LiviGer 648 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Just now, kplfishtank said: We do have Stokes Bairstow and Ali as well. Perth Melbourne and Sydney. Yeah but if they are coming in at 50/4 or even 100/4 the pressure is on them big time and the aussies will smell blood. Boxing Day MCG test then? Will be brilliant! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,656 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 11 minutes ago, LiviGer said: Yeah but if they are coming in at 50/4 or even 100/4 the pressure is on them big time and the aussies will smell blood. Boxing Day MCG test then? Will be brilliant! Aye been twice before. Aussies ain't that great I'm not overly worried. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviGer 648 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, kplfishtank said: Aye been twice before. Aussies ain't that great I'm not overly worried. Who would you partner with Cook at the top of the order? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,656 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, LiviGer said: Who would you partner with Cook at the top of the order? I honestly don't know everyone who comes in and gets dropped then goes back to county and scores for fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviGer 648 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 4 minutes ago, kplfishtank said: I honestly don't know everyone who comes in and gets dropped then goes back to county and scores for fun. I know what you mean! I think Hameed will be given another crack at it before the first ashes test. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,656 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Possibly. Jennings won't do , even when he's scored he's been lucky. Some big choices to be made I like westley Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviGer 648 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 4 minutes ago, kplfishtank said: Possibly. Jennings won't do , even when he's scored he's been lucky. Some big choices to be made I like westley Aye westley needs a big score this series. Got a good chance against a very average WIndies attack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,656 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Aye they've been poor. Nothing like the West Indies teams I grew up watching. TEFTONG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,656 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Pinned this so it doesn't get lost TEFTONG, sandyinroyalblue and RangersMedia 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviGer 648 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 This test is embarrassingly one sided. Going to be done inside 3 days and there was a rain delay. Anything other than a 3-0 series vicory for England will be shock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFTONG 60,108 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 On 8/18/2017 at 8:57 PM, kplfishtank said: Aye they've been poor. Nothing like the West Indies teams I grew up watching. I was introduced to watching cricket way back when the West Indies were a real force in cricket and had some wonderful players with both the bat and the bowling was frightening to watch..This current team are an embarrassment and it hurts me to see and listen to the wonderful Micheal Holding on Sky you can see how much he is hurting and how exasperated he is. It seems the whole set up needs to be given a clear out and get back to basics..Perhaps it's too much to say a Scotland team would have given England a better game but a good County team would have put on a better show..Sad times indeed.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 West Indies are terrible. If Rangers fans think our owners have mismanaged us for years, spare a thought for Windies cricket fans. Their board has well and truly fucked their entire cricketing structure and resigned them to years of mediocre cricket. TEFTONG and sandyinroyalblue 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 Also, updated the thread title. The Pak players have done well in county this season. Mo Amir especially. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 15 minutes ago, psb07158 said: Also, updated the thread title. The Pak players have done well in county this season. Mo Amir especially. Did you see the film about Michael Holding during the SA v ENG series when they took you back to the spot fixing scandal and Holding broke down when he talked about he sympathised with Amir being a young man at the time and being targeted by crooks. I like Holding because he's just a cricket man who absolutely loves test cricket and sees the big picture when the other Sky commentators(who I like also)tend to see things only from an English perspective at times. TEFTONG and LiviGer 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 24 minutes ago, sandyinroyalblue said: Did you see the film about Michael Holding during the SA v ENG series when they took you back to the spot fixing scandal and Holding broke down when he talked about he sympathised with Amir being a young man at the time and being targeted by crooks. I like Holding because he's just a cricket man who absolutely loves test cricket and sees the big picture when the other Sky commentators(who I like also)tend to see things only from an English perspective at times. Holding is great. A true cricket legend and he holds down respect from everyone in the game. Love listening to him. Mike Atherton's 2 interviews with Amir were also outstanding. A young guy, ross quickly from poverty, was taken advantage of by his captain and crooks surrounding the team at the time, did his time and has now come back incredibly humble just wanting to play cricket. Obviously what he did was wrong, but he served his punishment and there were clear mitigating factors. I'm happy he has got his career back on track. sandyinroyalblue and TEFTONG 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFTONG 60,108 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 1 hour ago, psb07158 said: Also, updated the thread title. The Pak players have done well in county this season. Mo Amir especially. Should get a bet on him.. RangersMedia 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Shahid Afridi. Hero. http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20421515/shahid-afridi-beautiful-freak-completes-nonsensical-career TEFTONG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviGer 648 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 England top order looking fragile as ever. The Aussie quick bowlers will rip that top order to shreds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam_piece 633 Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 stuck a few quid on the windies @ 4/1 when they were 140 odds for 3. just over 100 behind with 7 wickets in hand. I know they are capabale at collapsing and could be all out for 20 runs after this partnership. But 4/1 seemed a good price with the score as it was. They sould be looking at 450 at least now. We shall see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 England deserve all they get for dropping Rowland Jones,definite touch of arrogance about dropping a guy in form for someone who has been injured all summer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Set up for a good last two days if England can bat well tomorrow morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviGer 648 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 14 minutes ago, sandyinroyalblue said: Set up for a good last two days if England can bat well tomorrow morning. Yeah they need to put a decent total on. Will be interesting to see how the windies batsman handle the pressure if the target is chaseable. How many chances is Westly going to get? He's no where near good enough to bat at 3 for England. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 12 minutes ago, LiviGer said: Yeah they need to put a decent total on. Will be interesting to see how the windies batsman handle the pressure if the target is chaseable. How many chances is Westly going to get? He's no where near good enough to bat at 3 for England. You could basically move all the batsmen up one pick Butler as wicket keeper and play Bairstow as a batsman again,with the luxury of three all rounders like Bairstow,Moeen Ali and Stokes there's plenty of scope to rejig the batting line up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFTONG 60,108 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 I haven't watched too much of this Test..But I did enjoy seeing big Holding grinning when I caught 5 minutes of The Verdict... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlearyEyedBear 4,148 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Windies are doing their best to throw this one away. LiviGer 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.