Cricket thread 2020: executing our skillsets

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Hahah, Joe Root now realising it really is up to him.

[Inspector Norse]

Root's bowling average now lower than his batting average, sign of a truly world-class all-rounder.

[Thursday]

"Morning let's check the... oh fuck"

[Chedney Honks]

Hentai programme wobbling like a set of cartoon flaps.

[druss]

Wonderful first wicket stand here, inspirational stuff from the lads.

[Inspector Norse]

"He played pretty nicely for his 13"

Yes Athers, thanks

[druss]

Best opening partnership of the tour though, got to give them that.

[Thursday]

Burns is back for India right? I mean it's not like he's guaranteed to be much better, but it's something.

[druss]

You know things are bad when the BBC live text feels the need to point out that Sibley is doing really well so far by making it to double figures.

[Inspector Norse]

Sky commentators saying Sri Lanka have got their plan wrong for Sibley.

Because he's been so fluent and prolific all series, you know.

[sevendaughters]

Aggers made predictable hay of the ball landing in the paint, felt like I was at an after-dinner speech.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Burns is back for India right? I mean it's not like he's guaranteed to be much better, but it's something.

Totally failed in the subcontinent last time out and looked all at sea, sorry to report.

[Inspector Norse]

Jonny Bairstow's scores in the series: 47, 35*, 28, 29

It's like Denly never left

[finnquark]

Aggers made predictable hay of the ball landing in the paint, felt like I was at an after-dinner speech.

Cook currently sounding like a failed Viscount, relating some insanely tedious farming anecdote.

[jobotic]

Yep, couldn't give a fuck about "Cookie's" enormous lawn.

I hope some poor people move onto it.

[sevendaughters]

Cook currently sounding like a failed Viscount, relating some insanely tedious farming anecdote.

he started it when I put some eggs on the heat and hadn't finished by the time I was plating up

[Harry Badger]

ECB being very optimistic scheduling fixtures at Lord's, Edgbaston and Cardiff. We aren't even that hopeful of being able to play our little nine-team social league.

[Thursday]

DEAD SOON

[Inspector Norse]

Root's record in fourth innings is pretty lame (like Steve Smith in that regard)

[finnquark]

he started it when I put some eggs on the heat and hadn't finished by the time I was plating up

I marked 2 essays during the anecdote, which was unbearably shit even by his hokey standards. Who have we got on Talksport for the next series? Got to be better than this.

The broadcast team includes talkSPORT cricket regulars, Darren Gough, Mark Nicholas, Mark Butcher, Matt Prior, Steve Harmison, Gareth Batty, Alex Tudor, Neil Manthorp, Jarrod Kimber, Jon Norman, Guy Swindells and Andrew McKenna.

Oh.

[sevendaughters]

is it just me - am not an audiophile - but is the production on TalkSport's cricket coverage a bit more brash than TMS, which reminds me of brass polish and World of Leather. or is it just the acrid stink of Richard Desmond pouring out of Darren Gough's mouth?

[Harry Badger]

Well, there's a lot more tiresome banter if that's what you mean.

[Thursday]

I feel like we've been extremely lucky with umpire's calls... it's like the umpires are looking at these and thinking " It'll only just be hitting the wickets, so that's umpire call, not out"

[Inspector Norse]

Buttler needs five for his fifty, England need two to win. What price him sending the ball sailing off ahead of England's plane to Chennai?

[Thursday]

Feels like a very good win... but then Sri Lanka are shite. I feel like that's going to be overlooked.

[Inspector Norse]

Buttler needs five for his fifty, England need two to win. What price him sending the ball sailing off ahead of England's plane to Chennai?

Did it in singles, how boring.

[sevendaughters]

yeah SL were absolute wazz there, huge respect to Angelo Mathews and Embuldeniya for dragging it to respectability. India 4-0. Put a monkey on it.

[Mr Eggs]

A harsh test on the sub (Gay) continent.

Contributions. Everycunt hates YJB.

[Mr Eggs]

I was expecting more from his interview. On his neck.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Yep, couldn't give a fuck about "Cookie's" enormous lawn.

I hope some poor people move onto it.

Quickly corrected someone that he lived in Bedfordshire, not Essex.

Aggers was bragging about a haunch of venison he was barbecuing yesterday.

Hot off the back of Ramprakash saying that public school boys are the only ones worth teaching cricket to because they listen. Went totally unchallenged.