket ended the innings
>not a single English or Sri Lankan flag ITT
Kek, nice "spoort"
Sri Lankan manlets BTFO by big strong Englishmen
nice to see anderson getting some wickets thought he was completely gone after south africa, he just didn't seem to give a fuck anymore
>>67722923
There shouldn't be an england flag anyway :/
The ECB is england and wales cricket board so really a st georges flag wouldn't make perfect sense
It should be this absolute beast!
ENGLEL STRONK
>>67722942
Biggest home babby in the game
>>67722973
We need Goosey and krazykucka to post some stats.
>>67722959
And how many Welsh people have made the team ever?
>>67722973
I dunno about biggest, he goes from a massive wicket taking threat in england to someone who just tries to tie up an end as soon as the swing goes anywhere else, he's still useful just not amazing anywhere else. he was amazing in the UAE just bowling tight and picking up the odd wicket but he just cba sometimes I think unless it's hooping around
>>67722942
i thought he bowled better than his stats suggest, i remember there being a fair few dropped catches off his bowling both in the pak and the sa series, could tell he was fatigued to fuck though :(
>broad on to go bunny hunting
>>67723010
I can think of Robert croft off the top of my head, the country is tiny though with a pop of like 2m? compared to englands ~55m
>>67722973
Please, nobody is a bigger homebabby than every single Aussie batsman who falls apart on anything that isn't a bouncey meme wicket
>>67723030
Simon Jones.
>>67723018
he was top class in the UAE, just didn't seem up for the fight in SA for whatever reason. you want a 400+ wickets seamer to step up and at least offer some control if you aren't getting wickets but he wasn't, just seemed disinterested in general
>>67723051
spot on lad :)
>>67723010
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_in_Wales#Notable_Welsh_cricketers
Ive found this on Wikipedia, theres a couple of familiar names on there
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/947093.html
Holy fuck, 83-1, some lads on 71* off 27 balls, 6 overs gone ;_;
>>67723010
I remember telling my ex-gf's dad about it being the england and wales cricket board but they don't show it. he's a crazy welsh nationalist, he spent half an hour raving to me about how english people such as me are opressing the welsh minority and to quote hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, 'we would be the first against the wall when the revolution comes'
>>67723077
>Full name Tom Kohler-Cadmore
>Born August 19, 1994
I am a failure
>>67723077
Absolute monster. Jesus man
>>67723094
>>67723143
He had a 9 ball sequence of:
444664444
What an absolute bear!
why is finn so shit at fielding but has now pulled out two worldy catches within a year?
TIK A BOO SOON, TIK A BOO
INTO THE FUCKING FINN
more like douche man, tha
>>67723226
Legendary banter
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>43 ball hundred for kohler-Cadmore
>being that goat at 21
>>67723375
It's meme cricket you can just get super lucky, remember when graham napier was smashing hundred after hundred and they made bumble chase the balls out the ground? look at him now nobody knows his name
>>67723375
>kohler-Cadmore
what kinda name is that?
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>Sri Lanka
WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FINN
>>67721650
Nah, there are lots of whites on the associate states. Republic islands with independence don't have any.
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>>67723396
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tishmk-dFDE
You know remember Napier bowling 90mph inswingers and taking 7 wickets
Amazing to think he never got an england cap considering some of the shit that has...
Literally just got in from work
>JART
>JART
>JART
>JART
>go for a shit
>England have forced a follow on after collapsing themselves
Jesus
>>67723396
Fatty naipes is fucking class you take that back
>>67723443
>WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FINN
>>67723458
he's basically the same as current david willey, bowls mid 80s most of the time, swings it into the right hander and can smash it around at the end. willey is left hander though, if he was right handed he wouldn't get in, if napier was a left hand bowler he would get in it's weird really
>>67723444
according to google theres 15,000 whites on trinidad
CALL ANDERSON THE TSUNAMI BECAUSE HE JUST HELPED COLLAPSE SRI LANKA T B H
>>67723494
very true, just bizarre that when players like afzaal, pattinson, shahzad, khan, pattinson, Mahmood, shah have all been given caps that hes never got a look in
Then again Hildreth/Trego have never played for england either which is fucking bizarre
>>67722959
Or take the Three Lions badge and add a dragon to it.
>>67723010
Simon Jones (2005 Ashes team) springs to mind
>>67723537
shahzad was very good for a bit, apparently he got a huge head and refused to litsen to anyone and just bowled how he wanted to so they got rid. mahmood was genuinely pacey but had no radar, I can justify those picks at least the rest are all fairly shit
>tfw some slut wants to fuck but you just want to watch the cricket
Why live lads?
>>67723500
Most of them would be in the rich parts of Tobago then.
>>67723586
we're not gonna be on much longer lads go bareback a slag
>>67723586
I'd put it in her slip.
>>67723586
if there's grass on the wicket, play cricket m8
>>67723586
Why don't you introduce a third man?
>>67723608
>>67723611
>>67723618
aw fuck sake lads, oh well wish me luck
>>67723641
post pics after lad i've not seen my girlfriend in nearly a month i'm struggling here
>>67723671
You cut your hands off at the factory or sumfink?
>>67723711
I try not to wank to porn because it makes it a lot harder to cum during sex, or I think so, and it gets boring fapping without porn. wanking to a picture of a fat slag posted on /cric/ would be naughty enough for it to be fun
That Jimmy Anderson's alright at cricket.
>>67723759
>he doesn't want to go all night, greatly impressing his slag
>>67723571
>he got a huge head and refused to litsen to anyone
Typical paki
>>67723814
If only he could bat just a little bit.
>>67723822
Gets boring desu, just going for ages on top
>>67723759
Good for you lad. Not fapping helped me a lot desu.
tfw you're flu goes away but then you remember you're depressed as fuck anyway
>>67723906
this and doing a little lifting
>>67723974
>'little lifting'
you mean lifting 6 times a week as well as 3 lots of HIIT? because that's what you should be doing if you have the time, or scaling it down to 3 times a week if you play cricket
>>67723990
no i mean doing some lifting to fill that time you have in the late afternoon where you have nothing but thoughts of suicide.
>>67724117
Lifting is very motivating and it aids in the quest for self improvement but it won't cure depression desu.
>>67724188
It's an important part of the lifestyle changes necessary to make life with depression bearable and less of a struggle.
>sam curran was unlikely to play today as he probably couldn't make the ground in time for the start of play as he had school today
>he bunked off school today so he could play
jesus fucking christ, i hope his parents get fined for taking him out of school
>>67724771
top lad
>>67724771
nah fuck off, school's are so shite now kids are better off playing sports or something. He's 17 too so not in compulsory education
>>67724815
law changed under the tories very recently so you either have to be doing A levels or in an apprenticeship until your 18th birthday
Agree that state schools are fucking garbage though but thats what happens when labour spend 13 years fucking everything up and wasting money on white collar union workers rather than the teachers and sites
>sam curran is replaced by his brother tom who bailed on uni lectures today to play
THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF THE CURRAN FAMILY
>>67724871
That's pretty ridiculous and just a ploy to massage youth unemployed figures.
Education will be shite whoever is in power because it's used as a political football and being a teacher is an awful job with awful pay and the only benefit is school holidays.
>>67725348
just dont plan on taking a holiday during those school holidays, hotels and flights double/triple in price
>>67719328
btfo
thoughts of Jayawardene on commentary?
>>67728990
He's pretty shit tttt, but that's maybe because I'm constantly comparing him to Sanga, who has better english than half of australia
>>67729045
Sanga does have better english and is better to listen to but I haven't made my mind up about him yet. He seems like the quiet,insight type (like Dravid on commentary). Was curious to see what /cric/ thought
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