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Post by BigKahunaBurger on May 20, 2016 11:50:22 GMT
Delighted for Bairstow!!
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on May 20, 2016 11:54:10 GMT
Bairstow
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on May 20, 2016 13:37:03 GMT
Superb rearguard by Johnny Bairstow, 298 is not a bad score at Headingley.
Also, kudos to Steven Finn, that's a really sensible knock allowing Bairstow to do his thing. Need more of that from Anderson.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on May 20, 2016 14:10:30 GMT
Two absolute snorters from Broad and Anderson, 12-2
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on May 20, 2016 14:18:21 GMT
3 down, nightmare conditions for Sri Lanka.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on May 20, 2016 15:29:54 GMT
That is a ridiculous decision to go off imo. Play the game...
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Post by followyoudown on May 20, 2016 17:05:36 GMT
That is a ridiculous decision to go off imo. Play the game... As it turned out not too bad for England though, Anderson swinging it round corners.
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Post by GeneralFaye on May 20, 2016 17:19:00 GMT
All out, follow on?.. I would.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on May 20, 2016 17:24:00 GMT
Normally you'd say that was piss poor batting, but just world class from Broad and Jim.
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Post by bathstoke on May 20, 2016 19:55:57 GMT
I wonder how Sri Lanka feel about being sponsored by Ceylon tea. Sexy cricketXx
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Post by partickpotter on May 21, 2016 16:26:13 GMT
After the first day the success of Shanaka shows that a bit less pace - like Ball - would probably have worked better than pace and bounce of Finn. Not much of a surprise decision though. Our selectors have a well established habit of picking established players over new ones. Admittedly, we usually see this in the batting line up and less so in bowling but that is more down to another selectoral habit of resting bowlers along with bowlers tending to have more injuries than batsmen. England don't tend to pick sides for individual tests or even series it would seem but for an entire season. It's part of the selectors' long standing policy of consistency of selection. Those scars of the chop and change 90s run very deep. And that approach has merits. It does mean we can be inflexible in selection though, and has that unfortunate side effect that while getting picked for the England test side is incredibly hard, getting dropped is even harder! This test is a big one for Jimmy Anderson after a poor tour of South Africa. Headingley conditions should suit him to a tee, but apparently it's not one of his better grounds. Let's see later today. Nice to be able to say Jimmy passed the test; 5-16 first innings followed by 5-29 in the second making very impressive match figures of 10-45. Congrats Jimmy. MoM should go to Bairstow though.
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Post by salopstick on May 21, 2016 16:37:15 GMT
Interesting on bbc site.
Sri Lanka deserve a series later in the summer when conditions are more even
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on May 21, 2016 18:39:49 GMT
Interesting on bbc site. Sri Lanka deserve a series later in the summer when conditions are more even Do they wait for near monsoon season when we go to Sri Lanka on dustbowls for Murali and Herath? They churn out some nonsense at times, they won here 2 years ago!
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Post by ukcstokie on May 21, 2016 19:14:09 GMT
Very hard for anyone to tour here this early in the season.
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Post by partickpotter on May 22, 2016 6:50:54 GMT
If test cricket is to survive it has to be a competition.
One sided drubbings because the weaker side is further diminished by a combination of the most (to them) unfavourable conditions and inadequate preparation will not draw in the crowds. Nor do they help the development of our side. Headingley and Durham in May is about as tough as it comes for a sub-continent touring team. Two three day warm up games in Chelmsford and Leicester does not prepare them for what they'll face in the tests.
Wrapping up a test in under three days and not being surprised is not good news for either side (although Jimmy Anderson will be pleased to give his bowling average a significant boost).
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Post by followyoudown on May 22, 2016 10:53:46 GMT
If test cricket is to survive it has to be a competition. One sided drubbings because the weaker side is further diminished by a combination of the most (to them) unfavourable conditions and inadequate preparation will not draw in the crowds. Nor do they help the development of our side. Headingley and Durham in May is about as tough as it comes for a sub-continent touring team. Two three day warm up games in Chelmsford and Leicester does not prepare them for what they'll face in the tests. Wrapping up a test in under three days and not being surprised is not good news for either side (although Jimmy Anderson will be pleased to give his bowling average a significant boost). All good points although with the Sri Lanka side having lost probably 3 of their all time greats from the their last tour, I could still see them getting rolled in 4 days at lords in the sunshine in august although not as half heartedly. Longer term the ECB need to change their model for test match bidding, these are done in packages with Sri Lanka bundled in with money spinning test series against Australia or India, Durham are looking at a 900k loss on the second test before a ball is bowled, absolutely crazy yet the ECB has massive cash reserves.... For the second test if as likely Stokes is out, Woakes will probably get the nod although personally it would be a good time to look at one of the Curran's or Overton's and see how they get on in the rough and tumble of 3 day test cricket
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Post by ukcstokie on May 23, 2016 20:55:30 GMT
The much maligned Chris Woakes called up for the second test took 9 for 39 . Also had 121 against Notts in the Championship. Must be in with a bloody good chance of starting.
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Post by partickpotter on May 24, 2016 11:16:29 GMT
The much maligned Chris Woakes called up for the second test took 9 for 39 . Also had 121 against Notts in the Championship. Must be in with a bloody good chance of starting. A certainty I reckon - Stokes is picked as an all rounder which Woakes aspires to be, and on recent form may become! The only question is where he'll bat. I suspect it will be at 8 with Ali and Bairstow each moving up a spot. That will be the only change England make.
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Post by wuzza on May 24, 2016 15:50:39 GMT
Hope the attendance in Durham is better than Headingly. I've got an ominous feeling about cricket at the moment - it's dying in the national consciousness. Got to get some terrestrial TV coverage from somewhere ( not Channel bloody 5 ).
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 19:54:10 GMT
Hope the attendance in Durham is better than Headingly. I've got an ominous feeling about cricket at the moment - it's dying in the national consciousness. Got to get some terrestrial TV coverage from somewhere ( not Channel bloody 5 ). I was thinking of going to the Durham test match and when I checked yesterday there seemed to be quite a lot of tickets still available for all of the first 4 days.
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Post by ukcstokie on May 27, 2016 10:21:00 GMT
Woakes in for Stokes.
England win the toss and bat (surprisingly).
Cold day, looks a good wicket.
Poor crowd. The ECB really need to look at these early season tests in the provinces against the less attractive opposition. Maybe lowing the prices for the non-weekend days would help?
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Post by wuzza on May 27, 2016 11:42:39 GMT
Woakes in for Stokes. England win the toss and bat (surprisingly). Cold day, looks a good wicket. Poor crowd. The ECB really need to look at these early season tests in the provinces against the less attractive opposition. Maybe lowing the prices for the non-weekend days would help? Might be my northern 'chip on the shoulder' but it often seems to me that the ECB throw the scraps to the grounds up here and make darn sure the attractive stuff is either in, or within an easy commute, of London.
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Post by ukcstokie on May 27, 2016 11:48:48 GMT
64 for 2.
Compton gone hooking to a blinding catch on the boundary for 9. The pressure mounts.
Hales continuing where he left off at Headingly.
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Post by ukcstokie on May 27, 2016 11:50:30 GMT
Woakes in for Stokes. England win the toss and bat (surprisingly). Cold day, looks a good wicket. Poor crowd. The ECB really need to look at these early season tests in the provinces against the less attractive opposition. Maybe lowing the prices for the non-weekend days would help? Might be my northern 'chip on the shoulder' but it often seems to me that the ECB throw the scraps to the grounds up here and make darn sure the attractive stuff is either in, or within an easy commute, of London. It does feel like that, but they have to start delivering some decent crowds to justify the bigger games?
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Post by BigKahunaBurger on May 27, 2016 11:58:31 GMT
Compton fails again thanks to a stunning catch, hopefully he can turn it around before the series ends.
Hales looks good again and Root has started very comfortably.
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Post by crowey on May 27, 2016 11:59:22 GMT
.... How about that? International cricket & football on (almost) Wearside in the same day. How many times has that happened before? Not many I guess. Looks bloody cold in Chester-le-Street. Will be up early tomorrow morning to watch the Socceroos prevail
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Post by wuzza on May 27, 2016 12:00:32 GMT
Might be my northern 'chip on the shoulder' but it often seems to me that the ECB throw the scraps to the grounds up here and make darn sure the attractive stuff is either in, or within an easy commute, of London. It does feel like that, but they have to start delivering some decent crowds to justify the bigger games? I'm not totally sure how the current system works but I get the impression the test grounds are 'bidding' to get any games so in order to recoup the money they are guaranteeing to the ECB I suppose they have to keep the prices high. It's hard for the individual grounds ( especially Durham who have financial problems ) to take any sort of 'loss-leader' approach to pricing when they are far from sure they will get another fixture the following summer.
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Post by BigKahunaBurger on May 27, 2016 12:55:31 GMT
50 up for Hales. Confident start from him and Root after lunch.
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Post by followyoudown on May 27, 2016 12:55:59 GMT
Might be my northern 'chip on the shoulder' but it often seems to me that the ECB throw the scraps to the grounds up here and make darn sure the attractive stuff is either in, or within an easy commute, of London. It does feel like that, but they have to start delivering some decent crowds to justify the bigger games? www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/638766.htmlI didn't realise they had changed the way matches were allocated, I thought they had to bid for batches and highest bidder gets them, now the ECB offers matches to grounds at a fixed price based on various factors including previous ticket sales. Yorkshire lost over a £1m staging the neutral Pakistan v Australia test and the price for an Ashes test was supposedly around £2m which probably explains the matches going to the usual suspects who knew they would sell the tickets even Yorkshire considered an Ashes test too much of a financial risk.....
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Post by Okie Stokie. on May 27, 2016 12:58:29 GMT
I have a serious question about Compton.........Why?
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