Fauxstralian 11:11 Sun Jun 30
England v West Indies Test series
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Come On You Irons
6:52 Mon Jul 22
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Instead of focusing on the empty seat Sven, you should focus on the fact that test cricket still gets bumper crowds in England. For a dying format and NO other country can fill their grounds for. Including your beloved Australia.
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stewie griffin
6:42 Mon Jul 22
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"What was the reason as the Test was in the balance at that point with Root & Brooks at the crease?"
this West Indies C team would finish bottom of Div 2 of the County Championship, and not by a small margin.
Lords only really sold out because of Jimmy.
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lab
5:50 Mon Jul 22
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On a separate note things aren’t looking good for Geoff Boycott . Struggling with pneumonia following a throat cancer op and is very poorly .
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Fauxstralian
5:49 Mon Jul 22
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The Sunday crowd at Trent Bridge was surprisingly sparse
What was the reason as the Test was in the balance at that point with Root & Brooks at the crease?
Especially when B Stokes tells us his team will live long in the memory of those lucky enough to see them play
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Eerie Descent
5:19 Mon Jul 22
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From what I've read, it's Stokes who is the one that identified Bashir as someone he wants in the team, after seeing some footage of him bowling to Cook.
Tell you what, he's going to have to properly contribute with the ball, as he doesn't look like he even knows what way to hold the bat up.
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Westside
5:10 Mon Jul 22
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"Should restrict Tests to Lords & The Oval as northerners not interested"
Only 3 of this summer's six tests are outside London.
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Fauxstralian
5:07 Mon Jul 22
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In the small amount of cricket I did see yesterday showed a Sunday crowd well below capacity in a tiny ground with SWATHES of empty seats
Should restrict Tests to Lords & The Oval as northerners not interested
Not sure what the point of 5 Eng v Aust ODI’s is given we are a long way from the next WC apart from making money
£160 a ticket I saw. I know it’s a chance to see the 6 times World Champions but it will be a younger Aust team with P Cummins (on the poster) not coming
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Westside
4:39 Mon Jul 22
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"Interesting to see how he goes in late Aug (if summer turns up) against Sri Lankans who might be better players of spin"
He had the first "fifer," in tests, by a spinner, at Trent Bridge, since 2006 and the youngest English bowler (any type) to take 5 wickets in an innings, in England.
He may or may not be a long term test player, but credit to the selectors, for picking somebody with very, very little first class experience and shoving him into the test arena, to see what he can do, at that level.
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LeroysBoots
3:45 Mon Jul 22
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Apparently the players are playing too much cricket yet the greedy cunts at the ECB & CA managed to wedge in 8 x ODI'S in September
They obviously have no clue how shite the weather is in late summer in the UK, even worse than currently
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Fauxstralian
3:27 Mon Jul 22
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Thanks Blair
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Lee Trundle
3:16 Mon Jul 22
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Bashir was born in CHERTSEY.
Greatness awaits.
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Fauxstralian
3:10 Mon Jul 22
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Even better then
July, especially this July , not really spin bowling conditions
Interesting to see how he goes in late Aug (if summer turns up) against Sri Lankans who might be better players of spin
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Westside
2:59 Mon Jul 22
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"24 wickets in first 5 Tests is a good start so maybe binning the AIDS ridden injury prone Leach was the right choice after all."
Although in the side, for the first test at Lords, Bashir didn't bowl a ball, so his haul is effectively from 4 tests.
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Fauxstralian
1:24 Mon Jul 22
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Not seen the Windies innings but didn’t think there was much for a spinner in the pitch so a great effort by Bashir to win the game
24 wickets in first 5 Tests is a good start so maybe binning the AIDS ridden injury prone Leach was the right choice after all.
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Westside
9:57 Sun Jul 21
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Bashir now has 3, 5 wicket hauls in just 5 tests. Not bad for a Somerset loanee.
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Hammer and Pickle
9:52 Sun Jul 21
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Bashir has been superb - good to see the West Indies spun out.
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onsideman
9:47 Sun Jul 21
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Total lack of application from the Windies, but decent 4th innings performance from the reserve tbf stewie
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El Scorchio
9:32 Sun Jul 21
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Halfway THROUGH tomorrow.
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El Scorchio
9:29 Sun Jul 21
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What an astonishing collapse on this pitch from 61-0 to 129-9
I was expecting this to last at least halfway to tomorrow. Some good bowling in this evening session.
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Fauxstralian
3:18 Sun Jul 21
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Root goes past Chanderpaul into 8th place in the Test leading run scorers list.
7th is Lara about 80 0dd runs away
Not sure if he has got the time to get another 4,000 to top Tendulkar given he is 34 in December but will most likely finish second
Saw the other day that Stokes with 6,000 Test runs & 200 wickets is now in a group of 3 with those numbers .... with Sobers & Kallis
All in an era where Anderson & Broad have taken over 1,300 Test wickets
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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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