The International Cricket Thread

[olaftab]

Great overall performance and almost perfect morning. Both batsman played superably and did their job however there was total lack of tension in the match due to India's attitude. They were not at all bothered to break a sweat and introduce some jeopardy in the play and rattle the batters. The visit to Edgbaston was, for me, totally spoiled by a team that almost forfeited the mornings play despite having 119 rund to defend. Maybe they did what their Board should have done in the first place last year and conceded the match.

Anyway well done England.

[olaftab]

And by the way I am glad Barmy Army have dropped the Bairstow song with that "I will let you shag my wife" line in it. About time.

[UK Redsox]

And by the way I am glad Barmy Army have dropped the Bairstow song with that "I will let you shag my wife" line in it. About time.

As mentioned several times before, the Barmy Army really get on my nerves.

I don't mind the odd Root chant or a chorus of 'Oh Jimmy Jimmy' but most of the time they're singing about themselves or that trumpet is blaring.

It puts me off attending international matches in person

[cdbearsfan]

And by the way I am glad Barmy Army have dropped the Bairstow song with that "I will let you shag my wife" line in it. About time.

It's nowhere near as bad as the "India get battered" shite they were coming out with yesterday.

Still, I did like "Boris is a wanker".

[Nev]

There were a few complaints of racist behaviour yesterday, this occurred when India were last in town. It's vile but amongst such a large crowd perhaps it's to be expected that there are one or two idiots. Sorry, ******.

[Lsvilla]

Great overall performance and almost perfect morning. Both batsman played superably and did their job however there was total lack of tension in the match due to India's attitude. They were not at all bothered to break a sweat and introduce some jeopardy in the play and rattle the batters. The visit to Edgbaston was, for me, totally spoiled by a team that almost forfeited the mornings play despite having 119 rund to defend. Maybe they did what their Board should have done in the first place last year and conceded the match.

Anyway well done England.

India were broken by the brilliance of Root and Bairstow yesterday. When Lees was run out they thought they were going to win - as they did for most of the game - demonstrated by Kohli's antics.

[Drummond]

Great overall performance and almost perfect morning. Both batsman played superably and did their job however there was total lack of tension in the match due to India's attitude. They were not at all bothered to break a sweat and introduce some jeopardy in the play and rattle the batters. The visit to Edgbaston was, for me, totally spoiled by a team that almost forfeited the mornings play despite having 119 rund to defend. Maybe they did what their Board should have done in the first place last year and conceded the match.

Anyway well done England.

Requesting a change of ball, when it was reverse swinging a lot was bizarre too.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Amazing stuff all round (a special mention for Potts).

I feel quite choked up when it comes to Root. It was lovely to watch his inner self (a cheeky boy who loves playing cricket) emerge again.

Great season so far, kudos to Stokes.

[Villan For Life]

Great overall performance and almost perfect morning. Both batsman played superably and did their job however there was total lack of tension in the match due to India's attitude. They were not at all bothered to break a sweat and introduce some jeopardy in the play and rattle the batters. The visit to Edgbaston was, for me, totally spoiled by a team that almost forfeited the mornings play despite having 119 rund to defend. Maybe they did what their Board should have done in the first place last year and conceded the match.

Anyway well done England.

Requesting a change of ball, when it was reverse swinging a lot was bizarre too.

Their opening bowlers Bumrah and Shami are brilliant but the first change bowlers Siraj and Thakur were poor. I don’t understand why they didn’t select Ravi Ashwin for this part of the tour, Jadeja is a good bowler but was bowling too fast and both Bairstow and Root just padded him away. I really rate Ashwin, he’s a proven match winner.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

I’d love to hear the words exchanged between Kohli and Bairstow. I respect Kohli but am chuffed that whatever he said got rammed up him

[tomd2103]

And by the way I am glad Barmy Army have dropped the Bairstow song with that "I will let you shag my wife" line in it. About time.

I’ve never really got that song when it is sung about players at football either.  The whole “*insert team name* get battered everywhere they go” is another I would gladly never hear again.

[UK Redsox]

The people that have probably had the worst Test summer so far are Dukes

The balls have been shit

[Rory]

And by the way I am glad Barmy Army have dropped the Bairstow song with that "I will let you shag my wife" line in it. About time.

As mentioned several times before, the Barmy Army really get on my nerves.

I don't mind the odd Root chant or a chorus of 'Oh Jimmy Jimmy' but most of the time they're singing about themselves or that trumpet is blaring.

It puts me off attending international matches in person

Absolutely. I'd ban twats with trumpets right away.

[UK Redsox]

England have been poor in this T20.

Selection looked a batter light, so if Mo, Brook and Curran don’t click, they’re in trouble.

Mo’s going to give it a go though

[cdbearsfan]

The England India Twenty20 is on BBC2 today, if that's of interest to anyone. 2.30pm start.