# International cricket rolling thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** cricket\ **Created:** [January 22, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205 "2019-01-22T16:30:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 159
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3163 "2024-06-24T20:58:10Z")
We now know that England play India on Thursday, whilst S Africa play the second placed team in that group (and it could be Aus, Afg or Ban!) on Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3164 "2024-06-24T23:44:17Z")
Barring a big win by Bangladesh I’m faced with four of my least favorite teams being in the semis. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3165 "2024-06-24T23:56:19Z")
The irony of that rapid evolution from “We’ll lose to SCO so ENG don’t progress” to AUS fate being outside their control has a nice bittersweet bitchy pique to it. Serve the mug lairs right. Of course, being T20 it’s a crapshoot as to who can win the whole thing from here. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3166 "2024-06-25T02:38:06Z")
They could go out on a rainout! ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3167 "2024-06-25T07:27:18Z")
AFG defend 115 and _les egos rampant_ are on the plane home. Oh dear, how sad, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3168 "2024-06-29T17:29:44Z")
SA need 27 from 28, Klaasen and Miller scoring rapidly, Bumrah on again (too late?) to break the partnership. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3169 "2024-06-29T17:35:56Z")
My Pakistani friends’ WhatsApp groups are bouncing! ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3170 "2024-06-29T17:36:12Z")
But it’s Pandya that gets the wicket. Klaasen out, Jansen in but he’s the last batter. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3171 "2024-06-29T17:37:01Z")
I bet! But this is very “it only takes 4 balls” territory. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3172 "2024-06-29T17:42:56Z")
Currently much whining about the Pant “fake injury” to break up the rhythm and then the partnership. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3173 "2024-06-29T17:44:35Z")
Bumrah, you beauty! ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3174 "2024-06-29T17:45:48Z")
Always good to have something to blame ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3175 "2024-06-29T18:06:31Z")
Tough for SA, they had it in their sights, but Bumrah just didn’t let them hit the home straight running. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3176 "2024-06-29T18:08:39Z")
India’s superstars delivered on the big occasion. Kohli 76 off 59 Bumrah 4-0-18-2 ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3177 "2024-06-29T21:02:38Z")
I was at an Indian wedding, and they were able to broadcast the last 12 or so overs on the big screen during lunch. You could imagine the change of emotions during the lunch with a room of 300 people, about 90% of Indian descent. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3178 "2024-07-13T07:18:56Z")
So, the actual cricket of the first test at Lords yesterday was overshadowed by the retirement of James Anderson, finally accepting the shove out of the side some 21 years after he first played. You can make a very good team out of the team mates he’s had whose entire career fell between his start and end dates - Strauss and Cook for a start, Strauss especially retired in 2012 after playing over 100 tests, despite starting after Anderson. 700 wickets don’t lie, a true legend of the game. Gus Atkinson did alright on debut. WI weren’t very good ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3179 "2024-07-13T10:52:58Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > WI weren’t very good I suppose this is the famed English understatement? Over the last five years Broad and Anderson comprehensively ended any debate over who what the greatest fast bowling pairing of all time. I have the dubious honor of rubbishing both of them when they first started. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3180 "2024-07-13T11:32:46Z")
Gus Atkinsons best test match figures are actually better than Anderson’s 11 for 71. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3181 "2024-07-14T02:14:36Z")
Just a bit outside the notion of international cricket, but my cricket club are currently have a small squad on tour in Sri Lanka. Yesterday had the privilege of playing amid the tea plantations on the Nuwara Eliya (Radella) ground against the Dimbula Athletic & Cricket Club (est 1856) which is 5,000’ or 1,524m above sea level. [https://i.ibb.co/JptM5vV/IMG-7412.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/JptM5vV/IMG-7412.jpg) [https://i.ibb.co/N1fzWyZ/IMG-7417.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/N1fzWyZ/IMG-7417.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/3182 "2024-07-21T16:33:05Z")
It’s day 4 of the 2nd test at Trent Bridge, and the WI were 60/0 chasing an unlikely but gettable 385 to win, but after a short break they’re at 91/6 after a horrible collapse. Nice hundreds from Brook and Root earlier in the day, not much from any other English batsmen further down the order. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205.md?page=160)