International Cricket Thread

[PowerBug]

Collapse and we win :D

[Jukes]

England beat South Africa away by 241 runs
Australia beat West Indies at home by 177 runs

kek

[Ringo]

At least South Africa took 10 wickets in the first innings.

[Bill Manspeaker]

Stokes is going big

242* atm

England 5/586

Bairstow 124*. partnership of 300andheaps

[Bill Manspeaker]

Stokes gone for 259

hit it straight up, AB dropped a straight forward chance, but Stokes had stopped running and AB ran him out

[PowerBug]

Who said teams couldn't play away from home? I didn't :-[

[nrich102]

Sri Lanka getting absolutely flogged in the t20. Kiwis are a chance of chasing it down in 10 overs.

Guptill brings up his 50 off 19 balls, fastest NZ half century as well.

[nrich102]

So Guptills record lasted 20 minutes  :o

New Zealand win by 9 wickets and chased the total down in 10 overs  :o

[PowerBug]

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/england-south-africa-third-test-wanderers-alex-hales-ab-de-villiers-james-anderson/2016-01-14?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=internationalcricket

The biggest issue for England heading into the third Test against South Africa appears to be a virus that has put opening batsman Alex Hales' participation in doubt.

:(

Should he not be fit, Gary Ballance would likely come in for England, with Nick Compton likely to be promoted to opener.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Bill Manspeaker]

AB just getting his shower scores out of the way before he plays us  ::)

[GoLions]

Bairstow on track for 20 catches this match :P

[PowerBug]

Just a few starts for the South Africans! 46, 21, 40, 36, 16, 23, 26, 26*, 20* are the scores for the top 9 :o

[PowerBug]

C'mon Viljoen get to 10!

[Bill Manspeaker]

C'mon Viljoen get to 10!

not watching yet but got there! all batsmen got to double figures

[PowerBug]

"Only the 13th time in Test history that all 11 players have reached double-figures. But I bet there's not been many occasions when the highest score is 46!"
Pretty amazing stuff that, they also fell 2 runs short of the highest ever score without a 50.


99.1 Anderson to Morkel, no run, a flying edge and Bairstow has dropped it! He had to make some ground but he got there, and that rather slapped his palms in front of first slip. A disappointing blip after a near-faultless display with the gloves ...

99.2 Anderson to Morkel, no run, more circumspect this time
Oh hello? What's going on here? Anderson is looking very grumpy indeed, in the midst of a heated debate with Aleem Dar, and it looks as though he is being pulled out of the attack! Dar indicates that that is his second warning for running on the danger area of the wicket, which Anderson and Cook both seem to dispute... anyhow, Stokes to finish it off ...

99.3 Stokes to Morkel, OUT, and Stokes has struck first ball! You have got to laugh, although Anderson will not see the funny side of that. A wafty drive to a ball angled in from round the wicket, and Cook pockets a neat chance in front of his nose


The last three balls of the innings were certainly interesting...