The International Cricket Thread

[paul_e]

Anderson sadly out of the series with a rib injury.

Innocuous injuries are starting to stack up for him now, I hope we're ready for test cricket without him because it's not far away.

[UK Redsox]

BBL catch

They'll need to change the wording of the law to take into account second touches

https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1215201752032505858


https://twitter.com/ESPNcricinfo/status/1215206185533526016

[PGW]

Buttler fined 15% of his match fee due to his 'altercation with Vern'

[Nev]

"They might have lifted him but they won't get me Ernie!"

*gunshot*

[cdbearsfan]

Ireland looking good to pull of a shock win away to Windies.

The hosts are 142 for 6 chasing 238. 22 overs remaining so still plenty of time, but running out of wickets.

[cdbearsfan]

Windies looked to have turned it around but have just lost their eighth wicket. 38 needed from 67 balls.

[cdbearsfan]

Windies win by one wicket with a ball fo spare. Ireland missed two glorious run out chances in the last over.

[Andy Poole]

Friday's flying fish day. It's also flying home day. Take me home Joe Root.

[tomd2103]

Got back home yesterday after visiting Cape Town for the last test.  Great trip, although quite a sobering one at times, but heard something over there in a conversation that I'd not heard before.

Was talking to someone about cricket over there and said that I had been lucky enough to see quite a bit of one of the great South African cricketers in Allan Donald during his time at Warwickshire.  The person I was talking to asked if I knew that Donald very nearly played for England and was well down the residency route that the likes of Graeme Hick took when South Africa were re admitted into international sport.  He then had a choice and was persuaded to play for South Africa.

I had genuinely never heard that before and that might have solved a few of our problems in the 90's!!

[olaftab]

Today is the warmest day at St George’s Park. It will get cooler tomorrow and over the weekend to a freezing 21 degrees so right decision to bat first.

[olaftab]

Friday's flying fish day. It's also flying home day. Take me home Joe Root.

😊 Every day is.....

[olaftab]

Interesting this allowing fans onto to turf at lunch:

[OzVilla]

Soft dismissal for Sibley there.

[UK Redsox]

Interesting this allowing fans onto to turf at lunch:

I remember the days at Twickenham when spectators were allowed to walk across the pitch after games.

I grabbed a small chunk of turf and kept it growing in my garden for years

[olaftab]

Soft dismissal for Sibley there.

Threw it away silly boy.