The Cricket Thread 2013

[olaftab]

Shame Boyd Rankin wasnt still with England squad just to give Joe Root a little back up.

Aussies 142/3 42.2 overs
Vosges 46 (48)
Bailey 52 (81)

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151 - 4    35 overs
Bailey b N. McCallum 55 (91)
Vosges 50 (53)
Maxwell in now

What was going on at Edgbaston today?

[olaftab]

Went down today. If it wasnt for the numerous school parties there would have been a very low crowd indeed.

Shocked to find the price of a pint was £4!

Edgbaston is sold out for Saturday but they won't be selling many pints at any price!

[paul_e]

Went down today. If it wasnt for the numerous school parties there would have been a very low crowd indeed.

Shocked to find the price of a pint was £4!

Impressed with George Bailey he looked the part.

The last time I went to a pub here I paid £9ish for 400ml, I'd be sloshed in a hour for £4 a pint, you don't know how lucky you are!!

[Villan For Life]

According to BBC Sport web site Warner attacked Joe Root a few hours after the game last Saturday. He has been dropped for todays game v New Zealand while investigation goes on.

No choice but to send him home to Australia in disgrace - the Aussies really are a mess on and off the pitch.

Happened in Walkabout bar on Broad Street at 2am.  My main question about the incident is why were international sports stars out on Broad Street?

International cricketers are often seen out and about in bars and clubs. I've seen the England squad in bars around Brum on many occasions. International cricketers are much more accessible than their football counterparts.

What I really like about this situation is how Warner has picked on the youngest/smallest/slightest member of the squad. It will really stoke up the sledging fires ahead of the Ashes!!

[Ron Manager]

Pity Botham wasnt there. Even at his advanced age he would have dispatched Warner through the front windows, across Broad Street,and into the water opposite!

[Dr Butler]

from the BBC...

Australia batsman David Warner has been suspended up until the First Test of The Ashes , Cricket Australia (CA) announces.

A CA statement says: "At a hearing, Warner pleaded guilty to breaching Rule 6: Unbecoming Behaviour. CA Senior Code of Behaviour Commissioner, The Hon. Justice Gordon Lewis AM, fined $11,500 and suspended from the remainder of Australia's ICC Champions Trophy campaign as well as the Australian team's two tour matches before the first Ashes Test against Somerset and Worcestershire.

"Warner will be eligible for selection for the first Test."

still available for the 1st test vs England.......Convicts struggling methinks..

[TheTimVilla]

First 12 balls, 11 dots. Excellent Test batting in a ODI.

[TheTimVilla]

33 dot balls from the first seven overs!

[PGW]

Majority of which being off Malinga proving practically unplayable 2 maidens in his first 4 overs. No use in giving him 3 wickets early doors.
Latest now 31 - 0 8.4 overs
Bell  12 (28)
Cook 10 (24)

[paul_e]

Majority of which being off Malinga proving practically unplayable 2 maidens in his first 4 overs. No use in giving him 3 wickets early doors.
Latest now 31 - 0 8.4 overs
Bell  12 (28)
Cook 10 (24)

Absolutely, you have to play the situation.  Malinga is probably the hardest bowler to score safe runs from in the competition, his angles are just so unusual.  See off his spell with all 10 in hand and then try to accelerate things along once he's out the way for a bit.

[PGW]

48 - 1 11.2
Bell Ct Perera b Eranga 20 (37)
Clarke 8 (5)

[paul_e]

On the BBC live feed there are a lot of complaints about the slow run rate (and 1 here as well) this is the snowball effect of the slow scoring in the tests.  That performance by trott and compton put the run rate in the public, and now it's something people are going to use to beat the team with.  That's why we needed to be positive when we were in such a strong position.

[PGW]

21 Overs gone:
England 91/1
Cook 36 (61)
Trott 20  (25)

[bertlambshank]

The chuckers are back.

[PGW]

Cooks 50
England 109 - 1 24 Overs
Cook 50 (72)  SR 69
Trott 28 (35)   SR 80