The Cricket Thread

[ChrisGG]

Any cricket followers on here? If so did you witness the epic Aussie collapse against New Zealand yesterday?

[LondonJonnyO]

Sorry Chris... but my involvement with cricket begins and ends with the cheap bar run by the local cricket club on a friday. Good though as the milfs are well worth the three minute walk

[ChrisGG]

Haha nice one LJ, I may have to check the local cricket club out, haven't been there in a while, may be some new 'talent' there !

[LadyPutt]

I used to be a big cricket fan (I followed Hampshire all over the country until I discovered golf) but have to say that recently I have rather lost interest, firstly because I prefer the purity of 5-day Tests and 4-day Championship matches rather than ghastly T20 and secondly because LordPutt hates it and I rarely get a chance to watch!

It's great to see any Aussie collapse any day of the week.

[Del_Boy]

Watch a little bit of cricket - gutted the little master hasn't got his 100 100's yet. Don't mind a bit of the 20 20 either. Pretty good that you can nip down after work see a game then go for a curry on the way home

[Jethro]

How about a quick story linking golf and cricket?

A golfing buddy of mine who knows stuff-all about any another sport (Leeds Utd supporter) was invited at the very last minute to make up a 4 man charity AM-AM team. He got to the first tee in a bit of a rush and was introduced to the rest of his team without really listening to their names. After a couple of holes he turned to one of his playing partners, pointed to another one and said "That black youth hits a good ball doesn't he?" to which the reply was "That black youth is Sir Gary Sobers to you mate".

[gaelgowfer]

Enjoy watching Test cricket but only after being lured in by the one day stuff (going back a bit now).

[rangiora]

Happened to call in at home and watched the last 40 mins, great stuff.

[Noshankingtonite]

Used to play a lot of cricket when I worked at 'Q' in Nam. As a lad I watched a lot of the three day and sunday 40 overs matches at Cheltenham Cricket Festival (the oldest festival of it's type in this country). Saw loads of the real legends of the game and have autographs of the West Indies players in their 'pomp' - Viv Richards, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall, Clive Lloyd, 'whispering death' Michael Holding. Not so fussed on all the razmatazz of the dumbed down T20 stuff - it's just blokes running around in fancy pyjamas as far as I can see

[Yadsendew]

Used to play a lot of cricket when I worked at 'Q' in Nam. As a lad I watched a lot of the three day and sunday 40 overs matches at Cheltenham Cricket Festival (the oldest festival of it's type in this country). Saw loads of the real legends of the game and have autographs of the West Indies players in their 'pomp' - Viv Richards, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall, Clive Lloyd, 'whispering death' Michael Holding. Not so fussed on all the razmatazz of the dumbed down T20 stuff - it's just blokes running around in fancy pyjamas as far as I can see

Yes 'whispering death' I had the pleasure of seeing him bowl at Headingly in his prime. By far and away the smoothest run up and delivery of a cricket ball I have ever seen; poetry in motion.

Malcolm Marshall, on the otherhand was just pure effort....... but scary fast (I like this smilie!)

You've got some odd jim jams NST

[Jethro]

Used to play a lot of cricket when I worked at 'Q' in Nam. As a lad I watched a lot of the three day and sunday 40 overs matches at Cheltenham Cricket Festival (the oldest festival of it's type in this country). Saw loads of the real legends of the game and have autographs of the West Indies players in their 'pomp' - Viv Richards, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall, Clive Lloyd, 'whispering death' Michael Holding. Not so fussed on all the razmatazz of the dumbed down T20 stuff - it's just blokes running around in fancy pyjamas as far as I can see

Yes 'whispering death' I had the pleasure of seeing him bowl at Headingly in his prime. By far and away the smoothest run up and delivery of a cricket ball I have ever seen; poetry in motion.

Malcolm Marshall, on the otherhand was just pure effort....... but scary fast (I like this smilie!)

You've got some odd jim jams NST

That was some West Indies team wasn't it? I was at Old Trafford the day Viv Richards got 170 odd to win an ODI when England had them in all sorts of trouble.

Scariest I ever saw was Dennis Lillie, must have been about 1971/72 at Grace Road Leicester - we were behind the fence at fine leg but I was still crapping myself. Now he was a mean dude!

[diggers]

Im a big fan of test cricket, love it and all the stats that go with it. Its about the only sport I think I actually enjoy listening to on the radio, even if Geoffrey can do your head in somewhat.
Not remotely as jazzed by one day or 20/20 but dont mind the world cups. Its all the other tin pot series they have I could do without.

[Noshankingtonite]

Used to play a lot of cricket when I worked at 'Q' in Nam. As a lad I watched a lot of the three day and sunday 40 overs matches at Cheltenham Cricket Festival (the oldest festival of it's type in this country). Saw loads of the real legends of the game and have autographs of the West Indies players in their 'pomp' - Viv Richards, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall, Clive Lloyd, 'whispering death' Michael Holding. Not so fussed on all the razmatazz of the dumbed down T20 stuff - it's just blokes running around in fancy pyjamas as far as I can see

Yes 'whispering death' I had the pleasure of seeing him bowl at Headingly in his prime. By far and away the smoothest run up and delivery of a cricket ball I have ever seen; poetry in motion.

Malcolm Marshall, on the otherhand was just pure effort....... but scary fast (I like this smilie!)

You've got some odd jim jams NST

That was some West Indies team wasn't it? I was at Old Trafford the day Viv Richards got 170 odd to win an ODI when England had them in all sorts of trouble.

Scariest I ever saw was Dennis Lillie, must have been about 1971/72 at Grace Road Leicester - we were behind the fence at fine leg but I was still crapping myself. Now he was a mean dude!

Yes I remember watching Lillie in a match between Australia and 'Young England' which had a certain Mr D I Gower among its ranks. Lillie was very quick. Frighteningly so. Despite that, Viv Richards never wore a helmet. He wasn't scared of anyone; not even fellow W Indies bowlers like Andy Roberts, Marshall, Holding etc. Glos had an absolutely legendary team as well; Mike Proctor - really weird bowling action off his 'wrong foot' and could bat a bit as well, Sadiq Mohhamad, Zaheer Abbass (one of the best off-side stroke makers in the game at the time) Jack Russell behind the stumps, Chris Broad and Andy Stovold too. Happy happy times

[ChrisGG]

Sri Lanka struggling against SA this morning. Need 193 to make SA bat again and they've lost 4 wickets.

[ChrisGG]

England aren't doing well in their warm up game against the Associates and Affiliates XI. Batting failed...only Cook posted a decent score.

[diggers]

Gonna be a bit rusty, wouldn't read too much into it apart from they could go into the tests a tad under cooked.

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