Topic: The England Cricket Thread - 2024

[Joseph-Immanuel Queen]

That loss is going to stay with me for a long time. So many missed opportunities.

[Yosser0_0]

Did Morgan not realise Wood had an over left.

Feel like he's lost his numbers this game?

Yeah, bowled Root so that he could keep the likes of Wood up his sleeve. Pick of the bowlers again, Woakes bowled well too I thought.

Rashid? What was he thinking of?

[Gerry Attrick]

Not going to pin that on Morgan, it worked to get rid of Maxwell. On a tough deck to get started facing Rashid is not easy. Starc just got hold of one. Might help is our pace bowling wasn’t middle of the road and he had somebody he could trust other than Archer.

[Sangria]

That loss is going to stay with me for a long time. So many missed opportunities.

Bilateral ODI series. Meh.

[voodoo ray]

That loss is going to stay with me for a long time. So many missed opportunities.

it's only a 3 match bilateral odi series mate.

[Crosby Nick]

Don’t hear the word bilateral very often, let alone two (now maybe three) posts in a row!

[voodoo ray]

Don’t hear the word bilateral very often, let alone two (now maybe three) posts in a row!

I think it only exists in cricket!



Finch there in his interview coming across like a decent bloke again. Somewhat annoying.

[Yosser0_0]

Don’t hear the word bilateral very often, let alone two (now maybe three) posts in a row!

Nick, you really need to stay in more.

Bilateral Interface Engineering for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells Using Phenylethylammonium Iodide

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.0c05632

[Welshred]

I use it every day in work as well

[Crosby Nick]

I use it every day in work as well

When saying goodbye to your colleague, Lateral?

[Yosser0_0]

When saying goodbye to your colleague, Lateral?

 

[Yosser0_0]

Great game, really tense finish, just a shame it didn't go to a Super Over!

Quite daunting thinking that there is now no winter series to look forward to, gonna miss it. Suppose I'll have to settle for watching the blast and Lancs mauling Yorkshire again later this week! Not as good as an international, but at least its a bit more cricket.
 

[Prof]

I use it every day in work as well

I once used it in a bar after I'd had a couple too many... I honestly didn't mean to mislead anyone

[Prof]

Is it just me, or has this summer given us the best ever set of cricket matches collectively across all three formats?  It's hard to remember a bad match (apart from the washout against Pakistan).  It's just left me wanting more.

[FiSh77]

Some odds on us winning the series when we were 140 odd last match. Looks nailed on now

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Well done, hopefully you say the same about Chelsea on Sunday

[dudleyred]

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Well done, hopefully you say the same about Chelsea on Sunday

Yes thought I’d got away with it to be honest

Great batting performance from the Aussies in fairness to them

Saying nowt about Sunday whatsoever

[Fiasco]

Fair play to the Aussies. I thought England getting to 300 was below par, but when you're 0-2 then you need to re-evaluate a bit. Morgan and Billings got out softly and Bairstow got done by a beauty. The margins aren't big but on another day England post 340 there and probably put the game out of reach regardless.

For the Aussies, Maxwell is always capable of an innings like that and Carey has a nice balance of power and placement. For England, Billings has done his chances no harm going forward but he's not dislodging Stokes so you wonder who he would replace. Roy needs a serious bounce back to form as well because Banton will be eyeing up his spot, IMO.

[Crosby Nick]

Nice to see Lancs do Yorkshire again, bit of a choke there.

[voodoo ray]

top-heavy looking side yorkshire. no depth.

not helped by having 4 out with the covid. dave willey coming in at the end there would probably have won it for them, or at least given them a much better chance anyway.

[Crosby Nick]

Team room looks fun!

https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1307998013055328256

[Elzar]

Team room looks fun!

https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/1307998013055328256

Can't see what it is as I'm on a work computer, Presume it's the gladiators video?

They have plenty of things to do in their spare time don't they! Mark Wood always looks like he's a good laugh

[Crosby Nick]

Yeah the Gladiators thing.

[kloppismydad]

Do we discuss IPL here or is that taboo?

[demain]

Do we discuss IPL here or is that taboo?

Probably needs another thread, nowt to do with English cricket.

[dudleyred]

Yeah the Gladiators thing.

See Root cheating on the table football?!

He moved buttlers keeper right at the start on the quiet!!

[Sangria]

Anyone keeping track of the county cricket? That Cook fella looks a bit useful.

[El Lobo]

Do we discuss IPL here or is that taboo?

Not sure but just seen the most insane fielding ever on Sky Sports News

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/cricket/news/12123/12083870/best-boundary-save-ever-nicholas-poorans-amazing-fielding-in-ipl

[dudleyred]

Wow

That’s unreal

[Crosby Nick]

Half the regulars of this thread would put that down as a dropped catch.

[demain]

Half the regulars of this thread would put that down as a dropped catch.

Especially if the fielder was somehow Jos Buttler.

[Garrus]

He's a wicket keeper too!

[voodoo ray]

threw it right past the teammate following up. awful.

[Welshred]

Half the regulars of this thread would put that down as a dropped catch.

No idea why he didn't employ his Inspector Gadget arms to pluck it out of the sky the show off

Especially if the fielder was somehow Jos Buttler.

At least he wouldn't be behind the stumps

[demain]

At least he wouldn't be behind the stumps

 

[Sangria]

threw it right past the teammate following up. awful.

TBF he was facing the floor and he was pretty close to the dirt when he released the ball. The approved technique for something like this is to throw yourself at the ball whilst facing skywards, which means you can see what's behind you and can better position your throw to your following up team mate. There's a Sri Lankan player who was the pioneer of this, first saving a six in the manner of this video, then going one better and throwing the ball back up to retrieve and turn into a legit catch in a second incident.

[Kekule]

Bairstow, and perhaps surprisingly, Mark Wood have missed out on ECB Test contracts for the next year.  I'm not sure if these extend to the Ashes tour next winter (presuming it goes ahead), as I would have thought Mark Wood would be exactly the sort of bowler they'd need, rather than both Woakes and Curran. Not that I have anything against either of them.  No real surprises elsewhere.

Test central contracts

James Anderson (Lancashire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Rory Burns (Surrey), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Zak Crawley (Kent), Sam Curran (Surrey), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Dom Sibley (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire).

Limited over central contracts

Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Tom Curran (Surrey), Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham).

Jack Leach, Dawid Malan, Dom Bess and Chris Jordan on increment contracts.

[Crosby Nick]

Doesn’t mean Wood can’t or won’t be selected for an Ashes your, Hague’s it just means they’re not wanting to pay him a full contract if they’re unsure how much of a part he’ll play.

[Kekule]

Doesn’t mean Wood can’t or won’t be selected for an Ashes your, Hague’s it just means they’re not wanting to pay him a full contract if they’re unsure how much of a part he’ll play.

I know, the touring party is usually 15 or 16, I just thought they might have given him one as a sign of confidence/belief in him, that he’s one of our main guys for Australia.  But then again he breaks down a lot, so you’re probably right. 

[voodoo ray]

so much cryarsing about this.

a) it doesn't mean mark wood can't be picked for test squads/teams
b) the next ashes tour will be after next year's contracts are given out anyway

[Welshred]

His fitness issues are more than enough reason not to give him a central contract imo