Summer 2020 Cricket Thread

[Sarge]

40-0 at drinks .... could be interesting now with Windies switching to a twin spin bowling attack

 

[Maurice Earp]

55 - 0, a lead of 227.

 

[Maurice Earp]

86 - 0 at tea, a lead of 258.

 

[Maurice Earp]

146 - 1, a lead of 318.

 

[SteMerritt]

Declaration arrives, West Indies need 399 to win. 25mins or so left in the day, need to round off a good day with a wicket.

 

[Maurice Earp]

226 - 2 declared, West Indies need 399 to win.

 

[Sarge]

226 - 2 declared, West Indies need 399 to win.

Root could've , maybe should've? ,allowed Burns to ( try) an get his 100 , he was only 10 short when Root declared

 

[Sarge]

Broady strikes again, Campbell gone

 

[SteMerritt]

6-2, second for Broad

 

[Essexyellows]

Stream was slow when the football was on..............all good now!

 

[Foley]

Root could've , maybe should've? ,allowed Burns to ( try) an get his 100 , he was only 10 short when Root declared

Burns was out for 90 Sarge.
Then the declaration came

 

[Sarge]

Burns was out for 90 Sarge.
Then the declaration came

ah ...fair enough then ... cheers for the correction/ clarification

me youngest lad was keeping me 'informed' on the test happenings, by message, while I was working

 

[amershamdave]

I still remember when we used to get our bottoms smacked by the West Indies in the seventies.

 

[Gary Baldi]

Interesting day's cricket. Can see today being a not very interesting day of watching the rain fall in Manchester!

 

[SteMerritt]

Thankfully tomorrow looks better, should be enough play to finish the job ?

 

[Marked Ox]

Interesting day's cricket. Can see today being a not very interesting day of watching the rain fall in Manchester!

Talk of the possibility of some play late afternoon but I doubt it tbh.

 

[Sarge]

Talk of the possibility of some play late afternoon but I doubt it tbh.

depending which forecast is to believed there may be a rain free 2 hour or so slot early afternoon ... but it is Manchester, and it tends to rain there , a lot

 

[Sarge]

depending which forecast is to believed there may be a rain free 2 hour or so slot early afternoon ... but it is Manchester, and it tends to rain there , a lot

and it did rain!... all of day 4 washed out - hope day 5 gets playable weather conditions tomorrow

 

[Essexyellows]

Suns out now! lol

 

[Sarge]

Dave 5 - Game on

play has commenced

will Broad get his 500th test wicket today?