In hospitality, so thankfully not
Test cricket is dull
110-9
SA 118ao
Eng 28-1 in reply
43-2 and a lost review.
43-2 and a lost review.
should put the SA back in then just go for it on our last innings if not already a draw by the time we get to our second innings.
Why on earth did Crawley review that, it was as plumb as you will ever see. Desperation I suppose, he was struggling to lay bat on ball.
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133-6
Throwing wickets away
Elgar gone lbw to Broad - should have reviewed it!
Unbelievable error from Elgar, he didnāt even wait for the umpireās finger to go up. The ball would have missed a fourth stump, he will be seriously pissed off when he watches that again.
146-7 Stokes got Jansen last ball before tea
Huge effort from him & other bowlers
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146-8 straight after tea
TBF everyone watching assumed it was plumb. England would have appealed and lost their 3rd review four overs earlier than they did.
And Jimmy wraps it up. England need 130 to win
60-0 drinks 70 requiered
Stupid umpires take the teams off for bad light with England requiring 33 runs and a possible 45 mins to get them If the flood lights are on whats the problem or are the floodlights shite ?
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Absolutely right. To be fair I suppose the umpireās hands are tied, when it reaches a certain level on the monitor they are obliged to come off. No room for common sense or recognition of the state of play these days, probably health and safety trumps all.
Crawley was under a lot of pressure going out there, and to be fair he played really nicely. Had his lucky moments but heās probably earned those. Without prejudice I sort of understand why they are sticking with him, there have been too many times over the years when the selectors have allowed the press to decide who gets dropped. Form is temporary but class is permanent etc, and thereās no doubt when heās on song he is class, quality shots, especially off the back foot and superb timing. Just a shame he showed it at the end of the summer instead of the beginning, but I hope he kicks on now.
T20 and the Hundred play with floodlights. Utter crap decision
Aah, but they use a white ball.
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Yeah if only the floodlights could show the red oneā¦
Once upon a time.
In Lahore.
A Barmy Army member asked Mark Nicholas & Bumble why, if cricket stadiums had floodlights, why they werenāt switched on when the light got bad.
The reply? Oh, thatās a bloody obvious question, why had nobody asked it.
So they did right then.
And that was my contribution to modern Test Match cricket because they did
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