# International cricket rolling thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205
**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:** 69
### Author:  [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1363 "2021-06-23T18:26:02Z")
Congrats to @lisiate.
NZ finally come good.
What a side.
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### Author:  [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1364 "2021-06-23T19:01:58Z")
Thanks. It was a great thing to wake up to. I really like that it was Williamson and Taylor getting the final runs. Those two have been the backbone of the batting order for nearly a decade.
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### Author:  [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1365 "2021-06-23T20:03:21Z")
This Jamesion dude is legit the scariest seamer I have seen for a while. Keep him fit and you guys have a decade at the top.
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### Author:  [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1366 "2021-06-24T00:53:37Z")
He is great isn’t he? Hopefully he doesn’t break.
Jarrod Kimber has just done a good video on him on youtube. Actually he’s pretty much been covering New Zealand all month.
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### Author:  [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1367 "2021-07-06T10:24:23Z")
England squad members test positive, [entire team replaced for the Pakistan series.](https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men/news/2184668/england-men-announce-new-squad-for-royal-london-series-against-pakistan)
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### Author:  [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1368 "2021-07-06T11:14:25Z")
Was Hales in the original isolating squad, or otherwise injured? If he is available and can’t get into this squad, he never will
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### Author:  [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1369 "2021-07-11T16:02:23Z")
In answer to my own question, Hales is available but just hasn’t been picked. Hard to see a road back for him now.
England’s B team have made Pakistan look poor in the first two games of the 3 match series, with the last game on Tuesday at Edgbaston.
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### Author:  [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1370 "2021-07-11T19:02:30Z")
[Brilliant](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/57785924) catch by Harleen Deol !!
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### Author:  [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1371 "2021-07-11T21:01:20Z")
> [@Teuton](#):
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> England’s B team have made Pakistan look poor in the first two games of the 3 match series, with the last game on Tuesday at Edgbaston.
No biggie, Pakistans top order could be replaced by a bunch of blind old ladies and it would be an upgrade.
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### Author:  [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1372 "2021-07-12T18:13:43Z")
Pakistan got 320 against South Africa recently, and won that series 2-1 (and got over 320 in their losing game too), so they’ve clearly got batsmen who can play.
Final ODI tomorrow. Pakistan’s batting hasn’t fired in these two games at all - I was looking forward to watching Babar Azham again, but he hasn’t been in form in ODI at all (in his last 4, he’s scored 19 runs) so he’ll be wanting to get back into games.
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### Author:  [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1373 "2021-07-12T18:51:07Z")
> [@AK84](#):
>
> No biggie, Pakistans top order could be replaced by a bunch of blind old ladies and it would be an upgrade.
Ouch!
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### Author:  [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1374 "2021-07-15T19:20:10Z")
Babar got runs, and put the England reserves under pressure, but they came through and chased 330.
T20 starts tomorrow, and the squad are back.
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### Author:  [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1375 "2021-07-18T06:01:33Z")
OK chaps … a mild diversion.
Following on from the spirit and intentions of the [The Great Summer 2021 Doper Postcard Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355) thread, I had an idea. Bear with me.
This thread, originally started by @Teuton has been quietly ticking over now for two and a half years with 1,372 posts and counting and precisely naught, nihil, nix and none by a SD moderator with or without their hat on, showing that the collective we can be welcoming, even handed and play hardball according to the spirit and rules of the game. It’s also given me much pleasure and perspectives on a game that I have played, coached, scored, umpired, administered and frankly adore.
Anyhow, back to the postcard exchange idea.
The listing below is of all the posters who have contributed to this thread, lead in volume terms if nothing else by the redoubtable @Cumbrian.
So, if you would like to send me a PM with your postal address, I’ll send you a postcard.
With Sydney in the midst of a COVID-19 lockdown, it will make for me a pleasant diversion.
If you want to turn it into a broader exchange with other members of the **ICRT** , let me know and I’ll be happy to organise.
Discourse only allows 10 users to be mentioned per post so this is tranche #1
@AK84
@Artfog
@Boycott
@Cicero
@Cumbrian
@Dahu
@dalej42
@Dead_Cat
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### Author:  [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1376 "2021-07-18T06:02:03Z")
This is tranche #2
@don_t_ask
@ElvisL1ves
@Fiendish_Astronaut
@Jackknifed_Juggernaut
@jasmine
@lisiate
@Manwich
@merrick
@mhendo
@Mighty_Mouse
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### Author:  [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1377 "2021-07-18T06:02:40Z")
and this is tranche #3
@nightshadea
@Novelty_Bobble
@paulmarkj
@pjd
@Stanislaus
@Telemark
@Teuton
@wallaby
@Wrenching_Spanners
@Zakalwe
Kind regards
PT
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### Author:  [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1378 "2021-07-20T10:28:42Z")
That’s a really lovely idea.
In “decidedly not international cricket” news, the 12 year-old was (rightly) unhappy with his bowling so we decided that a) we’d watch some videos on basic technique and b) I’d then video him from the batter’s end so he could see what he was doing wrong.
We’ve got a natural home wicket, in that the garden at the back is raised and between the rear wall of the house and the retaining wall of the garden is a c.20yd by 3ft alley, leading to the person-sized door to the garage. So you’ve got a nice straight channel to focus down, and the door a) stops the accurate deliveries and b) has three stumps chalked on it.
Anyhow, the upshot is I now have a lovely little video from the batter’s perspective of son bowling some absolute leg-side filth, which goes out of shot behind the garage wall just before you hear the shattering noise of a favourite flowerpot. Absolutely classic instance of that wonderful childhood moment when the ball’s in the air and you know where it’s headed, you just can’t do anything to stop it.
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### Author:  [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1379 "2021-07-20T20:06:09Z")
Um, what’s a postcard? Just kidding! I don’t think I’ve sent or received a postcard in over 20 years.
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### Author:  [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1380 "2021-08-05T22:04:02Z")
Well, we have bought first day tickets for the first Ashes Test in December. I’d like to be confident that it will go ahead.
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### Author:  [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1381 "2021-08-14T15:54:31Z")
The Lord’s England India Test us going well. India did well yesterday to get to 364 and then get England to 23-2 before the close.
But England have come back strongly today with Root still going on 150 and the score 341-5. Getting to the stage where new batters will have a licence to swing hard as and when they come in.
Spare a thought for Hameed, who made his return to Test cricket yesterday 5 years after a brilliant debut in India. That early promise stuttered and he’s had to work very hard to get back here. Sent in as number 3 he promptly plays round a straight one for a golden duck. Genuinely gutted for the guy.
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### Author:  [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-cricket-rolling-thread/828205/1382 "2021-08-14T16:06:46Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#):
>
> But England have come back strongly today with Root still going on 150 and the score 341-5. Getting to the stage where new batters will have a licence to swing hard as and when they come in.
Now it’s 343-7. Why do I say these things?
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