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Cricket
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Blackface in crowd 129 55.36%
References to Lord of the Rings 104 44.64%
Total: 233 votes
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goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Do you think you can fudge a lightmeter reading with a well-aimed laser pointer?

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goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Stuart is having a nice time.

tanglewood1420
Oct 28, 2010

The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

goatface posted:

Stuart is having a nice time.

Should drop him for the first test of every series.

Astroclassicist
Aug 21, 2015

Send Stuart out to open the batting, frankly.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
I hope they're going to aim for about 320 up by 4.30-5ish and then declare. But I imagine the bowlers would like a more extended chance to have a nap.

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
they definitely need to be declaring before close tonight, there's no chance of play tomorrow and they might not be able to get in a full day on Tuesday either

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
I thought yesterday & today were supposed to be the washout days. Is tomorrow 100% downpour?

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006

goatface posted:

I thought yesterday & today were supposed to be the washout days. Is tomorrow 100% downpour?

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Mmm.

New teeth for him.

CyberPingu
Sep 15, 2013


If you're not striving to improve, you'll end up going backwards.
Broad finished with 6-31....dayum.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Go on lad, you're 20 overs in. Put a donk on it.

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
at least with Chase and Cornwall the over rate is decent

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
I suppose for sibs this is a pretty chipper run rate. He's not properly digging in like he can with a strike rate down at ~20.

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
kind of feels like Root's letting Burns get his 100 rather than thinking about how long he wants to have to bowl tonight

Loving Africa Chaps
Dec 3, 2007


We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

No way are windies getting 374, he should have declared a while back.

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
the problem is now it looks really bad if he declares after he got 50 but before Burns can get 100

Dysgenesis
Jul 12, 2012

HAVE AT THEE!


Good dismissal for England. Carrying on for Burns' century would have been a mistake in the context of the match.

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
really we should have declared half an hour ago but at least we're not batting out the day

Astroclassicist
Aug 21, 2015

Anderson and Broad sharing the same jumper :allears:

Edit.
Stuart Broad!

Astroclassicist fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Jul 26, 2020

Paul.Power
Feb 7, 2009

The three roles of APCs:
Transports.
Supply trucks.
Distractions.

Following on from Andy Zaltzman, top 50 quarter-century-to-half-century conversion ratios of all time. Cutoff of 25 50+ scores, current players in green

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Dead Goon
Dec 13, 2002

No Obvious Flaws



There's never any issue of Root getting a 50, it's the gently caress all after that that's the problem.

Paul.Power
Feb 7, 2009

The three roles of APCs:
Transports.
Supply trucks.
Distractions.

Dead Goon posted:

There's never any issue of Root getting a 50, it's the gently caress all after that that's the problem.
Honestly it's gone past annoyance for me at this point and into the realms of sheer curiosity. Root easily tops the "fifties as proportion of total innings" chart, with Misbah and Doug Walters (who also feature highly on this list; heck, Walters is third) the only ones coming close.

Paul.Power fucked around with this message at 11:21 on Jul 27, 2020

Dead Goon
Dec 13, 2002

No Obvious Flaws



Weather isn't great tomorrow either is it?

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Met office suggests they really need to get most of the work done in the first session.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Well Kraigg, you've probably got a unique record to your name.

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006

Julio Cruz posted:

I know it’s the Windies and it’s kind of how they play but they should be batting to save a Test not pretending it’s an ODI

yep.

JingleBells
Jan 7, 2007

Oh what fun it is to see the Harriers win away!

That is some piss poor running

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006

JingleBells posted:

That is some piss poor running

no I think you'll find it's good positive cricket

(almost verbatim what Carlos Brathwaite called it on TMS)

Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
poo poo wins Test matches

Loving Africa Chaps
Dec 3, 2007


We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

Ireland 28-5 in the first ODI

Mister Chief
Jun 6, 2011

Wait. Weren’t England playing like a day ago?

ShaneMacGowansTeeth
May 22, 2007



I think this is it... I think this is how it ends

Mister Chief posted:

Wait. Weren’t England playing like a day ago?

Split the test and ODI squads

notaspy
Mar 22, 2009

ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:

Split the test and ODI squads

Which should be the norm from now on.

Dead Goon
Dec 13, 2002

No Obvious Flaws



Not a lot of Cricket going on these days Ireland, at least try and bat your 50-overs!

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
I think this is a fun pitch. Moeen is going for no runs, which is rare.

notaspy
Mar 22, 2009

goatface posted:

I think this is a fun pitch. Moeen is going for no runs, which is rare.

Heard it has to take 2 games so it's going to be roader than a road that has just been roaded

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Roads are risky for England playing Ireland. Ireland have tonked them around a few too many times in games they were supposed to lose.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
This feels like a friendly side captain throwing on his pie chuckers to make sure everyone gets a game.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
It ain't playing how they want it to.

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goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
World cup winning openers.

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