The International Cricket Thread

[UK Redsox]

Simon Mann saying that due to bubbles, quarantine etc, it was thought that Woakes would not be match fit for a five day game

Frustrating, but understandable

[UK Redsox]

Great that Vic is in the commentary box for this game

[UK Redsox]

Jeremy Coney straight in with the "day-boo"

[PaulWinch again]

I see a Williamson double hundred here!

[paul_e]

Simon Mann saying that due to bubbles, quarantine etc, it was thought that Woakes would not be match fit for a five day game

Frustrating, but understandable

Something that is largely Englands fault. Took him to Sri Lanka and India to carry drinks for most of the winter meaning he's played 3 IPL games as his only cricket for 9 months since the Australia ODI series finished. The IPL delays haven't helped of course.

[PaulWinch again]

Or not.

[Villan For Life]

A long day in the field for England. I didn’t think that we bowled badly, it’s a flat track that was offering very little to the bowlers. I do question the decision to go without a front line spinner though.

Early wickets are needed tomorrow otherwise we could be battted out of the test by tea.

[PaulWinch again]

Robinson is going to be in a spot of bother over these historic tweets.

[PaulWinch again]

I suspect his Test career might be short lived.

[UK Redsox]

Robinson is going to be in a spot of bother over these historic tweets.

I don’t care if the tweets were years ago when he was 18 or so, he should be dropped from the squad

[paul_e]

Robinson is going to be in a spot of bother over these historic tweets.

I don’t care if the tweets were years ago when he was 18 or so, he should be dropped from the squad

Yep, agreed.

[UK Redsox]

Trouble is that the likely replacement has form as well

https://wisden.com/series-stories/england-v-new-zealand/craig-overton-ive-realised-that-you-cant-go-around-doing-what-i-was-doing-then

[UK Redsox]

When Robinson’s first ball in Test Cricket was called a non-ball, TMS discussed those players who’d done the same, ranging from Jimmy to some one test wonders. The commentators joked that Robinson might be one of the latter.
After what then happened, it’s possible that the joke will turn out to be correct.

[PaulWinch again]

Trouble is that the likely replacement has form as well

https://wisden.com/series-stories/england-v-new-zealand/craig-overton-ive-realised-that-you-cant-go-around-doing-what-i-was-doing-then

Oh yes I remember those things.

Bit that really bothers me is when being 18/19 is somehow a mitigation, for racism? Give me a break.

[paul_e]

Trouble is that the likely replacement has form as well

https://wisden.com/series-stories/england-v-new-zealand/craig-overton-ive-realised-that-you-cant-go-around-doing-what-i-was-doing-then

Oh yes I remember those things.

Bit that really bothers me is when being 18/19 is somehow a mitigation, for racism? Give me a break.

Particularly racism on a platform that will store it 'forever'.

I suspect most people did things as a teenager that they look back at with shame (more generally, not specifically racism) but that so many people choose to do those things on twitter/facebook/instagram and just leave it out there and then act like a victim when it's pointed out is really worrying.