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  • edited February 4
    LenGlover said:
    Just discovered that Tom Hartley has an athletic background.

    His father is Bill Hartley former GB 400 metre hurdler and his mother, Donna, was a GB 400 metre runner and she later became a bodybuilder.

    Bit of Saturday afternoon trivia for you...

    Len, you are correct that Bill Hartley is Tom's dad but Donna* divorced Bill and Ann-Louise is Tom's mum. 

    *Trivia 
    Donna Hartley who died at 58 married Robert Weiss (Bobby Nutt) after her divorce from Bill.
  • India A beat The Lions by 134 runs despite 80 (105) from Ollie Robinson
  • That drop by Crawley is starting to get very costly 
  • Below is the somewhat sub-standard South African side (due to their own T20 comp going on at the same time) playing in New Zealand as evidenced by the fact that the home side are 258-2 with both Williamson and Ravindra currently unbeaten on 112 and 118 respectively.

    The SA side includes Ed Moore who played for Minster for the last three seasons and someone called Raynard van Tonder who looks like a "dead ringer" for Kane Williamson. In fact, it is Kane Williamson and presumably they didn't have a "mug shot" of the South African so opted to stick the NZ number 3 in instead!

    May be an image of 10 people people playing soccer people playing football and text that says UIMAFKICA NEIL BRAND ALL-ROUNDER EDWARD MOORE BAT RAYNARD vn TONDER BAT ZUBAYR HAMZA BAT DAVID BEDINGHAM BAT KEEGAN PETERSEN BAT RUAN de SWARDT ALL-ROUNDER CLYDE FORTUIN KEEPER DUANNE OLIVIER BOWL TSHEPO MOREKI BOWL DANE PATERSON BOWL SOUTH AFRICA WON THE TOSS AND CHOSE TO BOWL
  • 9 down
    Bumrah out
  • Bumrah caught well at second slip by Bairstow off Hartley for a 26 ball duck

    255-9 and a lead of 398
  • Below is the somewhat sub-standard South African side (due to their own T20 comp going on at the same time) playing in New Zealand as evidenced by the fact that the home side are 258-2 with both Williamson and Ravindra currently unbeaten on 112 and 118 respectively.

    The SA side includes Ed Moore who played for Minster for the last three seasons and someone called Raynard van Tonder who looks like a "dead ringer" for Kane Williamson. In fact, it is Kane Williamson and presumably they didn't have a "mug shot" of the South African so opted to stick the NZ number 3 in instead!

    May be an image of 10 people people playing soccer people playing football and text that says UIMAFKICA NEIL BRAND ALL-ROUNDER EDWARD MOORE BAT RAYNARD vn TONDER BAT ZUBAYR HAMZA BAT DAVID BEDINGHAM BAT KEEGAN PETERSEN BAT RUAN de SWARDT ALL-ROUNDER CLYDE FORTUIN KEEPER DUANNE OLIVIER BOWL TSHEPO MOREKI BOWL DANE PATERSON BOWL SOUTH AFRICA WON THE TOSS AND CHOSE TO BOWL
    Ruan De-Glen Phillips
  • Below is the somewhat sub-standard South African side (due to their own T20 comp going on at the same time) playing in New Zealand as evidenced by the fact that the home side are 258-2 with both Williamson and Ravindra currently unbeaten on 112 and 118 respectively.

    The SA side includes Ed Moore who played for Minster for the last three seasons and someone called Raynard van Tonder who looks like a "dead ringer" for Kane Williamson. In fact, it is Kane Williamson and presumably they didn't have a "mug shot" of the South African so opted to stick the NZ number 3 in instead!

    May be an image of 10 people people playing soccer people playing football and text that says UIMAFKICA NEIL BRAND ALL-ROUNDER EDWARD MOORE BAT RAYNARD vn TONDER BAT ZUBAYR HAMZA BAT DAVID BEDINGHAM BAT KEEGAN PETERSEN BAT RUAN de SWARDT ALL-ROUNDER CLYDE FORTUIN KEEPER DUANNE OLIVIER BOWL TSHEPO MOREKI BOWL DANE PATERSON BOWL SOUTH AFRICA WON THE TOSS AND CHOSE TO BOWL
    Ruan De-Glen Phillips
    Good spot. Another debutant. 
  • Charlton should do the same when announcing the side on the big screen before matches. Put Mbappe's photo up for Ladapo, and De Bruyne for Bakinson.
  • Great low catch by Foakes off Rehan to dismiss Ashwin

    255 all out and 399 for us to win 
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  • If the selecters even think about dropping Foakes they should be shot. 
  • Anderson 10-1-29-2
    Bashir 15-0-58-1
    Ahmed 24.3-5-88-3
    Root 2-1-1-0
    Hartley 27-3-77-4








  • We must have been close to register some sort of world record - in our two innings bowling we have conceded just 5 extras (3 leg byes and two no balls) out of a total of 651 runs. Great discipline albeit aided by the fact that we only bowled 35 overs of seam. But even so.  
  • Arguably, in these conditions, keeping predominantly to spinners all day, Foakes should be the first name on the teamsheet.
  • India 1.14
    England 7.60
    Draw 560.00
  • England should've no chance and 250 would be a push in a 4th innings in India.
    It will be 1-1 but Plenty of Positives.
  • Arguably, in these conditions, keeping predominantly to spinners all day, Foakes should be the first name on the teamsheet.
    As I said after the last Test, the pressure should be on Bairstow to get some meaningful runs either in this or the next Test. Not Foakes. 
  • India open with the two seamers. Oh that we had a choice to do so!
  • Mind you, if you are going to bowl half trackers as Mukesh has just done then you might just as well stick with the one seamer
  • Kuldeep made to look a mug by his captain!
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  • Ben Duckett doesn't believe in a corridor of uncertainty!
  • I think it's safe to say that Mukesh with figures of 9-1-63-0 in the match won't be playing in the next Test
  • Following yet another opening partnership, Duckett falls for 28 off 27 to an inside edge onto pad, caught by keeper Bharat and bowled by Ashwin

    50-1 and another 349 required
  • Rehan is sent in as nightwatchman. Can he resist the urge?
  • An actual nightwatchman, as opposed to a night hawk
  • An actual nightwatchman, as opposed to a night hawk
    No, another night hawk!
  • Not the most authordox night watchmen I've seen 🫣
  • 67-1 at close and 332 required to win. A pleasing start. 

    Crawley 29* (50)
    Rehan 9* (8) 
  • Bumrah once the ball starts to reverse swing tomorrow will be a massive danger.
  • LenGlover said:
    Just discovered that Tom Hartley has an athletic background.

    His father is Bill Hartley former GB 400 metre hurdler and his mother, Donna, was a GB 400 metre runner and she later became a bodybuilder.

    Bit of Saturday afternoon trivia for you...

    Len, you are correct that Bill Hartley is Tom's dad but Donna* divorced Bill and Ann-Louise is Tom's mum. 

    *Trivia 
    Donna Hartley who died at 58 married Robert Weiss (Bobby Nutt) after her divorce from Bill.
    Thanks for the correction re Tom's mother Donna @soapboxsam
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