It's just not cricket

Post by **DRT** » 10:17 Thu 21 Nov 2013

I won. Daniel was out by a country mile.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:47 Thu 21 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:I won. Daniel was out by a country mile.

I was being generous to the Aussies. Glad to see I was wrong. But I was closer in wickets. Now, how much will WE lead by after the first innings?

Post by **DRT** » 11:48 Thu 21 Nov 2013

98 runs

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 12:00 Thu 21 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:98 runs

145. That's a conservative estimate. I predict they'll be out very cheap tonight, in the first hour easily. Then I think Cook will dig in on this track and let Carberry fly at them. I think tonight will be interesting.
Notice you didn't argue about the 'we' there. Good.

Post by **DRT** » 15:04 Thu 21 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Notice you didn't argue about the 'we' there. Good.

If 57 Martians landed their spaceship in my back garden and their leader said "We come in peace" I would not question his appropriate use of English and nor would I consider myself part of the "We".

benread · Post by **benread** » 21:29 Thu 21 Nov 2013

I predict ( hope for!) 175 run lead for England. Btw yesterdays highlights are on Sky Pick at 10am. They should just be finished before play starts again!

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Post by **DRT** » 21:41 Thu 21 Nov 2013

I admit to not knowing anything about test cricket, but you guys don't seem to be factoring in the predictable England middle order collapse and the faster than expected deterioration of the wicket as a result of the reduced use of the heavy roller overnight. Trust me, 98 is the number you should be guessing.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:42 Thu 21 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:I admit to not knowing anything about test cricket, but you guys don't seem to be factoring in the predictable England middle order collapse and the faster than expected deterioration of the wicket as a result of the reduced use of the heavy roller overnight. Trust me, 98 is the number you should be guessing.

Just because we're having a 1983 tasting next week doesn't mean the cricket team has gone back in time too. In fact Graeme Hick, one of the very worst culprits, is working for the Aussies now! And anyway, what's your opinion about Root's move back to the middle order Derek? Don't you agree that we have great strength going down the order now? Cook Carberry Trott Pietersen Bell Root Priot is a pretty amazing line up if you ask me!

Post by **DRT** » 23:47 Thu 21 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:I admit to not knowing anything about test cricket, but you guys don't seem to be factoring in the predictable England middle order collapse and the faster than expected deterioration of the wicket as a result of the reduced use of the heavy roller overnight. Trust me, 98 is the number you should be guessing.
Just because we're having a 1983 tasting next week doesn't mean the cricket team has gone back in time too. In fact Graeme Hick, one of the very worst culprits, is working for the Aussies now! And anyway, what's your opinion about Root's move back to the middle order Derek? Don't you agree that we have great strength going down the order now? Cook Carberry Trott Pietersen Bell Root Priot is a pretty amazing line up if you ask me!

Based on the summer Ashes tour I would expect Cook and Pietersen to under-perform. Root should perhaps be higher up the order and Bell should be in the first two. And what's with the missing commas?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:50 Thu 21 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:I admit to not knowing anything about test cricket, but you guys don't seem to be factoring in the predictable England middle order collapse and the faster than expected deterioration of the wicket as a result of the reduced use of the heavy roller overnight. Trust me, 98 is the number you should be guessing.
Just because we're having a 1983 tasting next week doesn't mean the cricket team has gone back in time too. In fact Graeme Hick, one of the very worst culprits, is working for the Aussies now! And anyway, what's your opinion about Root's move back to the middle order Derek? Don't you agree that we have great strength going down the order now? Cook Carberry Trott Pietersen Bell Root Priot is a pretty amazing line up if you ask me!
Based on the summer Ashes tour I would expect Cook and Pietersen to under-perform. Root should perhaps be higher up the order and Bell should be in the first two. And what's with the missing commas?

Breathless excitement. This lot will perform this winter. Cook scored a lot of runs x2 at the Gabba before. Pietersen is always unpredictable. We simply hope we comes good. Bell is a rock. Trott is a barnacle. We're home and dry.

Post by **DRT** » 23:54 Thu 21 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:We're home and dry.

I hope not. We don't want two boring Ashes series in a row. It would be bad for the game.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:55 Thu 21 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:We're home and dry.
I hope not. We don't want two boring Ashes series in a row. It would be bad for the game.

Better get better opposition then...

Post by **DRT** » 23:58 Thu 21 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Cook scored a lot of runs x2 at the Gabba before.

I was unaware of that, but I am aware of him being completely and utterly useless with the combination of a bat and a captain's armband* on a number of occasions.

*"armband" = armband, cap, badge, tie pin, cuff links, jockstrap or any other captain-identifying object.

Post by **DRT** » 23:59 Thu 21 Nov 2013

Q3: Australia's first innings score?

My guess = 334

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:00 Fri 22 Nov 2013

Yeah, all those useless jeroboam-centuries... Your cover is blown Derek. You like cricket. We smoked you out.

Post by **DRT** » 00:09 Fri 22 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Yeah, all those useless jeroboam-centuries

You've lost me.

djewesbury wrote:Your cover is blown Derek. You like cricket. We smoked you out.

Guilty.

Post by **DRT** » 00:12 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Q3: Australia's first innings score?

My guess = 334

Sorry, I mis-typed. I meant 293.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:28 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
DRT wrote:Q3: Australia's first innings score?

My guess = 334
Sorry, I mis-typed. I meant 293.

It's now or never...

Post by **DRT** » 00:30 Fri 22 Nov 2013

I think I just spotted a fat lady with a microphone in the crowd.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:31 Fri 22 Nov 2013

I say 300. If not, it'll be an embarrassing (for us) 320.

benread · Post by **benread** » 00:32 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:I think I just spotted a fat lady with a microphone in the crowd.

Was she in canary yellow or white?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:32 Fri 22 Nov 2013

And it's over. 295.

benread · Post by **benread** » 00:32 Fri 22 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:And it's over. 295.

Who wins? Are wickets relevant when all out based on your criteria?!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:34 Fri 22 Nov 2013

benread wrote:
djewesbury wrote:And it's over. 295.
Who wins? Are wickets relevant when all out based on your criteria?!

Derek wins. Keep him sweet so he stays interested.

Post by **DRT** » 00:34 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:293

I win. Again.

Post by **DRT** » 00:36 Fri 22 Nov 2013

Perhaps I should apply for the job of England Coach or head of Cricket at the BBC?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:37 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:Perhaps I should apply for the job of England Coach or head of Cricket at the BBC?

Yes. I think so. You'd be good at it.

benread · Post by **benread** » 00:42 Fri 22 Nov 2013

The average first innings score in last 10 tests here is 396 I just read. So 100 under par by the Aussies.

Post by **DRT** » 00:49 Fri 22 Nov 2013

benread wrote:The average first innings score in last 10 tests here is 396 I just read. So 100 under par by the Aussies.

I was looking for that stat but couldn't find it. Interesting.

Post by **DRT** » 00:51 Fri 22 Nov 2013

The stands are very empty. If this is the pinnacle of international cricket that is a very worrying sign.

benread · Post by **benread** » 00:52 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:The stands are very empty. If this is the pinnacle of international cricket that is a very worrying sign.

8 hours drinking in the sun yesterday. A night in the bars, then a 10am start. They are all still in bed!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 00:54 Fri 22 Nov 2013

They'll be there soon. It's early. And it's Friday. Wait till tomorrow when there's a game on and it's Saturday.
I like Carberry's space age helmet. Very Tour de France.

Post by **DRT** » 01:29 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Cook scored a lot of runs x2 at the Gabba before.
I was unaware of that, but I am aware of him being completely and utterly useless with the combination of a bat and a captain's armband* on a number of occasions.

*"armband" = armband, cap, badge, tie pin, cuff links, jockstrap or any other captain-identifying object.

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djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 01:43 Fri 22 Nov 2013

*mildly annoyed frown*

Post by **DRT** » 02:04 Fri 22 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:Trott is a barnacle.

You must be pleased with that prediction?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:05 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Trott is a barnacle.
You must be pleased with that prediction?

Do you like this game or not?

Post by **DRT** » 02:07 Fri 22 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Trott is a barnacle.
You must be pleased with that prediction?
Do you like this game or not?

Yes. It is 90% predictable. KP will be out for almost nothing. Bell will score more than all others together.

Time for bed?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:07 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:Trott is a barnacle.
You must be pleased with that prediction?
Do you like this game or not?
Yes. It is 90% predictable. KP will be out for almost nothing. Bell will score more than all others together.

Time for bed?

Yes. (You are wrong.)

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:08 Fri 22 Nov 2013

You're on the sofa tonight though.

Post by **DRT** » 02:09 Fri 22 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:You're on the sofa tonight though.

Not for the first time.

Post by **DRT** » 02:12 Fri 22 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:KP will be out for almost nothing. Bell will score more than all others together.
You are wrong.

Exactly how annoying will it be if your summary is wrong?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:14 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:KP will be out for almost nothing. Bell will score more than all others together.
You are wrong.
Exactly how annoying will it be if your summary is wrong?

This is a game which is all about the 10% of unpredictability - even the 1%. The whole game turns on that, and that's why it's so thrilling.. even after 5 days, it can still all hang in the balance. Let's wait and see...

Post by **DRT** » 02:17 Fri 22 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:We're home and dry.

Nuff said.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 02:18 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:We're home and dry.
Nuff said.

Post by **DRT** » 02:26 Fri 22 Nov 2013

I predicted England having a 98 run lead at the end of the first innings. Nothing I have seen changes that prediction.

Goodnight.

mpij · Post by **mpij** » 04:51 Fri 22 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:I won. Daniel was out by a country mile.
I was being generous to the Aussies. Glad to see I was wrong. But I was closer in wickets. Now, how much will WE lead by after the first innings?

Looks like you asked the wrong question!

mpij · Post by **mpij** » 06:27 Fri 22 Nov 2013

DRT wrote:I admit to not knowing anything about test cricket, but you guys don't seem to be factoring in the predictable England middle order collapse and the faster than expected deterioration of the wicket as a result of the reduced use of the heavy roller overnight. Trust me, 98 is the number you should be guessing.

Middle?

benread · Post by **benread** » 06:38 Fri 22 Nov 2013

[quote="djewesbury.. even after 5 days, it can still all hang in the balance. Let's wait and see...[/quote]

We will be lucky if we see day 5 after what happened while I have been in bed!

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 08:04 Fri 22 Nov 2013

*wakes up screaming*

Post by **PhilW** » 08:55 Fri 22 Nov 2013

djewesbury wrote:
DRT wrote:98 runs
145.

So at the end of the first innings, we are 'ahead' by... -159 runs, which makes DRT the 'winner'...