England Cricket chat

[Woodsey]

Is it 11.30 or 12 start tonight? Cant seem to find it anywhere....

[AndrewT]

Is it 11.30 or 12 start tonight? Cant seem to find it anywhere....

I think it's 11.58 - there's one over to make up.

[TightEnd]

"That the toughest sledging you've had Mark." Australian press

"What? Today?"

"Yes, from the players and the fans. The Gabba."

"Do you know the North East of England?"

"No."

"Well I'll take you for a Sunday game in the North East League. You'll not ask me that again"

Stoneman

[tikay]

What sort of lead do England need to have a reasonable chance here? What are typical 4th Innings scores in Test Matches at the Gabba?

[AndrewT]

What sort of lead do England need to have a reasonable chance here? What are typical 4th Innings scores in Test Matches at the Gabba?

Fourth innings scores at Brisbane - this is quite an un-Brisbane pitch though so past form may not be as reliable an indicator as usual.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;ground=209;innings_number=4;orderby=team_score;template=results;type=team;view=innings

[tikay]

Thanks Andrew.

The odds seem to have swung too far in the Aussies favour, to my eye.

Australia are generally 4/9, England 9/2, Draw 11/2.

9/2 represents value, does it not?

[Doobs]

Thanks Andrew.

The odds seem to have swung too far in the Aussies favour, to my eye.

Australia are generally 4/9, England 9/2, Draw 11/2.

9/2 represents value, does it not?

Just must be.  Third innings must have higher scores than fourth on average.  I know we are two down, but not nearly convinced that justifies the odds difference.

[HutchGF]

I think 9/2 definitely worth a bet in my humble opinion, especially with Root still there.l

[Doobs]

You can get 6.0 on betfair, which is even better. 

[tikay]

Encouraged by the response, I've had a modest wager on England on Betfair Exchange at 6.2.

[Woodsey]

Good odds, I put a bit on last night at 3/1 when it was looking more in the balance.

[tikay]

Encouraged by the response, I've had a modest wager on England on Betfair Exchange at 6.2.

Ouch.

What an anti-climax that was.

England appeared to have come up 30 or 40 runs short in their 2nd innings, but as things turned out, they were probably 200 shy of what was needed.

It seemed a very low key and lethargic day in the field by England.

Now they have to re-group before the 2nd Test. And Bristol and Avon Constabulary need to get a shift on and make a decision on Mr Stokes.

[TightEnd]

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[TightEnd]

Highest batting average as a captain in Tests: Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, and Kane Williamson in the top five

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[The Camel]

That was the most fearsome fast bowling attack I've seen since the West Indies team of the late 70s and early 80s.

And according to the experts day 3 and 4 was when batting should have been easiest on that pitch.

England have zero shot of winning this series unless a couple of them get injured.