Official Cricket Thread Part 302

[Axver]

Oh my god, a wicket! Burns got stumped.

 

[Axver]

Hey, and another. The Windies may be slowly figuring out this cricket thing.

 

[Axver]

Cook out for a duck in South Africa!

And Brisbane look all at sea against Perth in the Big Bash.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

No surprises as to who's the weakest side in the BBL this year.

 

[Axver]

Can't believe they couldn't even score at a run a ball. Scorchers bowled really well too.

Shame about the rain in Durban.

 

[Axver]

This is so shit. Bravo just missed a catch because 1) he was too slow and 2) instead of having a first and second slip the Windies put him in between to do both so he couldn't reach an easy catch at regulation first slip.

Oh and now a big, amateurish misfield. Ugh.

Why am I watching this?

 

[Vlad n U 2]

I think it would be good for the game if all of the scorecards/statistics for this test series were wiped clean.

 

[Axver]

Phew, Australia declared before Voges overtook Kane's average for the calendar year.

Yes, with cricket this dull, that's the sort of thing I'm focusing on.

 

[Axver]

Siddle unfortunate not to get Blackwood out, but too tough a call and the evidence was inconclusive. Not like it matters anyway. Australia may get all ten wickets by close of play.

 

[Axver]

Fucking hell. 3 wickets in the first five sessions. 6 in the sixth. Have a guess who was batting. Says it all.

 

[cobl04]

Thank god the England South Africa series is on. Steyn just took the new ball, should be some fireworks.

 

[Axver]

The streaker at the Big Bash is maybe the most exciting thing to happen in cricket in Australia today.

 

[cobl04]

Yeah shit innings from the Sixers. Not sure why the batsmen were sent in the order they were. I'm biased but Lawford deserves to get in a bit higher.

 

[Axver]

I really don't care what happens as long as Sydney lose.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

England bowled out for 303 just now. Steyn finishes with 4, as does Morkel. Still seems like a very even match.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Oh fuck's sake, Yasir Shah has tested positive to a banned substance and subsequently provisionally suspended. He's arguably the best spinner in the world at the moment.

 

[cobl04]

Just read that. Shattered

 

[Axver]

Oh fuck's sake, Yasir Shah has tested positive to a banned substance and subsequently provisionally suspended. He's arguably the best spinner in the world at the moment.

Oh fuck no.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Yasir Shah tests positive for banned substance | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

The substance is supposedly used to treat high blood pressure.

 

[cobl04]

I guess he wouldn't be the only superstar leggie to test positive for a banned substance.

 

[Axver]

Sydney lose.

I guess he wouldn't be the only superstar leggie to test positive for a banned substance.

Ahahaha.

 

[cobl04]

I'm on the Handscomb train. Get him in the Test squad, fuck Voges off.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Weren't there some connections between the two before?

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Oh god van Zyl gets bowled by Broad second ball. What a start.

 

[Axver]

Thank god Test cricket somewhere in the world is entertaining.

I'm travelling back to Melbourne tomorrow. I leave Port Macquarie about when the first ball is bowled, and by the time I get back home around 3pm I won't be shocked if the Windies are all out - after having to follow on.

 

[Axver]

Now Amla's gone! This could be a corker. Shame I need to get some sleep!

 

[Axver]

Sri Lanka: 117 all out off 27.4 overs, with Kulasekara top scoring on 19 and Matt Henry continuing his love affair with Hagley Oval by taking another four wickets.

New Zealand: 0/118 off 8.2 overs, with Guptill scoring 93 off 30.

Simply ridiculous. Basically the entire game took place while I flew from Port Macquarie to Sydney.

I should perhaps repeat that this was an ODI against Sri Lanka, not Kiribati or Swaziland.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Guptill. Maybe he does Baz better than Baz does Baz?

 

[cobl04]

Hilarious.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

South Africa all out for 214. Elgar with an unbeaten century.