It’s an empty life if you have nothing to look forward toLooking forward to all the posts saying how great test cricket is, and how anyone who thinks otherwise if a fool
They seem hopeful on Five Live Sports Extra.MetOffice now saying today’s dry from say 12:30pm.
If that pans out, will the outfield etc be deemed safe for play?
I don’t see how they could play cricket there even if it wasn’t raining.
And tomorrow now looks far worse. So, hopefully a couple of hours today. Going to be a tall ask to get six wickets - making the playing on after lunch yesterday looking less advisable. If they'd been 7 or 8 down it might have been a different story.MetOffice now saying today’s dry from say 12:30pm.
If that pans out, will the outfield etc be deemed safe for play?
And tomorrow now looks far worse. So, hopefully a couple of hours today. Going to be a tall ask to get six wickets - making the playing on after lunch yesterday looking less advisable. If they'd been 7 or 8 down it might have been a different story.
I thought we might even have got level and then declared. If we don’t bowl them out, or have time to do that, getting nearly 600 ends up being pointless.And tomorrow now looks far worse. So, hopefully a couple of hours today. Going to be a tall ask to get six wickets - making the playing on after lunch yesterday looking less advisable. If they'd been 7 or 8 down it might have been a different story.
Old Trafford drains really badly from memory doesn’t it? I’m sure I remember there being pools and pools of water on it in one summer recentlyMetOffice now saying today’s dry from say 12:30pm.
If that pans out, will the outfield etc be deemed safe for play?
Indeed. I think this weekend’s forecast has actually influenced every phase of the tactics in this match right back to the toss. The beauty of test cricket @TriggaaarIt's hard to judge that.. with a smaller deficit the Aussies may well have batted differently, with different results. Who knows?
I've got a (for me) quite sizeable bet on the draw as 'disappointment insurance'. £50 at 5/2 placed when I looked at the weather forecast on Tuesday.
If England win I'll be absolutely delighted, if it's a draw I can cheer myself up with a gluttonous quantity of seafood and fine wine.
Indeed. I think this weekend’s forecast has actually influenced every phase of the tactics in this match right back to the toss. The beauty of test cricket @Triggaaar, Like a game of outdoor chess for the captains (especially) and the approach of the players.
No different to 1 day matches TBF. One of my kids went to the Roses T20 match at OT a few weeks ago with a group of friends. Spent some time in the bar dodging the showers then gave up. The match was abandoned without a ball bowled.You say 'beauty' and 'chess', but if the weather is as predicted, it won't have made a difference who won the toss, how well one team played, or how badly the other team played - regardless of all 'chess' like thinking, and regardless of all sporting prowess, the result will be a draw as determined by weather. It's stupid.
Yes, although with a 1 day match you only lose 1 day. Here we've had the best part of 3 days play, everyone is still hanging on for another 2 days (the players can't leave), so 5 days can be wasted, and the winner of the ashes determined. It's completely mindless. There's an easy solution - 5 day matches could have a 6th day available such that a minimum of 360 overs (4 days play) is played, and if a team can't win in that time, then the other team has earned a draw.No different to 1 day matches TBF. One of my kids went to the Roses T20 match at OT a few weeks ago with a group of friends. Spent some time in the bar dodging the showers then gave up. The match was abandoned without a ball bowled.