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Real Elolgland

LOL it's like the good old days

70 run stand for the last wicket too!

lmao

Amazing we’ve gone from being so good to being so bad! Lack of prepartion, can’t be bothered, or can’t deal with the conditions?

They're basically the worst team in the world now.

Will hopefully still summon a thumping of India now

As I was saying..

A Timed Out spotted in the wild! RIP Spirit of Cricket, pouring one out for you

Very strange incident. Arguably the batsman was ready to play – he reached the crease within the required time, then his helmet strap broke which was hardly his fault, so he was putting safety first. Although, he was facing a spinner so could probably have done without the helmet for a few deliveries.

Shakib is a massive cunt, is something already well-known in the game

This is a bit of a thriller.

Afghanistan set 291, reduced the Aussies to 91/7; Maxwell has survived a reviewed lbw and has now made 142 off 99 balls. He's cramped up to such a degree he can't run. 60 off 60 required.

Is it still a thriller if you know exactly what will happen

Do you? Tell us.

You knew as well, everyone knew lol

Yeah everybody knew Maxwell would hit a double century despite barely being able to walk.

I may have been suckered into the "guy can't walk, can't *move*" chat on the radio, like every time Djokovic calls the trainer two sets down and I get my hopes up.
A 202-run 8th-wkt ODI partnership in which the fitter player contributes 12. Bit mad.

xp

we need to disestablish australia

Nice story about the game in Afghanistan

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-67306043

Watching some sad Indian faces. Shame it's not Pakistan inflicting the pain

we need to disestablish australia

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tbf quite funny this happened at the modi stadium tho

Yes, rare that I would support Australia over India but...

This was supposed to be India's day in front of an enormous home crowd with their prime minister Narendra Modi, who this stadium is named after, up in the stands.

Narendramodiazo

lol india

ruining this for Modi is *chef's kissy gingers*

(fingers)

The last time a racist autocrat got shown up at an international sporting event he invaded Poland so don’t celebrate too quickly

Modi may content himself with extinguishing the 50 over format through the BCCI

India just contrived to lose their last 6 wickets for 0 runs in 11 balls

20 wickets in the day so far

WDYBL

Hey @englandcricket,

We have heard you need a spinner to keep Yashavi Jaiswal quiet.

Let me introduce you to Louis Jagger.

DM for more info.

Regards,
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— Old Colfeians CC (@OldColfeiansCC) January 25, 2024

Shamar fucking Joseph :)

That was pretty awesome

In other news, Eng are gonna win

India got a partnership going. 70 runs or 3 wkts

Wicket. They need 54 from the last two wickets.

Hartley has taken 5.

6. 1 left

30 to win.

Seems to be the day for 7 wicket hauls!

Done it. By 29 runs

Test cricket, emerging from the morass yet again

Great as that was, honestly, find highlights of Joseph earlier, that was utterly sensational

Pope the point of difference in this game obv, an innings from another planet

two extraordinary results. shamar joseph - woke up early this morning and was following the obo and catching clips on twitter and it was delightful and electrifying. and the ongoing mysterious ability of england to pull out second innings victories that look impossible in the first is… well it’s baffling how many times they’ve managed it tbh. what’s the factor at the margin that allows for it. not unreasonable to say stokes but that underdetermines it surely.

its all in the mindset installed in them by coach and captain. Such a huge difference between that and the England we all grew up with.

this from the guardian report is interesting:

Stokes typically made his own telling contribution on the day, with a jaw-dropping direct hit on the dive to run out the dangerous Ravindra Jadeja from wide mid-on and leave his fellow all-rounder hobbling off with a hamstring tweak. But perhaps his biggest impact was the husbandry of Hartley, incredibly the third spinner under his watch after Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed last winter to start his Test career with a five-wicket haul.

i wonder how long mccullum will be around

cunt team managed by cunts plays like cunts idk maybe i'm missing something

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