The Cricket Thread. RIP Phil Hughes

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Watto WTF!!!

Get out of the team Watson you ■■■■■■■ idiot

Reasonable first over from Harris.

LOLister Cook

 

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 
What a peach


That and Cook not using his bat

 

What wasn't he thinking? Did he even show up this morning? 

I have a feeling Chappell doesn’t like night watchman.

Break his hand Mitch

I have a feeling Chappell doesn't like night watchman.

I agree with him.
Have never understood the concept.
How long before nightwatchmen are used before tea or lunch?
If you are a batter get out there and do your job

It's a great catch...but is it a short-range reflex catch, or one where you've had to dive a fair distance and caught a hard-hit ball parallel to the ground..

 

Not that close to the best catch I've seen.

 

Back in the 70s or so, many, many blinders were taken in the gully...Australian fans of a certain age will remember Ashley Mallett and Bruce Yardley. Victorians will remember John Swanson.

 

You don't see anywhere near as many blinders taken in the gully these days. Why not? Is it the bats? Style of stroke play?

Mallet was consistently the best gully fielder l have seen. Took blinders on a regular basis. 


It's a great catch...but is it a short-range reflex catch, or one where you've had to dive a fair distance and caught a hard-hit ball parallel to the ground..
Not that close to the best catch I've seen.
Back in the 70s or so, many, many blinders were taken in the gully...Australian fans of a certain age will remember Ashley Mallett and Bruce Yardley. Victorians will remember John Swanson.
You don't see anywhere near as many blinders taken in the gully these days. Why not? Is it the bats? Style of stroke play?

Mallet was consistently the best gully fielder l have seen. Took blinders on a regular basis.
Was a brilliant gully fielder.
He lives only 15 minutes from my local club and pops into training from time and time and gives plenty of advice and help. Top bloke and loves a beer, love chatting to him about his era

Jimmy did the sensible thing and got the hell out of there. Already struck on the hand twice today.

We will be batting by lunch

Memo to Ch9. I am changing over the Music Max to watch the 100 Greatest Voices of All Time every time you play that farking animated aircon ad with the hippo and the penguin. FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Later FIGJAM!

Harris on fire

It’s brutal stuff, England like a rabbit caught in the headlights. Cook’s shoulders of arms to a ball crashing into off says it all, he’s in a mess psychologically, as captain an opening bat there is little respite. Bell should be gone, Watto shelled a pud, but he just doesn’t look like he’s up for batting at three. If they can get KP or Bell soonish, with Ballance on debut next, it could get really ugly, really really ugly.

There it is, KP gone, Watto takes it this time!!!

Nice knock KP, now go and rest up.

All out for under 100 is on the cards.

All out for under 100 is on the cards.

60-70 looking likely

LOL England

 

All out for under 100 is on the cards.

60-70 looking likely

 

They will be lucky to make 50. An epic collapse under way.