Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Sun Jul 22, 2012 1:48 pm  

We'll be very lucky to get a draw here. The SA spinners arn't sub-continent standard but they're certainly good enough to give this England batting line up some problems on a 4/5 day old Oval pitch.

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:29 pm  

England being sadly exposed here.....Their attack is head and shoulders above ours and as for the batsmen.....

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:30 pm  

England stumbling to a defeat here unless one of the middle order can get a big score.

Eng 57/3

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:58 pm  

Conroy wrote:

I know that, but even England can't collapse enough to lose can they?

Ok..............maybe we can

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:45 am  

Everything's alright. Ravi-Bop will bat all day to save the game.



Ahem

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:47 am  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Thankfully they don't have a class spinner.

They don't, but England made Tahir look like a world-beater yesterday. Pre-meditated sweeps are a huge giveaway that the batsman hasn't got a clue what's going on. Thought we'd left that shot in the UAE.

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:33 am  

Oh, Ravi...

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:08 pm  

Conroy wrote:

WTF is going on at Lancashire???

Last year there was always at least one batsmen who dug us out of the poop and gave the bowlers something to defend. This year everyone's been a bit, well, turd. I'll be borrowing John_D's guide to division 2 at this rate...


Any of the resident Tykes on here at Headingley on the Sunday of the Test?

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:22 pm  

GT wrote:

I'll be borrowing John_D's guide to division 2 at this rate...

It's always a pleasure going to Chesterfield, no really.

GT wrote:

Any of the resident Tykes on here at Headingley on the Sunday of the Test?

Friday for me

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:44 pm  

Friday and Sunday for me, if it lasts 'til then.