The cricket thread

guitars4you

Probably going to be a long hard slog tomorrow so be patient - That 2nd new ball will probably be vital - Come on guys !!!!

Dopesick

Du Plessis gone - Malan still there solid as a rock but hopefully get another quick wicket from the middle order and victory shouldn't be far off.

crunchman

Second new ball not far off.  England should win from here.

scrumhalf

Need a minimum of two wickets this session, and it'll be a huge test of Root's captaincy.

And Jimmy hasn't come out after lunch, let's hope he's mid-dump or something like that, don't think we can win without him. 

scrumhalf

Jimmy's back out and so is Malan! Five down. 

RandallFlagg

Got him! Stokes has got velcro on his hands.

Dopesick

Thought Malan was gonna do an Athers circa-1996 innings then. If they don't win this then they need a clip round the ear.

scrumhalf

Denly's proving to be quite useful. Can he tempt de Kock into an indiscretion? 

scrumhalf

Buttler may get into trouble for calling Philander a "fucking nobhead". 

crunchman

scrumhalf said:

Buttler may get into trouble for calling Philander a "fucking nobhead". 

So if he gets banned, all we need to do is nobble Bairstow and they might be forced to call up Foakes.

scrumhalf

One hour to go...

I'm not optimistic. 

Dopesick

Two more to go....fuck!

Dopesick

ONE MORE! Fuckkkkk yes

guitars4you

Getting beyond nail biting now  - COME ON !!!!!!!!!!!!

scrumhalf

Great catch by Zak. 

guitars4you

One more to Go

RandallFlagg

It's that fella Stokes again!

scrumhalf

Yessss!!!!

Four day tests? No thank you. 

Dopesick

Stokes you absolute stud.

crunchman

RandallFlagg said:

It's that fella Stokes again!

He has become a real quality player.  His overall stats are ok, but he wasn't the finished article when he started out.

Since the start of 2016, he's averaged 40 with the bat, and 29 with the ball.