Proper Mannies Cricket

[StandfreeFM]

Nice Richie tribute, min. Good work.

Jennings described as having "an anxious prod" - the Ibrox Finance Director onfield?

Chef gone. 14-1.

Nae bother min

59-3, typically useless start fae England.

According to TMS:- "Over the last three years, in 64 innings, England have lost their third wicket at 55 or lower 23 times." That's absolutely appalling cricket.

[57vintage]

Nae bother min

59-3, typically useless start fae England.

According to TMS:- "Over the last three years, in 64 innings, England have lost their third wicket at 55 or lower 23 times." That's absolutely appalling cricket.

Then Bairstow, plumb apparently. I wonder whatever happened to hewasplummin?

117-4. Stokes just planted a 6.

Still disna sound comfortable, though.

[StandfreeFM]

Stokes gone for 56, 190-5. Much needed century partnership for England.

Finally a wicket for Rabada.

Roooooooooot on 83*

[Donanddusted]

That's a captain's innings from Root.
How many times can he do that to save face for the openers before he gets dragged down to their level though?

[57vintage]

Third Test on.

England batting on a slightly-damp, but drying Oval, aboot 50-1 - Jennings out for his third duck innings.

Boycs in great form on TMS, "As well as digging into Keaton Jennings' cricket technique, Geoffrey Boycott on TMS is having a grump about "these modern coffee cups with lids on them". Apparently, Boycs - whose name, lest we forget, is an anagram of Grotty Coffee Boy - prefers an old-fashioned china cup."

[57vintage]

88MPH inswinging yorker kittles Malan out.

Sounds just like Waqar Younis or Wasim Akram in 1991.

Unplayable when it's bowled at that pace.

Must watch on C5 highlights when I get back from tonight's game.

121-4 Cook 55*.

[StandfreeFM]

Sick of these one sided test matches tbh. I want England to win but ffs it's dull as sh!te for folk with day 3, 4, or 5 tickets if the result is pretty much known. Nae fight in these batting (unts. I blame 20/20.

[StandfreeFM]

All over. England win by 239 runs, Moeen Ali with a hatrick to wrap things up. Schloppy batting, particularly in the first innings cost the Saffers.

[57vintage]

All over. England win by 239 runs, Moeen Ali with a hatrick to wrap things up. Schloppy batting, particularly in the first innings cost the Saffers.

Ah well, **** cutting the grass and hairsting the ingins tonight then. Channel 5 highlights at 7pm, with the sound turned off and Paul Jones's Blues and Soul Show providing the soundtrack.

[StandfreeFM]

Not sure how I feel about day/night tests. Hard to assess the conditions/pink ball etc because the Windies were predictably awful.

Last three hours looked like a stag-do in the Eric Hollies stand, funny for the guys in the commentary booths, probably less funny if you were there trying to watch the cricket. I've been at tests near the Barmy Army, rivaled only by the Tartan Army in their sanctimonious self satisfaction. I like a p!ss up as much as the next man but a little goes a long way when its stockbrokers and IT consultants boasting loudly about how much lager they've consumed (often not that much tbh), chiding folk for not joining in with their "banter" and singing the same daft songs over and over.

Good centuries for Chef and Roooooooot I suppose. Eng will start day 2 on 348-3, Cook 153*