Cricket Thread

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57.5 Degrees of Pain 12:38pm 12:38pm, 9 Oct 2024 22,396 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain lammo wrote:Seems it's batting track I was concerned about whether it was our bowling deficiency to start with Did Olly Stone take one look at the wicket and quickly schedule himself a wedding?
fetcheveryone 12:45pm 12:45pm, 9 Oct 2024 31,129 posts	0 fetcheveryone The next test starts at the same ground in six days time. I hope the wicket does a bit more.
fetcheveryone 12:51pm 12:51pm, 9 Oct 2024 31,130 posts	0 fetcheveryone We're going at 5.08/over (Pakistan got their runs at 3.73/over) 6.5 sessions left in the game = 205 overs. Bat for 80 overs = 406 runs = lead of 320. 120 overs to see if we can cause an upset.
paulcook 12:55pm 12:55pm, 9 Oct 2024 6,648 posts	0 paulcook Remarkably Root only has 1164 Test runs this year. I say only, as he's got more runs 3x himself, and more than 50 others ahead of him. And this is his 5th century of the year. Remarkable stuff.
fetcheveryone 1:10pm 1:10pm, 9 Oct 2024 31,131 posts	0 fetcheveryone Anyway, around about now I like to stop for a nice cup of Tapal Tea.
Derby Tup 1:29pm 1:29pm, 9 Oct 2024 68,246 posts	0 Derby Tup Tea and biscuits (often Nice biscuits or similar) are always well received in South Asia in my experience
Pothunter 2:39pm 2:39pm, 9 Oct 2024 9,509 posts	0 Pothunter fetcheveryone wrote:The next test starts at the same ground in six days time. I hope the wicket does a bit more. They should carry the scores over from this test and make a 10-dayer