[Cricket] Pakistan-England Test Series

[Titanic]

Rehan Ahmed in at Number 3.... and smacks his first ball for four

 

[jakarta]

Crawley out, a pinch hitter comes in...

 

[keaton]

3rd fastest according to TMS

Score after 3 overs was higher than we’ve ever scored in a T20 international apparently

I thought it was higher than we'd scored in the T20 world cup

 

[dazzer6666]

I'm pretty sure it would be this one between Trescothick and Vaughan, in the 4th innings against Sri Lanka in 2002:

ENG vs SL Cricket Scorecard, 3rd Test at Manchester, June 13 - 17, 2002

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50 in exactly 5 overs, chasing 50 to win.

Think they said it was Gooch and Atherton on TMS, vs SA

 

[dazzer6666]

3rd fastest according to TMS

Score after 3 overs was higher than we’ve ever scored in a T20 international apparently

Possibly, was running and not concentrating fully

 

[Titanic]

10 (2 fours) from 8 balls, and a village swipe ends the fun.

Ben Stokes in next

97-2, 70 to win but the light is fading...

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Think they said it was Gooch and Atherton on TMS, vs SA

I stand corrected:

ENG vs SA Cricket Scorecard, 3rd Test at London, August 18 - 21, 1994

Get cricket scorecard of 3rd Test, ENG vs SA, South Africa tour of England 1994 at Kennington Oval, London dated August 18 - 21, 1994.

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For some reason doesn't come up on the statsguru list. 56 runs off exactly 5 overs.
Fair to say Atherton calmed down after a while - he ended up scoring 63 off 113.

 

[Titanic]

Ben Duckett 50* (38 balls, 8 fours)

He has had a good tour.

 

[Titanic]

Close of Play, Day 3

England 112-2 (17 overs, RR 6.58), need 55 more runs to win in the morning,

 

[A1X]

This lot are utterly insane and I love it

 

[jakarta]

This lot are utterly insane and I love it

Somewhat left of left field thats for sure...

 

[Albion in the north]

An inspired choice of captain and coach for sure. Bringing the fun back to test cricket.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

An inspired choice of captain and coach for sure. Bringing the fun back to test cricket.

Was I the only one who, at the time, thought Stokes was the wrong choice.

I wanted him to concentrate on his batting/bowling.

How wrong was I!

 

[crodonilson]

An inspired choice of captain and coach for sure. Bringing the fun back to test cricket.

Rob 'Keysy' Key has done a quite superb job.

 

[Albion in the north]

Was I the only one who, at the time, thought Stokes was the wrong choice.

I wanted him to concentrate on his batting/bowling.

How wrong was I!

I was thinking that it could go 1 of 2 ways and fortunately its gone this way. The guy will go down in the history books of cricket for this and for all the other things that hes done for the game.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Was I the only one who, at the time, thought Stokes was the wrong choice.

I wanted him to concentrate on his batting/bowling.

How wrong was I!

Nope, but given his break from the game and struggling a bit with the mental side, think it was natural to think that unless you were speaking to him directly.

I'm not sure I have seen a sporting transformation quite as successful as this one? Going into April I couldn't see how this England test side was going to turn it around. Couldn't open the batting, no tail, fragile middle order, bowling ineffective. It was a shambles. I didn't think there was enough talent to turn it around.

What has happened though is mindboggling. From Keys, to McCullum, to Stokes, to Root buying into it all, it's been miraculous. England have even turned a pitch not worthy of the name into a thrilling match. Sending the kid with a 5 for out to bat at 3 - they don't care, I love it.

 

[Nobby]

Ben Duckett 50* (38 balls, 8 fours)

He has had a good tour.

Top top batsman. Treated terribly by England in 2016. Then the injury and the “drink” with Jimmy.
Anderson had history with Duckett, I wonder if that’s why his career with England has been so short so far.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Nope, but given his break from the game and struggling a bit with the mental side, think it was natural to think that unless you were speaking to him directly.

I'm not sure I have seen a sporting transformation quite as successful as this one? Going into April I couldn't see how this England test side was going to turn it around. Couldn't open the batting, no tail, fragile middle order, bowling ineffective. It was a shambles. I didn't think there was enough talent to turn it around.

What has happened though is mindboggling. From Keys, to McCullum, to Stokes, to Root buying into it all, it's been miraculous. England have even turned a pitch not worthy of the name into a thrilling match. Sending the kid with a 5 for out to bat at 3 - they don't care, I love it.

The one thing I'd say from listening to them and the pundits talk about the way they play: it's not that they don't care about the consequences of the more apparently cavalier decisions, a lot of thought seems to go in behind the scenes around how to get the best out of the players and the tactics used.

 

[Bold Seagull]

The one thing I'd say from listening to them and the pundits talk about the way they play: it's not that they don't care about the consequences of the more apparently cavalier decisions, a lot of thought seems to go in behind the scenes around how to get the best out of the players and the tactics used.

What I meant by 'don't care' - was more about not caring about conventions or typical traditional ways of doing things. They completely care about winning games, making games exciting, playing great cricket. Agree with you, it's done with a steely focussed professionalism, but it's nurturing real freedom and confidence to have a go in the group.

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

8 wicket win, history made.