Re: "The Gentleman's game"- Cricket - World Cup 2019 Special

by S Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:13 pm

Anyone catching up on the Australia-Sri Lanka series ?

Australia absolutely getting battered rofl

Lost the first test. About to lose the second one too. To one of the worst Sri Lankan teams in like 25 years rofl

by Jay29 Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:34 pm

Ragana Herath is having a field day out there. I'm guessing they're playing on dust bowls.

Saw India were wracking up the runs against the WIndies. hmm

by El Gunner Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:37 pm

S wrote:Anyone catching up on the Australia-Sri Lanka series ?

Australia absolutely getting battered

Lost the first test. About to lose the second one too. To one of the worst Sri Lankan teams in like 25 years

Is it in Sri Lanka?

by RealGunner Fri Aug 05, 2016 3:06 pm

Yea EG. Australia barely got past 100 ffs.

If only England could have bowled like this yesterday... Can see Pakistan give a lead of 90-120 runs which is bad but could have been worse. England just need to slow it down. Easier said than done.

by El Gunner Fri Aug 05, 2016 5:50 pm

Well then I'm not that much surprised.

by Glory Fri Aug 05, 2016 6:06 pm

Jay29 wrote:Ragana Herath is having a field day out there. I'm guessing they're playing on dust bowls.

Saw India were wracking up the runs against the WIndies.

Yea but then some random pleb named Chaser hit a ton to help them save the match. Laughing

Indian bowling especially pace bowling is and has been worser than the worst, now and always. Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma! rofl

Even Bangladesh's reserve pacers are better than that.

by Jay29 Sat Aug 06, 2016 11:10 am

Sharma's been around forever. Remember watching way back in 2006 when we toured India Laughing

World Test XI was announced today:

Alastair Cook (ENG), David Warner (AUS), Joe Root (ENG), Virat Kholi (IND), Steve Smith (AUS), AB De Villiers (wk/SA), Ben Stokes (ENG), Ravi Ashwin (IND), Yasir Shah (PAK), Mitchell Starc (AUS), James Anderson (ENG), Morne Morkel (12th man/SA)

No Hashim Amla, Kane Williamson, Dale Steyn or Stuart Broad.

by S Sat Aug 06, 2016 11:14 am

Australia lose the test series. Cracking stuff from Lanka tbh after mostly getting whipped by other teams since their legends retired.

Steve Smith is one heck of a complaining peasant. Doesnt strike me as an Australian captain at all.

by RealGunner Sat Aug 06, 2016 11:58 am

AB De Villiers is still only 32? ffs

by RealGunner Sat Aug 06, 2016 12:01 pm

IF England can set a target of 350 then I think it might be enough. Root and Vince needs a partnership of 100 runs though.

by Jay29 Sat Aug 06, 2016 6:12 pm

Some really good stuff from Ali and Bairstow. Lead up to 290 now. 300-350 would be difficult to chase on the final day.

by RealGunner Sat Aug 06, 2016 6:38 pm

This is why Test matches should never be 4 days as they were suggesting it to be lol.

80% this is a draw but if Misbah is gone inside 10-15 runs then England can do a madness. Can't see anyone else forming a good partnership for Pakistan.

by RealGunner Sun Aug 07, 2016 1:59 pm

Nice stuff by Bairstow and Moeen. Wish England could have played like this in the 1st innings.

Pakistan needs 267 to win with 9 wickets. 4 hours or so to go. Intense but most likely will end in a draw

by RealGunner Sun Aug 07, 2016 3:22 pm

Misbah gone hmm

Interesting times ahead

by Jay29 Sun Aug 07, 2016 3:36 pm

Pakistan 6 down now. Suddenly it looks like we're going to win Laughing

3 wickets for 1 run in 19 balls.

Woakes is having an incredible series.

by Jay29 Sun Aug 07, 2016 3:41 pm

Sami gone for 70. Only tail-enders left now

We're pulling this one out of our arses.

by RealGunner Sun Aug 07, 2016 3:43 pm

Finn and Woakes :bow:

Called it last night ffs.

by RealGunner Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:15 pm

Moeen salvaged it.

by RealGunner Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:31 pm

42 year old Younis going for 200 ffs. Amazing stuff

btw Jay, do EA or someone else still make cricket games? I remember playing ICC game on PC and some football manager version of Cricket back in the days.

by Jay29 Sat Aug 13, 2016 6:10 pm

EA haven't made a cricket game since 2008. There's International Cricket Captain on PC which is still going (hasn't changed in about 6 years though). There's now Don Bradman Cricket on the PS4 that's really good - another one's supposed to be coming out in December.

by RealGunner Sat Aug 13, 2016 6:20 pm

Thanks. Will check that upcoming one out. Was addicted to International cricket captain back in 2003 when i was a full cricket nerd. Loved signing oversee players for lancashire county ffs. Even signed Brian lara.

Think it's the Don Bradman Cricket 17 which is being released in december. Can't imagine it will be expensive considering low hype. Will pick it up in sale

by RealGunner Sat Aug 13, 2016 6:25 pm

Think i remember playing Codemasters version of cricket as well on sega? not sure if it was sega or PC

by RealGunner Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:59 pm

fairplay to bairstow and Moeen for at least avoiding an innings defeat but this looks to be gone

by Jay29 Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:10 pm

Looks like it. Turned out to be a huge mistake batting first while conditions were overcast. Should have stuck them in, bowled them out cheap and then piled on the runs while the conditions were perfect for it.

2-2 draw in the series isn't a bad result. Pakistan are above us in the rankings, and we have one too many developing players at the moment.

ODIs and T20s will be great fun.

by RealGunner Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:23 pm

Was reading about some really talented kids playing in county cricket. I may not have seen a lot of cricket over the last year but I don't really see how Hales, Vince and ballance are the best england can offer. Surely its time to try others.

Fightback at Edgebaston proving to be big now at least.

Not a massive fan of T20 but looking forward to the ODIs.

by S Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:51 am

Sri Lanka just completed a series whitewash on Australia Molenation

Herath took 13 out of the 20 wickets :bow:

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