International Cricket Thread

[Etienne]

Who ripped up the script.

[ursus arctos]

This lunch time piece on the history of Channel Nine's cricket coverage is superb

[Kevin S]

What's the formula - double your score from the 30th over? If England can just hold this together... Nine wins to one still a possibility.

[Janik]

I think that assumes you have more than 2 wickets left.

This is supposed to be a good batting track from the reportage. I've been watching the tennis instead (and some of the Football until the outcome was entirely clear), so can only ask if it would it be fair to say England have choked?

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

England win by one wicket. Jos Buttler with a ridiculously good unbeaten ton

[Janik]

So, OK, England choked then Australia choked worse??

[Kevin S]

Delicious.

[nmrfox]

WI blown out for just 93 in their second innings in the decisive test in Barbados. SL need a nervy 144 for the series win with Shannon Gabriel looking especially hostile; albeit wickets doesn't mean economy. This could be very interesting.

[nmrfox]

Kemar Roche opens the bowling to a makeshift opener (Gunathilaka) with Shai Hope keeping wicket thanks to injuries to Perera and Dowrich.

[Etienne]

Stumps at 81-5, chasing 144. Holder with 4-21. You'd think Kusal Mendis would be the key here.

[nmrfox]

Surprisingly he wasnt; dismissed early on for 25 by the excellent Jason Holder. The Perera chaps batted sensibly and courageously to see SL home by 4 wickets and a very good series win.

[Greenlander]

Surprisingly he wasnt; dismissed early on for 25 by the excellent Jason Holder. The Perera chaps batted sensibly and courageously to see SL home by 4 wickets and a very good series win.

Series drawn 1-1, no?

[nmrfox]

Indeed - confused by the fact that they are the first Asian team to win a test at the Kensington Oval. Could have sworn they won the second test but the scorebooks prove me very wrong.

[E10 Rifle]

More absolutely insane hitting by Buttler in the T20. Ridiculous stuff

[Vicarious Thrillseeker]

More absolutely insane hitting by Buttler in the T20. Ridiculous stuff

His hitting is just that - makes me laugh out loud it's so unique

[Tubby Isaacs]

Amelia Kerr giving it a nice bit of air. 2 wickets in one over, both caught on the offside off skyers. Follows it with a vicious wrong un.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Kerr's just been hit for 6. Throws the next ball up anyway.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Commentator thinks Kerr's giving it too much flight. Went for a couple of fours at the end. 2-28 off her 4.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Chloe Tryon can hit em, Christ. 34 off 13.

[Ray de Galles]

Fantastically audible “FUCK IT!” from Porterfield picked up on the stump mic as he is bowled to make it 16-2 for Ireland in their T20 against India.

[SouthdownRebel]

And it was only downhill from there as they were bowled out for 70. All part of the learning curve, Brian.

[Kevin S]

Thanks for the heads up, Harry, this is glorious.
https://twitter.com/PeterDellaPenna/...721970688?s=19

https://twitter.com/PeterDellaPenna/status/1012745473721970688?s=19

[Antepli Ejderha]

Not really international cricket but FreeSports is showing the Global T20 at 8.50 tonight, it's the tournament that marks the return of Smith and Warner.

[Satchmo Distel]

You could have deleted 'international' from that sentence. Why is Canada staging T20s?

[Duncan Gardner]

Fantastically audible “FUCK IT!” from Porterfield picked up on the stump mic as he is bowled to make it 16-2 for Ireland in their T20 against India

Ha ha. We metropolitan sophisticates can't normally understand a thing he says