for an ad-free Fetcheveryone experience!

Cricket Thread

2 lurkers | 108 watchers

Nicholls595 Jan 2024 4:36pm, 29 Jan 2024 31,481 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Root?
paulcook Jan 2024 4:37pm, 29 Jan 2024 4,192 posts	Quote Pin paulcook I'd guess Ben Duckett. For reference, Ben Foakes' dad was a professional football referee. Some sporting pedigree in this team.
Cerrertonia Jan 2024 4:38pm, 29 Jan 2024 20,461 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia A clue that will pretty much give it away - the person in question was a sprint & conditioning coach at Widnes and later Wigan in the 1980s, for people like Martin Offiah, Ellery Hanley, Shaun Edwards etc.
paulcook Jan 2024 4:40pm, 29 Jan 2024 4,193 posts	Quote Pin paulcook That probably means it is Tom Hartley given the above info from ocelot.
Cerrertonia Jan 2024 4:42pm, 29 Jan 2024 20,462 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia Yes, Bill Hartley won a 4x400m European gold in 1974, and later combined running the family's garden centre with being on of the coaching team at Wigan. He himself only played cricket at school.
57.5 Days of Pain Jan 2024 4:46pm, 29 Jan 2024 16,675 posts	Quote Pin 57.5 Days of Pain Did Tom's grandad write imaginary fishing books?
Nicholls595 Feb 2024 7:07am, 2 Feb 2024 31,494 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Not sure what I'm watching? Do we know how many Test wickets Oooo Jimmy has got by bowling half trackers with 3 men out for the miss timed hook or pull?
jda Feb 2024 7:32am, 2 Feb 2024 16,368 posts	Quote Pin jda It’s the same trick of lulling them into a false sense of security. I’ll wait to hear from Nostradamus Duckett before criticising anything they do!
rf_fozzy Feb 2024 7:54am, 2 Feb 2024 21,487 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Apparently the short ball is a weakness of Shreyas. Problem is it's a difficult plan to execute with a single pace bowler, no matter who it is
Cerrertonia Feb 2024 9:02am, 2 Feb 2024 20,490 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia Looks like a far better wicket to bat on than Hyderabad was. India have won every test they've played on this ground, I think.