The International Cricket Thread

[PaulWinch again]

What did Morgan, Buttler and McCullum say?

[tomd2103]

Having reflected on all this I think the ECB’s action is correct and I also think that whoever the player is they should be afforded a second chance - provided they are genuinely remorseful and their subsequent actions prove they have become better people. That doesn’t mean being a teenager is an excuse, it isn’t, but I have to believe people can change and want to change - the alternative is very grim.

Personally think the suspension was a little harsh given the of historical nature of the messages and that a full and sincere apology may have sufficed.  Would have been fully justified if the messages were more recent, but understand that the ECB had no real choice given the campaign they had launched just that day.

[paul_e]

What did Morgan, Buttler and McCullum say?

Things like "Sir, you bat with much beauty". There's a few of them but they all follow the same example of saying sir and using slightly odd phrasing, mostly to congratulate each other on a good performance.

[Chico Hamilton III]

If everyone in the crowd has been jabbed and tested and can prove it, why is it still 70% capacity, max?

[tomd2103]

The media in this country can be so infuriating at times.  Following it on the BBC live stream, there are a stream of messages mocking how slow Sibley plays.  He is a test match opener ffs and I'm sure there would be just as much criticism if he went out and played really loosely. 

[Drummond]

Blimey, the Kiwis had extra portions for lunch.

[UK Redsox]

I have not missed the oh so funny 'barmy army' chants.

[UK Redsox]

Billy has retired, but apparently there's a new bloke on trumpet duties.

Should be banned from entering the ground

[Rory]

I have not missed the oh so funny 'barmy army' chants.

Singing something about Ollie Robinson, if I heard correctly?

[Lsvilla]

If everyone in the crowd has been jabbed and tested and can prove it, why is it still 70% capacity, max?

Not jabbed. Just tested in the previous 24 hours

[Nev]

I have not missed the oh so funny 'barmy army' chants.

Singing something about Ollie Robinson, if I heard correctly?

That'd be right, I went in the Tally Ho after a test a few years ago and it was a bit "funny" but not in a good way. Lot's of rather obscure songs, I couldn't make out the lyrics but something wasn't right.

[PaulWinch again]

Crawley really needs to work out how to not play so loosely.

[Holte132]

Earlier this afternoon they were talking about football clubs in the area. They mentioned us, Small Heath, West Bromwich - not West Brom or West Bromwich Albion - and Walsall. Nothing about Wolves! The NZ commentator sounded suitably impressed at having seen VP from the motorway

[PaulWinch again]

Appreciate Stokes and Buttler aren’t there, but our batting looks pretty fragile at the moment.

[Rory]

I have not missed the oh so funny 'barmy army' chants.

Singing something about Ollie Robinson, if I heard correctly?

That'd be right, I went in the Tally Ho after a test a few years ago and it was a bit "funny" but not in a good way. Lot's of rather obscure songs, I couldn't make out the lyrics but something wasn't right.

They've spent the past 20 minutes singing Football's Coming Home, God Save the Queen & Swing Low Sweet Chariot, so I'm satisfied that they're generic English dickheads, rather than cricket fans.