Cricket

Willey, woakes, Willey, woakes, woakes .

Trips off the tongue quite nicely somehow.

They really are fucking awful

we got set 170 in our t20 on friday night and were 42 after 10 overs. the captain whacked 52 off the last two over and we lost by 12. amazing

in today's 40 over job, i opened the bowling and was on fire, then got clean bowled by a yorker for two (at first drop). cricket can be great and suck balls at the same time

Jimmy Anderson past 1,000 first class wickets with a handy 7-19 for Lancs this afternoon.

Fair to say the ball was doing a bit.

https://twitter.com/lancscricket/status/1412058623082123271?s=20

10 overs. Oooof!

He was 6-3 at one stage too. Obviously took his foot off the gas...

Michael Vaughan after loss to New Zealand, (paraphrasing);
'Zac Crawley needs to get back to County Cricket
to refind his technique and build his confidence.'

Oh dear.

Yep a 6-ball duck from the World's best bowler. What induced Kent to bat first?

Clearly it was the hot sun beating down on a dry deck... Oh wait.

Pakistan series just got interesting... 7 members of the England squad tested positive, so the whole squad has had to go into isolation, completely new team being announced later today.

Guess we'll see the likes of Jacks, Salt, Parkinson, Mahmood, Hain all get a go.

What a fuck up...

Yep, I reckon Craig Overton too. Lucky that Stokes was not in the original squad.

Oh they could go real wild card and call up Alex Hales...

Oh they could go real wild card and call up Alex Hales...

Was just about to come in and type the same!

I mean he is doing well in the Blast, seems a low risk chance to give him another go.

^ definitely this.

And could we finally see James Hildreth???

What would he test positive for though?

What would he test positive for though?

If they're only testing for Covid, probably nothing.

Bowling selection is a bit more challenging, I reckon?

Maybe a recall for Jake Ball? Stokes will bowl also. Overton and Mahmood probably completes the seamers for the first game. But at least a couple more for the squad?

Ben Stokes (Durham, captain), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Danny Briggs (Warwickshire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Zak Crawley (Kent), Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire), Lewis Gregory (Somerset), Tom Helm (Middlesex), Will Jacks (Surrey), Dan Lawrence (Essex), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Dawid Malan (Yorkshire), Craig Overton (Somerset), Matt Parkinson (Lancashire), David Payne (Gloucestershire), Phil Salt (Sussex), John Simpson (Middlesex), James Vince (Hampshire)

Lancs need two wickets to beat Kent but are being made to stop at 6.05pm with the sun beating down and several hours of daylight remaining at Old Trafford after two days lost to rain.

Some of the rules around county cricket are ludicrous.

I fucking love Hashim Amla

What a start

Nice start for the 2nd XI...

Seed from Gregory!

Anyone who’s seen him play for Lancs will bore you to death about Saqib being a big talent.

Hope to see him playing some test cricket in the next 12-18 months.

I’ve not heard of many of the new guys.