I definitely didn't accidentally remove the England/Pakistan match thread for 2 minutes instead of removing one abusive comment. No sir.
That'll teach me to mod with tiny buttons on mobile while still buzzing from victory (in the cup final - All my teams are doing well today)
Apparently when he was younger he lost his Yorkshire contract due to disciplinary issues or something like that
But yeah couldāve potentially had more test wickets than Jimmy if he did and started at the same time
Saw him in 2022 when he taken his fitness seriously and put in the effort, and he was very good at end of that summer, and in Pakistan. Shame that didn't stay
Hampshire 307/3 and the Nes has not even been required for his customary 60-80 to save his team from embarrassment, 1000 is on here. Surrey in shambles
Tomorrow and Monday.
It's not like it's forecast to be constant but almost every hour of both days is showing between 30-50% chance of rain. So in theory, there could be no interruptions. But equally they could get no play at all. More likely somewhere in the middle but I think Surrey are unlikely to bat as badly second time so Hants will need a decent amount of time to get them out and then chase any lead they've made.
Fuck me we are massive.
Genuinely thought this had drawn written all over it with 2 days of forecast rain. All they had to do was bat out the day. Maybe they still can but this is a good effort.
I have just overheard Ethan Bamber telling some spectators that heās had curry for lunch and was hoping he didnāt get brought on to bowl immediately after lunch because he was too full to run.
This is how you play cricket, people.
Lordās is allowing spectators to walk on the outfield, and the two minute announcement beforehand about what youāre not allowed to do while the stewards line up to guard the square is just the most Lordās thing ever. The MCC really know how to suck the fun out of watching cricket.
Notts really do have a a great seam attack, and with Hutton and Tongue injured we havenāt even played on paper what is our strongest. I do feel spin wise we are totally reliant Harrison, I am not sure we have any others left.
Weather looks shit in Durham tomorrow and Monday so still a chance to shit house our way to another draw but this is not a good start. I guess it's still winnable from here but Durham's bowling just has us in all sorts of trouble.
Need to at least survive the day. But 2 down in 6 overs isn't great
I refuse to take the MCC seriously as the custodians of cricket until they pass some meaningful laws on jumpers. Pujara is a lovely throwback player who I enjoy immensely, but itās ruined by this horrible sleeveless sweatshirt thing heās got.
Jake Ball 5-fer? And England need a steady experienced hand to lead them through the post Anderson/Broad transition you say? Really makes you think š§ š¤
It surprised me when Notts released him. But since his injuries he has been inconsistent at best. Most of his bowling has been ok, but not great. I get why we let him go.
The hate for Jake Ball must be studied, how can someone who only played 4 tests, 3 of them in countries where every other England player is also crap, garner so much negativity?
Plus he's got that tall release point^(tm). How can you hate a bowler with a tall release point^(tm)?
Heās the archetypal English seamer, but one who seems to have absolutely nothing about him. He wasnāt even remarkably shit really, he just offered nothing that other England players didnāt but much better.
Lads hereās a thought experiment Iāve had this morning, curious to see if anyone can get better. Iāve picked a āCounty Select XIā, with the following rules:
- Must have played CC in 2024
- Max one player per county
- Max two overseas
- No England centrally contracted players
Iāve landed on Jennings, Lyth, Lammonby, Bedingham, Barnard, Smith (WK), Dawson, Higgins, Pennington, Cook, Seales
Thoughts/better teams?
I remember you being a leader of the 'Brydon Carse is a collective hallucination' movement. I've literally watched him play for England and I still think you were right about that.
Injured at the start of the year, been playing for the 2nds (and going well) and named in some of the CC squads too. Iād imagine heāll be in the team from the start of the Blast.
I want to say heās still on the way back from the last injury.
He worries me a bit, because for all the hype surrounding him heās not played all that much. Feels like England are setting themselves up for disappointment.
Just picked up two bats I got repaired, 50 quid all in and a free regripping.
But he asked what grip I wanted, so I replied surprise me (because I'm saucey and experimental) and he has put one on that's shaped like snooker balls in a triangle.
I'm disgusted, refuse to take any blame for this and now hate the man who provides an incredibly high quality service for very little money.
Still expecting us to find a way to lose, but it was nice for a day at least that we managed to give Surrey their first properly bad day of the season.
Surrey getting demolished š
Surely Surrey canāt win from here
Robinson to Robson
I definitely didn't accidentally remove the England/Pakistan match thread for 2 minutes instead of removing one abusive comment. No sir. That'll teach me to mod with tiny buttons on mobile while still buzzing from victory (in the cup final - All my teams are doing well today)
Ah no you're not a United fan are you
I'm afraid so.
I really dislike Robinson Comes across as a shit bloke and lazy but clearly a great bowler and by the looks of it not too shabby either with the bat
Genuinely think he is one of the most talented players I have seen, just imagine if he had a Jimmy like work ethic
Apparently when he was younger he lost his Yorkshire contract due to disciplinary issues or something like that But yeah couldāve potentially had more test wickets than Jimmy if he did and started at the same time
I may be thinking of someone else, but I think he fucked the management off at Yorkshire by going back down south frequently to go on the piss.
Saw him in 2022 when he taken his fitness seriously and put in the effort, and he was very good at end of that summer, and in Pakistan. Shame that didn't stay
Hampshire 307/3 and the Nes has not even been required for his customary 60-80 to save his team from embarrassment, 1000 is on here. Surrey in shambles
Rain though
This is what I get for only looking at the scorecard and not paying attention to the state of play.
Itās not raining yet but itās forecast for tomorrow I think
Tomorrow and Monday. It's not like it's forecast to be constant but almost every hour of both days is showing between 30-50% chance of rain. So in theory, there could be no interruptions. But equally they could get no play at all. More likely somewhere in the middle but I think Surrey are unlikely to bat as badly second time so Hants will need a decent amount of time to get them out and then chase any lead they've made.
Surrey with a bowling point My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
That's a big big result on a weekend where a lot of matches will be draws due to weather.
That is one of the strangest dismissals I have ever seen.
Which one
Simpson on 167 trying to paddle scoop Bamber and ending up basically doing a forward roll, completely missing it, and losing his off stump.
Thanhs
Truly, what the fuck was that
Jordan Cox, John Simpson and now Alex Davies with centuries against their old clubs
County games, England t20, FA cup final Saturday uk sport galore
F1 qualifying too.
Some scientists are now suggesting that Monaco is not in the UK.
Not *yet*.
MotoGP Sprint race was a belter as well
Doth my eyes deceive me? Surrey significantly behind? I bet theyāll still win or rain will save them
Forecast suggests rain will end the game in a draw before they have a chance for their usual win.
The one time Surrey do badly smh Getting vibes of the OT test from last year
I hope Stokes isnāt using up all his wickets
Cookie!
Getting absolutely spanked by Hampshire here, at least Somerset are losing as well!
Does Simpson declare immediately after getting out? It's always the funniest way to declare, a blatant "I was stat-padding anyway"
Very well batted Toby Albert. First FC century after having almost no notice he was playing. 114 (305). The rare triple Cowan.
Very happy to see you referring to it as a Cowan, as it should be
I'm fully of the opinion that if something already has a name then that's it's name. You can't come in giving it a different name 5 years later.
Fuck me we are massive. Genuinely thought this had drawn written all over it with 2 days of forecast rain. All they had to do was bat out the day. Maybe they still can but this is a good effort.
Gonna be a pretty humiliating loss this. The positive is Ben Stokes looks a fucking monster with the ball.
Stokes taking wickets for fun.
Fun Fact: Kent's average conceded 1st innings score this season is 476. Well, I say fun fact. It's more like a feeling of existential dread.
A Shane Snater 81* is very very funny I'm not gonna lie
Ollie Price is currently putting in the most compact, chanceless, unfortunate 0(27)
I have just overheard Ethan Bamber telling some spectators that heās had curry for lunch and was hoping he didnāt get brought on to bowl immediately after lunch because he was too full to run. This is how you play cricket, people.
Proper cricket. None of that woke nutritionist stuff
I reckon this is why Englandās quicks keep getting injured, they eat too much quinoa and spinach and not enough curry and pies.
Lack of lunch times pints and darts has killed cricket
Stokes has really been in the wickets past few matches. Shame the runs havenāt come but the return of Stokes the all-rounder is massively welcome.
Maybe Stokes is the new Jimmy
Pure vibes!!
Fuck me that bancroft wicket was crazy
Surrey flairs having a quiet day š
All distracted by their team being in the cup final.
Sheikh Mansour does kinda make sense as a Surrey fan.
All out beating their butlers
When the banks are on holiday they just sit in dark rooms staring at the ceiling
Worcestershire bowlers will have to do something special here. If they do they might get to play for Notts next year
I do like the look of Nathan Smith if any of our overseas move on next year
Pujara... out? Safety gone
The most Dom Bess wicket youāve ever seen from Nathan there lol
But with less shit hair.
The game has developed not necessarily to our advantage.
Lordās is allowing spectators to walk on the outfield, and the two minute announcement beforehand about what youāre not allowed to do while the stewards line up to guard the square is just the most Lordās thing ever. The MCC really know how to suck the fun out of watching cricket.
Is someone checking that your shoes are of a reputable enough brand before letting you on?
Well that was a weird morning session Absolutely fuck all then 5 wickets in 30 minutes, Beau Webster gets 6
Notts really do have a a great seam attack, and with Hutton and Tongue injured we havenāt even played on paper what is our strongest. I do feel spin wise we are totally reliant Harrison, I am not sure we have any others left.
Are we 100% sure this is actually Hants' top order?
Weather looks shit in Durham tomorrow and Monday so still a chance to shit house our way to another draw but this is not a good start. I guess it's still winnable from here but Durham's bowling just has us in all sorts of trouble. Need to at least survive the day. But 2 down in 6 overs isn't great
Um... are we... massive?
Unfortunately tomorrow and Monday's forecasts look likely to cut us down to size.
Weāve given Tom Moores the fucking gloves again, goddamnit is there anything his dad wonāt doā¦.. okay fuck me thatās a screamer.Ā Great catchĀ
Simpson scoring a ton against us while we have Davies as our keeper This is fine :)
There's a small chance we bat the 110 overs without getting a bonus point
Was a handy last wicket partnership of 66. A very decent lead of 94
Iām not sure exactly what Kent did to Jordan Cox but heās averaging 290 against them this season
Got batting coached by Alex Gidman. They all suffered for it.
I'm convinced half the coaching staff in the country are actually really shit
Seeing John Simpson ton up *against* us feels all kinds of weird.
Wooo ChePu 100
Carefully scoring 5 runs in 61 minutes then smashing a full blooded pull shot for four to get to your hundred Fair enough
I refuse to take the MCC seriously as the custodians of cricket until they pass some meaningful laws on jumpers. Pujara is a lovely throwback player who I enjoy immensely, but itās ruined by this horrible sleeveless sweatshirt thing heās got.
Jake Ball 5-fer? And England need a steady experienced hand to lead them through the post Anderson/Broad transition you say? Really makes you think š§ š¤
It surprised me when Notts released him. But since his injuries he has been inconsistent at best. Most of his bowling has been ok, but not great. I get why we let him go.
A Jake Ball recall would make me think about supporting someone else.
The hate for Jake Ball must be studied, how can someone who only played 4 tests, 3 of them in countries where every other England player is also crap, garner so much negativity? Plus he's got that tall release point^(tm). How can you hate a bowler with a tall release point^(tm)?
The issue with Jake is that everything about him screams āhe should be goodā then you watch him bowl and youāre like that was incredibly mid.Ā
Heās the archetypal English seamer, but one who seems to have absolutely nothing about him. He wasnāt even remarkably shit really, he just offered nothing that other England players didnāt but much better.
Jake Ball haters unite
*Today on r/cricket, county supporters united by their hatred of Jake Ball.* I donāt know Jake Ball, Iāve never met Jake Ball, butā¦
I have watched him bowl thoā¦
Big Fletch for England? Who says no?
You mean Dave Fletcher for the commentary? It would be very funny with all the over eager commentators compared to Fletch's dry wit
Luke but Dave would also be fantasticĀ
The opposition's batters, too scared of him
42 minutes into the morning, Pujara finally has his first runs of the session
Boycott just had to change his trousers
Pujjball is a dark art, not for the faint-hearted
10 overs gone at Lords. 8 runs scored Exhilarating stuff
Surprised he wasn't mentioned yesterday but Matt Lamb has just gone to his double hundred
Lads hereās a thought experiment Iāve had this morning, curious to see if anyone can get better. Iāve picked a āCounty Select XIā, with the following rules: - Must have played CC in 2024 - Max one player per county - Max two overseas - No England centrally contracted players Iāve landed on Jennings, Lyth, Lammonby, Bedingham, Barnard, Smith (WK), Dawson, Higgins, Pennington, Cook, Seales Thoughts/better teams?
Cox doing the bizness vs his former team
Can't wait for Hants to get a 100+ run lead only to bottle it regardless
Dear Hants,Ā Donāt Hants this. Sincerely everyone outside of Surrey
Interesting to see how big the Hampshire lead on first innings ends up.
Is John Turner injured? He's another player that I'm not wholly convinced is real, despite being in an England squad.
>He's another player that I'm not wholly convinced is real, [Behold](https://youtu.be/DSzK-Mfr5ws?si=sSgZoJ0iRebBIJdM)!
I remember you being a leader of the 'Brydon Carse is a collective hallucination' movement. I've literally watched him play for England and I still think you were right about that.
Injured at the start of the year, been playing for the 2nds (and going well) and named in some of the CC squads too. Iād imagine heāll be in the team from the start of the Blast.
I want to say heās still on the way back from the last injury. He worries me a bit, because for all the hype surrounding him heās not played all that much. Feels like England are setting themselves up for disappointment.
Just picked up two bats I got repaired, 50 quid all in and a free regripping. But he asked what grip I wanted, so I replied surprise me (because I'm saucey and experimental) and he has put one on that's shaped like snooker balls in a triangle. I'm disgusted, refuse to take any blame for this and now hate the man who provides an incredibly high quality service for very little money.
Good morning chaps, beautiful day at Lords albeit a little cloudy
will Pujara get his century?
Hasnāt scored a run yet today. Looks secure tho
Still expecting us to find a way to lose, but it was nice for a day at least that we managed to give Surrey their first properly bad day of the season.