The Cricket Thread 2013

[Chris Jameson]

I prefer French cricket.

[PaulWinch again]

Carberry should play next game.

[PaulWinch again]

Pretty poor batting this.

[Flamingo Lane]

Root nearly ate the ball, then.  Ouch.

[PaulWinch again]

This is pretty desperate, Morgan has been poor for a while.

[paul_e]

We're not going to get anywhere near them here but Root deserves a lot of credit for a very good batting performance after taking a nasty one to the grill.

[paul_e]

99 times out of a 100 Joe Root wins us the game with that knock so the positives are good batting from Root, Bopara and Buttler and good bowling from Dernbach, the rest of the bowlers will be very upset with themselves and Finch put in one of the best T20 innings of all time.

[PaulWinch again]

Root played excellently, it was the bowling that let us down.

[paul_e]

Watching the women's game this pitch looks very slow, I don't think we'll be seeing 2 sides scoring 200+ again, 150 will be a decent return on this.

[PGW]

Watching the women's game this pitch looks very slow, I don't think we'll be seeing 2 sides scoring 200+ again, 150 will be a decent return on this.

I think Alex Hales making a mockery of your prediction 114 - 1 12th over....fair play to him and Lumb.

Mind you i did agree with you!!!!

[paul_e]

Watching the women's game this pitch looks very slow, I don't think we'll be seeing 2 sides scoring 200+ again, 150 will be a decent return on this.

I think Alex Hales making a mockery of your prediction 114 - 1 12th over....fair play to him and Lumb.

Mind you i did agree with you!!!!

Looks like they've had a roller on the pitch, there was a lot of dust kicking up earlier and it's gone now but I'm feeling a bit silly about that now... fair play to hales and lumb though.

[paul_e]

Watching the Australian reply this is more what I expected to see on this pitch.

[PGW]

148 - 8 game over 48 off 15 ball req'd.

Listening to Yorks - Durham now - Durham only need 32 off about 17 overs

[paul_e]

Dernbach has bowled really nicely again, nice to see him performing to his potential eventually, I've been a fan of him for a while as his slower ball is a beauty.

[tomd2103]

Dernbach has bowled really nicely again, nice to see him performing to his potential eventually, I've been a fan of him for a while as his slower ball is a beauty.

I personally think 20/20 is his game at international level and that he is not suited to longer forms of the game.  His variety of deliveries are more effective against batsmen really looking to attack him.