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Welshred · « **Reply #6481 on:** March 30, 2021, 10:25:29 am »

Nope, no relation to each other

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #6482 on:** March 30, 2021, 10:55:30 am »

I think it’s quite a common surname on the Windies ( are they both from Barbados I think?).

Sangria · « **Reply #6483 on:** March 30, 2021, 01:10:46 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on March 30, 2021, 10:55:30 am

I think it’s quite a common surname on the Windies ( are they both from Barbados I think?).

I can't remember the name, but there used to be around half a dozen cousins with the same surname playing for various islands in the Windies, all mediocre all-rounder types who never got above inter-island cricket.

Welshred · « **Reply #6484 on:** March 30, 2021, 01:12:34 pm »

https://twitter.com/WisdenCricket/status/1376859718820433921?s=20

Erm...

voodoo ray · « **Reply #6485 on:** March 30, 2021, 01:16:57 pm »

they look thrilled.

spen71 · « **Reply #6486 on:** March 30, 2021, 01:22:37 pm »

Quote from: Yorkykopite on March 29, 2021, 10:49:37 pm

Looks like the fella can bat a bit.

Brathwaite, meanwhile, is on 99 overnight. Sweet dreams.

I like Brathwaite. Old school Test opener.

Does he just bat?

Vinay · « **Reply #6487 on:** March 30, 2021, 03:28:52 pm »

Quote from: spen71 on March 30, 2021, 01:22:37 pm

Does he just bat?

No Cornwall bowls as well, with very little to no run up...

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6488 on:** March 30, 2021, 05:22:49 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on March 30, 2021, 10:55:30 am

I think it’s quite a common surname on the Windies ( are they both from Barbados I think?).

A bit like the Greenidge brothers who used to open for Windies. Gordon, we all know. But there was Geoffrey Greenidge too who played a couple of Tests. He didn't look much like Gordon. In fact...he was white. A bit of a 70s beach-bum type look if I remember. I guess that was a common name in the islands too.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6489 on:** March 30, 2021, 05:24:34 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on March 30, 2021, 01:12:34 pm

https://twitter.com/WisdenCricket/status/1376859718820433921?s=20

Erm...

Blimey. It screams 'Made in Pudsey'.

PS Well done Brathwaite.

Sangria · « **Reply #6490 on:** March 30, 2021, 06:20:30 pm »

Quote from: Sangria on March 30, 2021, 01:10:46 pm

I can't remember the name, but there used to be around half a dozen cousins with the same surname playing for various islands in the Windies, all mediocre all-rounder types who never got above inter-island cricket.

Found the name, if not the precise number. The Shillingfords.

Sangria · « **Reply #6491 on:** March 30, 2021, 06:21:24 pm »

Quote from: Yorkykopite on March 30, 2021, 05:22:49 pm

A bit like the Greenidge brothers who used to open for Windies. Gordon, we all know. But there was Geoffrey Greenidge too who played a couple of Tests. He didn't look much like Gordon. In fact...he was white. A bit of a 70s beach-bum type look if I remember. I guess that was a common name in the islands too.

A bit like when an English lady asked Viv Richards if he was related to Barry.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6492 on:** March 30, 2021, 09:09:49 pm »

Quote from: Sangria on March 30, 2021, 06:21:24 pm

A bit like when an English lady asked Viv Richards if he was related to Barry.

Ha ha. I love that. She as colour blind to the point of splendour.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6493 on:** March 30, 2021, 09:16:35 pm »

Just discovered, in fact, that Geoff Greenidge was the last white man to play Test cricket for the Windies until Joshua da Silva (who is playing as I type).

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #6494 on:** March 30, 2021, 10:57:40 pm »

Quote from: Yorkykopite on March 30, 2021, 09:16:35 pm

Just discovered, in fact, that Geoff Greenidge was the last white man to play Test cricket for the Windies until Joshua da Silva (who is playing as I type).

They had a white wicket keeper/batsman when they win that series against us in about 2009, completely forgotten his name though.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6495 on:** March 30, 2021, 11:13:34 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on March 30, 2021, 10:57:40 pm

They had a white wicket keeper/batsman when they win that series against us in about 2009, completely forgotten his name though.

Nash. Apparently 'mixed race' (aren't we all, really, when it comes down to it?)

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #6496 on:** March 30, 2021, 11:58:14 pm »

Quote from: Yorkykopite on March 30, 2021, 11:13:34 pm

Nash. Apparently 'mixed race' (aren't we all, really, when it comes down to it?)

That’s the fella. Hazy memory, quite a strange tour that one.

spen71 · « **Reply #6497 on:** March 31, 2021, 07:00:54 pm »

Ambrose and Walsh are good commentators

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6498 on:** March 31, 2021, 08:23:44 pm »

Quote from: spen71 on March 31, 2021, 07:00:54 pm

Ambrose and Walsh are good commentators

Had a flashback then. What a duo!

Welshred · « **Reply #6499 on:** March 31, 2021, 08:53:57 pm »

Michael Atherton's son scored a century against Yorkshire today playing for his uni

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6500 on:** March 31, 2021, 09:10:54 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on March 31, 2021, 08:53:57 pm

Michael Atherton's son scored a century against Yorkshire today playing for his uni

I saw that. It was Bradford and Leeds Uni so I suppose, in a sense, he was flying under Yorkshire colours.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #6501 on:** March 31, 2021, 09:16:16 pm »

Quote from: Yorkykopite on March 31, 2021, 09:10:54 pm

I saw that. It was Bradford and Leeds Uni so I suppose, in a sense, he was flying under Yorkshire colours.

Did they not used to be separate?

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6502 on:** March 31, 2021, 09:23:59 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on March 31, 2021, 09:16:16 pm

Did they not used to be separate?

They are. But cricket-wise they must combine like Ox-Cam used to do?

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #6503 on:** March 31, 2021, 09:29:18 pm »

Quote from: Yorkykopite on March 31, 2021, 09:23:59 pm

They are. But cricket-wise they must combine like Ox-Cam used to do?

Fair dos. Do you remember the old B&H Cup used to have group stages and a few of the universities had teams in there, and then there was a Combines Universities odds and sods team.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6504 on:** March 31, 2021, 09:30:06 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on March 31, 2021, 09:29:18 pm

Fair dos. Do you remember the old B&H Cup used to have group stages and a few of the universities had teams in there, and then there was a Combines Universities odds and sods team.

Yeah. Except it would be odds and sods and....Imran Khan!

voodoo ray · « **Reply #6505 on:** March 31, 2021, 11:16:25 pm »

Interesting how he's using a different surname.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6506 on:** April 1, 2021, 09:09:17 pm »

Brathwaite out fifteen short of his second century of the match.

Bowled by Chameera.

Or maybe I dreamt that.

(One for Nick)

Vinay · « **Reply #6507 on:** April 1, 2021, 09:31:29 pm »

When is the best time to declare? This is day 4 of 5, isnt it?

Bangin Them In · « **Reply #6508 on:** April 2, 2021, 12:28:25 pm »

Saffers V Pakistan 1 day on

Oddly there's a DJ giving it loads and no crowd

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6509 on:** April 2, 2021, 01:36:33 pm »

Quote from: Bangin Them In on April 2, 2021, 12:28:25 pm

Saffers V Pakistan 1 day on

Oddly there's a DJ giving it loads and no crowd

That sort of sums up DJs doesn't it?

TepidT2O · « **Reply #6510 on:** April 2, 2021, 03:07:01 pm »

Tendulkar in hospital due to covid...

That’s quite scary

Welshred · « **Reply #6511 on:** April 10, 2021, 01:31:19 pm »

Hey Alexa, what does playing cricket in England in April look like?

https://twitter.com/mattmaynard25/status/1380856754246942720?s=19

voodoo ray · « **Reply #6512 on:** April 10, 2021, 01:36:54 pm »

they use a red ball, they'll be fine.

Bangin Them In · « **Reply #6513 on:** April 10, 2021, 01:46:50 pm »

Headingly too - Just get on with it, sight screens won’t be an issue

Welshred · « **Reply #6514 on:** April 16, 2021, 12:06:45 pm »

Stokes out for 3 months with a broken finger

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #6515 on:** April 16, 2021, 12:42:34 pm »

Quote from: Welshred on April 16, 2021, 12:06:45 pm

Stokes out for 3 months with a broken finger

Wuss.

What will he miss?

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6516 on:** April 16, 2021, 12:53:13 pm »

Quote from: BIG DICK NICK on April 16, 2021, 12:42:34 pm

Wuss.

What will he miss?

The bloody Test matches v New Zealand.

Yorkykopite · « **Reply #6517 on:** April 16, 2021, 12:59:51 pm »

I have a suggestion to solve England's opening batting position which will make you all groan. Bring back Adam Lyth.

His Test match career to date is, of course, blighted by a very poor Ashes series. But he was discarded too quickly after that and never given a second chance. Other, lesser players, were. Most people forget that he did rather well earlier in that Ashes summer against a strong New Zealand side, scoring a thrilling century in one of the two Tests. He is also, by some measure, the best Yorkshire opener since Boycott, constantly getting big scores in all formats, and getting them quickly. His two innings this summer have so far yielded over 200 runs. He is, quite frankly, superior to anything we've currently got at the top of the innings.

Besides I want to hear Nick say once again...."What a time to be A. Lyth."

Garrus · « **Reply #6518 on:** April 16, 2021, 01:05:37 pm »

It's a pity that Haseeb Hameed hasn't been able to play himself back into form domestically. Just so unlucky with that injury that sent him home after an impressive start to his Test career.

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #6519 on:** April 16, 2021, 01:08:13 pm »

Quote from: Yorkykopite on April 16, 2021, 12:59:51 pm

I have a suggestion to solve England's opening batting position which will make you all groan. Bring back Adam Lyth.

His Test match career to date is, of course, blighted by a very poor Ashes series. But he was discarded too quickly after that and never given a second chance. Other, lesser players, were. Most people forget that he did rather well earlier in that Ashes summer against a strong New Zealand side, scoring a thrilling century in one of the two Tests. He is also, by some measure, the best Yorkshire opener since Boycott, constantly getting big scores in all formats, and getting them quickly. His two innings this summer have so far yielded over 200 runs. He is, quite frankly, superior to anything we've currently got at the top of the innings.

Besides I want to hear Nick say once again...."What a time to be A. Lyth."

Did I really say that? That’s actually quite good!

Not averse to giving Lyth another try. Can’t remember who (if anyone is in credit from the summer. Who’s likely to open, Burns and Crawley?