The International Cricket Thread

[taylorsworkrate]

I thought there was a limit on the number of short pitched balls that could be bowled in an over?

Theres a limit to 2 balls that can be above shoulder height

[Villa Lew]

Whisper it, but Scotland look set to beat West Indies in the T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers.

They've done it, won by 7 wickets, amazing.

[PaulWinch again]

Robinson has been excellent since lunch.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Whisper it, but Scotland look set to beat West Indies in the T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers.

They've done it, won by 7 wickets, amazing.

First time Windies have ever failed to qualify for Cricket World Cup in any format

[Villan For Life]

Whisper it, but Scotland look set to beat West Indies in the T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers.

They've done it, won by 7 wickets, amazing.

First time Windies have ever failed to qualify for Cricket World Cup in any format

That’s astonishing really. Their great sides of the 70’s & 80’s are one of the reasons why I love the game so much.

[olaftab]

England have done very well this afternoon albeit in a desperate situation.

[Steve67]

Stupid bowling to Nathan Lyon.  Pitch it up for fuck sake.

[UK Redsox]

I thought there was a limit on the number of short pitched balls that could be bowled in an over?

Theres a limit to 2 balls that can be above shoulder height

Umps should have given a few of them as wides

[olaftab]

371 is getable but only by playing normal cricket. Go Bazball and it’ll be over tonight.

[Monty]

This has to be the weirdest Test I've seen in God knows.

[Steve67]

Records are made to be broken.  Go and do it England.

[Rory]

Australia haven't really turned up yet, and they haven't had to.

I wouldn't say that Rory. They have turned up and are at their very best for the Ashes except that this Australian team is not very good compared to their past great teams. England should be more than capable of  going toe to toe with this team as a minimum and some would say more imposing due to home advantage. However two issues have made this England team ineffective and those are poor player selection and terrible game strategy and on field decisions. And to add to that Stokes is like rabbit in headlights hence his decision not to review Labuschagne lbw yesterday.

I fully respect this Aus side, there are some fantastic players in there, but I guess what I mean is that I don't think I've seen a significant passage of play from them so far that has been outstanding. Maybe there have been and I've blotted them from my mind, but I don't feel like they've had to play well so far.

Let's hope for a nice easy chase here anyway, which would set the rest of the series up nicely.

[olaftab]

Bugger off Crawley you useless %^&%$££^&

[TelfordVilla]

Whisper it, but Scotland look set to beat West Indies in the T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers.

They've done it, won by 7 wickets, amazing.

   how many did mcginn get?

[olaftab]

Now Pope gone. It could be over tonight.