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Inquitus · 16-01-2016 9:08pm

Amazing spell from Broad, I watched most of it before I had to head out for a cycle. Really good series win down in South Africa. A lot of excellence on display, Taylor's two stunning catches at short leg, Stokes inswinger to Morris, and Finn and Jimmi doing an excellent support job stiffling the South African batsmen at one end while Broad ran riot at the other.

Mysterypunter · 20-02-2016 4:47am

McCullum scores 145 from 79 balls. Fastest ton ever, from 54 balls. Slogged most of them,New Zealand 370 all out. Anderson and himself put on 179 at nearly 10 an over.

riffmongous · 20-02-2016 5:29pm

It's his last test too right? Some send-off

Skid X · 21-02-2016 12:49am

Grabbed the most sixes in Test Cricket Record, Caught off a No Ball on 39*, Fastest Century in Test Cricket ... farewell appearances are usually anti climaxes, not this time!

He'll probably have to do a bit more in the Second Innings to get a result for NZ.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 21-02-2016 1:36am

I was just thinking.Could McCullum be the first player in the history of sport to Set 2 World Records in his final game.

Not actually holding either record before the game but setting them in the game (rather than already holding the records and adding to them in the game which numerous players would have done).

Mysterypunter · 21-02-2016 11:35pm

He will have to bat well in his last innings. Australia are 420/4. Lead by 50.

markbrop · 22-02-2016 1:59pm

Mysterypunter wrote: »

He will have to bat well in his last innings. Australia are 420/4. Lead by 50.

NZ in big trouble - still effectively -14 for 4. They probably need a double century from Kane Williamson to get back into this game.

Mysterypunter · 23-02-2016 12:38am

New Zealand battling. 197/4. Need another 200 or so for a good game. Lead by 62 now.

Mysterypunter · 24-02-2016 1:53am

Australia 201/3. Win by 7 wickets.

markbrop · 12-04-2016 1:39pm

Very sad news about James Taylor. Its a big blow for England aswell:

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/997033.html

riffmongous · 12-04-2016 2:17pm

Sad indeed for him, to work so hard and then have to retire, but at least considering how serious the condition can be they diagnosed it

Skid X · 24-07-2016 5:03pm

Cook doesn't enforce the Follow On with a first Innings lead of 391 and rain on the way.

Seems like a very negative decision. He will get huge criticism if England run out of time in this match.

riffmongous · 30-07-2016 10:48am

The test between Sri Lanka and Australia turned into a bit of an epic in the end, bowled out for 117 in the first innings they went on to win by 106 for only their 2nd test win over the Aussies

http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-australia-2016/content/story/1040633.html

Skid X · 30-07-2016 11:11am

From 161/8 to all out, Australia went 25.4 overs without adding any runs. Hard to picture that.

Rikand · 25-09-2016 9:35am

Ireland vs south Africa ODI on sky sports 3.

We're not fielding or bowling too well. tossing up too many half volleys and De Kock making hay.

Couple of dropped catches too

56-0 from 8.3 overs

Rikand · 25-09-2016 10:28am

Make a couple of dropped catches equal to 7 dropped catches. Ya never see that from an ireland team

Derco · 25-09-2016 12:26pm

We'll do well to keep this under 340

Derco · 25-09-2016 3:30pm

Another 200 run defeat. Becoming all too regular now..

riffmongous · 25-09-2016 8:58pm

Far too regular

I didn't even bother to read the report this time around

Mysterypunter · 27-09-2016 10:27am

Batting first against Australia 101/2 off 19.

axe2grind · 27-09-2016 11:07am

121-2 to 123-5 25ov

Will be a challenge to bat out the overs.

Mysterypunter · 27-09-2016 12:19pm

198 all out. Lasted less than 44 overs. A lot of stiffs in that team.

Mysterypunter · 27-09-2016 3:10pm

Lost by 9 wickets. Only took 30 overs. If Ireland get test status, records will tumble.

Mysterypunter · 28-09-2016 6:33pm

Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 2 wickets. Series level 1-1

riffmongous · 28-09-2016 7:16pm

Nice win for them!

Derco · 01-10-2016 3:46pm

Bangladesh well on their way to handing out a thrashing in todays game

Mysterypunter · 13-10-2016 1:13pm

Aussies whitewashed 5-0. Warner played a fantasic innings, 173 off 136 balls, ran himself out near the end. Second highest score was 35. If I played against Imran Tahir I would either kill him by hitting him with the bat, or a bouncer in the head. He is an annoying prick.

Derco · 13-10-2016 2:00pm

Mysterypunter wrote: »

If I played against Imran Tahir I would either kill him by hitting him with the bat, or a bouncer in the head. He is an annoying prick.

Considering how Buttler and Stokes reacted to Bangladesh players this week I'm surprised they haven't done just that

Mysterypunter · 13-10-2016 5:09pm

Derco wrote: »

Considering how Buttler and Stokes reacted to Bangladesh players this week I'm surprised they haven't done just that

Kill might be a bit strong. Its just a figure of speech. But all that running and racing and overreaction to a wicket is annoying. Jim Laker took 19 wickets in a test, then got his jumper back off the umpire. England v Bangladesh was a good series, West Indies have bowled 55 overs today, no wickets. Pakistan 172/0.

Derco · 13-10-2016 6:09pm

He's been fined by the ICC

http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2016-17/content/story/1061532.html

Mysterypunter · 28-10-2016 6:07am

Bangladesh 71/1 Tamim Iqbal 50* keep going Tamim. The first test was a fantastic game.

lambayire · 28-10-2016 9:35am

201/5. England fighting back after a brilliant Tamin century.

Mr. Guappa · 28-10-2016 11:25am

lambayire wrote: »

201/5. England fighting back after a brilliant Tamin century.

220 all out. Some collapse. England 42-2 in reply. This series has been fantastic.

riffmongous · 28-10-2016 12:23pm

Huge collapse, look at that scorecard

http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-england-2016-17/engine/match/1029827.html

Mysterypunter · 28-10-2016 9:57pm

220 could be enough. What a strange day

Mr. Guappa · 29-10-2016 9:45am

Mysterypunter wrote: »

220 could be enough. What a strange day

Looked like being plenty until Woakes and Rashid put on 99 for the 9th wicket. England wind up with a lead of 24. England's lower middle order has bailed them out so many times this year.

Mr. Guappa · 30-10-2016 11:38am

England 8 down in 2nd innings, still over 100 runs short. Shocking collapse since tea. The place is going nuts.

riffmongous · 30-10-2016 12:00pm

Great win for them in the end! 10 wickets in a session.

Skid X · 30-10-2016 12:30pm

It would have been a shame if Bangladesh had lost both matches in the series, a good result for them and for Test Cricket in general.

Mysterypunter · 31-10-2016 10:12pm

Brilliant from Bangladesh. They are a really improving team. Was a brilliant series.

dfx- · 04-11-2016 7:58am

South Africa without AB go 32/4 on the opening day in Perth, recover to 242.

Australia go to 158/0 in response, Steyn goes off injured shoulder again at 166/1, but they collapse to 244 all out, 86/10 :eek:

Maharaj making a day two Perth pitch look like it's spinning square...without ever actually spinning a ball...

Skid X · 12-11-2016 3:52am

Australia 85 all out against SA just now, they were lucky to get over 50.

Inquitus · 12-11-2016 5:49pm

Skid X wrote: »

Australia 85 all out against SA just now, they were lucky to get over 50.

Aye, horrible morning in Hobart to have to have a bat, they look well behind in this test now, very likely to go 2 down in the series.

England look good in India, should be able to put up an unattainable total quickly in the morning and put the game safe, then have a lash at the Indian batting line-up to see if they can push for an unlikely win, that said it's hard to see anything but a draw coming on Day 5 tomorrow.

Shout out to the young Hameed on debut, looks a real good opening prospect.

Fratton Fred · 26-01-2017 10:15pm

Great performance from Morgan today. Excellent knock and very good captaincy in the field.

He is the first England player to score 1500 T20i runs.

Richard Hillman · 27-01-2017 4:43am

Definitely needed by Morgan. With Root about to take the Test Captaincy, Morgan will be feeling pressure on his own role in the team.

riffmongous · 27-01-2017 2:12pm

Good tour for him ,especially since he's usually terrible outside England

Beasty · 06-02-2017 11:07am

Alastair Cook has resigned as England captain

Looks like he'll be looking to play on in the test team, with Root expected to become captain

No surprises at all, and hopefully it will allow Cook to once again flourish as an opener, although his batting didn't seem to suffer that much when he had the additional responsibility of captaincy.

Skid X · 06-02-2017 11:03pm

I was a bit surprised to see Cook's average as Skipper was marginally better than before his appointment

As captain 59 Tests Average: 46.53
In the ranks 81 Tests Average: 46.36

http://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12173/10723081/alastair-cook-england-captaincy-in-stats

Seems like the right time for a change anyway, it'll be interesting to see how he performs without the Captaincy.

Beasty · 06-02-2017 11:50pm

He's arguably at the time in his career when he can best capitalise on his experience. IIRC when he started off in the test team he was prolific but also a bit more aggressive in his approach. Perhaps the captaincy took that aggressive streak away as he would battle for the good of the team rather than any personal glory. Hopefully he'll really flourish without the responsibility of the captaincy

I only hope Root does not suffer in a similar way, but he is so talented (as well as a down to earth Yorkshireman;)) I'm hoping he will stand up to the challenge.

Richard Hillman · 07-02-2017 2:20am

I have mixed feelings on it.

I don't think Cook is a particularly good captain. He is ridiculously conservative and can be quite spiteful towards bowlers that were selected but doesn't fancy himself.

However, I do not see what Joe Root has shown that he will be better at captaining a cricket team than Alastair Cook. SSN showed his captaincy history over his lifetime. He has captained a team 17 times in his life. This included local underage level. They even included an under 13s game :pac:

Whilst I don't rate nor like Cook as a captain, are they so convinced that Joe Root will be better at setting fields, choosing bowlers, settings declarations etc?

There is a ridiculous clamour to blame captains after a bad series. The first test in India was Cooks fault and his obsessively negative captaincy but they were beaten up in the rest of the series. Those were not Cooks fault.

Anyway, I'm glad to see Cook gone. He is a wonderful batsman but a horrible person and a negative captain.

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