*Official* England v Ireland Test

[Anil]

Commiserations Ireland.

Your team is crazy man…

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

A fifty for Root, where ya at @Chin Music @Michelle Fivefer ?

I’m here. But have been absent for a bit until now! Remind me what problems we had with Root 50s?

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

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Aha. Thank you!

 

[ashley bach]

Duckett man of the match, for sure

Nope, which just goes to prove you can never trust a Pope.

 

[Aidan11]

Nope, which just goes to prove you can never trust a Pope.

It's certainly the first instance I've known of a Pope hammering Ireland.

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

I predict Crawley will get a double century when England bat.

I hope you didn’t put money on it.

 

[Prince EWS]

Crawley's strike rate of 300 thanks to his 12 off 4 is the joint second highest ever by an opener in an innings. The other two cases are also, strangely, both 12 off 4 balls exactly (AB de Villiers in 2005 and David Warner in 2011).

The higher strike rate ever by an opener is Aamer Sohail's 400 when he hit 4 off 1 ball to beat England in 1992. The bowler was Mark Ramprakash, who had doubled the length of the innings by opening with a wide.

The wide

 

[Burgey]

The limitations of the England four man attack were once again shown up against a barely club standard batting line up in Ireland’s second dig. Going to be some very big scores racked up by Aus this summer.

 

[Adders]

Yeah, except that's not the Attack the Aussie will be seeing is it?

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Ben Stokes created a new record , became the first Test Captain to win a Test Match without batting , bowling or keeping wicket. How's that for exposing limitations!

 

[honestbharani]

Ben Stokes created a new record , became the first Test Captain to win a Test Match without batting , bowling or keeping wicket. How's that for exposing limitations!

Would have been even better if he did not take a catch too

 

[Prince EWS]

Would have been even better if he did not take a catch too

Yeah he should have dropped it on purpose. What an idiot.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah, except that's not the Attack the Aussie will be seeing is it?

No, it'll probably have two pensioners not just the one. Joe Root gonna be bowling big overs this series.

 

[Chin Music]

I’m here. But have been absent for a bit until now! Remind me what problems we had with Root 50s?

Been busy the last couple of days but I did notice l Old habits die hard….l

 

[Ali TT]

Been busy the last couple of days but I did notice l Old habits die hard….l

A run a ball fifty when you're passing a lead of 300 first innings is probably both the most archetypal and most excusable addition to his oeuvre.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

No, it'll probably have two pensioners not just the one. Joe Root gonna be bowling big overs this series.

You can talk about pensioners given the dads army in the Aussie side.

 

[FBU]

You can talk about pensioners given the dads army in the Aussie side.

Two pensioners in the ICC Bowling Rankings
1 Ashwin
2 Anderson

 

[KinPer]

The limitations of the England four man attack were once again shown up against a barely club standard batting line up in Ireland’s second dig. Going to be some very big scores racked up by Aus this summer.

Good news Aus forward!

 

[KinPer]

Two pensioners in the ICC Bowling Rankings
1 Ashwin
2 Anderson

Working pensioners
They too are bored in retirement

 

[Michelle Fivefer]

A fifty for Root, where ya at @Chin Music @Michelle Fivefer ?

Somebody needs to create a PLF thread.