The International Cricket Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Agreed, but I think they need to do a fair bit more groundwork first. Him appearing to comfortably last through the T20 World Cup was a massive boost, but they’ve got to up his workload slowly.

[tomd2103]

Getting Joffra fit to bowl in Test matches would be a massive boost.

It would indeed be lovely, but just can't see it unfortunately. 

[Rory]

To prevent future injuries, I reckon they just need to get him to take that gargantuan gold chain off. The extra weight must be considerable.

[dcdavecollett]

It looks pretty heavy, doesn't it?

You would associate wearing that with neck injuries rather than elbow problems.

[UK Redsox]

Great to hear Victor on TMS today

[PaulWinch again]

Nicely balanced game now.

[Villan For Life]

Two fantastic days at Edgbaston with nearly 700 runs and 22 wickets. The beer is very expensive though!

[Border villan]

Should be all over for tea so they won’t be late for their shift at Longbridge.

[manic-road]

Brutal batting from Stokes, a great win.

[tomd2103]

Very sad to hear about the passing of Graham Thorpe.  Was one of my favourite players growing up - technically sound, gritty when he needed to be and scored runs against all of the top test sides of the era including the great Australian sides.

[PaulWinch again]

Yep very sad. Excellent player.

[dcdavecollett]

Thorpe was one of the few players that skipper Atherton knew he could rely on to perform regularly at Test level.

He had a very simple, disciplined approach-he only played about three shots -but he knew his game, stuck to it and scored a stack of runs.

[tomd2103]

Thorpe was one of the few players that skipper Atherton knew he could rely on to perform regularly at Test level.

He had a very simple, disciplined approach-he only played about three shots -but he knew his game, stuck to it and scored a stack of runs.

Think it was Nasser Hussain said he was exactly the kind of player you'd want going out there when you were 20-3 .

[dcdavecollett]

...which used to happen quite often, Tom!

[Rory]

Thorpe was one of the few players that skipper Atherton knew he could rely on to perform regularly at Test level.

He had a very simple, disciplined approach-he only played about three shots -but he knew his game, stuck to it and scored a stack of runs.

Yep, one of those cricketers it was impossible not to admire and respect. RIP.