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Saturday 4th May 2024
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Championship
Old Darwen Blue
Prediction Champion 2021 & 2022
Looking at some of the crowd shots I was thinking the same.
England target 138, currently 49-3 off six. Butler gone though.
England target 138, currently 49-3 off six. Butler gone though.
Old Darwen Blue
Prediction Champion 2021 & 2022
It’s an omen! Well done England and come on Rovers!
One touch one goal!
The missus has just taken me off suicide watch......
He's still in massive credit though Husky. Seems it was a fantastic match and only the second test in history where the winning margin was just 1 run. Andersons bowling figures weren't great for once but maybe Stokes shouldn't have declared and we'd have won. It must have been a massive disappointment for Joe Root who played two magnificent innings worth 248 with the first 153 not out.
davebirch
Senior Member
10 overs on the first day of a test in India.
Spinners are on and it's 4 for44.
Cricket in India is the biggest joke.
btw Aus is bowling.
Kohli out, now 70 for 6.
When will the ICC act against setting up crap pitches in India.
This is going to be a two day test.
Now 7 for 82.
At this rate the Aussies will be batting before lunch on the first day! Might even be a three session test.
Spinners are on and it's 4 for44.
Cricket in India is the biggest joke.
btw Aus is bowling.
Kohli out, now 70 for 6.
When will the ICC act against setting up crap pitches in India.
This is going to be a two day test.
Now 7 for 82.
At this rate the Aussies will be batting before lunch on the first day! Might even be a three session test.
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davebirch
Senior Member
Historic Lancashire cricket club taken over by Blackburn charity
A historic Lancashire cricket club has voted to be taken over by a Blackburn charity and community group.
Where to now?
all in all it's just another brick in the wall, dave.
register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk
I'd imagine the knock of leather on willow on a Sunday afternoon will now not be accompanied by the clink of glasses but by the gurgle of sheesha pipes.
in fairness elcc was doomed. The "locals" saw it as a "white mans" domain and largely chose to boycott it. I must say that did surprise me, crowds that were once 3-400 had dwindled to 30 odd. The club would inevitably have become bankrupt.
There was an offer on the table from qegs (ob) to buy the lot but that fell by the wayside. They have already built a swimming pool in a corner of the Meadows and we're paying rent for school car parking, plus there was an initiative to add extra classrooms at the south end of the ground. I suspect this was a situation / decision which I am sure qegs will come to regret.
Effectively this is being seen by many on the Committee as a positive outcome.... at least in public it is.
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I'd imagine the knock of leather on willow on a Sunday afternoon will now not be accompanied by the clink of glasses but by the gurgle of sheesha pipes.
in fairness elcc was doomed. The "locals" saw it as a "white mans" domain and largely chose to boycott it. I must say that did surprise me, crowds that were once 3-400 had dwindled to 30 odd. The club would inevitably have become bankrupt.
There was an offer on the table from qegs (ob) to buy the lot but that fell by the wayside. They have already built a swimming pool in a corner of the Meadows and we're paying rent for school car parking, plus there was an initiative to add extra classrooms at the south end of the ground. I suspect this was a situation / decision which I am sure qegs will come to regret.
Effectively this is being seen by many on the Committee as a positive outcome.... at least in public it is.
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davebirch
Senior Member
Check out the LIV golf from Adelaide:
www.abc.net.au
golf made exciting? Sell out for the three days. Love the idea of a party hole, especially when someone gets an ace.
LIV Golf Adelaide erupts in wild scenes after stunning hole in one
After landing the first hole in one of the tournament, Chase Koepka is showered upon by beer cups as spectators go through the roof with their rowdy celebrations.
www.abc.net.au
golf made exciting? Sell out for the three days. Love the idea of a party hole, especially when someone gets an ace.
Australia win First test by two wickets after England fail to bowl out the tailenders who came in with 55 to go. Oz had the luck on most of the key moments through this test but England could learn from the Australian 'safety first' methodology.... play not to lose the first test and then win if we can.
england can take heart that given the run of the green they'd have been victorious.
england can take heart that given the run of the green they'd have been victorious.
davebirch
Senior Member
Historic win by the Aussies.
Stokes, despite his desire for entertaining cricket, has to ensure the real reason for playing is to win. In that respect you've got to nail your opponent, His team didn't do that.
It's one thing to score quickly, but that should be done to ensure you take the game away from your opponent. All he did by declaring in the first innings was to give Australia more time to play their normal game. In the end, his bowlers ended up by bowling 64 more overs than the Australians. That's equivalent to two sessions of play. All that was doing was tiring his aging fast bowlers. If he does the same in the next test, he'd better have plenty of test quality backup.
Stokes, despite his desire for entertaining cricket, has to ensure the real reason for playing is to win. In that respect you've got to nail your opponent, His team didn't do that.
It's one thing to score quickly, but that should be done to ensure you take the game away from your opponent. All he did by declaring in the first innings was to give Australia more time to play their normal game. In the end, his bowlers ended up by bowling 64 more overs than the Australians. That's equivalent to two sessions of play. All that was doing was tiring his aging fast bowlers. If he does the same in the next test, he'd better have plenty of test quality backup.