Cricket

boltonbonce wrote:England v Sri Lanka looks interesting.

At the moment some blokes in banana costumes are being chased by a bloke in a gorilla suit.

How much curvature was on the banana?

Passable.

That looks suspiciously more like a plantain than a banana.

None of your foreign muck on my English cricket thread, if you don't mind.

Bananas may be grown abroad but they're as English as fish & chips.

We invented them.

The natives didn't know what to do with them until Sir Winston Raleigh showed 'em how to smoke the things in pipes.

Or was that spuds...?

Raleigh invented the bicycle. You're thinking of Winston Shakespeare,who rebuilt 52 churches after oliver Cromwell set fire to some cakes,causing the great fire of London.

I'm always doing that.

Cheers.

Who was Nelson?

Didn't he invent wrestling?

That was his half brother.

Ba dum......tish!

I set 'em up.....

Poor old Horatio ended up doing ads for Jaffa,with the slogan 'I see no pips'.

Tragic. His death was a blessing.

He was a goer though. Even as he lay dying he wanted someone to kiss his hardy.

The cricket is getting interesting at the moment.

Pakistan seem to be collapsing now 125 for 5.

Come on England!

125-7 now

154-9

Last pair at the wicket.

Come on England!

Great win and good contributions from all the players.

Indeed, great match, fantastic result.

I was concerned about the declaration as at one stage Pakistan really only needed around 4 an over to make the score, but once the wickets started to fall they had no chance. Confidence in the bowlers.

wanderlust wrote:I was concerned about the declaration as at one stage Pakistan really only needed around 4 an over to make the score,

Cook and the old management team would have bat until mid afternoon to make it safe.

It's the new brand (new to us) of aggressive cricket and it's worked again.

Copper Dragon wrote:

wanderlust wrote:I was concerned about the declaration as at one stage Pakistan really only needed around 4 an over to make the score,

Cook and the old management team would have bat until mid afternoon to make it safe.

It's the new brand (new to us) of aggressive cricket and it's worked again.

History shows very few teams score over 300 to win a match, particularly coming in after a long spell in the field.
Great declaration because the bowlers came on fresh from a nights rest.

whatsgoingon wrote:

Copper Dragon wrote:

wanderlust wrote:I was concerned about the declaration as at one stage Pakistan really only needed around 4 an over to make the score,

Cook and the old management team would have bat until mid afternoon to make it safe.

It's the new brand (new to us) of aggressive cricket and it's worked again.

History shows very few teams score over 300 to win a match, particularly coming in after a long spell in the field.
Great declaration because the bowlers came on fresh from a nights rest.

Fabulous decision with hindsight but at the time there was always going to be that nagging doubt that the worst could happen - at least until their batting collapse in the middle order.

Liam Plunkett - Ticka boo, son!

What a catch.

England just broke the record for the highest ever 1 day score. 444. Was like a baseball game.

DEANO82 wrote:England just broke the record for the highest ever 1 day score. 444. Was like a baseball game.

Jesus how many overs, 50? Just short of 9 an over. Who were they playing Everton U11's