Cricket, lovely cricket (Part 1)

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Hope today puts the idea of 4 day tests in bin.

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Test cricket needs attacking captains to survive in current format. Can’t beat a close test match.

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A close finish indeed. Another surprisingly good performance from a team who are fast becoming a force, at home.

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Unsurprisingly an unchanged squad for the decider

Last chance saloon for Westley

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Should have picked Livingstone then Essex would have more chance of winning the championship.

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If we had won at Headingly, I guess they may have experimented a bit.

And, once again to the forum software
Let others join the conversation

This topic is clearly important to you – you’ve posted more than 20% of the replies here.

Are you sure you’re providing adequate time for other people to share their points of view, too?

Fuck off

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Dealt with, unless you’ve posted 100% of posts.

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Thanks Jon. That often disrupted trolling/discussions about prog with certain antipodean doppelgÀngers. Glad to see the back of it.

Pleasantly surprised we’re all still here too give the tinkering :smirk:

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Just remember, rm -rf, while the backup drive is plugged in :+1:

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It was a polite way of telling you to shut the fuck up occasionally. :grinning:

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Shai Hope had played 11 tests averaging 18 before Headingley. Doubt if England would persevere that long.

Westley looks all over the shop though TBF.

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Yeah, but WI don’t exactly have a lot of talent to choose from though.

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We need to include a couple of the one day side, let Hales play his natural game.

What happened to Mark Wood, thought he would be a stand out player this year

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Injury that he’s not really over yet. He’ll be back though, too good not to be.

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Ben Stokes, unplayable in this form.

Bowled 14.3 overs - unchanged - and took 6 for 22. Breathtaking!

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Stokes is one of our best batters aswell. If we could find a couple of batsmen we would be the best in the world at the minute

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He’s also our best fielder!

The stand out all-rounder in the game at the moment

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500 wickets for “Average”(© Rocky) bowler, Jimmy Anderson.

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Congratulations to JA. Magnificent achievement! That’s some exclusive club he’s joined now.

Just think if he wasn’t just a “good bowler in favourable conditions” he might have been one of the greats! :roll_eyes:

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“Only good in the wet” :joy: