1/34

Warner went for 21.

Warner doesn’t seem to be capable of shifting into test match gear.

He’ll never make captain.

I think they’ve got enough.

1/89
Some dinner and a bevvy

Peak Warming Man said:

I think they’ve got enough.

I disagree with your assessment.

Smith made a duck, what a looser.

sibeen said:

Smith made a duck, what a looser.

Looser than Ussy

sibeen said:

Smith made a duck, what a looser.

Looser than what?

Onya Labs.. tonne

Marnus makes a ton :)

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

Smith made a duck, what a looser.

Looser than what?

Looser than a duck’s butt…

Travis Head gets a ton.

Head goes big 100

Onya Travis.

The man who

Ian said:

Head goes big 100

3/330 Stumps

Not a bad first day. I was expecting a clatter of wickets at night with the new pink ball, but Labs and Head seemed to handle it rather well.

Shane Warne: A far better person than meets of the eye.

Allan Border

As I was drifting off to sleep last night I was contemplating as to whether or not the West Indies should continue as a test playing entity or drop down or be dropped down into a non test playing entity like Holland and Spain and the like.

Peak Warming Man said:

As I was drifting off to sleep last night I was contemplating as to whether or not the West Indies should continue as a test playing entity or drop down or be dropped down into a non test playing entity like Holland and Spain and the like.

They could give the Bangers and Zim a good touch-up.

Ian said:

Peak Warming Man said:

As I was drifting off to sleep last night I was contemplating as to whether or not the West Indies should continue as a test playing entity or drop down or be dropped down into a non test playing entity like Holland and Spain and the like.

They could give the Bangers and Zim a good touch-up.

NED that is

MFs trying to cancel Voges out of the top averages list.

Die crying, Fox Live.

Head got to 150 before Labs.

BREAKING:
West Indies take a wicket.

Green out by the thickness of the white line.

roughbarked said:

Green out by the thickness of the white line.

Wasn’t Green, it was Travis Head.

7/489

Declaration close?

Ian said:

7/489

Declaration close?

They will want to use the lights on the pink ball for at least and hour or so.

Ian said:

7/489

Declaration close?

Bloody close.

Peak Warming Man said:

Ian said:

7/489

Declaration close?

Bloody close.

Scotty Boland is bowling. Exciting stuff.

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Ian said:

7/489

Declaration close?

Bloody close.

Scotty Boland is bowling. Exciting stuff.

0/3 off two overs.

Ahmed has got all of them.

Peak Warming Man said:

Ahmed has got all of them.

He’s got 7 on debut.

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Ahmed has got all of them.

He’s got 7 on debut.

I wonder if anyone has got 10 wickets in an innings in a test match?

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Ahmed has got all of them.

He’s got 7 on debut.

I wonder if anyone has got 10 wickets in an innings in a test match?

It’s been done three times, apparently.

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Ahmed has got all of them.

He’s got 7 on debut.

I wonder if anyone has got 10 wickets in an innings in a test match?

Laker immediately came to mind.

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

He’s got 7 on debut.

I wonder if anyone has got 10 wickets in an innings in a test match?

It’s been done three times, apparently.

Well it’s academic now someone else has taken a wicked.

Out strides the Hero of Headingly Jack Leach.

sibeen said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

He’s got 7 on debut.

I wonder if anyone has got 10 wickets in an innings in a test match?

Laker immediately came to mind.

Yep he was the first, way back.

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

I wonder if anyone has got 10 wickets in an innings in a test match?

It’s been done three times, apparently.

Well it’s academic now someone else has taken a wicked.

Out strides the Hero of Headingly Jack Leach.

The Hero of Headingly strides back in, out first ball.

Anderson is a genuine ferret.
Called that because they go in after the rabbits.

sibeen said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Peak Warming Man said:

He’s got 7 on debut.

I wonder if anyone has got 10 wickets in an innings in a test match?

Laker immediately came to mind.

One more, and AA would join the list of those who’ve taken 8 in an innings on debut.

It is a list that includes Krejza, who only played 2 tests for Australia.

Also includes Massie and Hirwani, each of whom took 8 wickets in each innings on debut. Massie only played a handful of tests, ultimately.

If Boland doesn’t take a wicket soon he’s in danger of fucking up his test average.

GOAT

England’s “Bazball” revolution could change Test cricket
The coach and captain are playing fast and fearlessly. It’s wonderful

Dec 8th 2022

Test matches in cricket—the long version, in which both sides expect to bat twice over five days—have historically followed a set pattern. The team batting first will start cautiously while the ball is new and thus more likely to swing through the air (because of the shine) and bounce more steeply (because of the hardness of both the ball and the pristine pitch). By the end of the first day, having faced perhaps 90 overs, or sets of six balls, they will have done well to score 300 runs.

That is what made December 1st, the first day of a three-match series between Pakistan and England, so remarkable. Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, the English openers, took 14 runs off the first Pakistani over in Rawalpindi and went on as they had begun. By lunch, they had scored 174 from just 27 overs, a rate that would be regarded as pretty rapid in a 50-over one-day match. The rest of the batters carried on in the same vein: England became the first team to score more than 500 runs on the opening day of a Test. Four batters made more than 100 each, another first-day first.

This revolutionary approach has been dubbed “Bazball”, after a nickname for England’s new coach, Brendon McCullum, who was appointed in May. Until his retirement in 2019, Mr McCullum was an aggressive batsman and was previously an enterprising captain of New Zealand. His arrival as coach coincided with the appointment as captain of Ben Stokes, a talismanic all-rounder who was also born in New Zealand.

Mr Stokes is from tough stock. His late father, Ged, was a former rugby league player with a persistent finger injury. Faced with the prospect of corrective surgery, and a long lay-off, he chose to have the tip of his finger amputated instead. For a while, Mr Stokes would celebrate success by raising a bent finger to the crowd.

The Bazball revolution began as soon as Mr McCullum and Mr Stokes took charge. In four home Tests against New Zealand and India this summer, England batted last and had to chase substantial totals to win: 277, 299 and 296 against the Kiwis and 378 against India. The team batting last in a five-day match usually faces the worst batting conditions; the pitch is worn, making the bounce uneven and the ball more likely to move in a devious manner. Making even 250 can be a tall order. Most teams approach the task of batting last fairly cautiously, for fear of facing defeat if they lose early wickets. But England played with abandon, reaching the target of 299 against New Zealand in only 50 overs and the 378 set by India (whose attack was spearheaded by two fine bowlers in Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami) in under 77 overs.

Scoring so quickly requires unorthodox strokeplay and England have used shots normally reserved for the short-form Twenty20 format of the game. One is the switch hit, in which the batter changes stance from right- to left-handed, or vice versa, as the ball is being delivered. Another is the reverse sweep, a paddle towards the “wrong” side of the field. Then there’s the ramp, where the batter scoops the ball over the wicket-keeper’s head.

Such shots put the batter at high risk of getting out and, not many years ago, might have caused him to be dropped from the team for recklessness. But Mr McCullum and Mr Stokes encourage their team to take those risks, and back them if they fail. Mr Stokes himself has found some ugly ways to get out during his captaincy, as he did in the second innings in Rawalpindi—when he failed to score.

Shortly after his dismissal, Mr Stokes made another decision that would have been unthinkable in the pre-Bazball era. He declared England’s second innings closed at the tea break on the fourth day, with a lead of just 342. This was a slender lead in the context of a match in which England had scored 657 in their first innings and Pakistan had replied with 579—and Pakistan had lots of time to make the runs. Other captains would have batted on until there was no prospect of a defeat (and thus, conversely, less chance of taking the required wickets).

But the new men in charge are more interested in the chance of victory than they are worried about defeat. For a while on the fifth day, it looked as if their gamble would fail. Pakistan passed 250 with just five wickets down. Then, in the final session, with the light fading, the wickets started to fall. The final Pakistani batter fell victim to England’s balding, bespectacled spin bowler—and cult hero—Jack Leach. The moment of victory is pictured.

Before Bazball, this match would have ended in a tame draw, and prompted many critics to lament that Test cricket was too boring for its own good. Outside England, many Tests struggle to attract crowds, with fans preferring the more action-packed one-day and Twenty20 versions. England’s new approach will undoubtedly lead to some ignominious losses, as their batting collapses through over-aggression. But their glorious derring-do is wonderful for the game and poses a problem for any opponent. And here’s an exciting thought: England’s old rivals Australia, who visit for an Ashes series next year, have the batting and bowling talent to match them.

https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/12/08/englands-bazball-revolution-could-change-test-cricket?

Australia declare leaving a 497 target

..fkn ridiculously unobtainable for this Windies outfit

Boland gets a couple

2/15

Boland seems to have been a little annoyed that he didn’t get a wicket in the first innings.

sibeen said:

Boland seems to have been a little annoyed that he didn’t get a wicket in the first innings.

Very annoyed.

Boland 3/0.

Boland!! 3

W0W00W

That’s a shit way to get out.

sibeen said:

That’s a shit way to get out.

WI 4/21

Yeah, this is going to last a long time.

WI 6/64

sibeen said:

Yeah, this is going to last a long time.

WI 6/64

Just need someone to hold up an end.

7/69

8/76

9/76

It’s carnage.

10/77

Oz win by 419.

All out

Aus win by 419

Some nice glovework by Carey

Ian said:

All out

Aus win by 419

Some nice glovework by Carey

Yes.

The Pakis need 355 to win.
I reckon they are in with a shout, there’s plenty of time it’s not even lunch on the third day.

Michael V said:

Ian said:

All out

Aus win by 419

Some nice glovework by Carey

Yes.

Just noticed him speaking on the teev. He has enormous hands. No wonder he can hang onto a cricket ball.

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Ian said:

All out

Aus win by 419

Some nice glovework by Carey

Yes.

Just noticed him speaking on the teev. He has enormous hands. No wonder he can hang onto a cricket ball.

I find it amazing that he used to be an AFL player, who switched to cricket. Not many people get to play two different sports at the top level.

party_pants said:

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Yes.

Just noticed him speaking on the teev. He has enormous hands. No wonder he can hang onto a cricket ball.

I find it amazing that he used to be an AFL player, who switched to cricket. Not many people get to play two different sports at the top level.

Not a lot get to top level.

party_pants said:

Ian said:

Michael V said:

Yes.

Just noticed him speaking on the teev. He has enormous hands. No wonder he can hang onto a cricket ball.

I find it amazing that he used to be an AFL player, who switched to cricket. Not many people get to play two different sports at the top level.

Trying to think of some.. there’s Ash Barty.. ummmm mmm

Here: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/aboriginal-trailblazers-and-a-wwii-pilot-10-of-australias-best-ever-multisport-athletes/news-story/2da38f960bbfda193f3409cf2a274ebf

Coming down to the wire, it could be anybody’s.
However I don’t know what calendar they use in the sub-continent.

Peak Warming Man said:

Coming down to the wire, it could be anybody’s.
However I don’t know what calendar they use in the sub-continent.

Pak 8/310

Need 45 to win

sibeen said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Coming down to the wire, it could be anybody’s.
However I don’t know what calendar they use in the sub-continent.

Pak 8/310

Need 45 to win

Pak 9/319

sibeen said:

sibeen said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Coming down to the wire, it could be anybody’s.
However I don’t know what calendar they use in the sub-continent.

Pak 8/310

Need 45 to win

Pak 9/319

Getting close.

All over.

England win by 26 runs.

sibeen said:

All over.

England win by 26 runs.

I was hoping for 1-1 all going into the third.
If there’s a third?