Robbored

8 minutes ago, elhombrecito said:

Just over a win ahead, with seven games left to play, and we play them on Tuesday... Hardly out of sight.

In my opinion Exeter are champions elect. However if and it is a big if the Bears can turn them over on Tuesday I might just change my mind.........

Indeed thats quite an achievement but unfortunately Exeter are pretty much out of sight.

2 hours ago, TomF said:

They’ll drop Burns and shove Crawley to open probably 

Straight swop for Woakes

16 minutes ago, Super said:

Interesting selection when Stokes is back!

Woakes will make way I’d imagine 

England are doing pretty well under his captaincy. Crawley with his maiden test century and Buttler scoring well.

303 - 4

1 minute ago, TomF said:

Cheating *****. 

It’s wasn’t Surrey we were playing Tom............

5 minutes ago, Midred said:

Are we back playing yet or are we waiting for the covers to be removed?

Match drawn.

Oh.....I get  it now Tom. It was top quality irony but clearly lost on me............

Just now, S25loyal said:

Have you got any proof that it is safer for people to wear masks? 

Top Dutch scientists have stated they see no benefits with masks and could do more harm than good.

Unless everyone wears kn95 or FFP3 masks etc. 

 

Our top scientists say that wearing a face mask protects others from you so if everyone wore a mask we would all be safer.

The other difficulty in a football stadium is touching surfaces, particularly hand rails. Not sure how that issue would be overcome.

1 minute ago, AshtonGreat said:

Surely all they would need to do is make people wear masks while queuing for the toilet. Problem solved. 

It’s a logistical nightmare to implement social distancing at a football match. Even with gaps between each seat there’d still be those sat behind and below you 

It would safer if everyone wore masks throughout the entire match day experience and not just when using the toilets.
 

20 hours ago, TomF said:

Jimmy's past it. 

Not according to Jimmy himself.

Close to 600 test wickets and still bowling at 83mph+ and still swinging it.

10 minutes ago, TomF said:

Would be gutted if he didn’t get to 600

I think we all would Tom.

Anderson has said quite recently in fact that he wants to play Test Cricket for as long as he can so it’ll be interesting to see what he’ll have to say today. 

3 minutes ago, TomF said:

******* Surrey though. Surrey. 

You really don’t’ t like them do you..................

1 minute ago, Robbored said:

Woakes a five for.........it’s almost over.

21 minutes ago, TomF said:

Think the Windies want to get on a plane home quickfast.

6am flight back to the Caribbean. Bet they can hardly wait?

Just now, Robbored said:

6am flight back to the Caribbean. Bet they can hardly wait.

13 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said:

Last Ashes in Oz only Jimmy came close to matching the Aussie bowlers. The rest were all awful

Sky cricket didn’t mention that. 

2 hours ago, Welcome To The Jungle said:

Broad still has a lot to prove for me outside of England. Both amazing in England, but abroad, only Jimmy has really done well.

Anderson’s record abroad is nowhere near as impressive as it is in England - something Sky Sport cricket have referred to when looking  at the next Ashes in Oz. Broads record isn’t that good overseas either.

8 minutes ago, TomF said:

We’ll never have it as good as Broad and Jimmy for opening bowlers. When they’re on it they’re simply world class 

They’ve been world class for several tears Tom. Anderson whacking it down at 85mph at aged 37 is truly remarkable and Broad since he upped his length has just got better and better.

2 minutes ago, E.G.Red said:

Many season ticket holders are in a ‘bubble’ ie live in the same house so the club should be able to account for that in any social distancing as you could have groups of 6 sitting together before there needs to be a spare seats

That’s true and accommodating that type of season card holders along with all the others will take quite some planning. It’s a logistical nightmare.

If the restrictions are lifted enough to allow socially distancing within AG I guess SC holders Would get first priority.

I wouldn’t mind simply having two empty seats either side.The row above maybe three rows further up and the row below three rows apart.

It could certainly be done with the right planning in place.

23 minutes ago, Galley is our king said:

I am sure some will volunteer to give up their seat for a while.

@Robbored won't have to put up with the damn tannoy for a start....

What tannoy?................

5 minutes ago, TomF said:

I wouldn’t say he had a great test, only marked up a bit with last two wickets 

No not great like Stokes was but decent enough. Tied up one end and allowed the seamers to toil away.

I think it was Keys who said that Bess should have been bowling from the other end to utilise the footmarks and that’s eventually where he took the final wicket from. 

1 minute ago, TomF said:

He’s left handed, West Indies are filled with right handed batsmen 

I hadn’t really noticed that. Bess did pretty well tho and wouldn’t deserve to left out of the third test.

9 hours ago, TomF said:

I’d go with that side but drop Bess for Leach  

What does Leach bring ahead of  Bess?

I can’t see that there’s much between them.

Good performance from England who win by 113 runs. Series 1-1.

Stokes was superb. Has to be MoM.