Lol us...

Lol our media giving us a decent shot of chasing 630

One time!!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...the-Ashes.html

I had a dream that Jimmy Anderson scored a double hundred playing number 11 without a partner.

Would be interesting to see how CA feel about this

I'm there are a few Saffas who have nightmares about Onions batting at no' 11

I think they'd feel pretty good about it tbh because a) Warne is still the best spinner in Australia (and perhaps the world) b) him coming out of retirement would be an awesome tool for them to promote a marathon 10 test series.

Would be harsh on Lyon who I think has done a pretty decent job but there's nothing like a wrist spinner who can land them. We would have almost certainly won in Adelaide if Warne was playing - in the end South Africa left there with all the momentum and that cost us the series.

Congratulations Alastair, record 23rd century for England. Hopefully KP will equal it tomorrow.

6.5 years to do it too. Really impressive. Could easily make another 23.

Only 27 aswell, a few more records to come

lol India, lol MSD, stick to t20's brah.

It's a bit grim watching England batting with three grinders at 1,2 and 3. It's almost as bad as Gooch, Boycott and Tavare. I'd like to see Bell opening instead of Compton.

Watching at airport with no sound and bizarre live subtitles. 500 before close please

England batted themselves to a draw today.

Lol draw. Have you seen indias batting?

Bit of an overreaction. Trott just ****ing bores me though.

Warne 2.0 overs 41 runs!!!

The ultimate borefest will be when Cook is out first and we get Compton and Trott in together.

On this match I will be very surprised if India bat well enough to get a draw. If ever they needed a hundred from Tendulkar it's now.

He is pretty boring (Trott), but I think England still got 293 or something like that during the day. Pretty good effort really and should be enough.

Lol Mike Hesson

Lol Ross Taylor

Lol Nz Cricket ( even more than b4)

I just don't get how anyone can criticize Taylor's captaincy when there is only one decent batsman in the whole of NZ and their best bowler is their bowling coach.

Good Job Engerrland

We should do a draft.

In

In for a draft

Would prefer something historical rather then recent though. Test team draft would be cool, provided we eliminate obvious #1 from the game.

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20/20 Big Bash has started this weekend in Australia.

Same 8 teams as last year, though some players have changed teams.

Sydney Sixers have the best team, and added Warner to the team, so will be the team to beat. Melbourne Stars and Scorchers will probably be the biggest threats.

Some of the bigger names to drop in this season include Murali (hilariously playing for Warnes cross town rival the Renegades) as well as the crew from last year.

Prediction

Sixers
Stars
Scorchers
Renegades
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Strikers
Heat
Hurricanes
Thunder

One of the new tech gimmicks is to have LEDs on the stumps that illuminate the moment that the stumps are broken which is pretty bad. They still have the radio contact with players as well which is very interesting to watch.

I went to the Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder match on Saturday night while I was over there for a poker tournament last week. A local derby on a weekend, no A-league game on, nothing else really going on, and there were only 15k people there, which is probably a sign that the buzz of 20/20 is certainly wearing off as a gimmick, and will only get worse, as happened to 50 over cricket over the last 20 years.

10/10 cricket coming in 2025 obv...

Test cricket draft. Any player from history is eligible. 12 players per team. Thoughts?