The International Cricket Thread 2018

[Villan For Life]

Great start by Bairstow, 30 off 12 balls.

Their spinners and Yadav in particular will be key. If we play them sensibly then we should win this.

Kiss of death...sorry.

[paul_e]

Frustrating to lose a wicket but we're well ahead of the game, if we can keep the rate around 4-4.5 then we can nurdle for 1s and 2s against the spinners which takes a lot of pressure off.

[paul_e]

Silly run out sees Vince go for 27 (from 27), for me he was a bit lazy there.

[taylorsworkrate]

Silly run out sees Vince go for 27 (from 27), for me he was a bit lazy there.

Yeah, awful running.

Not backing up properly, hesitant at start of the run and no attempt at a dive.

[Villan For Life]

Root out stumped off a spinner......but it was a no ball.

[PaulWinch again]

England have responded bloody well to that first game.

[Villan For Life]

A great victory for England and good to see Joe Root get a second successive ton.

Now for the tests.

[UK Redsox]

England v Ireland 4 Day Test Match at Lord's in 2019

[UK Redsox]

Summer 2019 full schedule
Pakistan
May

5: T20 international, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

8: First ODI, Oval

11: Second ODI, Ageas Bowl

14: Third ODI, Brightside Ground, Bristol

17: Fourth ODI, Trent Bridge (day/night)

19: Fifth ODI, Headingley

World Cup: 30 May - 14 July

Ireland
24-27 July, Four-day Test, Lord's

Australia
August

1-5: First Test, Edgbaston

14-18: Second Test, Lord's

22-26: Third Test, Headingley

September

4-8: Fourth Test, Old Trafford

12-16: Fifth Test, Oval

[PGW]

Absolutely love the Ashes, will do every day at Edgbaston and a day at Old Trafford.

[UK Redsox]

The thing that puts me off attending cricket matches is the sun.

When choosing my seat for baseball games, I only have to account for where the sun is for three hours or so in order to avoid it.
Also, there's normally somewhere to stand in the shade where you can still watch the game.

If I could get a seat that's guaranteed to be out of the sun all day, I'd be interested

[PGW]

The thing that puts me off attending cricket matches is the sun.

When choosing my seat for baseball games, I only have to account for where the sun is for three hours or so in order to avoid it.
Also, there's normally somewhere to stand in the shade where you can still watch the game.

If I could get a seat that's guaranteed to be out of the sun all day, I'd be interested

Buy tickets in South Stand at Edgbaston....in shade all day.

[cdbearsfan]

Gutted. Can't go to the India test this year as it clashes with a wedding, and it sounds like I won't have much chance of getting Ashes tickets having not been this year.

[Richard]

I really don't like this squeezing 5 tests into 6 weeks nonsense, first India now Australia

[cdbearsfan]

It's to make room for the World Cup next year. Not sure why it's happening this.