The Cricket Thread

[Ankit 3,176]

Fair Enough, then!!

I found another article. The author seems to talk sense as well. Give it a read.

http://cricketwithballs.com/2012/08/13/kp-trust-and-unity/

[Ankit 3,176]

On this day Bradman got the duck that left him stranded on 99.94, Tendulkar hit his maiden Test ton at 17.

http://www.espncrici...ory/149478.html

[capriccioso 2,545]

On this day Bradman got the duck that left him stranded on 99.94, Tendulkar hit his maiden Test ton at 17.

http://www.espncrici...ory/149478.html

Sachin looks so young!

South Africa batting first. Seems to be a batsman friendly wicket at Lords.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Bugger.

Duminy to come and that's all the batsmen out of the way.

[Ankit 3,176]

South Africa batting first. Seems to be a batsman friendly wicket at Lords.

Ah! Lords. Everything about Lords just epitomises the beauty of Test Cricket. A beautiful Dravid (Insert your fav player name) square drive(Inser his fav shot) and a gentle round of applause around the stadium. Or a Wasim akram outs swing whistling past the Batsman's bat and ooohhh in the background.

T20 cricket can take a back seat and stay there.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Controversy here. Kallis was given not out after an appeal, England challenged the decision, and the third umpire gave an absolute howler of a decision by giving it out.

Why bother with DRS if the third umpire is a wanker?

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

good morning session from England..still in the balance tho in the afternoon.. South Africa..79-4 England need to get into the tail a.s.a.p.

[Drogzola 283]

good morning session from England..still in the balance tho in the afternoon.. South Africa..79-4 England need to get into the tail a.s.a.p.

Lets hope our tail has a bit of a sting in it.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

no sting..just honey please.

[Drogzola 283]

Seems it had a sting

[capriccioso 2,545]

Steyn is a pretty fair test batsman, I think they can get to 300. But this is the vital partnership to break, Morkel and Tahir don't know which end of the bat faces up.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

That Kallis decision was awful. I was screaming at the television yesterday haha! Sound like a United fan don't I?

[Drogzola 283]

I was pretty shocked with Philanders batting skills. If we have bowlers that can bat and bowl like Philander and Steyn we should be grateful. With regards to the Kallis decision, it was awful but I guess the third umpire thought that one of his fingers was touching the bat when the ball touched his glove or something....You win some you loose some i guess.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Steyn is a pretty fair test batsman, I think they can get to 300. But this is the vital partnership to break, Morkel and Tahir don't know which end of the bat faces up.

I'm on a hot run with predictions . Never mind that Morkel batted well.

309 is a fair total batting first. For some reason teams usually struggle, a lot, on the first day/innings at Lord's.

Also why is Steyn not taking the new ball?!

[capriccioso 2,545]

Nicely poised.

England should get a first innings lead from here, but I reckon it'll be the end of day 3 by the time its a meaningful lead. This is looking like a draw, unless Matt Prior thinks his name is Romesh Kaluwitharana and blasts a century off about 60 balls/England get bowled out.

[Ankit 3,176]

VVS Laxman set to retire after the first test against New Zealand. The test is being played at his homeground of hyderabad!

Official statement yet to come though!

[capriccioso 2,545]

He was a great player for India. Added a lot of stability to that middle order.

Who will replace him in the test team? Raina, I'm not convinced of his technical ability. He's a good slogger to have in the short forms. Rohit seems to be in the Chandimal boat of scoring for fun at domestic level but not being able to translate that to international cricket.

The upshot of the retirements of Laxman and Dravid and the imminent retirements of Sachin and Sehwag is that India will become a far better fielding unit.

[capriccioso 2,545]

How I envy British posters who can listen to commentary from Michael Holding.

I reckon the longer Bairstow stays in the 90s, the more likely he is to get out. Never made a test century yet. The nerves, etc.

Edit:

Dharmasena is an awful umpire. I could tell with the naked eye watching a shitty stream that it was too high!

Edited August 18, 2012 by capriccioso