The cricket thread

sev112

What UK time do the tests run from and to?
im considering getting sky for the next month or 2

scrumhalf

sev112 said:

What UK time do the tests run from and to?
im considering getting sky for the next month or 2

They're on BT, and the UK hours of play vary according to which state they are playing in. 

Jonathangus

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guitars4you

scrumhalf said:

sev112 said:

What UK time do the tests run from and to?
im considering getting sky for the next month or 2

They're on BT, and the UK hours of play vary according to which state they are playing in. 

good hi-light shows on BT after - Think 2 or 3 slots during the day, so more friendly hours to catch up on the days play

guitars4you

Stuckfast said:

Who's staying up late tonight then? Will they really leave out Jimmy or is it a double bluff?

I've done it in the past - Not so sure this time - Previously I've gone to bed say 8pm UK - Get up at 12/midnight UK - Lie on the sofa with a duvet and nod off/wake up etc during the days play subject to action/interest - Then try and get an hours kip before work etc - But tough to do for 5 matches over 6-8 weeks

Will certainly try and get the early hi-lights show before I've caught up on any news reports/updates 

guitars4you

What have the Aussies cricket team and Santa got in common - They'll both be up all night sledging 

guitars4you

So what your thought pattern for the result of the Ashes - Can chat for ages about the merits of this v that etc - I think the Aussies have some advantages , but don't believe they hold all the picture cards  - I'm torn between a 3-1 or 3-0 series win for the Aussies

martiansunrise

It's pissing with rain in brizzy at the moment, so tonight may not be worth it, unless you want all the bluster that goes on at the start of the telly coverage

chris78

I generally stay up as long as possible for the ashes, but I can’t see anything other than a thumping for us.
The Aussies have 2 players averaging over 60 and a pace bowling attack. We’ve got 2 world class players and a team of right arm fast mediums yet again

sixstringsupplies

I'm on it all night. Got it all planned out (I do this every 4 years) and it always ends in tears.

I will essentially do a double shift - work hard and late today (less to do tomorrow) Got a lot more orders out the door today so I can feck a few off tomorrow until Thursday.

Take a nap at approx 8pm - wake up at 10:00. (stage one complete, just got up)
Coffee at 11pm

Soldering iron on with TMS when it starts, still can squeeze a few orders in tonight, ironically got a few to get ready for Australia in the morning.

This will end in tears when I tune into TMS later tonight and find out that rain severely delays play. What do I do? Do I have a beer? Or a coffee?

Dentist tomorrow morning  could be interesting.

I love the Ashes because we are always cautiously optimistic for the first day, until England are either 130 all out or Australia are 220-2 at close. Then it is business as usual.

Think England might raise a few eye brows though.

The beauty of this though is working from home. If I had to go into an office job tomorrow, I wouldn't bother.

Enjoy it anyway everyone!

crunchman

Oops!

Bowled around the legs first ball is the batting equivalent of the Harmy second slip ball.

scrumhalf

Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

I'll reserve judgement until both teams have batted, and maybe the rain will come intervene, but oh dear. 

skippy76

Not a great start, but a lot more cricket still to be played.

Good start for Patty Cummins though, he’s got to be happy with that 

axisus

I've had a lifetime of English cricket disasters so I'm used to it. A tad disappointing though as I thought we were better than that these days. No Anderson so I don't have high hopes of getting them out cheaply. Still, it's a game of four halves (?) so not over yet ...

sev112

Have we won?

Jonathangus

Joe Root saw the colour of the wicket and thought he was on a snooker table.

guitars4you

Glad I missed it - Fell asleep and went to bed at 11 with plans to watch when I woke up - Sounds like I had a better time than England - Typical game plan by the Aussies - Go in hard and see what they have 

Gassage

When Joe Root said he was perfectly prepared to march his players off the pitch I wasn't aware he meant in the first session of the series.

Tannin

Looks like a poor series ahead. England won't put up much fight against a ferocious Australian attack, and the England bowlers will, yet again, face the horrible task of trying to take fast wickets when you haven't got any sort of score to defend. 

..... Until we see some seamer's weather and the England attack start swinging the ball around. As always, Australia's bats will panic when it starts swinging, and the top order will collapse, handing England an easy victory. 

I predict a summer of boring three-day tests and innings victories, one way or the other. Call it 3-1 the series. 

The one wild card is the weather: it is a big La Niña year, which means cooler than average temperatures and lots of rain. Most of the excitement will be of the "can they get the last three wickets before it rains again" type.

chris78

I've only seen the highlights, but they looked undercooked to me (hardly surprising).
Burns's dismissal was a shocker, Malan shouldn't be playing at that and when the 2 best players get 0 & 5, you're in the brown stuff. Very odd not playing Broad on a green pitch, even if it's just to get in Warner's head