lol whatta finish
― disco Polo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:03 (ten years ago)
Lol. We had you going for a bit.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:03 (ten years ago)
fourth six was unnecessarily cruel there
― disco Polo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:05 (ten years ago)
Hahahahahaha
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:06 (ten years ago)
Christ
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:10 (ten years ago)
So glad I schlepped all over London only to end up following the match via text reports on the BBC website, thank you, God.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:12 (ten years ago)
sorry Tom, can't believe that up here in the outer darkness we've got pubs that can manage to broadcast more than one sporting event at the same time but Londoners can't countenance it
― disco Polo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:14 (ten years ago)
Give the people what they want.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:18 (ten years ago)
Mid-table battle between two mediocre teams more important then England getting smashed obv
― Gaz upon my works ye mighty, and despair (Neil S), Sunday, 3 April 2016 19:42 (ten years ago)
England and Nottinghamshire batsman James Taylor has been forced to retire because of a serious heart condition.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 09:53 (ten years ago)
Jesus
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 10:18 (ten years ago)
Poor guy but its better they caught it in time
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 15:12 (ten years ago)
154 consecutive deliveries without a run ... and they still lost.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Saturday, 30 July 2016 13:45 (nine years ago)
hurrah
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 30 July 2016 14:25 (nine years ago)
Kraigg Brathwaite becoming the first opening test batsman to not lose his wicket in either innings is an extraordinary statistic.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Thursday, 3 November 2016 13:51 (nine years ago)
Was reflecting on how it's sad Tony Cozier didn't live to witness this, might have restored his faith a bit
― imago, Thursday, 3 November 2016 13:59 (nine years ago)
Current state of the board of governors won't though
Anyway, Hameed! Looking absolutely the part. His career path unfolds like a far more elegant Cook now
― imago, Saturday, 12 November 2016 11:14 (nine years ago)
Oh, SV, you're about - what do you do with a problem like Dave Cameron?
― imago, Saturday, 12 November 2016 11:16 (nine years ago)
a tenner on Hameed getting 10k runs for England in Tests seems a reasonable punt
― Neil S, Saturday, 12 November 2016 12:30 (nine years ago)
um
― imago, Sunday, 14 May 2017 23:52 (nine years ago)
SV there probably isn't much you can say but um
it gets worse every time i watch it
For those who didn't see it, an astonishing shot to lose a test: #WIvPAK pic.twitter.com/7EtpChUwfi— Paul Dennett (@the_summer_game) May 14, 2017
― imago, Monday, 15 May 2017 00:00 (nine years ago)
not great, but also hard to begrudge Younis and Misbah a win in their final test & series #ServantsOfTheGame etc.
― Neil S, Monday, 15 May 2017 11:38 (nine years ago)
Hat trick for Moeen Ali! First England spinner to take a hat-trick since 1938-39, first ever Test hat-trick at the Oval.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Monday, 31 July 2017 13:50 (eight years ago)
hero
― imago, Monday, 31 July 2017 14:05 (eight years ago)
love Moeen, makes up for Stokes missing the century/hat trick double yesterday
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Monday, 31 July 2017 14:17 (eight years ago)
Nice day to be at the Oval today - wasn't sure it would be worth it, definitely was in the end.
― toby, Monday, 31 July 2017 14:26 (eight years ago)
https://www.facebook.com/testmatchspecial/videos/10155565558424904/
― Odysseus, Monday, 31 July 2017 14:40 (eight years ago)
Good day for statisticians.
Match ending Test hat-tricks:G Lohmann Eng v SA Port Elizabeth 1896H Trumble Aus v Eng Melbourne 1902M Ali Eng v SA Oval 2017
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Monday, 31 July 2017 15:02 (eight years ago)
what would we do with mo
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Monday, 7 August 2017 15:32 (eight years ago)
better than we'd do without
― imago, Monday, 7 August 2017 16:03 (eight years ago)
I was pleased they were making a game of it for a while there
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 August 2017 16:11 (eight years ago)
really hard to think of many close Tests England have been involved in recently
― imago, Monday, 7 August 2017 16:44 (eight years ago)
basically because nobody can play test cricket any more.
I hate 20-20
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 August 2017 16:48 (eight years ago)
Thoroughly enjoyed the West Indies victory earlier this week.
Also enjoyed Gareth Batty's response to the crossbow bolt being fired into the Oval on Thursday:
"Someone saw it in flight, there was a noise when it landed but it happened so quick. It is a deadly weapon for sure, if it had hit someone it would have caused some serious damage. It just shows the world we live in."
feel crossbow bolts being fired into county cricket grounds don't really represent 'the world we live in'? actually a bit more representative of the medieval period than 21stC Vauxhall?
― Fizzles, Saturday, 2 September 2017 11:49 (eight years ago)
Everyone banging on about it being a really serious incident amused me somewhat
― imago, Saturday, 2 September 2017 11:51 (eight years ago)
i know. pictures of umpire looking seriously at an arrow. i mean it probably could have seriously injured someone, but response was v 'terrorist incident' and they seem to have boarded up the box windows in the OCS stand when i cycled past yesterday - those dangerous corporate hospitality insurrection bloc.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 2 September 2017 11:55 (eight years ago)
Tempting to say ‘lol Scotland’ but, really, the lols are on us for having to rely on such a massive slice of luck.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 14:44 (eight years ago)
the lbw just beforehand as well
― imago, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 14:45 (eight years ago)
robbed
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Wednesday, 21 March 2018 17:14 (eight years ago)
MEANWHILE...
― imago, Thursday, 22 March 2018 01:47 (eight years ago)
!!!!!
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Thursday, 22 March 2018 06:33 (eight years ago)
that's the kind of news that really kickstarts your day
― Cambridge Metallica (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 22 March 2018 07:34 (eight years ago)
I wondered if there was a cricket thread! Jesus Christ, that's quite some news to wake up to.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 22 March 2018 08:06 (eight years ago)
Root out
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Thursday, 22 March 2018 08:36 (eight years ago)
Luckily for us, there's some excellent, tense cricket to watch, by way of therapy
(...I'm talking about Zimbabwe vs UAE! For now at least)
― imago, Thursday, 22 March 2018 09:00 (eight years ago)
the next test in the current SA v Aus series is shaping up nicely as well
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Thursday, 22 March 2018 09:03 (eight years ago)
that was the implication haha
― imago, Thursday, 22 March 2018 09:05 (eight years ago)
hah sorry yes!
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Thursday, 22 March 2018 09:06 (eight years ago)