Cricket 2012: Cricket has always been a game stuck in the past

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Blackface in crowd	129	55.36%
References to Lord of the Rings	104	44.64%
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Fanatic: Mar 9, 2006

Windmill Hut posted:

I just noticed that England's top 4 all have 4-letter surnames. Cool.

Stats stats stats

But how many times in the history of cricket has that occurred? These are the important questions we must ask.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:10

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# ? May 22, 2024 15:31

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

goatface posted:

So who is the fifth bowler in this side. The wrong Marsh?

Clarke

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:11

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

Bairstow looks so incredibly worried when batting. It's like he's got three friends coming over and his mum has just told him they've run out of spaghetti hoops.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:15

hiddenmovement: Sep 29, 2011; "Most mornings I'll apologise in advance to my wife."

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Bairstow looks so incredibly worried when batting. It's like he's got three friends coming over and his mum has just told him they've run out of spaghetti hoops.

Is this a major source of anxiety in England?

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:21

Airstream Driver: May 6, 2009

lol we made 60 runs on this pitch.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:27

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

hiddenmovement posted:

Is this a major source of anxiety in England?

It is for ten year old gingers

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:28

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

o.m. 94 posted:

Not going to rest easy until England get a lead of 150+ which seems like a big ask of the remaining lineup

Collapse incoming

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:29

Lionel Richie: Nov 14, 2004

Bairstow does look a bit more solid now tbf, maybe he's just a slow starter.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:29

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

Australia - 60 from 111 balls.

Root - 90 from 111 balls.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:30

DON RAPER: Jan 1, 2011; Let me ask you something
what do women want?

root is god

cook is a pissboy

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:32

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

Lionel Richie posted:

Bairstow does look a bit more solid now tbf, maybe he's just a slow starter.

Hes always got the look of a batsmen whos thinking about a stupid shot imo.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:34

Lionel Richie: Nov 14, 2004

Later I might partake in my favourite pastime when Australia are poo poo and have a look what they're saying on the BigFooty forum

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:34

o.m. 94: Nov 23, 2009

MrL_JaKiri posted:

Collapse incoming

Reverse jinx always works

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:35

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

o.m. 94 posted:

Reverse jinx always works

Still one run to get

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:36

Dead Goon: Dec 13, 2002; No Obvious Flaws

Yeah, no.

Look, Glenn McGrath really needs to stop beginning every sentence with this.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:36

tanglewood1420: Oct 28, 2010; The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

England batsman scoring runs without even hitting it.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:40

Antifreeze Head: Jun 6, 2005; It begins; Pillbug

Worked for Australia.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:43

PlantHead: Jan 2, 2004

Henry Blofeld is amazing.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:45

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

Was about to lol at Warner bowling, but that could easily have been out.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:45

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

poo poo gets wickets

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:46

Antifreeze Head: Jun 6, 2005; It begins; Pillbug

PlantHead posted:

Henry Blofeld is amazing.

Not quite sure why I'm quoted (or was) on that, but I enjoy him telling me about the local traffic conditions.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:48

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Declaration bowling to draw out the inner idiot.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:49

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

MrL_JaKiri posted:

poo poo gets wickets

Finn showed this last test. Australia are now hoping to provide a definitive proof.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:50

Dead Goon: Dec 13, 2002; No Obvious Flaws

Bowled Him!

Oh No! Maybe LBW!

Not Out!

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:52

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Johnson, calm down lad.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:52

Dead Goon: Dec 13, 2002; No Obvious Flaws

ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:54

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

Outrageous for the Aussies to boo a centurion imo

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:54

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

50 off 67, 100 off 128. Not rushed, not stagnating.

Worryingly good.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:55

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

goatface posted:

50 off 67, 100 off 128. Not rushed, not stagnating.

Worryingly good.

I wonder how much he needs to get the top spot from Smith

# ? Aug 6, 2015 17:58

tanglewood1420: Oct 28, 2010; The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

goatface posted:

50 off 67, 100 off 128. Not rushed, not stagnating.

Worryingly good.

It's amazing how consistently quickly he scores without going all T20 biffer smack you out the ground.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:01

IceAgeComing: Jan 29, 2013; pretty fucking embarrassing to watch

Man this pitch looks flat, the ECB should stop preparing such boring pitches

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:08

tanglewood1420: Oct 28, 2010; The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

Sexy late cut there.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:13

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62652.html

Here's the target boys

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:15

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

TMS talking about Bairstow going through the gears, he's scoring at the same rate Root has, roughly the same rate of boundaries.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:15

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

MrL_JaKiri posted:

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62652.html

Here's the target boys

That did require Bradman wrecking his ankle and Fingleton ruining a muscle. Two great batsmen down is no way to chase that.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:20

MrL_JaKiri: Sep 23, 2003; A bracing glass of carrot juice!

goatface posted:

That did require Bradman wrecking his ankle and Fingleton ruining a muscle. Two great batsmen down is no way to chase that.

At least they managed three figures in both innings

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:22

Lionel Richie: Nov 14, 2004

loving which twat asked for a nightwatchman

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:23

Dead Goon: Dec 13, 2002; No Obvious Flaws

Night-loving-watchman for fucks sake.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:24

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Hahahaha, the background disbelief on TMS

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:24

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# ? May 22, 2024 15:31

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Sane nightwatchmanning. How rare.

# ? Aug 6, 2015 18:34

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