A view from the boundary - off-topic discussion

Mongarra · 12-05-2016 4:05pm

Sad day for cricket, especially West Indies cricket. Nice to know the press box at Kensington Oval in Barbados is named after him so, if only for that and it won't be only for that, he will be remembered. By the way , probably a typo, but it's Cozier.

Beefy78 · 20-05-2016 6:22pm

Just watching the second day of the first England vs Sri Lanka Test. Jimmy Anderson in unplayable in these chilly, overcast conditions, isn't he?

riffmongous · 20-05-2016 11:54pm

Sri Lanka's 4th lowest test total

Beasty · 21-05-2016 11:14am

About to start again - looks like a bit of a challenge for Sri Lanka to take this into a 4th day if the weather holds off. Suspect conditions will favour England again

Beasty · 21-05-2016 11:25am

Jimmy & Jonny make it 10-1, that's 6 wickets for one, 6 catches for the other

BBDBB · 21-05-2016 3:51pm

Good to hear James Taylor on the sky commentary after his premature retirement due to heart trouble

He's not doing a bad job

Skid X · 27-05-2016 11:58am

Cook out cheaply again, still just short of the 10,000 Test runs.

Since he was made Captain he has never been the same run machine.

Beasty · 21-06-2016 9:59pm

Just flicked over to the cricket after the footie and saw 1 ball to go, 6 needed for England to get a tie

Step up Liam Plunkett - match tied!!

Guess if I was only going to see one ball in the match, that wasn't a bad one...

BBDBB · 22-06-2016 10:03pm

Saw the last 10 overs, thought England had blown it once buttler was out
A real sickener for the Sri lankans

Beasty · 24-06-2016 8:23pm

Not quite so close today! England win by 10 wickets with 15.5 overs to spare. Hayles and Roy both getting centuries in their 256-0 run chase

HonalD · 24-06-2016 10:16pm

Beasty wrote: »

Not quite so close today! England win by 10 wickets with 15.5 overs to spare. Hayles and Roy both getting centuries in their 256-0 run chase

England certainly have ability to play great cricket.

The Hill Billy · 13-08-2016 4:46pm

A bit of abuse of Admin privilege to plug a match tomorrow - 12:30pm Sunday 14th August at Ardgillan Castle (between Skerries & Balbriggan & signposted from the M1).

The match is between Balbriggan CC & The Hills CC to commemorate the first recorded cricket match in north County Dublin at the same venue in 1829.

Beasty · 14-08-2016 10:44am

Any extra runs for clearing the railway line?

Beasty · 01-03-2017 8:00pm

Very sad to see former Yorkshire opener Jackie Hampshire died today after a long illness. His England career did not properly reflect his quality - he scored a century on his Test debut but was still dropped after another match. He only played a total of 8 tests for England and perhaps even more surprising given his flair he only made 3 ODI appearances. He went on to be a First Class and Test umpire and had been President of Yorkshire since last year.

He would have been opening with Boycott when I first watched Yorkshire probably in a John Player match at Acklam Park, Middlesbrough in the mid 70s. He always played for the team and had some disagreements with Boycott on occasion as the latter would sometimes be more focussed on retaining his wicket than pushing on for the good of the team certainly in the view of many (if not Boycott!).

RIP

Tom Mann Centuria · 17-04-2017 8:36pm

Here's a pic from Northants slip cordon during their championship game at Derby. (which they won in epic style)

Looks lovely and warm.

https://twitter.com/dgriffinpix/status/853629962384965633

Collie D · 13-05-2017 6:36pm

Thinking of heading to Malahide tomorrow or next week for my first cricket match. Can anyone tell me what to expect?

Seating/standing
Bar/food
Chances of getting ticket on day
If it's a washout is there a refund?

Thanks in advance

TrueDub · 13-05-2017 7:52pm

Collie D wrote: »

Thinking of heading to Malahide tomorrow or next week for my first cricket match. Can anyone tell me what to expect?

Seating/standing
Bar/food
Chances of getting ticket on day
If it's a washout is there a refund?

Thanks in advance

There's definitely seating, not sure if they're using the grass banks as well. So, possibly both.

Definitely a bar, food options will probably be burger-van types.

Shouldn't be a problem, don't think they're sold out.

Refund on a total washout, partial refund if a certain number of overs are bowled.

Collie D · 14-05-2017 7:54am

Thanks for that. Lovely day for it today but have already decided to leave it until next Sunday...when it will rain no doubt.

Tom Mann Centuria · 14-05-2017 8:05am

Collie D wrote: »

Thanks for that. Lovely day for it today but have already decided to leave it until next Sunday...when it will rain no doubt.

Enjoy it when you go, hope the weather behaves. It's about a stressfree day of watching sport as you can get. Pint, bit of food, wander round most of the ground, having a chat, occasionally watching the play.

Collie D · 15-05-2017 12:47pm

Sorry - another question. Can we come and go as we please or once we leave is that it? If there's a rain delay I'd rather walk into the village for a quick pint than hang around

Yourself isit · 15-05-2017 4:02pm

I too am going to see my first cricket game Sunday. Where to buy?

Collie D · 15-05-2017 4:15pm

Yourself isit wrote: »

I too am going to see my first cricket game Sunday. Where to buy?

Ticketmaster sell them although as per a previous post should be available on the day which is my plan. Always try to avoid that shower wherever possible :pac:

Beasty · 15-05-2017 8:13pm

Collie D wrote: »

Always try to avoid that shower wherever possible :pac:

Definitely worth taking an umbrella just in case

Beasty · 15-05-2017 8:15pm

Collie D wrote: »

Sorry - another question. Can we come and go as we please or once we leave is that it? If there's a rain delay I'd rather walk into the village for a quick pint than hang around

Yes - you will need to get something stamped (probably the back of your hand) and show your ticket on heading back in

riffmongous · 24-05-2017 9:01pm

Super fielding

https://twitter.com/frozenmusik/status/866257489074900992

Beasty · 24-05-2017 10:43pm

Couple of missed stumpings there.....

Tom Mann Centuria · 29-05-2017 10:54am

My kind of fielding.
https://twitter.com/CountyChamp/status/868912562548727808

Skid X · 23-07-2017 6:36pm

Absorbing article about former West Indies pace bowler Patrick Patterson, who has had a troubled life after cricket. After he disappeared from public life all sorts of rumours circulated, but an Indian journalist tracked him down

http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/patrick-patterson-an-unquiet-mind-4762590/

Tom Mann Centuria · 23-07-2017 6:56pm

Skid X wrote: »

Absorbing article about former West Indies pace bowler Patrick Patterson, who has had a troubled life after cricket. After he disappeared from public life all sorts of rumours circulated, but an Indian journalist tracked him down

http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/patrick-patterson-an-unquiet-mind-4762590/

Wow, great read thanks, he's clearly got some significant mental health problems, hopefully he is genuinely improving a bit these days, I wonder how much, or little, access to mental health services he has.

Tom Mann Centuria · 24-07-2017 11:06pm

How about this for quality fielding from Ireland (in their win over Jersey).

https://twitter.com/ITVChannelSport/status/889574129170624512

Probably needs music from the circus or Benny Hill over it for full effect.

HonalD · 25-07-2017 5:46am

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

How about this for quality fielding from Ireland (in their win over Jersey).

https://twitter.com/ITVChannelSport/status/889574129170624512

Probably needs music from the circus or Benny Hill over it for full effect.

Well, plenty of eyes on the ball, probably little calling! Great reaction though.

Tom Mann Centuria · 25-07-2017 6:28am

HonalD wrote: »

Well, plenty of eyes on the ball, probably little calling! Great reaction though.

Yeah, It's actually a brilliant caught and bowled at the end of it all.

Beasty · 29-07-2017 2:18pm

Sitting here watching the Test

One of the great things about it is I can have the laptop on my knee and take potshots at the re-reg trolls between overs (or even balls in some cases).

Taken 13 out so far today....

EDIT - make that 14 as they are showing the replays as Jennings is not out...

Beasty · 31-07-2017 12:49pm

Fantastic moment on TMS just then, when Aggers reported that the ICC were removing First Class status from an England v RoW series on the basis it countered anti-apartheid

Boycott was saying how crazy it was, and everyone was agreeing with him. Conversation then turned to his 100th 100, which suddenly becomes his 99th. He was due to have a 40th anniversary charity bash celebrating that event next week, and Aggers was saying he'd been invited under false pretences. He was increasingly winding Boycs up as he explored the ramifications of this decision which was re-writing the record books.

Then eventually Aggers owned up - it was a complete wind-up:D

TrueDub · 31-07-2017 1:43pm

Heard it - it was excellent!

Tom Mann Centuria · 31-07-2017 1:59pm

It's up on the TMS Facebook page for anyone who missed it. Very funny. Video as well as audio.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155565558424904&id=8244244903

Harry Palmr · 07-08-2017 7:28pm

Watching cricket in bed at Old Trafford - appalling!

Tom Mann Centuria · 16-08-2017 10:39pm

https://twitter.com/GeoffreyBoycott/status/897897548907761665

Royale with Cheese · 20-08-2017 12:39am

Jesus, that windies display... the times they are a changing. Might be good for Ireland, the windies can't be that far out of reach now.

Inquitus · 25-08-2017 12:29pm

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Jesus, that windies display... the times they are a changing. Might be good for Ireland, the windies can't be that far out of reach now.

Windies making good progress bowling in the first innings of the 2nd test 41-3 so far.

Harry Palmr · 25-08-2017 8:16pm

Inquitus wrote: »

Windies making good progress bowling in the first innings of the 2nd test 41-3 so far.

Shocking fielding though. England must have about 80 runs more than really should be the case in what could be a tight match.

Tom Mann Centuria · 27-08-2017 8:22am

England bowling was poor enough, they've done exactly what they did against South Africa, got complacent after a comprehensive win. Saying that, the bowlers haven't had much to defend, England's batting still a mile off the finished article. Needs a Duckett!

Beasty · 27-08-2017 1:36pm

At least this test is looking as if it may last into the 5th day. It's also great to see the Windies having a few good days and some of their players really rising to the occasion. Hopefully signs of a sustained improvement from them

Beasty · 27-08-2017 11:52pm

England 2 runs ahead, 3 wickets down. Could be setting up an exciting finish. Guess that's down to whether England's middle order surge on, or indeed if the Windies can get through that middle order relatively quickly.

Inquitus · 28-08-2017 12:51pm

The pitch is still pretty good, the commentators reckon you'd want to defend 270 odd to have a good chance, so a long way for England to go yet 238-4 for a lead of 69, really need Malan, Stokes, Bairstow and Ali to make good contributions to get there.

riffmongous · 28-08-2017 1:52pm

Is anyone else annoyed at the new cricinfo layout? I really dislike it, I almost never check the website now anymore because of it. It seems like the top third of the page is taken up by toolbars and the actual reading content fills a tiny amount of the page

Tom Mann Centuria · 28-08-2017 1:54pm

riffmongous wrote: »

Is anyone else annoyed at the new cricinfo layout? I really dislike it, I almost never check the website now anymore because of it. It seems like the top third of the page is taken up by toolbars and the actual reading content fills a tiny amount of the page

Dunno why they felt the need for change, it worked quite well as it was.

Inquitus · 28-08-2017 3:08pm

Wheels have come off a bit, down to Bairstow, Ali and the tail with a lead of only 150.

Edit: The Bairstow wheel has fallen off as well, Ali and the tail, 7 down, 180 lead.

Inquitus · 28-08-2017 4:51pm

100 partnership between Ali and Woakes in 110 odd balls and the game is completely changed.

Royale with Cheese · 28-08-2017 5:44pm

Can't see Windies winning now, pity.

For all their problems at 2,3 and 5, England have a seriously strong team outside of that. Woakes' batting average up above his bowling average now, they'd have lost this test fairly easily without being able to bat so deep.

A view from the boundary - off-topic discussion

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