chesilbeach Posted July 21, 2014 Posted July 21, 2014 I blame the commentators. Warne was commentating before lunch, saying what a great morning England have had, and if they can just survive the last few balls before lunch, India will need to think about how they can get the wickets, then Ali is out last ball before lunch! After lunch, Prior had started nicely, and Strauss makes a comment to that effect, then says that it's good news for England as once Prior settles in, he scores really well, at which point Sharma bowls the next ball and Prior swipes at the ball and is caught out. It was all downhill from there. Quote
Brian. Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 I woke up this morning to the news that Phillip Hughes has died after being hit in the head by a delivery from Sean Abbott. I think the whole cricket world is in shock because although there are injuries from fast balls in cricket they are rarely serious. One of the heartening things is seeing the way in which people are also rallying around Sean Abbott. I can't imagine how he and Phillip Hughes' family feels at the moment. Quote
chesilbeach Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 A terrible, terrible accident. When I saw that he'd been injured a couple of days ago, it sounded incredibly serious, but still a shock to wake up to the news this morning. My sympathies go out to his family, friends and team mates. Quote
Chrissy Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 I knew from the earlier reports that the initial injury was serious, but thought that he would recover eventually. The cricketing community have received a real body blow, and you can hear that in every statement that they have released. Such a sad time for all concerned. Quote
Devi Posted November 28, 2014 Posted November 28, 2014 (edited) The ball had hit a major artery and he bled into his brain. everyone is laying their bats at sporting events in respect for Hughes. I feel for the families on both sides, especially the bowler. Edited November 28, 2014 by Devi Quote
chesilbeach Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Quite enjoying the cricket world cup, well, at least as well as any England supporter can at the moment. At least we didn't completely embarrass ourselves against Scotland last night thanks to Moeen Ali … Bell looked a bit out of sorts still, and I didn't see the rest of the batsmen. I haven't seen any of the bowling, but a win's a win and we'll take it for now. Quote
chesilbeach Posted February 27, 2015 Posted February 27, 2015 Just got up in time to watch the last five overs of the South Africa innings against the West Indies. AB de Villiers was incredible … the stats for his innings are amazing, including 30 runs off the last over, bring SA score to 408 off their 50 overs!!! Quote
chesilbeach Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Just been catching up with last nights game between Australia and New Zealand … what happened there??? Australia make only 151 runs, and NZ seem to be going reasonably well, only to collapse but somehow manage to cling on and win by 1 wicket. Sounds like it much have been a good match to watch … shame it was overnight here. Might try and catch some highlights later on. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 I've barely seen any of the tournament, due to the times. Sounds like that was the first really exciting game, though. Quote
chesilbeach Posted April 13, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015 Just watching the last few overs of day one of WI v Eng, and thankfully Root, Bell and Stokes have managed to give us a decent score after the rash of early wickets, but Bell has just gone out for 143. Quote
Raven Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 Okay, so England have had a pretty torrid time of it lately, and I can see fans being desperate to get back to winning ways with an Ashes series looming, but I don't understand the widespread support Pietersen is getting, given his very public sulk book last year. He's burnt his bridges, why don't people understand that? Quote
shirley Posted May 20, 2015 Posted May 20, 2015 Yeah more cricket to watch from tomorrow England vs New Zealand hope they do better than they did against the west indies a couple of weeks ago. Don't you think that since there was such an uproar over Pietersen and his coming back into the side / no he's not talk was to take away from how awful the test team had performed against the west indies. Quote
Raven Posted May 20, 2015 Posted May 20, 2015 I wouldn't have said so, as most of the initial noise after the West Indies series seems to have been coming from the Pietersen camp (or rather his fans). There was always going to be a bit of a "What will happen next?" question mark hanging over Strauss coming into the set-up, but I don't think the press attention that followed was a deliberate attempt by the ECB to distract people from England's recent performances. If Cook thought he was under the microscope last year, that's nothing compared to the scrutiny he is going to be under over the next few weeks. If he has a poor series against New Zealand, either personally or as a team, he's going to be facing a lot of questions. Quote
Raven Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 Good recovery there by England, after a very dicey start. We always seem to stuff the first day of the first Test of the summer, somehow, so let's hope that early wobble was as bad as things will get this summer! Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Is this really England I'm watching??? Such a transformation since the World Cup, so exciting to watch. The world's gone mad Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted June 23, 2015 Posted June 23, 2015 First the ODIs, now the T20. What on Earth's going on?? This isn't natural Quote
shirley Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 The Ashes kicks off today, so hopeful for our team. Quote
Brian. Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 That was a thoroughly entertaining test match from an English point of view. The Aussies will come back better though, the Lords test should be a ripper. Quote
Raven Posted July 11, 2015 Posted July 11, 2015 ROOOOOOOT!!!!!! ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!! What a day! Quote
mirandashell Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 I saw on the CricInfo site that Brad Haddin won't be in the Lords Test for 'personal reasons'. Quote
chesilbeach Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Yes, the BBC have also reported it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/33524926 Quote
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