Official Cricket thread (18 Viewers)

[Ahmed]

it's been a helluva match...sporting wicket providing something for all involved...as usual, Kiwis get overawed by the occasion and lose the initiative in their 1st innings

 

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[Zé Tahir]

A belated celebration but Forza Lahore Badshah's

 

[jukazem]

Just saw the cricket news, that Bangladesh lost to Srilanka after reducing them to 5 wickets for 6 runs- must have been some atmosphere at that point. Lost to the heroics of Murali, what the heck! He couldn't even hold the bat properly some time back.

 

[Ahmed]

loooool the Poms got destroyed by the Windies! 51 all out to lose the Test by an innings! :rofl2: :rofl2:

 

[Red]

England have responded pretty well to their humiliation in the first Test.

Flintoff versus Gayle is good at the moment.

 

[Zé Tahir]

Do you guys prefer the ICL or the IPL?

 

[Red]

I only really like Test cricket.

The last hour of Windies v England was great: big, aggressive, fast bowlers bowling with a slip cordon 30 yards long.

Magic.

 

[bianconero]

Oh, for Michael Holding to be elegantly running toward the wicket.

 

[Zé Tahir]

I only really like Test cricket.

The last hour of Windies v England was great: big, aggressive, fast bowlers bowling with a slip cordon 30 yards long.

Magic.

Not many people can say that. You must be a true gentlemen of the game

 

[Red]

I like the slower more tactical play of Test matches. That's what sets it apart from other sports.

Any game in which you play for five days, stop for lunch and tea, and it can still end in a draw, can only be good.

Quickfire slogging doesn't really interest me that much. And I was bored within about 20 minutes when I went to some baseball in the US.

 

[Zé Tahir]

I can only watch a Test match if it's between India and Pakistan.

 

[Red]

Pffft.

That's not a real Test, it's just a wee friendly game.

 

[Zé Tahir]

Yeah, real friendly

Btw, have you ever seen the famous (I only found out about it yesterday ) underarm incidence in a test match between Australia and New Zeeland?

 

[Red]

Yeah, it's a pretty infamous moment.


All terribly unsporting, but I would probably have done the same thing.

 

[Zé Tahir]

Yeah, it's a pretty infamous moment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmEJxsFE0CY

All terribly unsporting, but I would probably have done the same thing.

Aye, I would have probably as well. I see it as more of a failure of the host for not banning it in the rule book.

 

[bianconero]

I once watched Graeme Thorpe score 4 runs over 6 of the longest hours of my life.


Test cricket is the crown, and the one day a bit of fun.

 

[Zé Tahir]

I once watched Graeme Thorpe score 4 runs over 6 of the longest hours of my life.


Test cricket is the crown, and the one day a bit of fun.

 

[Red]

I once watched Graeme Thorpe score 4 runs over 6 of the longest hours of my life.

Awesome.

I just wish Geoff Boycott wasn't before my time. He was supposedly a legendarily slow run scorer.

 

[Ahmed]

Test cricket is king, ODIs are gripping contests occasionally...T20 is great for the masses, but ultimately becomes horribly haphazard and lacking in finesse

 

[Red]

Exactly.