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A thread to discuss cricket incase anyone else is a fan like me.
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664 all out.
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India quite in control at the moment, a big shame to have Prior put down that catch off Tendulkar. 290-4.
Yeah, it was great, Would've been better to see Sussex in the final though. Sid the Shark was robbed in the mascot race!
Really enjoyed the Twenty20 cup finals day yesterday. Kent fought well when things didn't look so good and then to win it on a no ball 4 was a bizarre but fun way to win.
'Jellygate' is brilliant. Good to see Vaughan having a fine knock, nasty way to get out too. Seemed like India had a lot of luck, but yeah credit where credit's due they played superbly.
Quite an entertaining match even though we lost.
The "jellybean" incident brought a smile to my face, I bet it was Pietersen after his comfrontation :D
Vaughans second innings was great shame a few others couldn't have had an excellent innings as well otherwise it would have been closer.
All credit to India though they played well.
The "jellybean" incident brought a smile to my face, I bet it was Pietersen after his comfrontation :D
Vaughans second innings was great shame a few others couldn't have had an excellent innings as well otherwise it would have been closer.
All credit to India though they played well.
Kudos to the drainage system at Lords. After all that rain, they still got the players out after the rain had stopped in 40 minutes.
There goes the second wicket, I always like to see Jimmy do well. Now for Tendulkar... erm?
I still can't believe they're playing, the pitch was like a lake this morning.
I still can't believe they're playing, the pitch was like a lake this morning.
England seemed to have a good start against India, and then came the collapse. Let's hope for some more wickets now that Sidebottom's taken Karthik's wicket, 18-1...
Presumably he was talking about the abject Twenty20 defeat to the Windies yesterday.
Personally, I think our approach to limited overs cricket is vastly overthought. You look at last night's England line up and over half of them wouldn't get anywhere near the test side.
This notion that a different game requires different players has some truth to it, but it's still cricket at the end of the day and if we keep deluding ourselves that quite so many test players cannot adapt to the shorter game then we're doing nothing but wrapping them in cotton wool as we do with our footballers.
Part of being a sportsman is being adaptable and more often than not you need to come out of your comfort zone and do your best to succeed. Is it a matter of can't with these players, or won't? Steve Harmison on his day can be a devastating fast bowler yet at the age of 28 retired from one-day cricket.
Why have we gotten to the stage where players simply accept their shortcomings and the management are equally willing to discard them because of it?
Personally, I think our approach to limited overs cricket is vastly overthought. You look at last night's England line up and over half of them wouldn't get anywhere near the test side.
This notion that a different game requires different players has some truth to it, but it's still cricket at the end of the day and if we keep deluding ourselves that quite so many test players cannot adapt to the shorter game then we're doing nothing but wrapping them in cotton wool as we do with our footballers.
Part of being a sportsman is being adaptable and more often than not you need to come out of your comfort zone and do your best to succeed. Is it a matter of can't with these players, or won't? Steve Harmison on his day can be a devastating fast bowler yet at the age of 28 retired from one-day cricket.
Why have we gotten to the stage where players simply accept their shortcomings and the management are equally willing to discard them because of it?
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