England Cricket

Shared the 50 overs games, now another short wait and then its T20 time !

They'll have to buck their ideas up or they might get a Fourteen Season Quarentine !!

T20 first game lost at the finish -- Well what did I expect truthfully

And so the resumption today of a very different Test Match against Windies.

Will the broadcasters be introducing "crowd noise" as per footy, or will they just let us hear the stump microphones and that long forgotten sound of leather on willow?

I suppose the stump mics will need to be turned off as it's been shown before the watershed.

I really should have expected this  !!

Four months in the dry then Queued In The Rain yesterday for my first 2020 hair cut and again in the late afternoon at Morrison's for a stock of " Crikkkit Sundries " to sate my taste buds and today I wake up to grey sky, lowering clouds  and " confused of commentators "   'cos it's all turned grey, mizzley and generally yeuk as far as TMS is concerned. Scared to attack the 'sundries' for lunch in case  the hair cut has weakened me and I fall asleep and so miss the Opening Overs of Summer Cricket 2020.

P.S. / Edit    Does anybody out there know if one hand sanitiser is better than another as far as grip & control is concerned to a seam bowler ??

DAMMIT  !!

  T.M.S. Breaking Protocol already  !!  Lemon Drizzle cake being consumed by anybody who can kick 'Tuffers' out of the way  --  T.M.S. Commentary Box staffers are not permitted to accept cakes from their adoring { !! } audience this summer but a certain multi-talented lady cricketer / commentator made one herself. I wonder if a slice will be wrapped, packed  and despatched to Lord Geoffrey ??

Grey Day so an early tea  --  Umpires decision  ~~  W.I. None too impressed !!

Surely Lord Geoffrey will be shielding until the end of July? I've heard he wants nowt t'do wi caaake from t'public, preferring only a slice o'homemed parkin. 
Prospects not looking too good for much play today ☹️ Another 3 day test then 👍

##  He keeps eatin' paarkin, He keeps eatin' paarkin,

He keeps eatin' paarkin, that's why he is so brown  !!  ##

{ After checking on his medical / surgical history I'm not surprised Lord Geoff  is still Isolating  }

Agree about the lack of prospects for play today  --  No weather interruptions just the usual lack of talent.

P.S. / Edit  Just heard that the Donkeys are back on Blackpool beach  ~~ no further comments needed from Brian I think  

A paltry 204 with a very menacing Archer taking 6 wickets. I couldn't believe Sir Micheal of Vaughan's comment overheard on Sky,  'Two hundred will be a reasonably good score!'  This is a test match remember! We expect one or two of the openers to score that many on their own!! Maybe we're being taken for a ride on one of your donkeys Brian?

Posted at 06:27 Jonray  ??

Why do I get the feeling that you are still dreaming  Laddie ~~ t'was Holder getting 6 of our wickets, unless Archer is a spy and is hypnotising us.  Anyway Englands team is experimental as they proved with the pathetic excuse for not selecting Broad, --  wanting to see how the others perform in the pressure arena is a load of rotten spuds !! Nobody has played for ages so you pick those known to really train & practice hard before seasons start.