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Discussion in 'General Football & Other Sport' started by wfc4ever, Jul 25, 2011.

  1. Evasive

    Evasive Requiescat in pace

    From where we were earlier in the day, that was a fantastic effort by both Ben Stokes and Jack Leach.

    Mostly Ben Stokes.
     
  2. zztop

    zztop Eurovision Winner 2015

    Considering the Ashes is probably seen as the premier competition in test cricket, and how crucial winning this match was, that was possibly the best innings ever seen in a test match.

    Simply brilliant.
     
  3. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Somerset wins the Ashes!!
     
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  4. CleyHorn

    CleyHorn Reservist

    Totally beyond belief. Watched the last hour in the Lion. Ran around the pool table giving it large (twice) at the end.

    I can't honestly remember a better end to a sporting fixture than that. Including the World Cup, which I thought was a contrived finish with NZ having any number of reasons to have been seen to have won it in 90 mins without the need for extra time.

    This was very different. One and a half men v the World with simple rules. Loved it, just loved it.
     
  5. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    But it will be largely irrelevant if the Aussies go on to win the Ashes.

    Still Botham ‘81 for me until we know how the next two games pan out.
     
  6. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Except, of course, that Stokes was plumb lbw just before the end.
     
  7. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    More reliable than Broad !
     
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  8. zztop

    zztop Eurovision Winner 2015

    No, not really, I'm basing it on what Stokes was facing on the day. That isn't going to change, whatever happens over the next few weeks.

    But I actually think it is a very significant innings in the bigger picture. For years I've been wondering why chasing a last innings score of over 300 has been so "out of range". I think Stokes has shown the way, and we will see more similar run chases succeeding in the future.
     
  9. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

  10. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    I think we are going to have to agree to differ, at least for the time being.

    Wouldn’t be the first time, ZZ. :D
     
  11. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Yes, but tactical use of reviews is part of the game these days and the Aussies had used up theirs. Umpiring generally not that great, though.
    Meanwhile, it’s absolutely insane that England could win that after being bowled out for 67.
     
  12. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Agree about the poor use of the review. Still a lousy decision though.

    Of course, umpires always favour the bigger teams. :cool:
     
  13. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Isn’t that just a combination of factors though?

    England starting the chase so early in the game, with favourable weather conditions on a pitch less worn than it would normally be when a 4th innings chase starts, had a big impact I think. Most such chases start midway through Day 4.
     
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  14. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    Hmm. I guess the irrelevancy of it would be subjective. Sometimes in sport, single moments transcend the final result. I still remember the efforts of the Aussies in 2005 when they chased scores, even though they lost the series. Irrelevant moments in relation to the result of course - but still memorable.

    Stokes innings today will be spoken about for a long long time. Regardless of who wins the series.
     
  15. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Are you HB1 in disguise?
     
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  16. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Alright, point taken. “Irrelevant” was too strong a word. But I would still find it difficult to label it “the best innings ever seen in a Test match” if we don’t win the series.

    Besides, that is a very, very high hurdle. I’m not even sure it is the best Test innings Stokes has played.
     
  17. zztop

    zztop Eurovision Winner 2015

    Amazingly, this was the first time England have won a test by a single wicket in nearly a hundred years.
     
  18. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    Umpire knew that was out. So so out. He wanted to keep it interesting.

    Fantastic.
     
  19. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Sounds like a crafty gay boy bj.
     
  20. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    And something to talk about in the pub afterwards.
     
  21. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    It should be Leach (Somerset) plus 10 Surrey lads pretty soon.
     
  22. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Somerset win the Ashes.
     
  23. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    The circuit around the pool table would be about 8 metres/yards.

    Doubling up is more impressive.
     
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  24. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    On that basis, Botham Headingley 81 doesn’t really count as it only brought us back to 1:1.
     
  25. scummybear

    scummybear Reservist

    We lost the Play-Off Final after that Deeney goal against Leicester. We still talk about it today (and show it before every home game), the follow-up result is hardly mentioned.

    I bought a week long Now TV subscription to watch the cricket. Before today I was wondering if I could get a refund, now I'm more likely to send them a tip! That was incredible, hopefully enough of the newbies to cricket after the World Cup will have stuck around for that. For me it beats the highs of 2005 (when I got into cricket), it was like that Panesar innings but with Stokes being Stokes in there.
     
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  26. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    Root out!
     
  27. miked2006

    miked2006 Premiership Prediction League Proprietor

    I’ve only started really watching cricket over the last few months.

    Is it always this good?
     
  28. Happy bunny

    Happy bunny Cheered up a bit

    I've worked it out now
     
  29. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Rubbish. It ended up counting enormously in the context of the series as a whole. As may Stokes' innings in due course (we hope).
     
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  30. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    We still talk about it, but the gloss was taken off by the ultimate outcome. I have rarely felt as deflated as after the match against Palace.

    Fingers crossed the Ashes doesn't end the same way.
     
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  31. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Yes.

    Didn't you query me a couple of years ago when I said that Test cricket was the best sporting theatre there was?
     
  32. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Nope. The whole county.
     
  33. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Perhaps I should clarify here. It was a quite superb innings (especially in respect of the last wicket partnership) and an extraordinary comeback by the team as a whole. But "the best innings ever seen in Test cricket"? To my mind, that judgement needs to be reserved until we know the outcome of the series. Mark Butcher batted brilliantly at Headingley in 2001 but it meant little because the Aussies still stuffed us in the series. IMO context is important in making judgements of that type.
     
  34. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Tbf, I think Stokes was going for a Monty/Viv combo today.

    Happily, Viv prevailed.
     
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  35. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    A 5 match series is war.

    Certainly, the Ashes.

    No sporting spectacle even thinks this way to my knowledge.
     

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