Boo Khaki Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Wonder what the greatest height discrepancy in a Test opening pair is? Pretty sure Tom Moody opened in Tests and he was fucking massive. 6'8" iirc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 21 minutes ago, Boo Khaki said: Australia 240-4 to 263 all out. Wood tearing through them. Some day yet again. Australia are 2-0 up, but they could just as easily be 2-0 down. Two very evenly matched teams, and an absolutely tremendous series so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 What the f**k is Duckett doing playing at that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 22-2, Starc and Cummins putting the pressure on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Would be faf if England get bowled out for less than 200 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 England certainly scoring quickly, 50 up in the 9h over. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Psychosis Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) Torn between being pleased at Scotland exceeding expectations and equally furious at absolutely fucking blowing it against the Netherlands. Would really love the closed shop that is international cricket to be absolutely fucking torpedoed and it to become a genuine worldwide sport. I can't even pretend that the thought of England playing Australia YET AGAIN holds much appeal to a neutral. Put a new record on, I'd like to hear something different. Edited July 6, 2023 by Uncle Psychosis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Couldn't follow live because work, but knew we'd lose, any big one off game and the bottle goes. Surprised by how well we fared overall TBH - but is it because the associates are getting stronger or more to do with the test minnows getting weaker?.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, Scorge said: Couldn't follow live because work, but knew we'd lose, any big one off game and the bottle goes. Surprised by how well we fared overall TBH - but is it because the associates are getting stronger or more to do with the test minnows getting weaker?.... Bit of both imo, certainly had no expectations going into this but there have been some very good individual performances, obviously McMullen being the pick of the bunch. With hindsight it might have been better if it had been a must win game this morning, the fact a narrow defeat might have done might have brought a bit of indecision into the way they played. You wonder if the Windies can get much worse than they are at the moment, can't blame the guys who have chased the cash in the various T20s, but it has decimated their domestic game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Once again they will be a few overs short at Headingley, yet there is absolutely no reason why they couldn't play on to finish them off. Yes, the floodlights are on, but they have been on for ages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 hour ago, peasy23 said: England certainly scoring quickly, 50 up in the 9h over. Certainly a lot more careful towards the end, closing on 68-3 after 19 overs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 10 hours ago, Scorge said: Couldn't follow live because work, but knew we'd lose, any big one off game and the bottle goes. Surprised by how well we fared overall TBH - but is it because the associates are getting stronger or more to do with the test minnows getting weaker?.... Tuesday was essentially a one-off big game as well since whoever lost it was eliminated, and they kept their bottle perfectly well and won that. They've basically been playing knock-out cricket since the first game of the tournament, because it was always unlikely they'd beat four Test playing nations on the bounce so you had to assume they lose at least once, and two losses would see them fail to qualify. I don't really understand why there are a few people who can't seem to grasp that winning every single game was always implausible. If yesterday had been the first game of the tournament, the same outcome, and then Scotland went on to repeat every single other result they'd be regarded as having totally overperformed v's expectation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 3 hours ago, Boo Khaki said: I don't really understand why there are a few people who can't seem to grasp that winning every single game was always implausible. If yesterday had been the first game of the tournament, the same outcome, and then Scotland went on to repeat every single other result they'd be regarded as having totally overperformed v's expectation. While I agree with this, the comparison above with Partick Thistle's promotion push was a good one. An initial outside bet yet fell apart with the prize in sight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Off it goes. Fucking useless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Going to be some laugh when Australia come into bat with a load of 100. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) Mark Wood smashes 24 off eight balls and gets dismissed. Fair play. Edited July 7, 2023 by Michael W 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Just now, Michael W said: Mark Wood smashes 24 off seven balls and gets dismissed. Fair play. Might as well go down swinging. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 20 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Would be faf if England get bowled out for less than 200 Making it happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 Stokes again holding the England batting up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Highlandmagar said: Stokes again holding the England batting up. Keeping them in the game almost single handed. Bowling 60mph at him is just teeing him up though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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