The International Cricket Thread

[PaulWinch again]

And I think when it comes to racism it steps beyond the line of being a bit naive in your youth. I just don’t buy that people think racism is a bit of a laugh in their late teens. They will definitely understand what it means and how disgraceful it is. It’s going to take a lot to prove he’s a changed man and not the ignorant twat he was 7 years ago.

I struggle to see how trust can be built and they can move past this, but we shall see.

I’m staggered the ECB don’t check into this sort of stuff too.

[OzVilla]

Bumble looks like Fred Dibnah this morning.

Kiwis have been good for a while. Good balance and bat deep. Hope Ollie has a better day, he must feel like crap.

[PaulWinch again]

Bumble looks like Fred Dibnah this morning.

Kiwis have been good for a while. Good balance and bat deep. Hope Ollie has a better day, he must feel like crap.

Not sure I have a great deal of sympathy. He should feel bad about what he did.

[PaulWinch again]

Sibley will be coming under some pressure pretty soon.

[UK Redsox]

Sibley will be coming under some pressure pretty soon.

Did you hear the stat from Zaltz?.....over the winter, England's average start was 26.2 for 2

[UK Redsox]

First time that a player has been run out for 200 in a Test

[tomd2103]

Sibley will be coming under some pressure pretty soon.

Not sure Hawkeye got that right as the ball seemed to be doing a bit more than the trajectory it showed.  Crawley's dismissal was really poor though.

[UK Redsox]

Root seems to be in quite a bit of discomfort after taking a ball on the hand from DeBigBloke

Worrying

[UK Redsox]

Dan Norcross is in a world of his own at times

"Schrodinger's duck"

[UK Redsox]

Precipitating it down at Lord's

Looking doubtful for any play before tea

[UK Redsox]

Play abandoned for the day without a ball being bowled

98 overs on Sat & Sun. Based on over rates on days one and two, good luck with that

[charlatan]

And I think when it comes to racism it steps beyond the line of being a bit naive in your youth. I just don’t buy that people think racism is a bit of a laugh in their late teens. They will definitely understand what it means and how disgraceful it is. It’s going to take a lot to prove he’s a changed man and not the ignorant twat he was 7 years ago.

I struggle to see how trust can be built and they can move past this, but we shall see.

I’m staggered the ECB don’t check into this sort of stuff too.

What would and what should they have done if they had checked this out in advance and found it?

[PaulWinch again]

Well then you make a decision - you either say it’s bad, but is resolvable if you get out in front of it and show the right level of apology. Or you say it’s too bad to deal with and don’t pick him.

Either way knowing in advance means you avoid a horrible clash with the launch of an inclusivity drive.

[PaulWinch again]

Blimey this was Craig Overton’s response to his previous issues in this area (full interview in Wisden) -

I don’t believe that I’m that sort of character. We’ve had Azhar Ali in our changing room and I’m the first one to go up and speak to him in the changing room and have a chat with him. I’m not that sort of person. Sometimes in the heat of the moment, when I was younger, I could be a bit feisty, and I’ve definitely calmed down as a person from then.”

Hopefully that’s just terrible phraseology, but blimey.

[tomd2103]

Play abandoned for the day without a ball being bowled

98 overs on Sat & Sun. Based on over rates on days one and two, good luck with that

Real shame, as the game was intriguingly poised at the close of play yesterday evening.