Anyone for Cricket??

[Wednesdaylad43]

I'm watching it, anyone else??

And if you want to watch it and arent, I'd hurry up, it wont last longer than 3 days looking at it.

[Wednesdaylad43]

Bangladesh, all out for 108. Looked very poor really, little technique, even at the top of the order

See what their bowlers are like now

[JJU]

Bangladesh, all out for 108. Looked very poor really, little technique, even at the top of the order

See what their bowlers are like now

I used to love watching cricket, even test matches, but don't seem to have the time these days :cry:

[manyoolova]

in my opinion, test matches are much better than limited overs because in test matches you score loads, whereas in limited overs i.e. 45, 50 or 1500, you just play 'til the overs are over and in test you can win by like an innings and 300 runs ( see http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2005/5/11617/html/scorecard.stm for england v bangladesh scorecard ( and did anyone see Stephen Harmison take 2 wickets in 2 balls today??? picture here http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41195000/jpg/_41195245_sh_getty.jpg)

[manyoolova]

oh yeah, and if anyone is interesed in the ashes this year, here are the fixtures....

Australia in England 2005
June
11 v Leicestershire, Leicester

13 Twenty20 International, Rose Bowl

15 v Somerset, Taunton


NatWest Series dates
July

7 1st NatWest Challenge ODI, Headingley

10 2nd NatWest Challenge ODI, Lord's

12 3rd NatWest Challenge ODI, The Oval

15-17 v Leicestershire, Leicester

21-25 1st Test, Lord's

30-1 Aug v Worcestershire, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire or Northants, TBC

August

4-8 2nd Test, Edgbaston

11-15 3rd Test, Old Trafford

18 v Scotland, Grange

20-21 v Northants or Middlesex, TBC

25-29 4th Test, Trent Bridge

September

3-4 v Essex, Chelmsford

8-12 5th Test, The Oval


and the Bangladesh squad is http://www.ecb.co.uk/england/bangladesh-squad-for-tour-of-england,546,BP.html
and their fixtures are.....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/statistics/3706870.stm

[Wednesdaylad43]

I did indeed watch all of this mornings play, what little of it there was, and i did see Harmison take 2 in 2 balls.

Everyone bowled ok this morning, but my lingering feeling from this whole 1st test is that had we played like we did in this test against an Australian team, we would have lost by as many as Bangladesh did against us today.

[manyoolova]

what i saw of Hoggard's bowling really wasn't that impressive and harmison was by far the better, beacuse he had louds of shouts for lbw's............................

http://www.hkyca.com/hkycaimg/cout4.jpg

[Wednesdaylad43]

You cant be out offering a stroke if the ball pitches outside leg stump, as far as im aware, and that ball in the pic must have

Im so anal at times :)

[JJU]

Im so anal at times :)
Nothing wrong with that.. I prefer to think of it as having "an overenthusiastic inner stickler"

I used to play cricket for my school.. I was a good fielder, but had a horrid run of luck with that bat that meant, when I eventually did score, I got a standing ovation :oops:

[manyoolova]

i played for Middlesex and Sussex!!!

all rounder.............. got loadsa wickets and caught some pretty good balls...........

somewhere there http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38248000/jpg/_38248760_cricket300.jpg