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Nice to see the boot on the other foot for once.:)

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That that was a sterner test, well negotiated in the end.:cool:

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Terrible toss decision, terrible team selection. Didn't see Leach spin one ball where as Lyon turned it square.

It's a going be a long month, Root - good batsman, awful captain.

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And reading a article earlier Root is still defending his decisions.

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The Ashes are as good as gone. Not that we had them anyway. Why aren't we playing our fastest bowler? Just a load of medium pacers plus Root. The Aussies are terrified (not).

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Wanted English batsman who can stay at the crease longer then your Mother-In-Law.;)

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The problem is Australia have a better cricket team.

Typically unsporting them - for hitting poor Little Joe in the spondoolies, which crippled him, and then getting him out.... He was in tears when he left the pitch, not sure of the reason though ;)
They're absolute cads and rotters. I hope Joe's Mum gives them hell.

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BREAKING NEWS . The England cricket team has officially beat the Wuhan Street market for the worst use of a bat ever

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I like that :D

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Did England actually play cricket?


Interesting comment that issue is that we've squeezed the county matches to the start and end of season. We need to mix up the whole and multiday matches with the shorter format through the whole season. Then (for home tests) we can drop players to county if need a bit more practice and bring up others as needed and they already have some practice in longer formats.

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Who is going to pay? No one wants to watch 4 day county cricket, and the ECB/County chairmen are only interested in money and 'marketing' the 100 and 20/20's. They get no money for winning the Ashes.
Nationalising cricket is the way go :)

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We have a criket team ?

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From the immortal and therefore inexcusably late Flanders and Swann

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4 -0. Pathetic to the end. At least we're consistent.

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RIP English test cricket..

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How can we be so bad at the sport(s) we created?

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We created Cricket, Golf, Football and Ping Pong, and crap at them all

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Because we're concentrating on money making shorter versions and forgot about real cricket. Basically greed from broadcasters, advertisers, county chairmen, ECB.....

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just glad it wasn't a whitewash which i was expecting after the first test

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The Test we did draw was only because of rain! Well done the rain, our best player...

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very true :gpoint:

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Very sad news for cricket lovers worldwide. He spent most of the later part of his life living locally, heavily involved in the cricket scene in Lancashire and Saddleworth. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60547293

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A true legend who will be sorely missed.:(

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RIP Rodney Marsh. A typical ‘ in yer face ‘ Aussie but one hell of a competitor.:(

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Very saddened to hear of his passing as he was a Aussie legend.:(

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Good grief, Shane Warne (52) now. Very sad news day for all cricket fans.

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Shane Warne: Legendary Australian cricketer dies aged 52 after suspected heart attack

https://news.sky.com/story/shane-war...ttack-12557394

RIP Shane another legend and RIP Rodney too

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Still cannot believe that Shane Warne has gone.:(

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Tragic. He was one of those characters the game doesn't have any longer and you can't replace.

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Exactly as characters and true cricketing greats like Shane Warne don't come along very often.

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Well at least you can say that England are very consistent.:mad:

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You can say that again..:(

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A Yorkshireman to the rescue :)

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Just a pity the other Yorkshireman couldn’t be bothered to use his bloody bat.:mad:

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England's women have cocked up again though....

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Wickets like this will not help to bring in the crowds in the West Indies. :(

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But at least you saw the rarity of a English player scoring a ton.;)

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Did you see any of Pakistan v Australia? Now there was an exciting match... 14 wickets fell in 5 days, i.e less than 3 a day ! Still, nice to see cricket back in Pakistan.

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My heart bleeds for England supporters sat in the rain in Antigua :D

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Try not to be such a Richard, there’s a good chap…

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:(:mad::erm:

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What an absolute shambles, needs ROOT and branch surgery. His captaincy is very poor at the best of times but to be brutally honest the whole team is just not good enough.:mad:

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Root should have stepped down from the captaincy a long time ago as its been very clear for a long time that he does not possess the skillset to be a good captain.

As for England's batting its been a shambles generally for several years now.

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He's not captain material, but we're kidding ourselves if sacking him will solve England's problems. Too much white ball, money chasing, "100'/20/20 crap. We've forgotten how to play proper cricket.
Not the players fault it's those that run the game in this country. They are only interested in money/tv contracts.

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l very much agree with all your sentiments there Mr K.

Whether anything changes is another matter.

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Joe Root resigns as England captain. If he concentrates on his batting that will be good for all concerned.

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l agree.

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Is this ‘wokeism’ gone mad. Just checking on Lancashires Roses match today at Headingley, to find the ground is now called The Clean Slate Headingley. :confused:

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sk...andal-12582901

All to do with keeping Test Matches (i.e money)

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Yes, a very aptly named Indian media and streaming company called Clean Slate Studios apparently.

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Off to the other Old Trafford shortly. First T20 of the season against the old enemy.

Both sides stacked with top notch batsmen, come on Lanky.:cool:

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Sorry to upset you Jim but l will be cheering on Gods Own County.:)

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Essex :confused: :D

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I always had you down as one of the good blokes Den ;)

Totally missed this was on, it'll take a good half hour for my ancient laptop to switch on and launch Sky Go. Thank goodness for a relatives Sky sub :)

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Well you got your money's worth there :)

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Well Notts football may be on the up but their cricket team is getting a hammering at Trent Bridge. Lancs 179, Notts 57 for 7.:cool:

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More entertaining than a full season a few yards up the road.:D

And Notts ended up 91 all out.

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Yorkshire won that match btw on account of having lost less wickets ;)

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As the old cricket saying goes, ‘look in the book.’ :p:

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Don’t know about anyone else but this test match seems to have crept up on me virtually unnoticed.:confused:

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what a start from England

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A bit like England’s bowlers have crept up on NZ…13 for 4.:shocked:

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36-6 what a start keep it up England

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One thing you can rely on is England’s batting .:shocked:

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what a shock a England batting collapse NOT

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I didn't make a note but how many wickets fell after they got the ball changed.
17 wickets in a day, doesn't it get reported to Lords for that?

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You spoke too soon Dave.

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yep looking like a NZ win now for me

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another England batting collapse incoming hope i am wrong

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l am afraid its looking like the same old, same old Dave.:(

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We've got this won haven't we? ;)

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Famous last words.:no:

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don't count on it yet this is England world famous for batting collapses

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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...5&d=1654427552

And Rooty reached 10,000 Test runs, with his 26th Test Century.

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Gods own county comes up trumps again.:)

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very good win well done England was nice to have a drama free morning for a change

hopefully a start of a good run

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Bairstow was crap in both innings, is he only in the side for his catching now.:shocked

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Amazing game at Headingley, once again the Roses game went to the very last ball. Well played by Yorkshire with Root and Brooks on England duty it was a great effort. Lancashire still unbeaten. :cool:

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Well that was a great toss to win, flat pitch, sunny day put them in. 307-4 :banghead:

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A baffling decision.

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Why on Earth was Stokes playing a T20 innings in a test match. Fine if you are 200 runs ahead but when it's the other way round. :mad:

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All shaping up for a nice day working at home tomorrow ;)

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Does anybody know if Trent Bridge has WiFi???

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England need 299 to win from minimum of 72 overs

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A tempting target which could end up in defeat if try and get it....We're 1-0 up in the series I'd be getting my Boycott forward defensive shot out, the only one I'm good at ;)
12 off the 1st over they don't seem to listening to me ! Oops 12-1, silly beggers...

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lunch 36-1

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here we go 2 quick wickets hopefully not yet another batting collapse

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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...5&d=1655223304

Quite exciting…

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what a batting display after tea unbelievable

England win by 5 wickets Stokes hit winning runs

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Glad they took my advice and went for it , fortune favours the brave :D

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was thinking total carnage after tea

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Tbh Bairstow owed them an innings, well below his best in his last three innings but he had only just got off the plane from the IPL to be fair.

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Well l never expected that.:)

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Pfft..England get 299 to win on last day, not bad but Lancashire knocked off 329 to win on the last day today against the reigning champions. :cool:

By an amazing coincidence Lancashire also struggled to 93 fof 4 exactly like England.

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Think there should be a limit on how many players England can take from one team, especially for one day matches against Holland. Five Lancashire first choice T20 players in the England squad and two of them are warming the bench.:mad:

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On the other hand perhaps it’s only fair on the other teams,the three Lancashire batsmen hit 350 runs for England.:cool:

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England win by 7 wickets and win series 3-0 :):):) what a great series to watch

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l certainly never expected that but a new coach and captain and a more positive attitude can do wonders.:)

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Yorkshire post 204 in 1st T20 semi final v Lancashire who broke finals day records by knocking the runs off with an over to spare.:cool:

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Yes well done, I guess. Even a no ball couldn't save you in the final though ;)

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One day series lost....
The trouble with India is they take cricket too seriously. It was only meant to be a bit of a laugh....

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Lancashire had a golden chance in the final given Hampshire's low score but my parents adopted county came through in the end.:)

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Another easy win for the Red Rose over the Yorkies today.
So far this season it is played 5 won 3, tied 1 and drawn one against them oer’thill. :cool:

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No wonder South Africa refused to play an extra 4th day in this test match. Only bad light should stop this being a 2 day test.:rolleyes:

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I love cable TV sometimes.

T10 Cricket on Freesports today , Czech Republic v Austria live from Spain.... A lot of beer bellies and not a lot of skill involved ;)

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Really disappointed I missed that.:D

Off to Trent Bridge on Saturday to watch Lancashire v Kent in the Royal London 50 over one day cup final.

Unfortunately at this time of the year it’s nearly always a case of win the toss, bowl first, win the match.