Couldn't think - from Dec 2022

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  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Even worse by Root, no excuse, out for 95, England 202-7.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    215-8, 43 still needed, not looking good. Foakes about to be joined by Leach, and only Anderson then to come.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    248-8, 10 needed, a real nail-biter.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited February 2023
    Nooooooooo, after a fabulous job of farming the strike with Leach as his partner, Foakes is out for 35 with only 7 needed. Leach still on 0 after a 36 run partnership with Foakes. Personally I wouldn't put much on Leach and Anderson getting us home, but I hope they prove me wrong.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Only 2 needed, Leach finally gets off the mark more by luck than judgement, then Anderson hits a boundary. How close is this?
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    And we lose by 1 run, Anderson caught down the leg side.
  • SlackerSlacker
    I slept all the way through it.😡
    I’ve had a stern word with myself this morning.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    As well as New Zealand played, I can't help thinking we threw it away.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Reading the BBC match report, it seems like Root's call for the run resulting in Brook's run out was the turning point. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think this is the first time Root's done this.
  • Dodger58Dodger58
    The run out was complete madness. Brook was completely sold down the river by Root. After his first innings 186 being run out without facing a ball was a huge boost to NZ and almost certainly a turning point. I don't think of Root as having a history of this, but certainly a 'brain fade' on this occasion.

    I always want England to win, but if there's one team I'm 'happy' to lose to it is NZ, they play the game in the right spirit - even if they did target Stokes's gammy leg - that's exactly what they should have done!
  • SlackerSlacker
    I hear this morning that Ben Stokes is still going to play IPL before The Ashes.😳

    English cricket should pay him what he would earn and get him 100 % for the summer.
    He’s only doing it for the money after all.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited February 2023
    Can't say I wasn't gutted to come so close and still lose, after losing Pope and Brook to leave us on 80-5 we were always up against it but the partnership of Root and Stokes got us to 201-5 and the game was ours for the taking. To lose them both for only one run at 202-7 was dreadful, and after Broad went it didn't look good.

    Foakes did a great job in getting us so close with his partnership with Leach, who again showed great defence as he did when making his 1 not out against Australia. However, once Foakes went, 7 was looking such a big ask for Leach and Anderson, and sadly it proved too much.

    A very exciting finish for sure, right up with Headingly in 2019 and Edgbaston 2005, one chasing and one defending, both of which we very narrowly came out on top of and both against Australia, and also the draw we managed in Cardiff in 2009 when Anderson and Monty Panesar survived for 37 minutes when we were 9 wickets down.

    Stokes's knee is definitely a concern; he's in the team as an all-rounder, and it seriously upsets the balance of the side if he can't play the role of 4th seamer, and even worse if it's in danger of affecting his batting as it so clearly did this morning.
  • alderzalderz
    Let’s be honest, this type of cricket is always going to come with risks, and flaming out like that was always a possibility. I hope they stick with it for the Ashes, though. It’d be very interesting to see how it plays out.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Likewise, I'm really looking forward to it, but must admit I'm concerned how we'll do against the Aussies.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited February 2023
    Seems crazy that England have an ODI tomorrow, the first in a 3 match series against Bangladesh. Given that there's a number of players that play more than one format, it hardly gives a representative showing of where we stand against ofter teams. I get that it's good to look at some different players, but I can't help feeling that the 50 over format has been a bit short-changed recently, firstly with a series days after the T20 World Cup, and now with this series a day after the end of a Test match.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    My Son in law took my grandson to an ice hockey match at Chelmsford Chieftains last weekend and was somewhat surprised to find that Petr Cech was the Chelmsford net minder, ice hockey being his first sporting love.
  • alderzalderz
    IronHerb said:

    My Son in law took my grandson to an ice hockey match at Chelmsford Chieftains last weekend and was somewhat surprised to find that Petr Cech was the Chelmsford net minder, ice hockey being his first sporting love.

    Reminds me of something I saw on the Chieftains website recently. 17 year old keeper Luca Tessadri has a photo and Petr Czech doesn’t.



  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    He looks like he will fit the whole net hahaha
  • SlackerSlacker
    edited March 2023
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64821422

    As someone once said” I’d love it, love it”.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Do you really imagine the PL will do anything.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Yeah I know what you mean but I can dream.
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    I dont think they'll do anything because it'll upset the poor Saudis. What they should've done is not allow it in the first place. I bet there were so many bakchanders going on to turn a blind eye and justify at the time (says Ivan Toney)
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Toney has probably bet on the PL doing nothing as he knows it’s a cert.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    thornburyiron said:

    Toney has probably bet on the PL doing nothing as he knows it’s a cert.

    Is he still waiting for a ban for his gambling offences?
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Yes he is.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    He is betting, sorry thinks, it will before the next international break so he can't be picked to play for England.
  • stevesteve
    EX saying Cornet is going to play 45 mins tonight for the 21s
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    steve said:

    EX saying Cornet is going to play 45 mins tonight for the 21s

    Cue a season-ending injury. :(
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    edited March 2023
    Bubbles, I was surprised they expect him to last 45 minutes. =)
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    In all honesty it will be great if he manages to come through unscathed and with no reaction to it 🤞🤞🤞
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