this WI T20 team feels like the culmination of Caribbean cricket over the last 20 years and legitimately one of the most fearsome limited-overs teams ever to have been
― Laertiades (imago), Thursday, 31 March 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link
Following this on my phone. Wonderful win and should be a great final.
Doing this without Pollard or Narine is remarkable.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Thursday, 31 March 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
WI women do it! Had been getting dull watching Australia win every tournament due to the other teams choking. No longer, thank god
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 3 April 2016 11:59 (eight years ago) link
The fuck's up wi' this town? Nae cunt's showing the cricket, fucking football football football.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 April 2016 14:20 (eight years ago) link
I was watching both in a Greenwich sports bar, just the cricket now tho. Wish I wasn't mind
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 3 April 2016 14:36 (eight years ago) link
yeah game over
― Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 3 April 2016 14:44 (eight years ago) link
Unless...unless...
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 3 April 2016 15:05 (eight years ago) link
Saw the last few overs in the Enterprise in Chalk Farm, but now they've put on the absolutely vital middle of the table clash between Man Utd and Everton, to placate the legion of gormless twats traipsing in staring uncomprehendingly at a TV screen not showing Premier League football. Heading off in the direction of Primrose Hill to find a better class of boozer.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 April 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link
...unless...
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 3 April 2016 15:31 (eight years ago) link
Given up. Fuck London, fuck Sky but, most of all, fuck the Premier League.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 April 2016 16:15 (eight years ago) link
don't really care for bashball but you can't beat these nail-biting finishes
― disco Polo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 April 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link
cometh the hour cometh the Stokes
― disco Polo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link
lol whatta finish
― disco Polo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:03 (eight years ago) link
Lol. We had you going for a bit.
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:03 (eight years ago) link
fourth six was unnecessarily cruel there
― disco Polo (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
Hahahahahaha
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
Christ
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:10 (eight years ago) link
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 (eight years ago) link
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 (eight years ago) link
Give the people what they want.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 April 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
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 (eight years ago) link
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 (eight years ago) link
Jesus
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 10:18 (eight years ago) link
Poor guy but its better they caught it in time
― Odysseus, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
hurrah
― Cosmic Slop, Saturday, 30 July 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
Oh, SV, you're about - what do you do with a problem like Dave Cameron?
― imago, Saturday, 12 November 2016 11:16 (seven years ago) link
a tenner on Hameed getting 10k runs for England in Tests seems a reasonable punt
― Neil S, Saturday, 12 November 2016 12:30 (seven years ago) link
um
― imago, Sunday, 14 May 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
hero
― imago, Monday, 31 July 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/testmatchspecial/videos/10155565558424904/
― Odysseus, Monday, 31 July 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
what would we do with mo
― starving street dogs of punk rock (Odysseus), Monday, 7 August 2017 15:32 (six years ago) link
better than we'd do without
― imago, Monday, 7 August 2017 16:03 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
really hard to think of many close Tests England have been involved in recently
― imago, Monday, 7 August 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
Everyone banging on about it being a really serious incident amused me somewhat
― imago, Saturday, 2 September 2017 11:51 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link