The Cricket Thread 2013

[olaftab]

I put up up there Sir Geoffrey,he doesn't give a shit what people think

I only saw Sir Geoff in the tail end of his test career  and  there were not too many runs,  he was always falling out with someone!

[eastie]

I put up up there Sir Geoffrey,he doesn't give a shit what people think

I only saw Sir Geoff in the tail end of his test career  and  there were not too many runs,  he was always falling out with someone!

Boycott was a class batsman but not a team player, he played for his own ends and was more bothered about his average than being part of a winning team.

I like listening to him as he speaks his mind but i imagine he would be a nightmare to captain .
Reminds me of the time he was batting and willis was vice captain when Botham went in to join boycott with the instructions  to 'run the bastard out ' - Botham duly obliged and boycott stood shocked repeating ' what have you done , what have you done? '

Bothams  infamous reply - 'I've run you out you "

The clip is on youtube - wonderful.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WAeFm22xB7Q&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWAeFm22xB7Q


Bob Willis, the vice-captain, furious and frustrated by Boycott’s stonewalling, promoted young Ian Botham in the batting order with the now famous instruction, “Run the bugger out.”
 
Botham walked out and first told Chatfield exactly what he thought about his Mankaded effort. The fast-medium bowler had been struck on the temple by a Peter Lever delivery on his Test debut at Auckland in 1974-75, and had to be resuscitated on the pitch after his heart had stopped for a few seconds.
 
Now, Botham greeted him saying, “Be careful what you do son, you have already died in a Test match once.”
 
After this exchange of pleasantries, Botham pushed the ball to short extra cover and called Boycott for an impossible single, in the process running him out by miles. Boycott, stunned beyond belief, kept muttering “What have you done, what have you done?” To this Botham replied, “I’ve just run you out.”
 

[Villan For Life]

Watching Strauss on sky - he doesn't seem cut out for a media role to me .
Looks somewhat out of place and ill at ease.

Debut nerves perhaps?  ;-)

[UK Redsox]

KP gone

[eastie]

Kp goes - disappointing.

102-3 - yep i will take 300 anyday here.

[PaulWinch again]

Pietersen gone, that is bad bad news. It's about time Bell turned up.

[PaulWinch again]

Bell and Bairstow have a massive role to play now.

[UK Redsox]

I put up up there Sir Geoffrey,he doesn't give a shit what people think

I only saw Sir Geoff in the tail end of his test career  and  there were not too many runs,  he was always falling out with someone!

Whenever SGB and Derek Randall were at the crease together, a run out was always on the cards

[eastie]

Bell and Bairstow have a massive role to play now.

More so trott i feel, he needs to stay in and let the others play around him.

[PaulWinch again]

2 of our 3 wickets have been loose shots.

[cdbearsfan]

Right. Come on you Bears.

[PaulWinch again]

The problem of getting starts and getting out is rearing its head again.

[Dave Cooper please]

Interesting they've picked Agar.

How quick will he gel with the rest of the team ?

Well I got it.

[Dave Cooper please]

No panic yet, we'll get 400, one of these two will score a ton. Bell is due a biggie, am I right in thinking he's only got two 50's an about his last 15 innings?

[eastie]

Cloud doesn't seem to be lifting today .