Cricket

[Irishnev]

That was a good opening session. 68 for 1 at tea. Obviously we'll collapse all out for around 150. But fun for a bit.

It’s started..... Burns always first to go

[spud_gun]

Ben Stokes thinking he's playing in the T20

What the ****?

[Zapater]

To be fair that ball was smashing the stumps, not a chance that was bouncing over. Something odd must've happened with the hawkeye thing there. But yeah you cant go around yelling into the stumps at the broadcasters.

I have no doubt that was 100% out even the umpire (Erasmus - home) looked perplexed by it. Everyone's been screwed over by **** decisions, other players don't go behaving like that. Elgar only got about 10 or 15 more runs anyway, so it wasn't really an expensive mishap. Also I'm pretty sure he was given not out and the same 'crooked' DRS system reversed the decision. I thought the standard of officiating was really good in the series.

I see he resigned as captain. I bet there will be no disciplinary action. Shows how biased this is. Rabada gets bans for celebrating enthusiastically. Steve Smith and Warner get a few matches for the sand paper (Cricket Australia gave the harsher ban) and every England and Indian player are untouchable.

[Buzzo]

Even by England standards this is some collapse.



There’s been about 6 wickets in 20 mins.

[Buzzo]

That’s it.

What an abysmal tour.

Quite well summarised at the end, “it hasn’t been a whitewash, but in many ways it has been worse”.

[Buzzo]

All ten wickets in 22 overs for 56 runs in about 90 mins. Astonishing really.

[RichC]

Not in any of the matches at any point. Bowlers did ok at times but the batting line up needs to wholesale changes.

I never want to see Burns or Pope in the side again. Don’t think Butler has a future in red ball test cricket and far from convinced with Malan or Hameed either. Root and a fit Stokes and maybe Bairstow deserves to keep their places.

Massive rebuild it’s like the 90s all over again

[Buzzo]

Really hard to find any positives… Wood bowled really well throughout. Crawley looked decent when he came in…

I’m out after that.

Even Root was dragged into the mediocrity.

[ChesterDave]

Absolutely dreadful. Won't improve until proper focus is given the County Championship. Seems like the whole of this season was focused on the ****ing hundred. County Champs no prominence, barely any T20 on the telly, the one day cup relegated to midweek days. Need a real proper overhaul of the calendar to allow access to, focus on, and importance given to the long game.

[Buzzo]

A late one for the lads

[ame]https://twitter.com/upshottowers/status/1483365556107587585[/ame]

[Yozza]

Unbelieveable....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60050911

Big Bash League: Glenn Maxwell hits record 154 off 64 for Melbourne Stars

Glenn Maxwell broke the record for the highest individual score in Australia's Big Bash League when he made an astonishing unbeaten 154 in Melbourne Stars' win against Hobart Hurricanes.

Maxwell faced 64 balls for his 154, which is the ninth-highest individual score in all Twenty20 cricket.

He smashed four sixes and 22 fours to help the Stars reach 273-2, the highest total by a T20 franchise team.

[ChesterDave]

Considering WI were 65/7 after 12.2 for England to concede 105 in 7.4 and only take 1 more wicket is pretty poor

[Yozza]

Considering WI were 65/7 after 12.2 for England to concede 105 in 7.4 and only take 1 more wicket is pretty poor

Yeah not off to a great start...

[Shaggy]

Good

[ame]https://twitter.com/CricketMirror/status/1488947791737102346[/ame]

[Yozza]

Good

https://twitter.com/CricketMirror/st...47791737102346

About time - he's an arrogant prick by all accounts