🏏 :engerland: England (and :walesisntit: Wales) Cricket 2024

Call up Vince

Athers & Broad fighting each other to put Oasis references into comms trying to blag free tickets

Woakes hone for 5 bit of a slapper to cover
196-6 lead by lots

431

Atkinson tries z reverse hook.

And is gone for 14

221-7

All eyes on Root on 84

2,000 runs at Lords, only 15 behind Gooch’s record

And now he’s passed him, most runs at Lords to add to his other records

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30 minutes
5 runs and now a wicket for Woakes
60-÷ Jayasuriya gone

Atkinson MotM
7 fer and a ton vs 2 ton Root.

Win by 196 runs

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Why not?

3rd Test. The Oval.

Mr Useless loses yet another toss and we will bat. Overcast and the lights are on.

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Let’s hope he improves on the DRS 8–Pope 0 scoreline.

Lawrence gets in an awkward position and spoons one up for a easy catch by gully

Lawrence 5 (21)

:engerland: 45-1 from 9.2 overs

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Off for drizzzle/bad light - early lunch

:engerland: 76-1 at (early) lunch

Back on at 3.10.

103-1
Duckett 62 Pope 30

Duckett on 86 survives an LBW review on Umpires call.
86 off 75 139-1
And he’s ct behind off his umpteenth lap shot

140-2

150 up in 27th over
Pope has a 50
SL not enjoying being out in cold wet conditions with floodlights on

That will guarantee him the next half dozen tests. Hopefully not as Captain.

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Brook tried very hard for 40 minutes to get out.
Been dropped, given out and overturned on review ,not this time
Gone for a scratchy 19
261-4 Pope on 132