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England Cricket Team Summer 2019 -ICC World Cup and Ashes etc

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  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,701
    Leuth said:
    Oh they had bails! Ignore me
    How could anyone ever ignore you mate  😂
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,033
    170-3  Tea.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,033
    Pouring down again.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Its Manchester - what do they expect? 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,914
    Abandoned for the day. Was in the party stand half way up, it did feel like it was shaking a bit!
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,061
    I'm pretty sure that if Smith hadn't missed the last test he'd have become the first player to get 1000 runs in a series.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,701
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    I'm pretty sure that if Smith hadn't missed the last test he'd have become the first player to get 1000 runs in a series.
    Probably. 
    But history will remember him as a sandpapering  cheating  prick.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,681
    Chizz said:
    golfaddick said:
    What do you expect when you schedule Test matches in August  & September. I believe all 4 so far have been affected by the rain to some degree....2nd Test we virtually only had 3 days play. 
    In which two months would you choose to play Test matches in England, @golfaddick ? 


    Very good. Perhaps now you can give some conrext.... ..looks like it could be a chart from Vancouver amongst others.
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    johnnybev1987 said:
    cafcfan1990 said:
    Agree with Golfie, can’t believe they think it’s a good idea to play cricket in the summer. 

    Hopefully they follow FIFA’s lead and play the next Ashes over here in December and January. 

    Keeps consistency too as it’s similar dates as when in Australia. 

    December / January? In the middle of winter, makes sense... Should do May/ June, although who knows with the English weather in general, they should be able to do something at least. it would be daft if we get draws due to over a days no play.
    Yeah I might have been joking pal...
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,344
    golfaddick said:
    Chizz said:
    golfaddick said:
    What do you expect when you schedule Test matches in August  & September. I believe all 4 so far have been affected by the rain to some degree....2nd Test we virtually only had 3 days play. 
    In which two months would you choose to play Test matches in England, @golfaddick ? 


    Very good. Perhaps now you can give some conrext.... ..looks like it could be a chart from Vancouver amongst others.
    Here's the conrext: it's from a website called "Project Britain- British Life and Culture". 

    http://projectbritain.com/climate.html#targetText=These%20months%20generally%20have%20the,they%20are%20also%20the%20wettest.&targetText=Rain%20is%20fairly%20well%20distributed,October%20to%20January)%20the%20wettest. 

    So, what are the best two months for England to play home Test matches? 

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,914
    The thing about September is that any rainy days are more likely to be cooler than rainy days in the height of summer which makes them more miserable. In addition it gets dark earlier 

    A serious question is whether we should have staged the WC and Ashes in the same summer, as it's meant that the Ashes have been shunted far later than ideal
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,872
    Funnily enough we had a very very mild Jan or Feb where we could have played cricket for those  2 weeks. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,681
    edited September 2019
    killerandflash said:
    The thing about September is that any rainy days are more likely to be cooler than rainy days in the height of summer which makes them more miserable. In addition it gets dark earlier 

    A serious question is whether we should have staged the WC and Ashes in the same summer, as it's meant that the Ashes have been shunted far later than ideal

    Didnt they shuffle recent Ashes series so that we played this series in tandem with the WC....ie, that the Aussies were over here & so it made sense.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,914
    golfaddick said:
    killerandflash said:
    The thing about September is that any rainy days are more likely to be cooler than rainy days in the height of summer which makes them more miserable. In addition it gets dark earlier 

    A serious question is whether we should have staged the WC and Ashes in the same summer, as it's meant that the Ashes have been shunted far later than ideal

    Didnt they shuffle recent Ashes series so that we played this series in tandem with the WC....ie, that the Aussies were over here & so it made sense.
    The Ashes a few years ago in Australia were moved to avoid clashing with the world cup when Australia were hosting it
  • AshBurton
    AshBurton Posts: 1,142
    killerandflash said:
    golfaddick said:
    killerandflash said:
    The thing about September is that any rainy days are more likely to be cooler than rainy days in the height of summer which makes them more miserable. In addition it gets dark earlier 

    A serious question is whether we should have staged the WC and Ashes in the same summer, as it's meant that the Ashes have been shunted far later than ideal

    Didnt they shuffle recent Ashes series so that we played this series in tandem with the WC....ie, that the Aussies were over here & so it made sense.
    The Ashes a few years ago in Australia were moved to avoid clashing with the world cup when Australia were hosting it
    Agree with this - why would you cram the two most prestigious cricket tournaments/series held in England into the same summer? Makes no sense to me. Admittedly the generally shit weather this summer hasn’t helped, but it was overload to start with. 

    In other news some people on the next table in my hotel bar in Manchester are discussing the merits of the Valley Express and kids for a quid, and the fact that Charlton fans are generally very good eggs. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,344
    edited September 2019
    The 2005 Ashes series - generally acknowledged as one of the best series of cricket ever played - concluded with the Fifth, final and deciding Test match played from the 8-12 September.  This year the Fifth Test is scheduled to be 12-16 September.  

    Have we really ruined the series by having it conclude up to four days' later? 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,914
    Chizz said:
    The 2005 Ashes series - generally acknowledged as one of the best series of cricket ever played - concluded with the Fifth, final and deciding Test match played from the 8-12 September.  This year the Fifth Test is scheduled to be 12-16 September.  

    Have we really ruined the series by having it conclude up to four days' later? 
    Playing a Manchester Test in September is a bit different though...
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,973
    The rain might be needed to get us a draw if Smith keeps batting.

    Then get him early at the Oval.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,001
    All out before lunch?

    Thats Aus all out not predicting our usual first innings collapse!
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,681
    No luck thus morning. Smith hits a low full toss back past Archer who gets a hand on it but couldnt grasp it...  the ball whistles past the stumps at the non-strikers end for 4. Reply show Head woukd have been out backing up.

    Next ball Smith almost chops onto hits stumps..

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  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,966
    Hopefully weather means we scrape a draw and then win toss and bat first at the Oval. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,033
    183-4
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,033
    Head lbw Broad 19
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Travis Head gone. hit on pad. LBW. 183 - 4
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,344
    killerandflash said:
    Chizz said:
    The 2005 Ashes series - generally acknowledged as one of the best series of cricket ever played - concluded with the Fifth, final and deciding Test match played from the 8-12 September.  This year the Fifth Test is scheduled to be 12-16 September.  

    Have we really ruined the series by having it conclude up to four days' later? 
    Playing a Manchester Test in September is a bit different though...
    The current match is the first Test to be played at Old Trafford in September. 37 of England's previous 79 matches at the ground have been draws.  So it doesn't seem to be relevant what time of year the matches are played: a draw is the most likely result in Manchester. 

    So this match will either end up as a draw, thanks to rain curtailing some of the play, and be typical of an Old Trafford Test; or there ill be a result, despite the weather.  The timing of this Test match is not relevant.  
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Statistically September is drier than August, rainfall is similar to June, nobody’s suggesting we shouldn’t play cricket in june...
  • AshBurton
    AshBurton Posts: 1,142
    After yesterday’s chilly experience, I’ve upped my clothing game from 4 to 5 layers today. Already wearing all of them. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,914
    kentaddick said:
    Statistically September is drier than August, rainfall is similar to June, nobody’s suggesting we shouldn’t play cricket in june...
    Much better light in June though. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,033
    killerandflash said:
    kentaddick said:
    Statistically September is drier than August, rainfall is similar to June, nobody’s suggesting we shouldn’t play cricket in june...
    Much better light in June though. 
    224-5
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    Wade c Root b Leach 16

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