Cricket: International Discussion Thread

[Agent_Smith]

England vs West Indies starts tomorrow, 12pm our time (I think).

 

[3WA]

And it's raining in Southhampton...

 

[Luke7777]

And it's raining in Southhampton...

Well, it's been a while since we had the opportunity to look at (live) covers on the pitch... let's enjoy it

 

[Creag]

11.10am: "Covers coming off!" chirps George Dobell, before hitting us with the punchline: "And now coming back on..." Ho hum. It's the sport we love, etc etc

@Luke7777

 

[Heisenborg]

LOL

The wait is over!!! No wait, its not

 

[Dan C]

LOL

The wait is over!!! No wait, its not

11:52AM local time, 4:22PM IST: Here's an update for you: It's still not dry enough to toss a coin. The clouds have gotten dark, and we can resume the debate about whether clouds have squat to do with swing.

 

[Luke7777]

@Luke7777

You were saying ? Seems we're going to get some (c)overs in today

 

[Dan C]

England opt to bat

West Indies
John Campbell, Kraigg Brathwaite, Shamarh Brooks, Shai Hope, Roston Chase, Jermaine Blackwood, Shane Dowrich(w), Jason Holder(c), Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel

England
Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Joe Denly, Zak Crawley, Ben Stokes(c), Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler(w), Dominic Bess, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, James Anderson

 

[Dan C]

After all the build-up about taking precautions and maintaining distance, Holder unwittingly went up to shake Stokes's hand immediately after the toss. It's going to be a struggle to break free of these habits.

 

[Creag]

England 0/1 (2.0)

 

[Creag]

/touches wood
/touches bald dome
/touches rabbit foot

CricBuzz is working for me now!

 

[Creag]

...and rain stops play

 

[Dan C]

Rain again

 

[Creag]

You were saying ? Seems we're going to get some (c)overs in today

Unfortunately, this is short-lived. At least, unlike many others, we have hope.

 

[3WA]

Just enough action for Sibbers to lose his wicket.

 

[Dan C]

ENG - 12/1 (9.0 Ovs)

12 day game

 

[Creag]

35/1 at stumps

17:35 Local Time, 16:35 GMT, 22:05 IST: We have had only 106 balls bowled so far today as cricket resumed post-Corona pandemic. The forecast was for some showers right through the day, however, the overhead conditions are expected to get better as the Test progresses. We will have extra time from tomorrow as we look to make up for some of the lost overs today. For now though, it's still raining and the wait continues..

 

[Dan C]

ENG - 52/3

 

[WaxLyrical]

Expect low scores for he forseeable future -these guys must be rusty AF.

 

[Dan C]

ENG 106/5 (43.0)

Day 2: Lunch Break