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by Liventia » Mon May 13, 2013 11:13 am
by Cyborg Holland » Mon May 13, 2013 11:17 am
DesAnges wrote:Cyborg Holland wrote:
Fine. Keep Prior at 6, drop Bresnan and put Bairstow at 7. Root opens at County level, and only batted 3 for the Lions because Carberry and Chopra are very much openers, whereas Root has the ability to bat anywhere from 1-6.
Sorry Tim...
I think you've left a gap there somewhere but I'm not sure. Who comes in for Bresnan?
by DesAnges » Mon May 13, 2013 11:17 am
Liventia wrote:Ha. Well they only relied on three in NZ – Anderson, Finn, Broad. Though I suppose to be fair Bresnan wasn't fit for that.
by Cyborg Holland » Mon May 13, 2013 11:19 am
Liventia wrote:Also, Kieron Pollard just smashed 66 off 27 balls (two 4s, EIGHT 6s) to help Mumbai Indians smash Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mumbai added 50 runs in the 17th and 18th overs to go from 117-3 to 167-3 chasing 179.
by Liventia » Mon May 13, 2013 11:20 am
by Cyborg Holland » Mon May 13, 2013 12:00 pm
Liventia wrote:I saw Finn at Lord's on the second day when we (Middlesex) played Surrey in the championship earlier this month and he was struggling. His match figures from that: 34-9-102-1 (economy 3.00). He hasn't been in the best of form at all this season.
by Cyborg Holland » Mon May 13, 2013 12:08 pm
Liventia wrote:Things won't be too different this weekend at Lord's though, which was my point adding on to what Des mentioned earlier about maybe not using Finn at Lord's.
by DesAnges » Mon May 13, 2013 12:25 pm
Cyborg Holland wrote:Liventia wrote:Things won't be too different this weekend at Lord's though, which was my point adding on to what Des mentioned earlier about maybe not using Finn at Lord's.
mmmm...Don't use Finn and let Tim get some swing...
I've always had a soft spot for New Zealand. They've got serious batting talent (The old guard in Taylor & McCullum, and several quality new batsmen in Rutherford (whom I seriously rate), Fulton, Watling and Williamson) and a bowling attack which showed that they could give the England order some serious trouble. It's just a shame that they're ranked so low, only Zimbabwe and Bangladesh beneath them, they really don't deserve it. Also they have a good left-armer in Trent Boult.
by Cyborg Holland » Mon May 13, 2013 12:31 pm
DesAnges wrote:Cyborg Holland wrote:
mmmm...Don't use Finn and let Tim get some swing...
I've always had a soft spot for New Zealand. They've got serious batting talent (The old guard in Taylor & McCullum, and several quality new batsmen in Rutherford (whom I seriously rate), Fulton, Watling and Williamson) and a bowling attack which showed that they could give the England order some serious trouble. It's just a shame that they're ranked so low, only Zimbabwe and Bangladesh beneath them, they really don't deserve it. Also they have a good left-armer in Trent Boult.
They'll start building on that rankings base soon, they have to. As will Bangladesh I suspect.
For the first Test, should have Anderson and Bresnan bending the ball sideways and leave the blood and glory to Broad. Lord's was notorious for us for years against the medum-pace of the Aussies et al, let's reclaim the place for a good long while. Finn can split the deck against Headingley, that's always a good hard wicket.
You know who I miss? Simon Jones. Now there was a bowler that could swing a ball.
by Phocidaea » Mon May 13, 2013 1:19 pm
by Cyborg Holland » Mon May 13, 2013 1:21 pm
Liventia wrote:Matt Prior has just been named England Cricketer of the Year (Katherine Brunt Woman Cricketer of the Year) at the ECB awards.
by Disserbia » Mon May 13, 2013 1:31 pm
by Liventia » Mon May 13, 2013 1:33 pm
Disserbia wrote:Games take centuries...
by Phocidaea » Mon May 13, 2013 1:40 pm
by Cyborg Holland » Mon May 13, 2013 1:44 pm
Phocidaea wrote:Liventia wrote:Says someone who has clearly never watched a twenty20, or any cricket for that matter, so why comment here? I don't see anyone going to the MLB thread and making snide remarks about baseball (which is a sport I love too).
Baseball takes forever too. So does American football, and rugby isn't much better. Really, the only popular (televised) team sports that don't take forever and ever are soccer (that's football for you Europeans) and, to a much lesser extent, basketball. With soccer, because once you get to the big leagues they hardly stop the game for anything. I think if the goalkeeper's head fell off they would just keep playing until they would replace him normally.
by Phocidaea » Mon May 13, 2013 1:46 pm
Cyborg Holland wrote:Phocidaea wrote:
Baseball takes forever too. So does American football, and rugby isn't much better. Really, the only popular (televised) team sports that don't take forever and ever are soccer (that's football for you Europeans) and, to a much lesser extent, basketball. With soccer, because once you get to the big leagues they hardly stop the game for anything. I think if the goalkeeper's head fell off they would just keep playing until they would replace him normally.
Rugby is 80 minutes, Football is 90 :/
by DesAnges » Mon May 13, 2013 1:52 pm
Phocidaea wrote:What would you do if Arthur Dent showed up on the pitch?
That's all I know about cricket, other than the fact that it is possibly the most stereotypically British thing I can think of, surpassing even -our, -re, the queen, and tea and crumpets.
by Disserbia » Mon May 13, 2013 1:58 pm
by DesAnges » Mon May 13, 2013 1:59 pm
Disserbia wrote:Games take centuries...
by Liventia » Mon May 13, 2013 2:02 pm
DesAnges wrote:Prize to the man who can name the other 7.
AFAIK you cannot be given out from a no-ball but I am by no means certain on all forms of being given out, the same runs true for wides.
by DesAnges » Mon May 13, 2013 2:05 pm
Liventia wrote:DesAnges wrote:Prize to the man who can name the other 7.Stumped, run out (the next two most common); hit wicket, hit the ball twice, handled the ball, obstructing the field, timed outAFAIK you cannot be given out from a no-ball but I am by no means certain on all forms of being given out, the same runs true for wides.
You can't be given out in either case only in a caught/bowled/stumped/lbw situation. You can be run out if you choose to run on a no-ball or wide.
by Cyborg Holland » Tue May 14, 2013 12:03 am
DesAnges wrote:Liventia wrote:Stumped, run out (the next two most common); hit wicket, hit the ball twice, handled the ball, obstructing the field, timed out
You can't be given out in either case only in a caught/bowled/stumped/lbw situation. You can be run out if you choose to run on a no-ball or wide.
Your prize is my approval.
And I wasn't sure on the run out point for no balls. Wides I was more certain on.
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