The Cricket Thread 2014

[SoccerHQ]

Got priority tickets for Ashes tickets at Edgbaston so just looking at prices now....81 quid?! Have all the cheapish tickets gone as that seems the price in most areas. Can't remember what I paid in 2009.

Tempted to just hope there's a bit of rain and go on day 5 which stands at 26 quid currently although probably best to wait until when it actually starts rather than get them now.

[PGW]

Got priority tickets for Ashes tickets at Edgbaston so just looking at prices now....81 quid?! Have all the cheapish tickets gone as that seems the price in most areas. Can't remember what I paid in 2009.

Tempted to just hope there's a bit of rain and go on day 5 which stands at 26 quid currently although probably best to wait until when it actually starts rather than get them now.

I too got mine during the week at Northants game....Wednesday & Saturday Skyline £86 and Thursday & Friday Block 9 £81 each.....ridiculous prices....Block 9 virtually sold out 10 months ahead of the match.

[Richard]

Mine were £71 in the Stanley Barnes stand front row so quite pleased though do agree the prices are a bit steep - will still sell out despite this

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Struggling to understand how Andrew Gale can be accused of racial abuse when calling Prince a Kolpak fucker.

Potty.

[Chris Jameson]

Struggling to understand how Andrew Gale can be accused of racial abuse when calling Prince a Kolpak fucker.

Potty.

Considering the ECB pulled out all the stops to back Jimmy Anderson on more than one occasion it will be interesting to see how they can justify this when Ashwell Prince says that he did not consider Andrew Gale's abusive comments to be racist.

I'd love Yorkshire to tell them to do one next time they call any of our players up.

[bertlambshank]

Struggling to understand how Andrew Gale can be accused of racial abuse when calling Prince a Kolpak fucker.

Potty.

I think it's the 'fuck off home' they will be doing him for.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Struggling to understand how Andrew Gale can be accused of racial abuse when calling Prince a Kolpak fucker.

Potty.

I think it's the 'fuck off home' they will be doing him for.

But surely that's only an extension, albeit straight from the playground, of Primce's original "fuck off back to cover point"?

[Gareth]

Struck me that Gale was using an expletive ridden of the argument many have made regarding Kolpaks....the one the ECB tried to crack down on by weighting funding based on homegrown players.

They've made themselves look stupid and deprived a captain of the chance to lift the trophy.

I swear our sports governing bodies are trying to out do each other for stupidity

[PaulWinch again]

Cook keeps his place for tour of Sri Lanka, not sure about that. Although I'm pleased Ravi is back and finally they've called up Taylor.

[Chris Jameson]

Not sure why Balance isn't in the squad, he's an equally good one day player.

[PaulWinch again]

No idea there's a lot of cluttered thinking in our selections at the moment.

[Villan For Life]

Cook keeps his place for tour of Sri Lanka, not sure about that. Although I'm pleased Ravi is back and finally they've called up Taylor.

Really don't see why they dropped Bopara for the Indian series only to now recall him for the SL ODI tour.

[PaulWinch again]

Highlights the cluttered thing quite well.

[Dr Butler]

Hales
Bell
Ballance
Root
Buttler
Ali
Woakes/Bopara
Tredwell
Stokes
Jordan/Broad
Anderson

either Bell or Root to Captain.
plenty of batting(not sure of a order) and plenty of bowling options. 4 pace bowlers and if needed 4 spin/part time spin

[PaulWinch again]

Taylor needs to be in the team, as does Morgan.