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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 17:26:35 GMT
We don't want an exciting today tomorrow!! We need to scored 220 runs and lose about 4 wickets! Enjoy it you lucky bugger!! Absolutely perfect That's the kind of day we wanted mate
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 12, 2013 17:26:55 GMT
The last real high profile 'walker' was Australian. Gilchrist.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 17:29:28 GMT
Haha, obvious inside edge there on that LBW shout, Pattinson get's told off by the umpire for being a knobbin'. Send him off ump'! Pattinson appears to be under the illusion that he's Dennis Lillee or Glenn McGrath .....NOT QUITE
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 17:30:38 GMT
The last real high profile 'walker' was Australian. Gilchrist. Yes he was a walker ...and a good sportsman for an Australian
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jul 12, 2013 17:31:42 GMT
Marvelous day of test cricket ......well done Bell and Broad .....more of the same in the morning Couldn't agree more, the pair have really drained Australia in that last session, Bell's played a perfect innings for the occasion, just occupied the crease and accumulated runs at a rate that irks the Aussies. Really hope he gets the 100 (and onto 150 please).
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 12, 2013 17:38:57 GMT
Marvelous day of test cricket ......well done Bell and Broad .....more of the same in the morning Might be Bell's best innings for England mate.
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 12, 2013 17:42:44 GMT
I have to say that what Michael Holding has just said is utter bollocks? Not walking when you've got a nick is the same as claiming a dropped catch? One is keeping your mouth shut and the other is lying.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jul 12, 2013 17:45:01 GMT
"The rules say that it's 'in the opinion of the umpire' so it's above things like 'The Spirit of the Game'. I don't see bowlers asking you back when the ball is sliding down leg."
Boycott's view. I agree somewhat.
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 12, 2013 17:49:29 GMT
They've just shown Michael Clark not walking against us a while back after a thick edge. The only difference is we had a review left.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jul 12, 2013 17:53:14 GMT
They've just shown Michael Clark not walking against us a while back after a thick edge. The only difference is we had a review left. Was that off Pietersen in 2010??
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Post by sheikhmomo on Jul 12, 2013 17:54:44 GMT
"The rules say that it's 'in the opinion of the umpire' so it's above things like 'The Spirit of the Game'. I don't see bowlers asking you back when the ball is sliding down leg." Boycott's view. I agree somewhat. . Spot on. The Australians have every right to feel pissed off.....with the umpire not Broad
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 12, 2013 17:56:32 GMT
They've just shown Michael Clark not walking against us a while back after a thick edge. The only difference is we had a review left. Was that off Pietersen in 2010?? Yes mate. Adelaide. He looked way more sheepish than Broad as well!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 18:00:22 GMT
Marvelous day of test cricket ......well done Bell and Broad .....more of the same in the morning Might be Bell's best innings for England mate. Yes he has been criticised in the past for not scoring hundreds when they were important ......well another five runs and he's scored the most important one of them all....as if the other seventeen were not important
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Jul 12, 2013 18:02:34 GMT
Was that off Pietersen in 2010?? Yes mate. Adelaide. He looked way more sheepish than Broad as well! They can't say anything at all in that case
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 18:03:10 GMT
Not a big Ian Bell fan but christ was that a good innings. Hope he goes on and gets his hundred. Thoroughly deserved.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 18:05:18 GMT
I have to say that what Michael Holding has just said is utter bollocks? Not walking when you've got a nick is the same as claiming a dropped catch? One is keeping your mouth shut and the other is lying. Yes the " spirit of the game " as we used to remember it has long gone .....something's for the better some not so , but what we have is the way it is ....you can't have it all ways ...this is the modern game
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 12, 2013 18:17:38 GMT
I have to say that what Michael Holding has just said is utter bollocks? Not walking when you've got a nick is the same as claiming a dropped catch? One is keeping your mouth shut and the other is lying. Yes the " spirit of the game " as we used to remember it has long gone .....something's for the better some not so , but what we have is the way it is ....you can't have it all ways ...this is the modern game That's just it mate. Ironically, it seems Rugby is arguably making the best effort to maintain that spirit.... Buts that probably because they're a bunch of massive dudes who would probably kill each other otherwise?!
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Post by redsaturday on Jul 12, 2013 18:19:08 GMT
I'm so relieved
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 12, 2013 18:32:29 GMT
Just read Agnew's piece. Sounds like he wants to start a witch hunt?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 18:47:25 GMT
Just read Agnew's piece. Sounds like he wants to start a witch hunt? What's he said mate ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 18:48:38 GMT
Of course you are mate ....enjoy it there tomorrow
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 18:56:31 GMT
Yes the " spirit of the game " as we used to remember it has long gone .....something's for the better some not so , but what we have is the way it is ....you can't have it all ways ...this is the modern game That's just it mate. Ironically, it seems Rugby is arguably making the best effort to maintain that spirit.... Buts that probably because they're a bunch of massive dudes who would probably kill each other otherwise?! Keeping quiet when you get a nick is one thing .....that's down to the umpire then to make a decision ....claiming a catch that you know is not clean is just plain cheating , the two things are not the same .....rubbish from Michael Holding .....Is four fast bowlers trying to knock batsmens heads off and cause physical injury on the field within the spirit of the game ? Because thats what he was part of for the whole of his test career.....double standards
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 12, 2013 19:10:29 GMT
That's a good point actually Bispham! It reminds me of the first test I went to when I was sixteen. The West Indies batted most of the day and then our openers had to literally survive a 30 minute barrage from their quicks. A young lad ran on the pitch and gave John Edrich a huge, homemade bat. The blade must have been over a foot wide and Brian Close was in his pomp at the other end, chesting the ball away without so much as a grimace! Joking apart, no helmets in 1976 mate, how someone didn't get their head knocked off I don't know. So much for spirit!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 19:21:49 GMT
That's a good point actually Bispham! It reminds me of the first test I went to when I was sixteen. The West Indies batted most of the day and then our openers had to literally survive a 30 minute barrage from their quicks. A young lad ran on the pitch and gave John Edrich a huge, homemade bat. The blade must have been over a foot wide and Brian Close was in his pomp at the other end, chesting the ball away without so much as a grimace! Joking apart, no helmets in 1976 mate, how someone didn't get their head knocked off I don't know. So much for spirit! I remember that well .... I can see John Edrich pretending to take guard with that huge bat in my minds eye now........what a gutsy and great opener he was ...that was the most horrendous 30 minutes Ive seen , reputedly Edrich walked into the dressing room and said " that's me finished with test cricket , I've had my fill " ....and that guy was the bravest of the brave .He never played for England again
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 12, 2013 19:28:12 GMT
That's a good point actually Bispham! It reminds me of the first test I went to when I was sixteen. The West Indies batted most of the day and then our openers had to literally survive a 30 minute barrage from their quicks. A young lad ran on the pitch and gave John Edrich a huge, homemade bat. The blade must have been over a foot wide and Brian Close was in his pomp at the other end, chesting the ball away without so much as a grimace! Joking apart, no helmets in 1976 mate, how someone didn't get their head knocked off I don't know. So much for spirit! I remember that well .... I can see John Edrich pretending to take guard with that huge bat in my minds eye now........what a gutsy and great opener he was ...that was the most horrendous 30 minutes Ive seen , reputedly Edrich walked into the dressing room and said " that's me finished with test cricket , I've had my fill " ....and that guy was the bravest of the brave Absolutely fearless mate. Just googled him...... There's a picture of his torso covered in cricket ball shaped bruises! It also seems he's been suffering from a rare form of blood cancer for the last 13 years, so he's clearly made of very stern stuff indeed.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 19:33:06 GMT
I remember that well .... I can see John Edrich pretending to take guard with that huge bat in my minds eye now........what a gutsy and great opener he was ...that was the most horrendous 30 minutes Ive seen , reputedly Edrich walked into the dressing room and said " that's me finished with test cricket , I've had my fill " ....and that guy was the bravest of the brave Absolutely fearless mate. Just googled him...... There's a picture of his torso covered in cricket ball shaped bruises! It also seems he's been suffering from a rare form of blood cancer for the last 13 years, so he's clearly made of very stern stuff indeed. Apparentley he was given five years to live , but has been on a course of mistletoe injections which have appeared to slow down his leaukemea ...good luck too him
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Post by harrysburrow on Jul 12, 2013 19:39:13 GMT
Thanks for that mate. Seems like a hundred years ago!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 21:39:13 GMT
Thanks for that mate. Seems like a hundred years ago! Yes it does doesn't it , but by the same token like yesterday as well......a different game and a different world in those days ....
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Post by apb1979 on Jul 12, 2013 22:35:01 GMT
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Post by stokie12345 on Jul 12, 2013 23:12:24 GMT
A fantastic test match. Marvellous batting from Broady & Bell, but I'm still nervous. This games swung from one side to another brilliantly.
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