Fauxstralian 11:11 Sun Jun 30
England v West Indies Test series
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Fauxstralian
4:33 Sat Jul 20
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Woakes will be 36 when the Ashes starts and Wood will turn 36 in the January it finishes
Anderson is fitter than both of them
No wonder Anderson is so furious with the disrespectful Kiwi 'brains' trust
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stewie griffin
4:25 Sat Jul 20
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COYI - spot on about Anderson. Even when not taking wickets, he builds pressure that enables others to get wickets. None of that here. If you look at the 12 the Surrey bloke git at lords, not too many conventional fast bowlers dismissals there, a lot of loose shots caused by pressure. As for Bashir, Somerset see him and leach every day.. leach is their number one spinner and Bashir is out on loan.
50 partnership up for the 10th wicket. I remember when having fields spread for a 10th wicket partnership was the source of much wailing on here. Seems times have changed.
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Fauxstralian
4:25 Sat Jul 20
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Never understand this idea of when you have a middle order player with the number 11 you put everyone on the boundary & treat the middle order bloke as if he is BRADMAN
Normal field & try and get him out
Or you end up with a shit show like this where Da Silva tees off and Joseph is showering the England fans with roof tiles
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stewie griffin
4:08 Sat Jul 20
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Find all this 'great effort' stuff quite patronising, and I'm sure they do too. In truth, England left at least 100 runs out there in perfect batting conditions with utterly atrocious shots from root, brook, stokes and Smith which would have created more scoreboard pressure.
Given that pope was also dropped repeatedly, it could have been even worse. It may or may not matter against this opposition, but the approach has failed to put away any decent sides from positions of strength for some time which is why we came into this series bottom of the WTC.
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Come On You Irons
4:05 Sat Jul 20
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First bowling innings since Anderson's enforced retirement and we steuggle to bowl West Indies out and allow them to get over 400 and a lead.
Makes rhe decision to force Anderson to retiee ecen more insane.
Key is an idiot.
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Fauxstralian
3:41 Sat Jul 20
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Major error by the white West Indian
Needs to hit some more boundaries and get England batting under the lights
Best bowling conditions of the match .... and Wood bowling to the last pair with the field on the boundary. BAZBALL = YAWNBALL
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Westside
2:22 Sat Jul 20
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Great effort by the Windies yesterday. Certainly showed more bottle against Wood, than the rabbits in headlights, Australians did against him, last summer.
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Fauxstralian
12:23 Sat Jul 20
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Fair play to the Windies
Proved me wrong and had their first winning day of the series
Need to find a lead to put some pressure on the BAZBALLERS
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Fauxstralian
4:47 Fri Jul 19
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West Indies a little bit better but threw away a couple of wickets with brainless shots
Need to make 300+ to make a competitive Test out of this but cant see it
Wood bowling at 97mph
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Fauxstralian
4:26 Thu Jul 18
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Understand Middlesex are also talking about leaving Lords altogether because:
1. Costs
and presumably
2. The behaviour of the feral MCC members
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Fauxstralian
4:23 Thu Jul 18
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Middlesex :
Following the backlash against the news, the club issued further information on the reasoning behind its decision today (November 24).
“It is clear from the response to that announcement, from the many comments made by members on social media, and from those members who have contacted the Club directly, that we need to offer further clarity on the rationale for this decision to provide members with more insight and a greater understanding of why this difficult decision has been made,” read a media release from the club.
“First and foremost, we understand the initial reaction from members – as at face value, the logic of Middlesex playing two ‘home’ matches at the ground of another county seems is difficult to understand. Members have our assurance that this decision has not been taken lightly, and there are several reasons why we have had to do so – most importantly to ensure the financial stability of the Club moving forwards.”
Middlesex were handed a £50,000 fine and a suspended points deduction by the ECB in September this year for breaching the board’s financial rules. The charges alleged that the club had spent money allocated for youth and grassroots cricket on their professional set-up at Lord’s. There has been an ongoing probe by the ECB into Middlesex’s finances over the last several months, with alleged financial irregularities going back several years in the club’s accounts.
The statement from Middlesex clarified that the club will receive a share of the gate revenue from both matches held in Essex and a share of the hospitality revenue. “Essentially, playing at Chelmsford instead of an out-ground club ground already saves the Club a significant sum on the costs of setting up the game,” read the statement. “When potential revenue from gate receipts and hospitality are factored in, the Club stands to potentially be making a financial upturn of six figures plus.”
Unlike all other counties, Middlesex do not own their main ground, with the MCC the landlords of Lord’s. As well as hampering their finances, this also means they do not have unfettered access to the ground. They explained that, with the dates of the Blast games for which they had to seek alternative venues spread apart, they would have had to set up at an outground three times, making the expense prohibitive. Their one fixture at Radlett is followed by a Charlotte Edwards Cup game for Middlesex Women, allowing them to spread the cost of hosting across the two days.
The statement also clarified that Middlesex members will be able to access the match free as part of their membership, and that Essex members will have to pay for tickets to the games, and won’t be able to access the pavilion and other Middlesex-only areas during the fixture.
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Far Cough
3:46 Thu Jul 18
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I see that Middlesucks are playing Glolcester at Chelmsford, why is that? Lords being used for something?
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Come On You Irons
2:39 Thu Jul 18
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A crazily fast start for England this morning. The fastest ever 50 in test cricket. Gotta love BAZBALL.
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Fauxstralian
12:03 Wed Jul 17
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Mark Wood named in Englands XI as replacement for Anderson for the Second Test starting Thursday
Pennington, Potts & Lawrence sit out again
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Fauxstralian
12:00 Tue Jul 16
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Trent Bridge forecast for Thursday on is similar to Lords .... Cloudy and low 20's for the first three days & a bit sunnier for days 4 & 5 (if required)
Australia name squads for the t20 & ODI tour of Scotland & England in Sept. 3 t20's in each & 5 ODI's v England
Cummins not coming at all, Starc & Maxwell just for the ODI's
Lots of young players like Jake Fraser-McGurk & Cooper Connolly. Good selection
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stewie griffin
3:39 Sun Jul 14
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Martin - was down there yesterday. Was an absolute privilege to watch, and not for the first time. Genuinely brilliant innings against a high class bowling attack. Said last year that he'll be the next that the Surrey cunts come sniffing around.
As for the Anderson farewell, having been there Friday I'm not sure it could have been done any better. Not often they let you on the outfield at Lords, and the interaction with the dressing room was brilliant. And for him, the fact that you had a full house for an hour world cricket shows the affection people have for him, given how understated he is I would imagine that in itself was quite special. But yes... he's bowling quicker than woakes and could still evidently do a job for the team, so.its a little weird.
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Fauxstralian
11:38 Sun Jul 14
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Cheers
Schedule squeezed by the t20 WC and the decision to give the first 3 weeks of August (peak summer) to THE HUNDRED
Wood added to the England squad for the second Test
If Anderson is being binned because he wont be in Brisbane in November 2025 I'm not sure why Woakes is being selected
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R.E - Chelmsford
5:30 Sun Jul 14
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Sven, dunno if you have read this mate
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-13631777/Blank-Saturday-Lords-Test-Jimmy-Andersons-England-farewell-terrible-goal-ECB.html
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martinbritt_63
1:29 Sun Jul 14
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Not on topic I know
But a magnificent result for Essex at Hove today.
Chasing Sussex 207/2 - Essex were reduced to 90/5 after 9.1 overs, only to register 211/5 after 18.3 overs based on a stand of 121 in 9.2 overs thanks to Michael Pepper's 120 n.o. off 53 deliveries and Charlie Allison's 44 off 26.
Made for very enjoyable viewing on Youtube - a vast improvement on recent football
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Fauxstralian
1:45 Sat Jul 13
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Lords empty for the weekend
Surely a Friday start was a better idea?
Second Test at least has a Thursday start next week at Trent Bridge
14 man squad was named initially so with Anderson joining the coaching staff Pennington or Potts will come in as the only change.
Only hope for the Windies is that they have had some experience in English conditions but need a massive improvement in their batting
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Come On You Irons
5:17 Fri Jul 12
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Appalling performance by the West Indies.
If the likes of the West Indies can't be competitive, they need to bring in a two division structure to test cricket and stick to a top league of England, South Africa, New Zealand, India and Australia.
The West Indies should be in division two with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, IreLOLand, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
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