The Cricket Thread, Mark 2

[DangerMark]

On 12/7/2024 at 4:32 AM, SirFozzie said:

BazBall is still alive and well.

It's being exported to the other side of the world, two serious cricketing nations have lost 26 wickets in two days in Sydney, top score in the game so far being Rishabh Pant's 61 (33 balls).

As to your more recent post, I find it hilarious that even now whenever Bancroft's name is mentioned, the BBC feel compelled to mention that he got banned for ball tampering. Still, I can imagine running face first into your mate like that does suck.

[The Natural]

Australia 16-0 England in the Women's Ashes. A clean sweep. England an absolute embarrassment.

[SirFozzie]

England and getting Pomwashed in Ashes series in Australia.. name another more accurate combo.

 

edit: Dayumn... ESPNCricInfo isn't holiding back on lambasting Sri Lanka's performance in the just-concluded Test. (now, admittedly Australia won in a HUMONGOUS rout)

 

It felt like at times in this Test, an Australia batter could wander over to a rock on the Galle shoreline and find a Test hundred underneath it. It felt like if an Australia spinner bumped into a coconut tree, three dismissed Sri Lanka batters would fall out and then sulk mopily back to the dressing room.

Edited February 1 by SirFozzie

[SirFozzie]

USA beats Oman in a One Day International where neither side bowled a single ball of pace.. nothing but spin. And either good spin or bad batting. (USA 122 all out, Oman 67 all out)

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/cj3n5jlln25o

 

[Pete]

Welcome your newest MLC venue: Oakland Coliseum! 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6228063/2025/03/26/major-league-cricket-oakland-coliseum/

(Is everyone else having the same issues with embedding links, moving from page to page etc?)

[SirFozzie]

yup.. have been for months