| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread 13:39 - Apr 9 with 106926 views | Superhoops2808 |
With the football season coming to a close in a months time, some here will turn their attention to the smell of freshly mown grass and long days sat in the hot sunny weather watching the great game of cricket.
As a member of Kent Cricket Club, I got to enjoy my first match of the season against Somerset at Canterbury over the last few days. Unfortunately, as is always the way starting the season this early, the first day was lost to rain. In fact nearly all the games were affected by rain, some without a ball even being bowled.
But I did manage to get to see 2 centurions at Canterbury yesterday and a very enjoyable day of cricket (even if I did get sun burned head - Yes I know should have taken a cap).
Did anyone else get to see cricket over the last few days? I know we have several Middlesex supporters who no doubt enjoyed the 'runfest' at Lords (over 1300 runs I believe) [Post edited 4 Apr 13:14]
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| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 11:49 - Jul 26 with 1772 views | Malintabuk |
Yesterday the Root show.. now Stokes ... 5fer and now his first 100 for a few years...
Fantastic player, captain. What a leader |  | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:04 - Jul 26 with 1748 views | stowmarketrange |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 21:36 - Jul 25 by Tonto |
Hope the Manchester weather holds up! |
It would be good to go to the Oval with the series wrapped up. |  | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:13 - Jul 26 with 1723 views | ted_hendrix |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 11:49 - Jul 26 by Malintabuk |
Yesterday the Root show.. now Stokes ... 5fer and now his first 100 for a few years...
Fantastic player, captain. What a leader |
Ashamed to say I was slagging Stokes off earlier In this thread (bad mood, miserable git) whatever.
My bad, humbled and a wee bit embarrassed to be honest. |  |
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| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:17 - Jul 26 with 1711 views | Rsole |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:13 - Jul 26 by ted_hendrix |
Ashamed to say I was slagging Stokes off earlier In this thread (bad mood, miserable git) whatever.
My bad, humbled and a wee bit embarrassed to be honest. |
Ted - it’s all relative.
You can seek some solace in the fact that India are being much more embarrassed and humbled currently. |  |
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| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:27 - Jul 26 with 1695 views | Malintabuk |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:04 - Jul 26 by stowmarketrange |
It would be good to go to the Oval with the series wrapped up. |
Bit of weather about in Manchester tomorrow... and that surely is the declaration now... | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:34 - Jul 26 with 1682 views | flynnbo |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:27 - Jul 26 by Malintabuk |
Bit of weather about in Manchester tomorrow... and that surely is the declaration now... |
Not yet, Phil. But now. [Post edited 26 Jul 12:37]
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| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:37 - Jul 26 with 1677 views | Malintabuk |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:34 - Jul 26 by flynnbo |
Not yet, Phil. But now. [Post edited 26 Jul 12:37]
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I suppose he wanted to get Carse the 50... but never got there ... | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 13:06 - Jul 26 with 1645 views | Rsole |
Woakes must be kicking his lips with this field and 2 wickets in his fridge already | |
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| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 08:19 - Jul 27 with 1460 views | Superhoops2808 |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:13 - Jul 26 by ted_hendrix |
Ashamed to say I was slagging Stokes off earlier In this thread (bad mood, miserable git) whatever.
My bad, humbled and a wee bit embarrassed to be honest. |
Fair play Ted
Maybe he read your comments and it encouraged him to up his game  | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 08:30 - Jul 27 with 1442 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:13 - Jul 26 by ted_hendrix |
Ashamed to say I was slagging Stokes off earlier In this thread (bad mood, miserable git) whatever.
My bad, humbled and a wee bit embarrassed to be honest. |
Nah, Ted, it's an excellent use of reverse psychology as every cricket fan knows. Top work! |  | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 09:59 - Jul 27 with 1379 views | Rsole |
Another 5 day test match, great stuff for the game and spectators.
All the players seem to be invested and most are enjoying it too, cricket wins all round for once.
I bet Pant comes out to bat today, even if he misses the next test. | |
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| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 10:03 - Jul 27 with 1367 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 09:59 - Jul 27 by Rsole |
Another 5 day test match, great stuff for the game and spectators.
All the players seem to be invested and most are enjoying it too, cricket wins all round for once.
I bet Pant comes out to bat today, even if he misses the next test. |
I am sure Pant will come out to bat...the only thing stopping that will be if we don't take enough wickets!
You can really see why they are so invested in Bashir, watching Dawson. It's like going back to the 90s and Peter Such and that era when our "spinners" never actually spun the ball. County trundler rubbish, and a bad drop too. Not sure I appreciated Swann enough when we had him! [Post edited 27 Jul 10:03]
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| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 10:11 - Jul 27 with 1348 views | eastside_r |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 10:03 - Jul 27 by GaryBannister86 |
I am sure Pant will come out to bat...the only thing stopping that will be if we don't take enough wickets!
You can really see why they are so invested in Bashir, watching Dawson. It's like going back to the 90s and Peter Such and that era when our "spinners" never actually spun the ball. County trundler rubbish, and a bad drop too. Not sure I appreciated Swann enough when we had him! [Post edited 27 Jul 10:03]
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Ahmed just took 13 wickets and scored a century albeit in Div 2.
Surely they must consider him for the Oval and the Ashes. Australian pitches suit leggies. |  | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 10:46 - Jul 27 with 1302 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 10:11 - Jul 27 by eastside_r |
Ahmed just took 13 wickets and scored a century albeit in Div 2.
Surely they must consider him for the Oval and the Ashes. Australian pitches suit leggies. |
Yeah I like Rehan and by all accounts his younger brother is even better. Hopefully our spin twins of the future. | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:38 - Jul 27 with 1198 views | johnhoop |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 10:11 - Jul 27 by eastside_r |
Ahmed just took 13 wickets and scored a century albeit in Div 2.
Surely they must consider him for the Oval and the Ashes. Australian pitches suit leggies. |
As did the seemingly forgotten about Tom Hartley for Lancashire in Div 1.
11 wickets and 130 with the bat. | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 11:05 - Jul 28 with 1023 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:38 - Jul 27 by johnhoop |
As did the seemingly forgotten about Tom Hartley for Lancashire in Div 1.
11 wickets and 130 with the bat. |
I like Hartley, but as with Dawson, I can't see us taking left-arm spinners to Australia as they never work out there. Some Aussie bloke from a 100 years ago still holds the TOTAL test wickets record for a left-arm spinner in Australia, with 74 wickets! Inexplicable. | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 11:20 - Jul 28 with 988 views | Malintabuk |
Just wonder what others thought about the last hourgate, at Manchester yesterday?
As I posted think Stokes is a legend for us, but was a little disappointed with the shenanigans from us with India wanting to stay on
No issue with the asides, given to the Indian team that is part and parcel... but Stokes, for want of a better word, petulance, seemed a little uncalled for.
Apart from the obvious milestones for the batters, and Washington's first century for his country, keeping us on the field, with the next game in 3 days, made a lot of sense
India need to win that to draw, so any advantage, as in tired bowlers at the Oval, makes perfect sense, I would have stayed on as well, and for longer
Since the "time delaying" episode, seems this series as got a bit spicy
Just wonder what others felt | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 11:42 - Jul 28 with 947 views | Rangersw12 |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 11:20 - Jul 28 by Malintabuk |
Just wonder what others thought about the last hourgate, at Manchester yesterday?
As I posted think Stokes is a legend for us, but was a little disappointed with the shenanigans from us with India wanting to stay on
No issue with the asides, given to the Indian team that is part and parcel... but Stokes, for want of a better word, petulance, seemed a little uncalled for.
Apart from the obvious milestones for the batters, and Washington's first century for his country, keeping us on the field, with the next game in 3 days, made a lot of sense
India need to win that to draw, so any advantage, as in tired bowlers at the Oval, makes perfect sense, I would have stayed on as well, and for longer
Since the "time delaying" episode, seems this series as got a bit spicy
Just wonder what others felt |
Was it really in the spirit of the game keeping us out there seeing as Gil is all about the spirit of the game .
Bigger picture is we don't have a chance in Aus with this bowling attack | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 11:53 - Jul 28 with 930 views | GaryBannister86 |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 11:20 - Jul 28 by Malintabuk |
Just wonder what others thought about the last hourgate, at Manchester yesterday?
As I posted think Stokes is a legend for us, but was a little disappointed with the shenanigans from us with India wanting to stay on
No issue with the asides, given to the Indian team that is part and parcel... but Stokes, for want of a better word, petulance, seemed a little uncalled for.
Apart from the obvious milestones for the batters, and Washington's first century for his country, keeping us on the field, with the next game in 3 days, made a lot of sense
India need to win that to draw, so any advantage, as in tired bowlers at the Oval, makes perfect sense, I would have stayed on as well, and for longer
Since the "time delaying" episode, seems this series as got a bit spicy
Just wonder what others felt |
Agree, I love Stokes but I think he got this wrong. Why should India not take the chance to knacker us out and get centuries with the series still on the line? If the series was done I would have understood, but not in this instance.
We are in danger of becoming a bit like Australia pre sandpaper - ie saying there is a line that is not crossed in the spirit of cricket, but then we decide what that line is.
If we are prepared to bend the rules like Crawley did, then we can hardly get the arse when India decide to (perfectly legally) play on. | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 14:22 - Jul 28 with 833 views | qprd |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 11:53 - Jul 28 by GaryBannister86 |
Agree, I love Stokes but I think he got this wrong. Why should India not take the chance to knacker us out and get centuries with the series still on the line? If the series was done I would have understood, but not in this instance.
We are in danger of becoming a bit like Australia pre sandpaper - ie saying there is a line that is not crossed in the spirit of cricket, but then we decide what that line is.
If we are prepared to bend the rules like Crawley did, then we can hardly get the arse when India decide to (perfectly legally) play on. |
it was totally pathetic
ben stokes dedicated his century to his late father
washington sundar by all accounts is a nice kid- kohli, siraj etc could be prickly but that is a nice kid who doesnt bother anyone
hes been stranded in the 90s and 80s before.
he came into a dire situation. if he got out even at 50, india probably wouldve lost. he saved a match for his country. its the first century he's ever scored. he couldve easily wanted to score that century for a family member, someone else, etc
for the england players to bully him as he walked off the pitch says a lot about them. folks like duckett and crawley have about one brain cell between them and are followers, but stokes is clearly better than that
if johnny bairstow was on 93 not out, is england taking the draw? when england were battering the life out of teams like ireland, did they declare before milestones were hit? | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 14:44 - Jul 28 with 794 views | TheChef |
Feels like the usual media making a mountain out of a molehill, because there was nothing else interesting to report.
Get on with it, get to the Oval and make sure you win the series. |  |
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| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 15:20 - Jul 28 with 729 views | qprd |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 14:44 - Jul 28 by TheChef |
Feels like the usual media making a mountain out of a molehill, because there was nothing else interesting to report.
Get on with it, get to the Oval and make sure you win the series. |
media is hardly saying anything about it
if shoe was on the other foot and india or australia behaved like this to england, lets be honest- this would be another spirit of cricket brouhaha | | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:16 - Jul 30 with 478 views | robith |
That team is not taking 20 wickets at the oval |  | | |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:20 - Jul 30 with 472 views | RBlock |
| Cricket 2025 County/International Thread on 12:16 - Jul 30 by robith |
That team is not taking 20 wickets at the oval |
Would have been good fun to stack the XI with county championship batters like Rew and Sibley, foregoing any bowling attack, and challenge a Bumrah-less India to take 20 at the Oval, playing for a very dull draw and a series win |  | | |
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