Cricket 2025

[smuts]

Great start, thrown away.

Brook really has had a complete mare so far out there this tour.

[Macca1973]

Umpires can’t wait to get that finger up for India

[Macca1973]

Rashid appeals and overturned, no bat. Umpires just giving every appeal for India pretty much now

[wolf359]

Umpires can’t wait to get that finger up for India

Not watching it, but you'll get less bias and Anfield than playing cricket in India, there is a reason India resisted DRS for so long

[smuts]

Umpires apart this is a complete stroll now for India.

[Macca1973]

Yeah getting pumped now.

[Billydinho]

For me, the only white ball format that really matters is 50-over still. T20, albeit still fun, is basically a penalty shootout nowadays and doesn't really matter.

I think we can compete in this series at the first 10, third 10, and a bit of a cameo from the tail end demonstrated. As with the red ball though, England let themselves down with catastrophic, unrecoverable periods of play. If it's not failing to finish the tail it's throwing away 3 wickets in 3 overs or 45 balls without a boundary.

We do the majority well but really lack the polish in all formats and that becomes even more exposed against biased umpiring and cheating Indians.

[smuts]

Joy of joys Australia have bowled out Sri Lanka for about 250 and are 330 for 3 with Smith 120 not out and back to his limpet best.

[westham,eggyandchips]

Joy of joys Australia have bowled out Sri Lanka for about 250 and are 330 for 3 with Smith 120 not out and back to his limpet best.

And the cheat is Skipper again.

[Billydinho]

304 all out. Great start but petered about a bit. Still, that’s defendable.

[smuts]

Unless they get that floodlight working, that's probably it.

[Junco Partner]

Ireland edging towards another Test triumph. Zimbabwe require 221 runs to win with 6 wickets remaining, only Bulawayo rain can save them surely.

Floodlight failure in Barabati, India 48-0 chasing 305.

[kenthammer]

Bowlers look clueless

[kenthammer]

Feck me bowl at the stumps and get a wicket

[steps]

As if Kohli didn’t know he’d hit that.

[smuts]

Lack of spin options and overdoing it with seamers yet again.

[smuts]

Team selection totally wrong again. Too many quicks and not enough spin options.

[Junco Partner]

Ireland win again,

From 31/5 on Day One to win by 63 runs on Day 5 shows a tenacity required for Test Cricket

[SoulCircus]

Getting a bit boring watching England at the moment. Getting fast starts and then falling away badly. Feel sorry for Rashid, bowling superbly at the moment and not getting backed up. They look a long way off it with the Champions Trophy approaching.

[smuts]

Good luck sorting this lot out BMac.

He needs to pray Rashid can keep it going for a few years.

Still, at least the golf handicaps are going down