Can't get into the Hundred at all for some reason. Think it's the tv presentation more than anything.
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The whole tournament is shite and they just need to scrap it. Focus on promoting the domestic T20 competition more. I mean it's hardly got any star names.
"A number of star names"
It's absolutely shambolic, how it's still going I will never know.
Ollie Pope things England can score 600 in a day
What’s that, roughly 6 an over?
What’s that, roughly 6 an over?
More. 90 overs maximum in a day. 6.7?Ollie Pope things England can score 600 in a day
What’s that, roughly 6 an over?
Really don't understand why we're playing Mark Wood in back to back test matches in a series we've won.
Like a repeat of WI 1st innings last test match, get a solid start then lose 3 quick wickets before lunch.
Terrible reviews from Stokes here
Glad I didn’t have time to post what I was going to at about 1.30 today.
Great to see that Atkinson doesn't appear to be a flash in the pan.
I'm not sure we can judge that this summer with the opposition but he clearly has plenty to work with.
All the bowlers have taken wickets and he has his fair share.
Absolutely terrible shots to get out too, terrible!
I get it, but also amazed people still watch this England side and expect anything else. Rough with the smooth.
It won't be refined under this leadership group. They back it (I'd love it to be refined).
There's attacking and then there's stupidly, wafting the bat out to a wide ball that's on the up is very poor. We're making a bang average WI side look like world beaters! The pitch looks like a cracking track to bat on.
We aren't though are we. We are comfortably 2-0 up and this test is fairly even after we kept the Windies under par.
I'm wasn't talking about the series. There's zero defence for those shots, wasteful.
Up it a notch on the stupidity scale - couple of overs from close of play.
Root and Stokes trying to dig England out of a hole again, just like the bad old days.
Great watch this morning.
Stokes seems to bat better when we are in trouble, when things are going well he seems to just come in go as hard as he can and gets out for low scores.
Got out of jail free.
I’ve only watched snippets here and there so obviously could be wrong but in terms of keeping wicket Smith looks much more comfortable than our other options recently
I dislike Atherton as a comms guy more each test.
He’s pretty much nailed on after 2.5 tests I reckon? The batting has been fantastic and he hasn’t really done anything wrong with the gloves. Foakes’ keeping was pretty useful in India, but it’s not worth the runs that Smith is bringing.
Smith will score runs in Australia.
I say this partially to try and counteract the potential jinxing of him from your post but I have thought he looks a bit dodgy.
Not terribly worried long term though, my memory is that Matt Prior was dodgy for a few years and then somehow quite suddenly became remarkably reliable, so I tend to believe in miracles with keepers after that.
a lot of people say he’s the best batsman since bradman.
That was a shocker.
Cruel to get one of those on 95.
Not sure stopping the game to have David Lloyd awkwardly pressure a few spectators in to donating to charity was really the best idea anyone's ever had.
He should still be in the box instead of Atherton.
I don't mind Atherton but I do thoroughly approve of hating so I am enjoying your energy here.
They where taking drinks, the game didn't stop for him. Bumble is a legend though, didn't realise that he was 77
I don't hate him I just dislike his delivery saying something incredibly boring whilst sounding like he is chuckling as if it was funny
The ECB has started putting up some lengthy series highlights vids on youtube. I put on a 12 hour marathon vid of the India versus England 2014 series the other day and made it a good few hours through whilst doing other things. It has the Channel 5 commentary, rather than the Sky lot, so this meant I was subjected to far more of Simon Hughes' commentary than anyone was ever meant to endure in one sitting. He really should never have been let out of that van Channel 4 kept him in.
Got to be out?
Maybe not then.