First Test - Day 1

[Uncle Buck]

Key has scored a run....

 

[Marshy]

47-1

 

[CHAPPERS]

Going along nicely at 91/1...

Lunch being taken.

 

[Reading Posh]

24 overs in the first session is shite

 

[CHAPPERS]

In what way?

 

[Uncle Buck]

What is going on, Key is still in and edging towards the 30's. He must be struggling in the heat...

 

[CHAPPERS]

Oh my GOD. Key has passed 50.

140/1.

 

[Uncle Buck]

and he has got there quickly by his standards, must be well refueled after lunch.

Please get out to a stupid ball, I do not want the problem where the selectors have to keep him in the side, it will be the same as when McGrath was playing last year, more by fluke than talent.

 

[Marshy]

170-1

 

[FatboyTim]

I don't know what he had in his pies for lunch, but it seems to be working.

 

[Uncle Buck]

What are Strauss' scores in his 4 games so far. It must be one of the most impressive starts to Test Cricket.

 

[CHAPPERS]

I was just looking at that

3 matches 6 innings 273 runs HS 112 Ave 45.50

1 century (would have been 2 if Nassar hadn't run him out), 2 50's.

Great start, will be in the top 5 in the world soon enough.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Great start, will be in the top 5 in the world soon enough.

Which means we will make him Captain and his batting will go to seed.

Why is it however is Captain becomes shite? Why can they not make Giles Captain as he is crap anyway and at present serves no other purpose to the side other than doing a good wheely bin impression and producing mugs that say King of Spain.

 

[Gwylan]

What are Strauss' scores in his 4 games so far. It must be one of the most impressive starts to Test Cricket.

He's done OK but Lawrence Rowe scored three hundreds in his first two test matches and Azaruddin scored centuries in each of his first three tests. Yasir Hameed all scored a century in both innings of his first test. RE Foster also scored 274 in his first test innings.

 

[Marshy]

214-1

 

[m20gull]

You did say England were batting, didn't you?

 

[CHAPPERS]

Going very well. Could be looking at 550+ here.....

 

[Marc]

Heavy rain forecast for the afternoon....coming over Brighton as I type (huge bastard black clouds....big sotrm for us later me thinks)

 

[the full harris]

Strauss 101*

nice.

 

[Marc]

200 partnership up


Queen in attendance too