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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4215 on: August 09, 2020, 09:23:36 PM »
Hope Stokes and his family are ok.

Suspect it’s his dad’s health again

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4216 on: August 10, 2020, 05:29:39 PM »
Best wishes to Dan Lawrence too.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4217 on: August 13, 2020, 12:23:13 PM »
I was hoping that Bracey might get a game but England went for Crawley, allowing Root to drop down to four.

Curran in for Archer, which wasn't expected

Looking at the forecast for Southampton, this test will be a bit on/off

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4218 on: August 13, 2020, 12:29:46 PM »
Sloppy start. Quite surprised Jimmy got in ahead of Archer. Bowling attack looks pretty samey, but hope it works out.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4219 on: August 13, 2020, 02:20:06 PM »
Sloppy start. Quite surprised Jimmy got in ahead of Archer. Bowling attack looks pretty samey, but hope it works out.

First two wickets to Jimmy, the fielding has been pretty cack so far. England have dropped two already.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4220 on: August 14, 2020, 10:00:51 AM »
Dates for the Aussie white ball tour confirmed.

3x T20 in Southampton
3x ODI in Manchester

Still waiting on confirmation that the SA women’s team are still coming over.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4221 on: August 16, 2020, 11:47:59 AM »
Crap start from England, hard batting conditions mind. Burns falls for 0.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4222 on: August 16, 2020, 10:21:27 PM »
I was thinking about this earlier, but when was the last time people can remember so much of a Test match being rained off/being off for bad light? I’m struggling!

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4223 on: August 17, 2020, 06:36:22 AM »
Crowds allowed back to the Crucible for the Snooker final, in an enclosed arena but not cricket. I struggle to see why say a 33% capacity aren't allowed in the Test grounds which is in the open air?

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4224 on: August 17, 2020, 08:51:09 AM »
Crowds allowed back to the Crucible for the Snooker final, in an enclosed arena but not cricket. I struggle to see why say a 33% capacity aren't allowed in the Test grounds which is in the open air?

Possibly worried about what happens when it rains and you have people all looking for cover.

The proposed cricket test events, that were called off, were only going to be for a couple of thousand people in each venue. Nowhere near a third of capacity

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4225 on: August 17, 2020, 11:06:14 AM »
Heavy rain in Southampton earlier on today. Sodden outfield, so it looks like another day with very little, if any, play even if there's no further rain

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4226 on: August 17, 2020, 02:44:50 PM »
Play due to start at 15:20

What's the point ?

Can the captains shake hands (well...bump elbows) at 5pm and call it off as a draw ?

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4227 on: August 21, 2020, 10:57:02 AM »
Bit of a message from Root to Jof -

“Jofra has had a week off. We want him to operate in short and sharp spells and we want him to bowl fast.”

Although the first part of that is on Root.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4228 on: August 21, 2020, 11:27:04 AM »
Burns goes for a measly 6 runs, he needs a score to get some confidence.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread 2019+2020
« Reply #4229 on: August 21, 2020, 04:11:15 PM »
Fine maiden 100 from Crawley. Good effort.

 


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