Cricket

West Indies / Bangladesh going to the wire again.

(xp) Yes, ridiculous. Game over anyway.

West Indies win the series!

game was over yesterday but there has been still some horribly biased decisions which should mean England complain so they are not used again.

Im just waiting for Mike Gatting to fight them.

Was v happy to have been watching Big Rahkeem and chums pull that off

SpinFest continues!

Decent bowling figures from Root so far.

5 for 8 in 6.2 overs. Not too shabby.

LOL first ball.

wtf Crawley golden duck.

LOL second ball (withdrawn).

LOL third ball.

wtf is going on.

This isn't going to get to the end of the day.

Well they've scored a run at least.

Do the Indian cricket board want test matches reduced to 4 days this much that they sabotage all pitches?

ICC wont do anything to reprimand them either.

I think India might just do this

The next pitch will be a road so that India cant lose.

ICC will do fuck all.

India may as well keep producing turners because England can't get a run at the moment

It wouldn't have surprised me if you told me all three tests had been on the same pitch.

5 day test cricket, ye cannae whack it.

Dananjaya got a hattrick against the West Indies last night and in his next over Pollard hit him for 36.

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you'll certainly never have a better Mastercard Priceless Moment

He's a big unit, Pollard.

Meanwhile, England hopeless again.

I think I'll spend the weekend watching the cricket! Oh, wait.

Mollocated.

jfc Tuffnell and Vaughan on the radio just marked the passing of Joey Benjamin by reminiscing about his big gleaming smile

India absolutely deserve to lose for this fielding. Unbelievable.

Great match and excellent death bowling from Natarajan yet again.

Bishop and Ambrose on comms is simply glorious stuff

Is there any pleasure more profound than watching Cornwall bat?

might this slowest of burns be catching light

it might

don't hold the WTC final in England they said, forgetting that English pitches produce better Tests than most other nations'

It's a superb game and I'm firmly team Kiwi. I guess it's largely (partly?) down to luck that they have such a settled side with each piece fitting almost perfectly - and to have them fit all at the same time - but it's a hell of a thing to watch. Other Kiwi factors: clear planning and management, not a total shitshow of a schedule.

Tbc, India are also great but the resources thing makes it less impressive.

LOLz

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/09/australia-thrashed-by-bangladesh-after-collapsing-to-62-all-out

What a win for the Windies!

LOL England royally fucking this up. Sibley and Burns are utter shite.

That was almost thrillingly terrible

Times probably up for Burns, Sibley & Buttler. Root fucked up his tactics this morning and really isn't a good captain. I thoroughly expect England to get whitewashed in oz as usual.

Complete gutless shambles again and again, but what do expect when there's no red ball cricket in the months leading up to tests. ECB needs to be gutted too.

OTM on Root's captaincy.

I was there yesterday, it wasn't pretty. Root is an okay captain IMO (probably as good as Kohli tactically) but he got it wrong in the morning, it was utterly bizarre. Burns will stay and Buttler will definitely too (who else would keep?) but time is up for Sibley, I think they might go Burns, Hameed, Malan.

Kohli is not that good a captain either tbh.

yes, I sort of agree with that- he's a much better leader than a tactician. His reviewing is consistently terrible.

Foakes or Bracey will come in for buttler if he keeps failing I think. I really really want Buttler to come good as he's one of my fave players, but he's just not doing well enough.

I hope I shall never again have to gaze in horror at the hideousness that is Dom Sibley's batting technique.

I don't suppose we'd give a shit about his technique if he was Steve Smith or Chanderpaul but, well, he isn't.

I'd happily see Root pass the captaincy on, but with Stokes out of the picture, who on earth would take it? Buttler is the only current option and he's not certain of his place. It's a shitshow.

Using the royal 'we' there, ofc.

I think Buttler is certain (or as certain as anyone can be) of his place, but shouldn't be given the captaincy. Bracey they like but see as a batsman long term, Foakes is a utility man but won't ever be a pick ahead of Buttler.