The Official England Summer Cricket Thread!

[Shaggy]

3rd Test starts today and I will be there tomorrow

[dww]

3rd Test starts today and I will be there tomorrow

Lucky ****er.

Hope we continue our decent progress. The Windies are rubbish but we needed a confidence boost and a series to work some form back into some players. I hope Harmison has a good match and that Donald can start to make him return to his best.

[Colemere]

I am hoping to get some tickets for Sunday, if my brother will take me.

[Shaggy]

Another dismal failure for Strauss.

[captainfog]

Another dismal failure for Strauss.

Strauss is rubbish

Also read that there were a few boos when Vaughany came out to bat, i guess that is in reference to his comments about Freddy

[Shaggy]

Vaughan you ****!

I want one thing from tomorrow - to see KP bat - but it looks very unlikely now.

[captainfog]

Vaughan you ****!

I want one thing from tomorrow - to see KP bat - but it looks very unlikely now.

especially now he's out


ha ha ha

[Shaggy]

I may have the last laugh. Cook's gone now - 132-4.

We'll skittle them for about 100 so KP will be back at the crease tomorrow.

[captainfog]

I may have the last laugh. Cook's gone now - 132-4.

We'll skittle them for about 100 so KP will be back at the crease tomorrow.

Hope so

although Chander is back. He is sticky, if none of the others are

[Shaggy]

From the BBC article about Vaughan and Flintoff 'making peace'...

Flintoff also said he was confident his recovery from ankle surgery last Friday would allow him to bowl at speeds of 88-90mph on a regular basis in the future.

He added: "I'm hoping to play at some stage this summer.

"We're not putting a time frame on it, we'll just see how it goes. One thing I want to do is get the ankle right. I want to get out there and bowl fast again.

"I've had two operations in the back [of the ankle] which aren't related to the latest one I've had.

"The back of the ankle is in perfect shape and they are confident that after this the front will be as well."

Flintoff said he had been watching "a lot of television" during the course of the week, including Cash in the Attic, Bargain Hunt and CBeebies.

[jonesie]

I'm going to the test match tomorrow. (One of the advantages of finishing uni and being out of work).

Should be a good day. With it being Mancland it's bound to rain at some point. Hopefully England can get to 350 and then Harmison and Sidebottom can launch themselves at the Windies batsmen.

Drunkeness awaits!!

[captainfog]

1124: Three more from Harmison with a decent cover-drive before Belly picks up a couple with a clip to mid-wicket to move to 80. Good shot for one for Belly, rolling the wrists and dragging Taylor away through mid-wicket. I see Hilton's been released after serving three days of a 23-day sentence. And they say Ronnie and Reggie had it tough. Ronnie and Reggie were gentleman villains - they carried old ladies across busy roads (FACT), drank gallons of tea with their old mum (FACT) and it was only ever 'Their Own' they stabbed to death in seedy flats, chopped up into little pieces and stuck in a flyover in Essex (ALLEGEDLY). Ronnie and Reggie=coupla saints. Hilton=sub-human scum.

[Jayesh87]

England 1st Innings
370 all out (105.1 overs)

[captainfog]

1354 - WI 38-1 Harmison gets one to take off off a length and get Smith hopping in the crease...but his next ball is miles outside off. He never really looks like he's enjoying himself much Harmison. I rather suspect he might turn out like my nan. In her dotage, I wheeled her over to a village green to watch a spot of cricket. After sitting there for 20 minutes or so, she turned to me and said: "Innit a disgrace - you'd think stick a block of flats on this". I wheeled her back to her nursing home soon afterwards. Better finish from Harmison, although he's only bowling 82mph. Odd.

[Jayesh87]

105 for 2 (20.2 overs)