The International Cricket Thread

[CT]

513-5 now. Woakes going nicely now - I thought he might get out quick after being sat around with his pads on for so long.

[hilts_coolerking]

We're in a strong position so I hope we declare pretty soon.  I'd like to see Joe Root be more attacking as a captain in general.  We always seem to err on the side of caution.

[UK Redsox]

Root’s captaincy puzzles me at times.

Why on earth are England still batting ?

Sibley sat on the balcony in a tracksuit

[paul_e]

Probably used 6-7 overs more than we should've, a declaration around 6pm would've been right for me.

Looks like we'll get a full day tomorrow but reports for Monday and Tuesday aren't great.

I've been travelling today but the bits I saw were incredibly impressive from Crawley and Buttler, I think we're close to having a good line-up, I just have a few question marks against Burns, otherwise this 6 and Stokes with Woakes or Curran at 8 is full of ability and all of an age where they can stay together for a few years.

[UK Redsox]

Ohhhh Jimmy Jimmy

[PaulWinch again]

Jimmy has been great tonight. Jof bowling like you want him to bowl as well.

[PaulWinch again]

I’m not sure there’s any real arguments on the declaration. There’s 3 days left.

[UK Redsox]

From Twitter

Highest Test Score After Each Type of Dismissal

Stumped - Crawley(267)
Caught - Hayden(380)
Bowled - Jayawardene(374)
LBW - Houghton(266)
Run Out - Lara(277)
Hit Wckt - Ponsford(266)
Handled The Ball - Gooch(133)
Obstructing - Hutton(27)
Retired Out - Atapattu(201)

[UK Redsox]

I’m not sure there’s any real arguments on the declaration. There’s 3 days left.

Rain forecast for Monday
Lots of rain forecast for Tuesday

[PaulWinch again]

Ok fair enough, but our rate of scoring was sufficiently fast to limit the need to bat again.

[Lastfootstamper]

From Twitter

Highest Test Score After Each Type of Dismissal

Stumped - Crawley(267)
Caught - Hayden(380)
Bowled - Jayawardene(374)
LBW - Houghton(266)
Run Out - Lara(277)
Hit Wckt - Ponsford(266)
Handled The Ball - Gooch(133)
Obstructing - Hutton(27)
Retired Out - Atapattu(201)

Where on twitter? There's something very Zaltzman about them. The sort of thing he'd dig out before you'd finished asking him if he could!

[UK Redsox]

Ok fair enough, but our rate of scoring was sufficiently fast to limit the need to bat again.

England could bowl Pakistan out for under a 100 and Root would probably still not enforce the follow on

[UK Redsox]

From Twitter

Highest Test Score After Each Type of Dismissal

Stumped - Crawley(267)
Caught - Hayden(380)
Bowled - Jayawardene(374)
LBW - Houghton(266)
Run Out - Lara(277)
Hit Wckt - Ponsford(266)
Handled The Ball - Gooch(133)
Obstructing - Hutton(27)
Retired Out - Atapattu(201)

Where on twitter? There's something very Zaltzman about them. The sort of thing he'd dig out before you'd finished asking him if he could!

Andy retweeted a retweet of a tweet with this info. Not really sure who did the original research.

Zaltz will be kicking himself that he didn’t come up with it. You’re right that this is exactly the kind of thing he normally says.

I like Andrew Samson on TMS but I’ve been really impressed with Andy Z this summer.

[Villan For Life]

I like Ramprakash too, he’s added a bit of quiet authority which has been missing since CMJ passed away.

[manic-road]

Early wicket for Jimmy.