Cricket

All of them, at this rate.

FFS England.

Can England get relegated to the 2nd Tier of International cricket?

I seem to remember a captain, last year, claiming he expected to win all of last years' Tests.

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Now Bairstow has played himself in,
he must be eyeing up the further 207 runs
he needs to reach 5000 Test runs.

I still don't know how I have the strength to watch this side

unwatchable

Lots of people in this thread were desperate for Foakes to come in. He’s only a marginally better keeper than Buttler and worse with the bat.

Your powers of prophecy are proving better than my optimism.

England effectively 4-7,
with Lees having spurned the chance to bat through an (abbreviated) innings.
Wonder if Collingwood still wants to be associated with this squad longer term?

This is abject.

lol

Could we be about to witness the first time ever 10 and 11 have top scored in both innings?

What's up with Root and Stokes batting?

Of course we can't expect that they will always post big scores but 11 runs over 2 innings is troubling.

Bring back Gatting.

You'd need a JCB and a complete absence of Shane, oh, wait, bring back Gatting.

Reset needs a reset.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60893974

Sure, but who else could really take over from Root?

The cupboard is bare for batsmen and anyone capable of leading the side.

I think Stokes could do it but it would be a mistake to ask him.

The Guardian were proposing Eoin Morgan, in a Brearley-esque role

The ECB seems to love creating roles for people that it quite likes but can’t fit in to a job.

That’s why they had to boot Ed Smith. How about sticking to the basics and looking at how we make county cricket better?

Well done to England for reaching the final but is would have been monstrous to chase down that total.

Bat first next time perhaps

Or take your catches…

Red ball cricket is back next week.

I know it’s broken but the 13 year old inside me still gets a bit excited at the prospect of seeing who’s got what overseas players, who’s going to be first to 100 wickets etc. Trips to outgrounds where there’s old people sleeping in deckchairs.

Hasan Ali is going to be LETHAL with a Dukes ball in April.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2022/apr/05/county-championship-2022-team-by-team-guide-to-the-new-season-cricket

Next week ... ? Thursday morning , eleven o'clock - Lords .... to see the mighty Derbyshire take on the Middlesexers ..... bound to be freezing , raining or last weeks hail blizzards will be back...
will be packing an old mans travel rug for the knees ... !