England's Summer Of Cricket against New Zealand and AUSTRALIA!

[captainfog]

English sport is in rude health....England hammering the Aussies, Westwood leading The Open going into the last round and Andy Murray winning Wimbledon

Apart from the England football team

[captainfog]

He has got a fair bit going for him. So powerful and looks to score all the time. Brutal through the offside. Just has that glaring deficiency with the straight ball, which he can and will obviously work on.

I know what you mean, it's just you know some players have that x-factor and you just know they are going to make it. Well, I don't see that in Bairstow.

[Shaggy]

It's weird, I always say I'm not patriotic and I genuinely don't feel I am, but I must be a bit patriotic cos I do like our sports people to win, except the football team. Also the Olympics last summer showed to a lot of people that maybe we are a touch more patriotic than we think.

[Shaggy]

I know what you mean, it's just you know some players have that x-factor and you just know they are going to make it. Well, I don't see that in Bairstow.

Me neither, obviously hope we're both wrong.

[captainfog]

It's weird, I always say I'm not patriotic and I genuinely don't feel I am, but I must be a bit patriotic cos I do like our sports people to win, except the football team. Also the Olympics last summer showed to a lot of people that maybe we are a touch more patriotic than we think.

Not about everything, couldn't give a **** about rugby

[Chazza]

He has got a fair bit going for him. So powerful and looks to score all the time. Brutal through the offside. Just has that glaring deficiency with the straight ball, which he can and will obviously work on.

The selectors who watch a lot more than we do must rate him highly.

Boycott was talking up some young lad from yorkshire (don't know his name but he is 20) who scored 250 in the championship.

[Shaggy]

Not about everything, couldn't give a **** about rugby

Same.

The selectors who watch a lot more than we do must rate him highly.

Boycott was talking up some young lad from yorkshire (don't know his name but he is 20) who scored 250 in the championship.

Don't know him but there's a left arm spinner at Lancs called Simon Kerrigan who's taken two 7fers and a Michelle in his last three innings at Old Trafford. Whether that says OT is a massively turning pitch or this guy is **** hot I don't know, but he's 24 and has played for the Lions so he can't be too far away.

[Chazza]

Same.







Don't know him but there's a left arm spinner at Lancs called Simon Kerrigan who's taken two 7fers and a Michelle in his last three innings at Old Trafford. Whether that says OT is a massively turning pitch or this guy is **** hot I don't know, but he's 24 and has played for the Lions so he can't be too far away.

Heard about Kerrigan, he must be in line for the tour to Oz.

[Shaggy]

Haha did anyone see the official Cricket Australia Twitter account tweet this today after Bell given not out?! Swiftly deleted. Bitter *******s ....imagine the MCC tweeting something like that

https://mobile.twitter.com/23nsg/status/358590341370232833/photo/1

[ChesterDave]

Didnt see it but read the reports. Point stands though. No wonder India hate the DRS. Can't even get decisions right with technology

[captainfog]

Boycott was talking about Alex Lees. He's 19, an opener, a leftie, and scoring runs for fun at the moment. First I heard of him today, but Boycs really rates him.

[captainfog]

Didnt see it but read the reports. Point stands though. No wonder India hate the DRS. Can't even get decisions right with technology

Bumble said today that the umpire couldn't give that decision. You have to be 100% sure to give a batsman out and based on that video footage how could he be? Even the player wasn't sure. Did you catch it? I think I caught it. Think is not good enough.

Harsh but that's how it has always been. Got nothing to do with DRS. They were referring those catches before DRS was being used.

As for the technology... well, the technology hasn't failed at all. It's been human error that has lead to the **** ups. Even with those **** ups DRS has improved the decision making by something like 5% (I think you posted the article about that).

[captainfog]

Haha did anyone see the official Cricket Australia Twitter account tweet this today after Bell given not out?! Swiftly deleted. Bitter *******s ....imagine the MCC tweeting something like that


https://mobile.twitter.com/23nsg/sta...232833/photo/1

The Aussies are an absolute shambles

[captainfog]

On the subject of commentators, I'm really enjoying listening to the Ed Smith on TMS. Great addition to the team

[captainfog]

This 'great' Aussie pace attack managed to take 2 wickets today