Today’s attempt to create a #Cricket community here in the Fediverse: the #WAshes ODI sounded like a belter, but I was also trying to listen to the Lancs/Essex game and my signal was more than usually all over the shop today. I had to catch a bus at one point and that never helps.
This one for the #cricket buffs, courtesy of The Times. “After 943.4 overs in the series so far, there are only 41 runs between the sides: Australia: 1,850 (for 58) England: 1,809 (for 55)”
Every time I hear someone say, “Cricket was the winner”, I recall the evening when I was playing in a 50-over game, and the opposition scored 360 against our bowling attack*. We folded when we batted and lost by about 200.
One of our senior players said, “Cricket was the winner” in the changing room. Boy, did we laugh? I'm grinning remembering it now.
I did okay. 2 for 40 of 10 overs from my bowling. But it's a team game, and we were trounced!
Discussion before the start of the day at the #Ashes#cricket about Ben Stokes and his captaincy.
In my opinion, he has NOTHING to prove as a cricketer, a captain and a person. However people do judge on results and especially Ashes results which he has not achieved yet which is very unfair considering how good the Australians are.