The Cricket Thread 2016

[Villan For Life]

Who are this team in blue and what have they done with the England cricket team?

[Villan For Life]

The loss of Morgan is a huge blow. Wonderful innings though.

[paul_e]

Nearly a good chase but we're losing people just when we need them to push on and score big, Hales, Buttler and Morgan all did the same, after looking in control.  Nice to see the intent to chase this and  at least make a game of things.  Jordan looking unfit to bat, that's a big blow because he can score big.

[Villan For Life]

It looks like the weather will play a part which is a real shame.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm not sure on Billings at 7, seems low for a player who is solely in for his batting.

[Villan For Life]

I'm not sure on Billings at 7, seems low for a player who is solely in for his batting.

I wouldn't push him up the order at the expense of a better batsman so he'd need to make way to a two-discipline player.

Potential replacements/options would include Rashid moving up and maybe a fit Woakes coming in at 8 or 9 and maybe Broad.

[Villan For Life]

Play to restart at 9.10pm

[Villan For Life]

The Sky Sports We Didn't Start the Fire Ashes promo is remarkably good.

http://www1.skysports.com/cricket/news/12340/9876081/the-ashes-sky-sports-pundits-rework-we-didnt-start-the-fire

[Villan For Life]

Target now 34 off 13 D/L

[paul_e]

Harsh D/L target given the game situation, went from a tough chase to a near impossible one.

[aj2k77]

Great game, the ridiculous 3 a ball duckworth lewis partially spoils what would have been a grandstand finish.

[PaulWinch again]

Super game and well done NZ and England. More of the same Sunday please. Brilliant advert for the game.

[Villan For Life]

Great cricket by NZ after the restart. The catch to dismiss Rashid was excellent. A good win for them.

I think if Plunkett and Rashid had stuck around we'd have edged it. That said it was a great game with so many positives from an England perspective.

[taylorsworkrate]

The problem i have Is with the arbituary cut off time. Not one person in the Oval would have minded staying 20 minutes longer. Cricket Is still massively out of touch

[aj2k77]

The problem i have Is with the arbituary cut off time. Not one person in the Oval would have minded staying 20 minutes longer. Cricket Is still massively out of touch

Exactly, the crowd went from a game which was touch and go to a two over slog that needed 35 scoring from it, not gonna happen, no point to coming back on really.