The Cricket Thread 2016

[Gareth]

Roooooooooooot

[Villan For Life]

Rrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooootttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!

First overseas player to score a century in India since Michael Clark in 2013. In that time Indian batsmen have scored 15 centuries.

We really need to make this hard work count and hopefully these two will be able to deal with the fatigue which can be a challenge in India.

[PGW]

237-3 70.2
Root 108 & Ali 61
Going excellently at the moment.

Also a word for the girls in their ODI series v Sri Lanka requiring 169 to win are 70/0 after 12.
If they win this game i believe that they have qualified for the World Cup

[Villan For Life]

237-3 70.2
Root 108 & Ali 61
Going excellently at the moment.

Also a word for the girls in their ODI series v Sri Lanka requiring 169 to win are 70/0 after 12.
If they win this game i believe that they have qualified for the World Cup

They are going well, but I'm sure Aggers said on TMS at tea that this game does not count towards qualification. The remaining games in the series do count which seems rather strange.

[Villan For Life]

311-4 at stumps on day 1, with Moeen 99 not out. Really important stand of 179 between Root and Moeen to help us recover from 100-3 at lunch.

That's as good a day with the bat that we have had for a very long time.

[PaulWinch again]

Excellent effort from Root and Moeen that's the sort of partnership we will need lots of to compete in this serious. We really need to go on to score 500+ here.

[Dave Cooper please]

Anyone else think the catch off Root shouldn't have been given?
The very fact he desperately turned around to try to catch it again after throwing it in the air makes it obvious even the fielder didn't think he had it totally under control.
but then, as Root himself said afterwards, if he hadn't played the shot he wouldn't have given the chance!

[taylorsworkrate]

Anyone else think the catch off Root shouldn't have been given?
The very fact he desperately turned around to try to catch it again after throwing it in the air makes it obvious even the fielder didn't think he had it totally under control.
but then, as Root himself said afterwards, if he hadn't played the shot he wouldn't have given the chance!

Just seen it on the highlights. I think the 3rd Umpire's hands were tied as the on field call was a "soft" out.

[Villan For Life]

450-6 at lunch, a very good morning session for England. They really pushed on, scoring 139-2 in two hours. Stokes is looking ominous. He could cut loose after lunch and strengthen our hand. We should aim for at least 600 by tea and then declare.

[Villan For Life]

We have struggled since lunch, but it's good to see Stokes get his ton.

[JD]

Go the Chch Boy. Well done Stokes.

[PaulWinch again]

Great to see three centurions in an innings. It's been a while since England have batted so well and it not being mainly reliant on one player.

[UK Redsox]

Anyone else think the catch off Root shouldn't have been given?
The very fact he desperately turned around to try to catch it again after throwing it in the air makes it obvious even the fielder didn't think he had it totally under control.
but then, as Root himself said afterwards, if he hadn't played the shot he wouldn't have given the chance!

There was an interesting conversation between Aggers and Victor about this. Apparently, per Aggers' research, the laws were changed to relax the 'control' aspect around 2000. Before the change, the decision would have been not out

[UK Redsox]

Great to see three centurions in an innings. It's been a while since England have batted so well and it not being mainly reliant on one player.

Hopefully Stokes' problem is just cramp. In some ways it was good that he was out just before the scheduled tea interval and therefore will have had around an extra 30 minutes recovery time

[PaulWinch again]

This is starting to look pretty tricky here.