Cricket fred

[fivepointer]

Another fabulous day. England playing great and well on top. Its surely only the weather that can deny them a deserved win.

[Puja]

Looks like it will though. Met Office now predicting a washout on both Sat and Sun .

Puja

[Banquo]

Looks like it will though. Met Office now predicting a washout on both Sat and Sun .

Puja

Yep big change, fingers crossed

[Donny osmond]

Looks like it will though. Met Office now predicting a washout on both Sat and Sun .

Puja

Yep big change, fingers crossed

It would be desperately unlucky and a big let off for Aus. Great day from England.

[Banquo]

Think we are unlucky- shame

[Banquo]

bollox- crap way to not win the ashes

[fivepointer]

Beaten by the weather. Gutting after getting into such a good position.

[Puja]

Moeen has been a really useful option at 3. Occupied the crease, took up a fair few deliveries and did his job today - was unlucky to get injured and become unable to run, as it looked like he was settling in for the long haul. Even after his injury, he was able to change tack well and swing for the fences to get a decent score before finally getting out.

Hope he's able to bowl though.

Puja

[Banquo]

not quite to plan. poor shots from Root and Bairstow....and Broad....really?

wasteful 3 times I reckon

[fivepointer]

Moeen's injury really screwed us. He was going nicely with Brook. Odd batting performance. Some fine shotmaking along with too many soft dismissals.
Over to the bowlers....

[Puja]

It's a tough pitch though. I'd say 283 is a pretty good score on it, especially with the overhead conditions.

Puja

[Banquo]

sadly lookimg like a test too far for...jimmy. Openers look comfy.

[Stom]

sadly lookimg like a test too far for...jimmy. Openers look comfy.

Series too far, I think. A pick on sentimentality.

[Banquo]

sadly lookimg like a test too far for...jimmy. Openers look comfy.

Series too far, I think. A pick on sentimentality.

He has bowled ok on flat pitches without luck, but I thought he looked out of nick at OT. In fairness, before this series he was ranked 1 or 2 in the world irc. They are clearly a bit frustrated with Robinson. Attack looks toothless atm

[Galfon]

Not many hurrahs in jimbo's possible last-hurrah.
Oz batting sensibly, and nothing going Eng.way this evening.
May not see Mo in the field tomorrow either..
Huge day tomorrow to avoid a rare series defeat.

[Banquo]

huzza, jinxed warner

[Galfon]

huzza, jinxed warner

'tis a team game after all !!

[Galfon]

They're giving cricket a Bash over the pond at the moment with a new 'Major League Cricket' series - 6 teams from LA, SanFran, Seattle, NY, Washington and Dallas ('Texas')
The round-robin stage has been completed and running through the play-offs for the final.

The Orcas became the first side to reach the final of Major League Cricket, meanwhile, the Super Kings will take on MI New York in the Challenger on Friday for a place in the summit clash. The Major League Cricket Final will be held on Sunday.

https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/home
( some glitches on reporting scores it seems !..)

A lot of sell-out matches, albeit at smallish stadia, and some good matches and performances from familiar globe-trotting names. Jason Roy was there with mixed scores (his LA team finished bottom of the table.)

(ICC are keen to set USA up as genuine co-hosts for next years T20 World Cup with Windies, but there have been financial issues reportedly.)

[Donny osmond]

They're giving cricket a Bash over the pond at the moment with a new 'Major League Cricket' series - 6 teams from LA, SanFran, Seattle, NY, Washington and Dallas ('Texas')
The round-robin stage has been completed and running through the play-offs for the final.

The Orcas became the first side to reach the final of Major League Cricket, meanwhile, the Super Kings will take on MI New York in the Challenger on Friday for a place in the summit clash. The Major League Cricket Final will be held on Sunday.

https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/home
( some glitches on reporting scores it seems !..)

A lot of sell-out matches, albeit at smallish stadia, and some good matches and performances from familiar globe-trotting names. Jason Roy was there with mixed scores (his LA team finished bottom of the table.)

(ICC are keen to set USA up as genuine co-hosts for next years T20 World Cup with Windies, but there have been financial issues reportedly.)

The first ever international cricket match was between USA and Canada and I believe cricket used to be Canada's national sport, before being displaced by, of all things, ice-skating hockey

[Puja]

It seems like it's got legs - there's a big Indian diaspora in the USA which could provide a ready-made audience, and there's some big financial backing from some of the names behind the IPL. I don't know it's going to catch on massively with the average American, but I can see there being a thriving minor sports league in the same sense that MLR and lacrosse manage to eke out space in the corner of the US sporting consciousness.

Puja

[Puja]

Ridiculous catch by Root, but it's another where Bairstow has been bailed out by someone taking a catch that should've been his. He's not an international quality wicketkeeper, at least not at the moment, and he is lucky that that's not another missed chance that we'd be cursing his name for.

Puja

[Banquo]

No luck this am as Oz go for reverse bazball

[Banquo]

Good old Broady

[Banquo]

Great over from Jimmy to marsh

[Big D]

Good old Broady

He has had a great series really.