The Cricket Thread 2016

[Villan For Life]

A good stand from Bairstow and Ali has repaired some of the earlier damage but we really need them to be together at stumps.

200-5 off 50 overs at tea.

[taylorsworkrate]

Yeah, decent effort from these two. Moeen needs to make the most of being dropped.

Need both to go on and make big hundreds.

Bit of a better effort from Pakistan in that session. 26 overs bowled!!! That was with 9 overs of spin though, so equally as pathetic.

[UK Redsox]

The third umpire should decide which team is to blame for a slow overate and award/deduct 10 runs per lost over (netting off if necessary)

[taylorsworkrate]

England have been just as bad in fairness. I think they only bowled 81 overs one of the days last week. Someone on Twitter successfully asked Alex Hales to pay 10% of his ticket price

[taylorsworkrate]

I understand why bumble gets so irate. It's gone 4 and the teams are only just coming onto the field

[taylorsworkrate]

Needless, so needless

[taylorsworkrate]

Bairstow was looking in great touch and has just thrown his wicket away. He really should have cashed in and gone on to make a big hundred

[taylorsworkrate]

This is obviously going to get him out straight away, but Woakes is batting beautifully at the moment. At practically a run a ball and has taken no risks.

[taylorsworkrate]

We just need to be selective here. Pakistan on the ropes a little, don't give them any gifts to allow them back into it. They are bowling more than enough bad balls themselves

[taylorsworkrate]

Oh for fucks sake

[taylorsworkrate]

Why the fuck has he reviewed that?

[taylorsworkrate]

Broad really needs to contribute with the bat for a change

[paul_e]

Again as a collective I don't think they're far off the required total here.  I firmly believe that we have a team that will get us 600+ runs across 2 innings 9 times out of 10 and that Pakistan are the sort of side that will struggle to get to that.  On that basis anything around 300 is competitive, over 350 and the game is ours to lose.

[taylorsworkrate]

His batting is truly woeful these days. A genuine no 11

[taylorsworkrate]

Again as a collective I don't think they're far off the required total here.  I firmly believe that we have a team that will get us 600+ runs across 2 innings 9 times out of 10 and that Pakistan are the sort of side that will struggle to get to that.  On that basis anything around 300 is competitive, over 350 and the game is ours to lose.

We had a great chance to completely bat them out of the game today though. Need to make sure we add another 40/50 or so for these last 2 wickets now