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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2023 20:24:13 GMT
Enough about Broad what about Woakes! Another great test match. Cricket is better than football. Woakes - man of the match for me. A good thing that most on here understand cricket, especially the 5-day version. The beauty is that if they choose they can play Woakes and Woods again as the next test doesn't start tomorrow as it normally does. They will be happy about the break I reckon. Give them a chance to reset and prevent us from building on today's momentum.
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Post by Peroni on Jul 10, 2023 11:01:49 GMT
Weather about to save Worcester.
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Post by eggchaserbull on Jul 10, 2023 13:20:19 GMT
Why did they wait for Hadingley to pick Woakes? Why didn't they pick him for the Lords test?
Woakes, in five test matches at Lords, averages 61.2 with the bat and 11.3 with the ball. He has a century, three five-wicket hauls and a 10-wicket haul.
We may have been 2-1 up in the series if they had picked him.
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Post by Incognito on Jul 10, 2023 14:42:26 GMT
If they hadn't put the catches down..., if my Granny had nuts etc..
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Post by Peroni on Jul 12, 2023 11:30:39 GMT
Credit due to Worcester. Despite all the lost time for rain, doing their best to ensure the game does not fizzle out in a draw.
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Post by Peroni on Jul 13, 2023 8:28:37 GMT
So 10 & 11 put on the best partnership, but their penalty for failing to avoid following on, is that they go straight back out to open the 2nd innings. Ever seen that before (ww excepted)?
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Post by Peroni on Jul 18, 2023 8:25:14 GMT
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Post by eggchaserbull on Jul 18, 2023 11:35:32 GMT
From the Hotspur comic in the early 60s and the Wizard previous to that: A British Intelligence agent on the Northwest Frontier, Second Lieutenant Bill Sampson, AKA The Wolf of Kabul, had a Tibetan sidekick Chung, who used a cricket bat, which he called Clicky-Ba, to great effect. He would crush many heads with it, whilst the Wolf used twin daggers to despatch their foes. They must have killed thousands over the years. Good, wholesome reading, so different to the violent video games of today.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2023 12:03:01 GMT
With the expected weather about we will do well to win from here.
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Post by singe on Jul 19, 2023 19:03:11 GMT
With the expected weather about we will do well to win from here. Agree, Australia just need to bat for as long as they can. Good to see Woakes doing well. He really is a talented cricketer, even if not fully appreciated by some who don't understand cricket.
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Post by Incognito on Jul 19, 2023 19:08:20 GMT
Arf.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2023 19:43:17 GMT
With the expected weather about we will do well to win from here. Agree, Australia just need to bat for as long as they can. Good to see Woakes doing well. He really is a talented cricketer, even if not fully appreciated by some who don't understand cricket. I was just trying to imagine a way of winning. Assuming Saturday and Sunday are out of the equation (Saturday meant to be definitely). Get these last couple out in the first hour for say 330. Then in 75 overs (assuming we can control things by not getting skittled*) we could get 50 ahead doing that nutty cricket. Get another 100 in the first hour on day three, then try and bowl them out leaving enough time to mop up any deficit. *although getting skittled out might perversely do the trick provided we could reciprocate in their second innings. Would force the game into moving on. You would rather be them though.
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Post by Peroni on Jul 20, 2023 10:35:23 GMT
Is that popping crease line straight?
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Post by Peroni on Jul 20, 2023 10:36:41 GMT
With the expected weather about we will do well to win from here. Agree, Australia just need to bat for as long as they can. Good to see Woakes doing well. He really is a talented cricketer, even if not fully appreciated by some who don't understand cricket. giving us an annual break
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Post by Peroni on Jul 20, 2023 15:02:18 GMT
I wonder what the points deduction will be for Leicestershire and will they be offering Oakham school head teacher a freebie match ticket anytime soon?
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Post by Monkey Tennis on Jul 20, 2023 18:22:22 GMT
Agree, Australia just need to bat for as long as they can. Good to see Woakes doing well. He really is a talented cricketer, even if not fully appreciated by some who don't understand cricket. I was just trying to imagine a way of winning. Assuming Saturday and Sunday are out of the equation (Saturday meant to be definitely). Get these last couple out in the first hour for say 330. Then in 75 overs (assuming we can control things by not getting skittled*) we could get 50 ahead doing that nutty cricket. Get another 100 in the first hour on day three, then try and bowl them out leaving enough time to mop up any deficit. *although getting skittled out might perversely do the trick provided we could reciprocate in their second innings. Would force the game into moving on. You would rather be them though. I read this first thing this morning and thought "no chance". When Starc started to add a few more than expected and then Duckett went very early on, I feared England Cricket Humiliation. Again. But so far, you have proved to be the forum's very own Nostradamus - exceptional skills. Any chance you can prevent it from raining? Do a little dance or something?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2023 19:09:23 GMT
I was just trying to imagine a way of winning. Assuming Saturday and Sunday are out of the equation (Saturday meant to be definitely). Get these last couple out in the first hour for say 330. Then in 75 overs (assuming we can control things by not getting skittled*) we could get 50 ahead doing that nutty cricket. Get another 100 in the first hour on day three, then try and bowl them out leaving enough time to mop up any deficit. *although getting skittled out might perversely do the trick provided we could reciprocate in their second innings. Would force the game into moving on. You would rather be them though. I read this first thing this morning and thought "no chance". When Starc started to add a few more than expected and then Duckett went very early on, I feared England Cricket Humiliation. Again. But so far, you have proved to be the forum's very own Nostradamus - exceptional skills. Any chance you can prevent it from raining? Do a little dance or something? You still owe me a fiver for the last time I danced for you. Plus I am banned from the Nationwide Building Society.
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Post by singe on Jul 20, 2023 19:35:57 GMT
Agree, Australia just need to bat for as long as they can. Good to see Woakes doing well. He really is a talented cricketer, even if not fully appreciated by some who don't understand cricket. I was just trying to imagine a way of winning. Assuming Saturday and Sunday are out of the equation (Saturday meant to be definitely). Get these last couple out in the first hour for say 330. Then in 75 overs (assuming we can control things by not getting skittled*) we could get 50 ahead doing that nutty cricket. Get another 100 in the first hour on day three, then try and bowl them out leaving enough time to mop up any deficit. *although getting skittled out might perversely do the trick provided we could reciprocate in their second innings. Would force the game into moving on. You would rather be them though. Wow WL, almost spot on thus far. Sort those rain clouds out now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2023 19:42:21 GMT
I nailed something in the first test too.
He says safe in the knowledge that no one will be arsed to check.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2023 19:55:03 GMT
I tell you one thing. You know when you go on things like the iPlayer and there is a delay putting recent content up. I wanted to watch today at the test, found it and thought "a bugger they still haven't put day 3 up". All good though was only day 2 wasn't it. I have through the medium of Bazball gained a day.
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