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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 42,609
    An Aussie take on that day:

    Stokes and the ECB comms team orchestrate an announcement of his retirement to coincide with his 11th over of a spell. There's a standing ovation once the crowd hears that he's retiring. 

    Then Stokes gets a "pole" and there's another standing ovation.

    It's tea so there's another standing ovation.

    He gets a guard of honour from his team when they return to the field after tea. There's a standing ovation from the crowd.

    NZ are all out and Stokes promotes himself to opening the batting, taps Gay on the shoulder, run/limps from the field to a standing ovation.

    Emerges from the dressing room to bat to a guard of honour from NZ and a standing ovation.

    Then he's out and departs to a standing ovation.

    And at the end of the afternoon, when you look back on it, Stokes took one wicket, scored 30 runs and took England to the precipice of a record-breaking loss to a NZ 2nd XI.

    The headlines read "Ben Stokes was fallible but that is what made him the people's champion"
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 36,114
    I'm just hoping that after spending 9 months with his wife & kids he'll answer a call from the ECB to play in the Ashes. 
  • BarnehurstBob
    BarnehurstBob Posts: 55
    I cannot see Ben playing for England again, in any circumstances. A warrior. Leader. Winner
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,958
    BarnehurstBob said:
    I cannot see Ben playing for England again, in any circumstances. A warrior. Leader. Winner
    Los Angeles Warriors, Lahore Leaders and Joburg Winners ? 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 42,609
    Bet the ECB and Durham in particular must be upset at the missed opportunity of not starting today's game at say 2.00pm and then showing the football match straight after. The place would be drunk dry by the end!!! 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 20,174
    Addick Addict said:
    Bet the ECB and Durham in particular must be upset at the missed opportunity of not starting today's game at say 2.00pm and then showing the football match straight after. The place would be drunk dry by the end!!! 
    Would have been good for Indian TV too right?
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 42,609
    fenaddick said:
    Addick Addict said:
    Bet the ECB and Durham in particular must be upset at the missed opportunity of not starting today's game at say 2.00pm and then showing the football match straight after. The place would be drunk dry by the end!!! 
    Would have been good for Indian TV too right?
    Indeed
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,520
    Addick Addict said:
    Bet the ECB and Durham in particular must be upset at the missed opportunity of not starting today's game at say 2.00pm and then showing the football match straight after. The place would be drunk dry by the end!!! 
    Obviously, you can't totally schedule cricket around the (football) World Cup, but awful timing to have the game on at the same time as the England game. 

    And it's not as if they didn't know the WC schedule, and the high probability of England winning their group and playing their R32 game at 5pm today.
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,846
    It'll be 10pm in Delhi when the game starts at C-l-S 
    Can't see the Indian TV companies/BCCI having any problems with that
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 14,273
    Shame we are playing them 8 times in these games and not proper test cricket. 

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  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,959

  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,959
    India 165~5 {18}.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,959
    179~6 {19}
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,959
    India 189~7 {20}.

    Rain delay.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 19,260
    Miserableoldgit said:
    India 189~7 {20}.

    Rain delay.
    Not me, guv !
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,520
    The England players will be gutted that the rain didn't come at 5pm, so that they could watch the football.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 42,609
    killerandflash said:
    The England players will be gutted that the rain didn't come at 5pm, so that they could watch the football.
    "Don't Mention The Score"

    Dont mention the score the classic Likely Lads episode that perfected the art of self-isolation
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 20,174
    killerandflash said:
    The England players will be gutted that the rain didn't come at 5pm, so that they could watch the football.
    And that India chose to bat first, could have watched from the dug out 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 20,174
    Match abandoned 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 36,114
    fenaddick said:
    Match abandoned 
    Should have played it in London. No rain here 

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 42,609
    golfaddick said:
    fenaddick said:
    Match abandoned 
    Should have played it in London. No rain here 
    Should have started the game at 2.00pm as I suggested previously. They would have got a full game in and the spectators would have been able to watch the football too. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 42,609
    Cummins has said that he and a few other Australians have turned down the offer of £500k to play in The Hundred for playing two Tests against Bangladesh. They are doing so because they are desperate to play for their country in the Ashes and do not want anything to reduce the possibilities of that happening.

    Due to the IPL, Archer missed the First Test against NZ and then wasn't fit enough to bowl for the crucial opening 90 minutes of the second day due to stiffness, Bethell didn't have a single red ball match prior to the series and Cox spent the duration of the IPL carrying drinks or fielding. Now Cox is different in the sense that he has no central contract and did come back to play for the Lions and one game for Essex but he was still contracted to his county.

    We've seen it all before with World Cups when our players have had next to zero 50 over games and when we've gone into the Ashes against what was a sub-standard and injury hit Australian side with no proper warm up games. We will not have a better chance to defeat them than next summer. Let's hope we don't prepare to fail. Again.   


      
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 10,167
    edited July 2
    AA I would be shocked to see Jofra in a Sussex shirt before the Ashes. Won't want to upset his future Indian paymasters. 

    * He's also out of contract and I wonder if he even stays unless he likes the Brighton lifestyle. 
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 5,089
    Sooryavanshi has been picked today.

    India chose to bat. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 36,114
    Have they brought the boundaries in today ?  It seems everytime ball hits bat it goes for a four or a six 🤔
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 5,089
    Tongue goes for 20 in his 2nd over. Jacks now getting bashed around. 

    For anyone who's been to the Rose Bowl please, would you agree Southampton Airport is the better station for the shuttle bus? I'll be at the India game next Saturday. 
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 14,273
    For those who haven't realised the game is on channel 5.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 14,273
    RedPanda said:
    Tongue goes for 20 in his 2nd over. Jacks now getting bashed around. 

    For anyone who's been to the Rose Bowl please, would you agree Southampton Airport is the better station for the shuttle bus? I'll be at the India game next Saturday. 
    Would of said the airport. They have more buses going there than hedge end station. 
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 14,273
    edited July 4
    130/3 after 13 overs Indian captain out Shreyas Iyer c Banton very good catch b Dawson 37 
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 14,273
    That was a clean catch but 3rd umpire believes it hit the ground first. 
    The umpires in the middle don't even know who is meant to be on strike now.. 

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