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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7515 on: September 08, 2022, 01:03:53 AM »
That's the way it should be done.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7516 on: September 08, 2022, 01:44:08 PM »
Strange decision to delay the start in the sunshine when there was a huge storm on the radar due to hit right around the new start time. With the forecast as is I suspect we won't see much play today now.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7517 on: September 08, 2022, 02:01:47 PM »
How on earth do you break your leg playing golf?!
Knowing him he probably fell off a tree whilst shagging the club  captain’s wife.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7518 on: September 08, 2022, 02:03:52 PM »
Strange decision to delay the start in the sunshine when there was a huge storm on the radar due to hit right around the new start time. With the forecast as is I suspect we won't see much play today now.

Heavy overnight rain in London meant a wet outfield at the scheduled start time.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7519 on: September 08, 2022, 02:28:12 PM »
Strange decision to delay the start in the sunshine when there was a huge storm on the radar due to hit right around the new start time. With the forecast as is I suspect we won't see much play today now.

Heavy overnight rain in London meant a wet outfield at the scheduled start time.

I know, I was commenting more on the choice of new start time.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7520 on: September 08, 2022, 02:30:09 PM »
Either the weather or HRH will see no play today, possibly in the test as a whole.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7521 on: September 09, 2022, 03:42:01 PM »
Test to resume tomorrow, but they are unable to add a further day, so it will be in effect a 3 day match, which has proved enough so far in the series.
« Last Edit: September 09, 2022, 03:44:48 PM by Villa Lew »

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7522 on: September 10, 2022, 12:00:59 PM »
Blimey England making up for lost time here.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7523 on: September 10, 2022, 12:15:12 PM »
Blimey England making up for lost time here.

Losing 2 days play unlikely to be an issue at this rate.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7524 on: September 11, 2022, 11:17:36 AM »
Don't know about a 3 day Test Match, this could be a 2 day Test match.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7525 on: September 11, 2022, 11:31:56 AM »
I’m struggling to come to any sane terms with Stokes’ innings, or was he playing whack-a-mole?

On the positive side, it’s jolly decent of our chaps to give opposing sides a two wicket advantage each innings.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7526 on: September 11, 2022, 12:05:24 PM »
Pope aside that was a ropey innings and has let SA back into the game.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7527 on: September 11, 2022, 05:30:22 PM »
So the 4th innings starts before the end of what is effectively day two.

It’s all happening, in 9 balls there’s been a dropped catch and two reviews. Chasing 130 they’re trying to get them tonight.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7528 on: September 11, 2022, 05:39:05 PM »
It's a superb gesture by South Africa to surrender this Test match without any fuss in the current "difficult circumstances" for all of us.

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Re: The International Cricket Thread
« Reply #7529 on: September 11, 2022, 06:46:04 PM »
Hopefully one day soon electricity will be invented and then test matches won’t have to stop for bad light.

 


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