The Cricket Thread 2016

[PaulWinch again]

Hales shouldn't be ignored as a Test opener. He has had a belting start to the first class season.

[tomd2103]

He certainly has Paul, though he has been batting at three for Notts. 

[Villan For Life]

IPL: Hmmm

Sarfaraz Khan: 17, wow.

Youngest player to play in the IPL and scores 45 of 21 balls.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

IPL: Hmmm

Sarfaraz Khan: 17, wow.

Youngest player to play in the IPL and scores 45 of 21 balls.

With such insouciance. And had time to bollock his more senior partner when he ran himself out.

[Chris Jameson]

IPL: Hmmm

Sarfaraz Khan: 17, wow.

Youngest player to play in the IPL and scores 45 of 21 balls.

Bloody hell, what are they teaching kids these days? The forward defensive and leave are going to become things of the past.

[Villan For Life]

IPL: Hmmm

Sarfaraz Khan: 17, wow.

Youngest player to play in the IPL and scores 45 of 21 balls.

Bloody hell, what are they teaching kids these days? The forward defensive and leave are going to become things of the past.

What will Sir Geoffrey do with his sticks of rhubarb?

[Dave Cooper please]

IPL: Hmmm

Sarfaraz Khan: 17, wow.

Youngest player to play in the IPL and scores 45 of 21 balls.

Bloody hell, what are they teaching kids these days? The forward defensive and leave are going to become things of the past.

What will Sir Geoffrey do with his sticks of rhubarb?

Stick them in the corridor of uncertainty.

[cdbearsfan]

Anyone else got Ashes tickets? Mine came through but they're marked "restricted view". I'm sure it never mentioned that online when I ordered. Has anyone sat in these seats (at Edgbaston) before, and how bad are they?

[Villan For Life]

Anyone else got Ashes tickets? Mine came through but they're marked "restricted view". I'm sure it never mentioned that online when I ordered. Has anyone sat in these seats (at Edgbaston) before, and how bad are they?

Which stand/block are you in?

[Dave Cooper please]

Anyone else got Ashes tickets? Mine came through but they're marked "restricted view". I'm sure it never mentioned that online when I ordered. Has anyone sat in these seats (at Edgbaston) before, and how bad are they?

They won't be that bad wherever they are, there are a few seats near walls and such where you can't see all of the boundary but there isn't anywhere where you can't see the square and most of the ground.

[cdbearsfan]

Cheers Dave. I'm in the Drayton Manor Family Stand.

[spangley1812]

England win the toss, will bat first and select an unchanged team

[Monty]

Unchanged. We must be the least imaginative team in the world, with the least imaginative selectors. Why not see what Hales and Rashid can do? We know what the others can do, for better or worse, why not give promising players a try? God following England can be frustrating.

[spangley1812]

Unchanged. We must be the least imaginative team in the world, with the least imaginative selectors. Why not see what Hales and Rashid can do? We know what the others can do, for better or worse, why not give promising players a try? God following England can be frustrating.

Hales isn't even in the Windies anyway but Lyth, Rashid and Plunkett would have been worth giving a chance too

[richl]

Trott with a shocker