The International Cricket Thread

[Risso]

Arise Sir Sir Geoffrey

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49641823

Having one of his friends as the resigning PM was the only way Geoffrey was going to get a Knighthood

Great cricketer, knowledgeable broadcaster.......utter nobhead

Convicted woman-beater.

[taylorsworkrate]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27586420/english-pitches-more-biased-james-anderson

Think Jimmy is right on this one.

The pitches during the series have had no live grass on them at all. Think it's a combination of host counties wanting to make as much money as possible out of the test matches, and Root's pathetic blaming of the groundsman after the Ireland match persuading them into being more cautious.

[taylorsworkrate]

Ollie Pope got 68 today on a wicket that saw 17 wickets fell.

Clearly has a bit of fight about him to go along with his undoubted talent.

[aev]

Arise Sir Sir Geoffrey

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49641823

Having one of his friends as the resigning PM was the only way Geoffrey was going to get a Knighthood

Great cricketer, knowledgeable broadcaster.......utter nobhead

Convicted woman-beater.

I heard the R4 interview and he stated that that in France you are presumed guilty and not innocent unlike here?

Does anyone know if this is correct?

[UK Redsox]

Sir Sir Geoff appears to be talking out his arse

Da Wiki

In France, article 9 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 1789, which has force as constitutional law, begins: "Any man being presumed innocent until he has been declared guilty ...". The Code of Criminal Procedure states in its preliminary article that "any person suspected or prosecuted is presumed innocent for as long as their guilt has not been established"[14] and the jurors' oath repeats this assertion (article 304).[29] However, there exists a popular misconception that under French law, the accused is presumed guilty until proven innocent.[30]

[Risso]

Either way, he was found guilty in court.  The doctor in his trial providing evidence that his partner's injuries were consistent with being punched in the face, and not 'falling over'.

[UK Redsox]

It'll be interesting to see how TMS handles this whether Boycott is working the match or not.

I suspect that if there'd been no uproar, the award would have lead to major piss-taking from Aggers. However, I expect that the Beeb might now go for a more low key approach.

[UK Redsox]

Arise Sir Sir Geoffrey

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49641823

Having one of his friends as the resigning PM was the only way Geoffrey was going to get a Knighthood

Great cricketer, knowledgeable broadcaster.......utter nobhead

Convicted woman-beater.

I heard the R4 interview and he stated that that in France you are presumed guilty and not innocent unlike here?

Does anyone know if this is correct?

Pretty poor from the interviewer if they allowed Boycott's erroneous statement to go unchallenged. However, that's about standard for Radio 4 these days.

[Risso]

Arise Sir Sir Geoffrey

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/49641823

Having one of his friends as the resigning PM was the only way Geoffrey was going to get a Knighthood

Great cricketer, knowledgeable broadcaster.......utter nobhead

Convicted woman-beater.

I heard the R4 interview and he stated that that in France you are presumed guilty and not innocent unlike here?

Does anyone know if this is correct?

Pretty poor from the interviewer if they allowed Boycott's erroneous statement to go unchallenged. However, that's about standard for Radio 4 these days.

I'm not sure I'd expect the interviewer to know the ins and outs of the French legal system in order that he could correct somebody.

[UK Redsox]

I think that 'innocent until proven guilty' is pretty standard in the Western World......even France

Movin' on

Roy and Overton dropped for The Oval

Curran and Woakes come in. Stokes plays as a specialst batsman

Mitch Marsh come in to replace Travis Head for the Aussies

[Dr Butler]

now the Ashes have gone it would be nice to finish with a series draw....


UTV
The Doc

[Villan For Life]

Overton was a surprising selection, I’d much rather have seen Curran play at Old Trafford.

[PaulWinch again]

Weird selections at the moment. Don’t entirely disagree with what they’ve done, but it’s a bit 90s. Overton gets one game and is dropped. They move Roy to 4, he starts to show signs of improvement and is dropped. Like I say it’s not that the specific selection for this game is wrong, but it suggests muddled thinking.

[Steve67]

Weird selections at the moment. Don’t entirely disagree with what they’ve done, but it’s a bit 90s. Overton gets one game and is dropped. They move Roy to 4, he starts to show signs of improvement and is dropped. Like I say it’s not that the specific selection for this game is wrong, but it suggests muddled thinking.

Very bowler heavy.  I like Curran but he's an ordinary bowler.  If the batting fails we are in the shit.  I'd have brought Pope or Sibley in.

[PaulWinch again]

If it moves or seams Curran is a very useful bowler. He’s a real talent.