Dr Gloom 22185 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I think they'll go with Moeen too but the talk has been that they wouldn't fancy him when it comes to playing South Africa which just about puts us back to square one. Roy is looking like a better opening option than Hayles at the minute although I've got no idea what he's like in the longer format. Plus SA might not be the best team for him to play either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken 119 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Bah, cricket is the summer game over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35614 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Ken, you missed Stuart Broad's 8 divided by 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken 119 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 How regretful. Tried to watch a bit on Startv. Gradually lost interest over a period of time if you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Poor bowling here at the death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35614 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Brian Close has died, aged 84. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Can't see the point of playing test matches in front of 50 people in the UAE (especially on dead pitches like this). Still nice to see Cook getting another Century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22185 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 are you watching? dull as dishwater. makes a mockery of test cricket, you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Aye I've got it on at graft. Nothing happening at all. Looked bad for Rashid the last couple of days but I don't think he bowled badly at all. There's just nothing in the pitch. If they're all like this I can't see there being a result in any of the tests. Bumble was saying earlier that they're able to prepare different types of pitches over there so I can't understand why anyone would want one like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22185 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 you look at the turnout, where it's being played and the quality of the pitch and you have to question the state of test cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 It's a complete waste of time as far as I can see. It would be better off played in Australia or somewhere. There's probably more Pakistani supporters there than in UAE and if not I'm sure the Aussie's would cheer them on against us. But wherever it is on a pitch like that it's going to be nigh on impossible to bowl any team out twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22185 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The state of this test match man You kind of almost want cook to do something entirely out of character - like try to slog one over the bowler's head for six, just so something interesting happens. No chance, he could easily chalk up his record knock on this deck. Nudging and nurdling his way to a triple ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 The state of this test match man You kind of almost want cook to do something entirely out of character - like try to slog one over the bowler's head for six, just so something interesting happens. No chance, he could easily chalk up his record knock on this deck. Nudging and nurdling his way to a triple ton. The thought of him getting his record has been the only thing keeping me going tbh but aye I'd love to see him try and smash a few. Stokes's knock has been a bit more interesting. Hopefully Butler will just hit a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22185 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Wow. An interesting session of cricket for the first time in the match. Suddenly England have an outside chance of winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22185 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 This is why test cricket is still the greatest. 4 days of tedium followed by a barnstorming finish. Butter opening the batting with moeen. Only bad light can save Pakistan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35614 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 And then test cricket at its worst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22185 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Yeah, it doesn't do itself any favours does it? Losing fans to shorter forms of the game then call a game off for light when it's poised like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22185 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Why they even have to come off for bad light in this day and age is beyond me, anyway. Isn't that what the floodlights are for? The Pakistan time wasting was a piss take too, not that I'd expect England to have done it any differently had we been fielding in that situation. It's just bonkers it's allowed to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I can't undertand the bad light thing either. I went to the first T20 night game at Durham in May under the lights. How a test match can end due to bad light when a domestic T20 can be played under floolights is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35614 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I can't undertand the bad light thing either. I went to the first T20 night game at Durham in May under the lights. How a test match can end due to bad light when a domestic T20 can be played under floolights is beyond me. White ball is easier to see under floodlights is the simple answer That said the rules were most to blame (rather than the umpires or even the Pakistan players) in this instance. You have a situation where blatant gamesmanship / borderline cheating is rewarded. The umpires had to be consistent with the light issue but I think they could've played on longer on the previous days too. The umpires didn't even seem to have a word with the Pakistan players or their captain either when they were obviously taking the piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I didn't see a lot of the last session I have to admit but I would have thought that (while the umpires have a duty of care) it should be the batsmans decision whether they wanted to carry on a bit longer. It was more than possible that we could have got the score we needed in two or three overs (I would have had Wood in ahead of Bell for his potential quick scoring). I'm sure we would have took the same view as Pakistan in terms of time wasting but again it's not in the best interests of cricket to allow it so the umpires should have stopped them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toonotl 3116 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 First day/night test is about to start here in a few weeks. I can't remember if all the Aus/NZ tests are day/night or just one. Should be interesting to see how it goes. Not that getting crowds to Tests over here is much of a problem but it will be interesting nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35614 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I didn't see a lot of the last session I have to admit but I would have thought that (while the umpires have a duty of care) it should be the batsmans decision whether they wanted to carry on a bit longer. It was more than possible that we could have got the score we needed in two or three overs (I would have had Wood in ahead of Bell for his potential quick scoring). I'm sure we would have took the same view as Pakistan in terms of time wasting but again it's not in the best interests of cricket to allow it so the umpires should have stopped them. Got nowt to do with the batsmen any more. The offering of the light to the batting side is long gone. It's set by the umpires. They'll decide at which point, with the aid of their light meters, the light isn't good enough then, once they've set that standard, they'll come off whenever it fades to that amount of light at any stage during the test match. In the old days the batsmen would be offered the light then could come off it they wanted. Technically a fielding team could appeal against the light too back then but in practice that virtually never happened. As for the scoring, it would've been very difficult to get the runs in less than 4 or 5 overs imo, which would equate to about 25 mins at the pace the Pakistani team were bowling them. The boundaries being right back on the fence unlike ODIs and T20s in particular and, of course, no fielding restrictions regarding amount of men inside the circle and so on. Crap advert for cricket though I agree. The daft thing is the rules were changed to prevent similar situations in reverse, i.e. a batting side about to be bowled out being saved by the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Got nowt to do with the batsmen any more. The offering of the light to the batting side is long gone. It's set by the umpires. They'll decide at which point, with the aid of their light meters, the light isn't good enough then, once they've set that standard, they'll come off whenever it fades to that amount of light at any stage during the test match. In the old days the batsmen would be offered the light then could come off it they wanted. Technically a fielding team could appeal against the light too back then but in practice that virtually never happened. As for the scoring, it would've been very difficult to get the runs in less than 4 or 5 overs imo, which would equate to about 25 mins at the pace the Pakistani team were bowling them. The boundaries being right back on the fence unlike ODIs and T20s in particular and, of course, no fielding restrictions regarding amount of men inside the circle and so on. Crap advert for cricket though I agree. The daft thing is the rules were changed to prevent similar situations in reverse, i.e. a batting side about to be bowled out being saved by the light. Aye I'd forgotten about the fielding restrictions for the shorter formats. Your right we'd have been very unlikely to do it in 2 or 3 overs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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