The Cricket Thread 2014

[hilts_coolerking]

I confess I'd never heard of Stephen Parry before today's ODI but he acquitted himself very well with three wickets from his spell.  Really feels like there's been a generational shift in the 50-over side, a lot of very new faces in there.

[Villan For Life]

3 wickets in 8 balls so it's comforting to see a player like Bopara come to the crease.

[pooligan]

Yeah ,another chance for Bopara to see us over the line. Not holding my breath though !

[Villan For Life]

Oh FFS!

[Villan For Life]

Well we made hard work of that!

[The Left Side]

Got there in the end

[PaulWinch again]

Well we nearly fucked it up after an excellent bowling display, but at least we won. Luke wright is not good enough.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh and Bopara is becoming more and more reliable.

[Villan For Life]

I don't think Bravo was out, Buttler didn't have control of the ball when he broke the stumps, a poor decision by the TV umpire.

Fair play to Stokes for walking too.

[Dave Cooper please]

I don't think Bravo was out, Buttler didn't have control of the ball when he broke the stumps, a poor decision by the TV umpire.

Not really because, despite numerous replays, it wasn't absolutely clear that he had lost the ball. The TV umpire can only overturn an on field decision if he is 100% sure it was wrong, and this was not 100%.

[OzVilla]

Greame Smith to retire after this Test Match.

The Aussies have taken some scalps in the last few months.

[Villan For Life]

Greame Smith to retire after this Test Match.

The Aussies have taken some scalps in the last few months.

I don't think that Smith can be counted as a scalp. More a top captain retiring at the end of a proud career.

Let's not forget that Smith has seen off a couple of England's better captains in Vaughan & Strauss. I reckon he played a Machiavellian role in the KP textgate saga too. All in all he's been one of the better international captains of the past 15 years.

[PaulWinch again]

As much as it pains me Lehmann has done a brilliant job with Australia.

[taylorsworkrate]

Excellent stuff from Root and particularly Buttler today.

They need to get him in the test side. His raw ability is frightening.

[PaulWinch again]

It was brilliant from Root and Buttler, I'm particularly pleased to see Root getting back to his best. Moeen Ali has impressed me as well.