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lammo Jul 2017 11:37am, 11 Jul 2017 7,825 posts	0 lammo Where is TRO with a moan about what Trent bridge will hold for us? Also, to tell us we are looking at a false dawn and its all going to come crashing down around our ears...
Atonal Miserabilist (AFKA TRO) Jul 2017 2:17pm, 11 Jul 2017 15,116 posts	0 Atonal Miserabilist (AFKA TRO) We will probably eke out a series win against perhaps the worst South Africa side I can remember. This will enable the likes of Gary Ballance to cling onto his test place, ignoring the claims of better batsmen on the 'don't change a winning team' basis. Thus armed with a small and rather blunt knife we'll head off for a brutal gun fight in Australia, with Starc and Hazelwood likely to reduce our batting line up to a 'the scoreboard' esque rubble, especially at Perth. Ashes lost 4-0. We may scuffle a draw once the series is dead.
Chrisity Jul 2017 5:27pm, 12 Jul 2017 15,476 posts	0 Chrisity Another win for England, and a nice technique from Nat Sciver espncricinfo.com
Nicholls595 Jul 2017 8:48am, 13 Jul 2017 12,815 posts	0 Nicholls595 During my playing days with Nuthall, we had a second team player who often used to play a cover drive off the inside edge, between his legs towards square leg. We called this a "Slagthorpe" after a totally fictitious Yorkshire batsman, Charlie Slagthorpe, who could drive Australia's fastest bowlers for six.
GregP Jul 2017 9:20am, 13 Jul 2017 94,085 posts	0 GregP I dusted off my trusty "Tom Smith's Cricket Umpiring And Scoring" last night in the vain hope that it was somehow 'illegal'. It isn't.
Nicholls595 Jul 2017 9:25am, 13 Jul 2017 12,819 posts	0 Nicholls595 How long before someone plays a switch version? #propercricket
lammo Jul 2017 9:44am, 13 Jul 2017 7,839 posts	0 lammo oh bravo, that's brilliant. My son managed a great switch hit at cricket on Saturday morning, much to the coaches surprise and delight, he's 5
Crash Hamster Jul 2017 9:49am, 13 Jul 2017 872 posts	0 Crash Hamster Cheltenham yesterday for a spot of Gloucs-Worcs. Lovely ground and it seems that Joe Clarke can really play. (93* out of 155-4) Awful declaration by Gloucs though; gave neither side a sniff of winning.
Wriggling Snake Jul 2017 12:46pm, 13 Jul 2017 15,515 posts	0 Wriggling Snake That's because Gloucs would have lost. It is excellent there, I used to sit over by the ladies college, there was usually a bar and an ice cream van. Off to Nottingham tonight, a few beers, well maybe more than a few, 10 of us are going, then I can look at this piss poor SA team for myself, and maybe have a beer. Perhaps more than one.
Nicholls595 Jul 2017 12:52pm, 13 Jul 2017 12,837 posts	0 Nicholls595 I'll wave out of the window Wrigglers