Cricket

crikey, maybe he really is that good now. you'd think someone could play this (if anyone can, Amla and ABDV can, and they're in now)

seeing him live brought it home just how quick he is. Rhino is no slouch but Mitch was another level.

mitch mitch mitch

STRAYA, WE'RE THE FUCKEN BEST

natural order restored

^^ real talk

A century from Warner is going to be a huuuuuge chilli on the stick.

Johnson takes all of 5 balls to pick up his 1st wicket of the 2nd innings

AB gone - different class to the rest - stick a fork in 'em

Just the 12 wickets so far for Mitch.

Demolition! That was fun to watch.

Mental disintegration is back! ~STRAYA~

nobody has hurt more south africans than dis bloke (since breaker morant that is)

http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/27/4958950/johnson-729-620x349.jpg

extraordinary stuff from NZ here

I need to be up in <5 hours, but I can't look away. This is seriously incredible sport

Quite possibly the best innings I've ever seen. And he's back tomorrow!

281*, amazing!

Choice!

I note it failed to knock off the main story on a Cricinfo: what Michael Holding thinks about Mitch.

~BIG THREE CONSPIRACY~

did i ever mention that sportspeople retweeting their fans' obsequy gets on my wick

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhPK4uPCMAIp9i3.jpg

if that turns out to be Rhino's last match, then what a way to go!

amazing. I was sure they were cooked after the philander reversal.

http://feministafridi.tumblr.com/

http://feministafridi.tumblr.com/image/40954035443

oh my god

cricket eh? fuckin' hell

c'mon Darren

lol well done England

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/mar/18/south-australia-bowler-banned-over-penis-graffiti

https://twitter.com/PaulAmy375/status/445751337163034625/photo/1

oh England

the perfect end to a perfect winter

:D

Quick someone arrange a Scotland v England match, any format

"The real reason the Ramayana is considered [more] boring than the Mahabharata is that India and Sri Lanka met in the final there too." - @krtgrphr

alternativecricket.com is the best

cheating cnuts

shocking sportsmanship there. the test series is going to be tasty now. Wish we had a 100mph bowler to knock their heads off

Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special

On Twitter: Shocking to see that on a cricket field. Buttler was not attempting to steal a run, and there was no warning. Contravenes spirit of cricket.

Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match SpecialButtler run-out reaction

"Where the law was once you entered a delivery stride you can't run somebody out, it's been changed. You can't do it at the completion of your delivery swing. Whether it's in the law or not, it depends how you want to play your cricket.

"It doesn't happen very often because it's not in the spirit of the game, unless someone is trying to dash out of his crease all the time. I didn't think Buttler was doing that. It's a shame. These things do have a lasting impact.

all by a bowler with a dodgy possibly illegal action too.

the last line is by me btw

come on lj and play devils advocate we all know you want to

sri lanka can say they did everything within the rules of the game and were entitled to do it but they cannot justify it as being in the spirit of cricket.

I am ok with it. If you don't want to get run out, stay behind the crease. If you are out of your crease and not trying to get an advantage, what are you doing?

Alec Stewart:

"First of all it's not ideal. With the laws of the game as they are Sri Lanka are entitled to appeal. They warned Buttler. Buttler did exactly the same thing again. Senanayake is allowed to do that and [captain Angelo] Mathews is allowed to uphold the decision. We don't like to see that, but why have that law when it can't be used. The law needs to change so there is something else instead of a consequence of being run out, or you can just put up with it."

Warning is key here.

SV otm, but Senanayake is a bastard

"spirit of the game" is the last refuge of a scoundrel tbh

Agnew is a pompous ass and whatevs to the spirit of the game (it's whatever people make of it at the time), but Buttler was pretty unlucky. A team mate got Mankaded in a Sunday pub cricket game I was playing in a few years ago, we were not happy.

Unfair to call someone a cheat when they were acting within the laws and the regulations of the game IMO, and his action and potential problems with it are irrelevant.

whatever you call it its pretty shitty. And the fact is never happens when it could happen in every innings shows its not on. He was barely out of his crease he wasnt gainhing any advantage. as bumble says, he was dozy.

does it show it's "not on"? I'm not sure myself. He had been warned as well.

sri lanka won anyway. spoiled the series really as an extra 30 runs could have made it exciting. It will mask cooks shitty captaincy too