England have picked their squad for the 1st 2 Tests already, so unless there's an injury, Jonny will be keeping whatever. With Lord's likely to be hot and flat, England will have a real conundrum with their bowling attack, as will Moeen's finger be ok by then?
no cricket til after lunch at the earliest, which will be taken at 12:30
It boils my piss this. If they can play at 12:45 they won't because they have to take lunch?
Unlikely today but its happened in the past when they could be playing and don't.
pretty sure they're taking lunch early specifically so they can fit more overs in and that the pitch won't be ready before 1pm
But why restrict yourself by "taking lunch" at all? As soon as its playable get out there?
it's not playable because of the drainage of the pitch, once that's done and with no more rain they can play. You have to take lunch, i mean, when are they going to eat?
no cricket til after lunch at the earliest, which will be taken at 12:30
It boils my piss this. If they can play at 12:45 they won't because they have to take lunch?
Unlikely today but its happened in the past when they could be playing and don't.
pretty sure they're taking lunch early specifically so they can fit more overs in and that the pitch won't be ready before 1pm
But why restrict yourself by "taking lunch" at all? As soon as its playable get out there?
it's not playable because of the drainage of the pitch, once that's done and with no more rain they can play. You have to take lunch, i mean, when are they going to eat?
While it's raining? Like I originally said it's not an issue here because the pitch isn't playable, but there have been occasions when they have taken lunch when they could have been playing.
If you had some one round to do some work outside but it was raining and they were sat round drinking tea and doing crosswords and as soon as it stopped raining they buggered off for lunch, that would be OK? Especially there was a chance it would rain again later.
Probably not the worst thing….. losing chunks of the day makes it harder and puts much more pressure on a run chase. And the muggy damp overcast conditions make it easier to take wickets….. the weather is better for us than them that’s for sure.
Great shout. If only 4 Hours are possible today then only a draw or England win unless the Aussies join the new philosophy 🤔 Before this match started I fancied the Aussies to win a very close match because as brilliant as Baz ball is to watch I felt because a draw is a total anathema to the present mindset England might push their luck with a declaration or Joe Root might believe he's Kevin Pietersen and rush down the wicket and get stumped when in great form 🧐
We will/have won matches with this approach and a few defeats will obviously happen but drama and entertainment is the priority so Baz and Ben are the dream team even if the odd nightmare will occur 😱
There is a duty of care to the players and one career ending step by a player running to stop a boundary will lead to that and litigation. Some areas might be more liable to saturation than others - imagine Stokes going over on that dodgy knee of his on false ground. Just because it isn't raining, unless you are the one out there examining the ground then it is difficult to say what is playable and what isn't. The Umpires will be doing that in conjunction with the Head Groundsman. They are the experts.
Btw, huge call this from me and I'll possibly have to eat my words but I think Anderson might, at last, be done. He's likely retiring at the end of the series imo, but it could be earlier
no cricket til after lunch at the earliest, which will be taken at 12:30
It boils my piss this. If they can play at 12:45 they won't because they have to take lunch?
Unlikely today but its happened in the past when they could be playing and don't.
pretty sure they're taking lunch early specifically so they can fit more overs in and that the pitch won't be ready before 1pm
But why restrict yourself by "taking lunch" at all? As soon as its playable get out there?
it's not playable because of the drainage of the pitch, once that's done and with no more rain they can play. You have to take lunch, i mean, when are they going to eat?
While it's raining? Like I originally said it's not an issue here because the pitch isn't playable, but there have been occasions when they have taken lunch when they could have been playing.
If you had some one round to do some work outside but it was raining and they were sat round drinking tea and doing crosswords and as soon as it stopped raining they buggered off for lunch, that would be OK? Especially there was a chance it would rain again later.
What you're suggesting is just not cricket, old boy! ;-)
(But you're right, it always used to grate on me too!)
I'm sorry to have to labour the point but those four leg byes were an illustration of how Bairstow is falling over rather than moving his feet quickly and then diving
Head is strange. The year he played for Sussex, he couldn't make any decent scores - 50 runs in his first 7 innings as far as I recall, yet he has always scored big in Oz. Let's hope he finds his Sussex form today.
Head is strange. The year he played for Sussex, he couldn't make any decent scores - 50 runs in his first 7 innings as far as I recall, yet he has always scored big in Oz. Let's hope he finds his Sussex form today.
That spell with Sussex was absolutely atrocious in all formats. Think he got one 50 all season.
Head is strange. The year he played for Sussex, he couldn't make any decent scores - 50 runs in his first 7 innings as far as I recall, yet he has always scored big in Oz. Let's hope he finds his Sussex form today.
That spell with Sussex was absolutely atrocious in all formats. Think he got one 50 all season.
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If you had some one round to do some work outside but it was raining and they were sat round drinking tea and doing crosswords and as soon as it stopped raining they buggered off for lunch, that would be OK? Especially there was a chance it would rain again later.
Great shout.
If only 4 Hours are possible today then only a draw or England win unless the Aussies join the new philosophy 🤔
Before this match started I fancied the Aussies to win a very close match because as brilliant as Baz ball is to watch I felt because a draw is a total anathema to the present mindset England might push their luck with a declaration or Joe Root might believe he's Kevin Pietersen and rush down the wicket and get stumped when in great form 🧐
We will/have won matches with this approach and a few defeats will obviously happen but drama and entertainment is the priority so Baz and Ben are the dream team even if the odd nightmare will occur 😱
There is a duty of care to the players and one career ending step by a player running to stop a boundary will lead to that and litigation. Some areas might be more liable to saturation than others - imagine Stokes going over on that dodgy knee of his on false ground. Just because it isn't raining, unless you are the one out there examining the ground then it is difficult to say what is playable and what isn't. The Umpires will be doing that in conjunction with the Head Groundsman. They are the experts.
Jimmy must join the party now with these conditions.
Australia 2.36
Draw 12.50
;-)
(But you're right, it always used to grate on me too!)
That spell with Sussex was absolutely atrocious in all formats. Think he got one 50 all season.
He even played in the 2nd XI final against Kent
I thought it sounded as if it would be Broad or Wood for the starting 11 and Broad has been the pick of the England bowler's.