The Cricket Thread

There have been four day tests before.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/anantha-narayanan-the-duration-of-tests-across-history-and-the-feasibility-of-four-day-tests-1215504

Good start today for Harry Brook today as ODI captain, a dominant win. Bethell looks like the real deal, should be a fixture for England in all three formats going forward, just need to find out what his best position will be in the test side.

Also the highest team score in an ODI without an individual hundred.

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Yep. Good work. I like Brook. Incredible talent. Down to earth.

Can he captain?

Root.

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The best.

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Bit of a dumb shot to play when you are at almost a run a ball.

Perhaps I still don’t fully understand T20.

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Rabada is so underrated.

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South Africa done well in the opening session but with Smith still at the crease Australia are still not out of the contest yet. And with Carey, Cummins and Stark still to come, a decent 1st innings score is still possible. Just need to knuckle down and see off the cloud cover

Probably helped him being eviscerated in the public for his recreational drug use when it came to light.

Didn’t hurt Botham

Come on Saffers, don’t let it slip…

Was just about to say Webster looks like a tidy player, then he plays a poor shot like that.

I wouldn’t bother if you’ve got day 3 tickets.

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Classic case of the commentator’s curse there from KP

The quintessential arsehole.

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I was really hoping the wind would blow this silly hat away throughout the punditry.

Occasionally you come across a player, coach, pollie, commentator who you cannot handle when they start talking. You swear and turn it down/off…..enter Matt Hayden. I cannot handle him just shut up.

Anyway back to the real action. Nicely poised match. I guess the non Saffers and Aussies on TAN are all supporting SA.

So the Aussies will be bullied on here :winking_face_with_tongue: and bring on the bantz over the next couple of days…..

Anyone who wears a hat like that deserves it.

Anyhow the bad tasche and worse hair combos were out in force today.

And the Lords toffs/members looked like they were behaving themselves this time.

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Im watching. I like to let TAN breathe a bit before coming in here and:

after reading all the Poms naively thinking the game is over because the Aussie top order has collapsed…again. Not taking into account the best pace attack in world cricket.

Yep, its a nicely poised match. If I’m not mistaken, we are expecting some overcast conditions (its the UK!) over the rest of the match so I feel we might have the upper hand given the depth of our bowling attack, regardless of how good Rabada is. That little patch of rain on Friday probably wont affect the match as its probably going to be finished in less than 4 days.

You’d find a mime funny…

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