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well, finaly some cricket gets back under way on tv! and i can watch it all due to time off with exams!

i see its the usuals plus Jon Lewis of Gloucestershire....  :roll: he is good to be fair. also Garteh Batty is in line for a call up if Giles sn't fit by Thursday.

i fuckin hope lewie plays. id rather have him than batty if giles isn't fit because batty's bowling is complete dog poo. he's not a bad batsman though.

looking forward to watch bell bat.

yeh, definitely put lewis in before batty! Batty is crap, just as bad as when Blackwell got in the England team!  :soapy tit wank:

I also want to see Tresco do something!! even if he supports City  :wink:

Big chance for Ian Bell this mini series.

He's got to do well to keep himself in the picture for the Ashes ahead of golden boy Pieterson.

Similarly, let's hope Freddie comes through some decent bowling unscathed- or we'll be really fucked when the real thing gets going.

i can't believe how quickly freddie's recovery has been. when he first had the op they said it would be mid-june before he even starts bowling for lancs

Assuming that we are not going to lose to Bangladesh, the most important thing in these 2 games is to get everybody in form and confident for the Ashes. Harmison seems to be bowling OK for Durham so hopefully he is getting back to his best at the right time, but Strauss, Vaughan and Trescothick need to get some big runs in these games otherwise I can see us being 25-3 after an hour of the first test against the Aussies and the whole summer being a disaster.

sorry, I think I've been reading to many of the doom and gloom posts in the STFC sections of the forum.

I've got a ticket for Sat-it might be all over by then!

How much did it cost you? About £30?

Not long till plays begins. First Test is always bloody great to watch.

Gareth Batty's in then

Glos snubbed again  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

England:
M E Trescothick, A J Strauss, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, G P Thorpe, A Flintoff, G O Jones (wkt), G J Batty, M J Hoggard, S J Harmison, S P Jones

And we win the toss, And gonna bowl.
Anyone got a desktop richie?

Yeh  :D

http://www.download.com/Desktop-Richie/3000-2324_4-10382005.html

im watching it from my computer. 16-0 at the moment. good old richie benaud with the commentary!

whats the latest anyone?

71 for 5 (Bangladesh) after 18 overs!

cheers tom! sound like we are kicking ass

I've got the Sky Sports cricket centre on, so I'm just flicking in and out.

But yes, we do seem to taking the piss a little.

Ooh, they've just got a run - 72 for 5!

74-5 now, definitely good stuff. Top bowling, espically Simon Jones, he is impressing me at the moment.

I hope Bangladesh get a decent score, they're improving by the day, no longer will they be known as Bangladeshit

The Shadwell Massif are 85-5 at lunch. 8)

89 for 6

98-8. this is fun huh!?  :beers:

98-9.

All gone. Very, very poor standard of cricket from both sides.

108 all out what a shammbles now wait for an ian bell century

70-0 we are killing them!  :beers:

So did we drop loads of catches or something?  Should the Bangla boys have been skittled out for 50 runs?

Just a few no balls and extra's. I can't remember any drop catches.

What's going on then, the cricket centre thing seems to be playing up, it's telling me 42 for 0, but Rich has posted that it was 70 for 0 half an hour ago.

Fill me in, not in a lurrid way though.

85-0, nothing really happening at the moment.  :(

So Dave was exagerating then :evil:

Cheers Chris. :mrgreen:

Very much yeah :)

'Test cricket' yeah right. Still its a chance for our boys to have their averages boosted like everyone else has

cricinfo.com is the best place for live scores

Ta Boeta

Just passed their score for no loss :soapy tit wank:

114 for 0 after 22 overs.

£20 for a sat ticket-will I get a refund if its all over?

148/1

A J Strauss     lbw     b Mashrafe Mortaza     69

At least he's got his first 50 of the summer

and tresco hit some runs..wahey!  :beers:  finished the day on 69 i think? 188-1.

Negatives: Vaughan and Strauss against the spinner... if that's the best they've got wait till Warney gets into 'em

I tried watching a bit of this earlier.I fell asleep after 10 minutes.

im surprised  :shock: (im not really) i didn't watch most of it properly, just in the background

This may sound sad, I thinkI only missed a couple of bowls today. :?

you means balls not bowls

i'll be watching it all today but the lack of competition could make it rather dull viewing

well, just got back from an exam this morning then 2 hours in the school cricket nets to see that England are cruisng like i expected. 413-2. tresco on 193  :beers: can't do it for somerset though!

Bangladesh 67/5 could it be over in two days?

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

90/5 they finished on.  :beers:

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  i got up to watch the cricket at 10.30 not expecting it to last long but in 10 minutes they've gone from 90/5 to 98/8.

well done england, not that its that hard! Harmison is on a hat trick ball now too.  :P

oh he didn't get it, had an LBW decision turned down, might have been cliping leg stump, thanks to the good old LBW thing they have on channel 4, can't remember what its called.

well, now thgere on 126/8, so much for my laughing, at least i get to see more cricket though!  8)

even though im talking to myself now  :oops:

we won. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4578019.stm

Dragged on a bit at the end, should have got them out alot earlier. Harmison should have had a hattrick, Jones and Trescothick both had a good match, so there are several positives despite the poor standard of the opponent. Would have liked to see Batty bowl a few overs.