Our old ally to the rescue. Come on rain!Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
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Our old ally to the rescue. Come on rain!Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Smith on fire. All over already it seems. Would love to be proved wrong....
116-1 :(
Rain stops play :D:D
A better morning for England taking 4 wickets.
Australia 52-5 at lunch against Pakistan at the home of (Yorkshire) cricket.
The Aussies won the toss and elected to bat. :D
Australia 88 all out! After the elected to bat!!
I was thinking it was a bad one day score till I twigged it was a Test Match 1st Day ! :w00t:Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
That'll teach em:DQuote:
Originally Posted by noel
Good day for England and fine work from Colly and Morgan :)
...and a special mention for the generosity of the Pakistani wicketkeeper :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
All change now. From 331-4 overnight to 354 all out. What a collapse!
Pakistan responding in kind - 45-5. 11 wickets in half a day's play so far. What's happened to this pitch?
Pakistan won toss and decided to bat.....
....currently 36-6!!!
The expression 'a good toss to lose' springs to mind Multi ;):D
Might be being slightly apocalyptic here but we could be witnessing the beginning of the end of world test cricket.
First the West Indies and now Pakistan - great test sides destroyed by infighting and the greed and corruption of their administrators and by the joke that is 20-20.
It would have been unthinkable even just five years ago that Pakistan would send over a test side this inexperienced and poor. Now they just don't care about test cricket, in the same way as it has been more or less abandoned by the West Indies - who not long ago were the best side in the world.
Interesting point Zed. I love test cricket and have watched on TV since the early 70s. It's move to satellite was a key factor in me taking my old set to the tip in January. It's a real shame that the Pakistan team seems in total chaos. Cricket is huge all over South Asia and as you say it's not good for the game
the subcontient is where 20-20 has been most heavily promoted - with the IPL obviously - and where it is doing the most harm to test cricketQuote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
there's been a massive drop-off in interest in the long game over there if you believe various august commentators on the sport - and there's no reason not to
that and the security risks now mean that India will probably barely ever play Pakistan at test cricket and, more sadly, that the cricket-watching public there will barely care whether they do or don't
and I think it's easy for us to overlook or disbelieve all that here cos we've seen such a great renaissance in test cricket in the last eight or ten years
unfortunately the Ashes could be all that's left in ten or twenty years' time
You could be right which would be a great shame. Much as I enjoy watching one day cricket I still get more pleasure from seeing England (and Yorkshire) winning in the longer form of the game. It always feels to me like the true barometer of a teamQuote:
Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo
Latest news makes terribly sad reading :thunbdown:Quote:
Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo
Oh I don't know we won ;):)Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
aye I don't think anything can be taken away from England's victory, it was well-earned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alf
But as DT says, tis sad days for test cricket. I wonder how much of this was born out of envy regarding the IPL? i.e., Pakistan players being excluded from that competition and its attendant riches, seeking other 'sources of income'.
Then again, everyone in cricket has known for decades that Pakistani cricket authorities are corrupt, it's just taken a surplus of blindingly obvious evidence to get past the politically correct barriers.
Lancashire: Yet to bat
Nottinghamshire: 85-2 (24.2 overs)
Delayed
Bright light stopped play
:rolleyes:
I've no nails left what a cliff hanger, brilliant last 4 overs, dead and buried with flowers on the grave and we still won.
Phew!
Lets hope for some easy games in the 1/4's
England must be the most entertaining side to watch in the competition so far!Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
It was a great finish though :D
England are a good bet to win the trophy perhaps? Not the best side but proving hard to beat when it counts.
Except for the two games that they lost. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OneOffPoet
ahh but we only lose to the no hopers, we've done quite well against the top teams:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
When it counts, like today for sureQuote:
Originally Posted by noel
It's bizarre how the results have gone, and England are beatable one day and unbeatable in tight situations the next. Real dark horses I think. Worth a fiver on them to win?!
India on 176 for 4, the Little Master on 77 not out. Is he going to get that hundred?
This is one match I wish I was watching. I bet the atmosphere is electric.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
I've been on Skype earlier with a guy from the company we do business with in Delhi. They've put a big screen up in the office and the whole company is watching togetherQuote:
Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever
I wouldn't want to be in that office if they lose! Reckon this is going to be a cracker for the neutral!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Run rate just under 5 and over and 5 wickets in hand. It's going to be an interesting last ten overs in the Indian innings...
Now 207-6 with 7 overs left. Good effort from the Pakistani bowlers to reign things in.
What a transformation from Pakistan since last summer's debacle
Got the makings of a really good match this
India 260 - 9 with the little genius getting 85. "We'll" soon have those wickets tumbling :wink:
I think 260 might be enough Manhar. Good luck! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Manhar
30 overs bowled and no extras given.
Looking good for your boys Manhar:thumbup: