test match waiting room

Wednesdays: 2nd Test of India tour @ Edgbaston

>>149491418 (OP)
What are they testing?

county cricket LOOMS

>>149491435
my patience

Pears have signed Callum Parkinson on a one-match deal to play against Hampshire

Find these one-match loans to be incredibly rum, they simply should not be permitted

some brianlet mp on tv throwing out 'in terms of' when gets rattled to try and rescues the situation and sound intelligent

Might have to get someone else to do the streams this morning

/COUNTY/ County Cricket

Games:
ALL GAMES NOT BEING STREAMED TODAY. PLEASE ATTEND IN PERSON

YFO

can't think of the last good film I saw at the cinema (Dune was not good)

not been many
I liked Fremont (2023)

The Surfer (2024) was kino
(although IQ-lets probably won't appreciate its nuance and complexity)

dire taste in film and /fa/
decent taste in music
simple as

>The Surfer (2024) was kino

bouldering followed by first class cricket
fimna rescue this weekend

The Endless Summer (1966) is the only good surfing flick

Point Break (1991) is the only good surfing kino

The Surfer (2024) isn't a surfing flick, you'd have to be an IQ-let to think that it is
Ultimately, it's a contemplative and hallucinogenic exploration of masculinity, identity, and modernity in the guise of a rambunctious B-movie psychological thriller

>watching movies

more like The Slurper (2024)
certain man really does have an awful sense for good cinema

>certain man
meds then bed mate

I average 90 for the 3s if you ignore silly hoiks on the last ball of the innings
The team has a win rate of 85% with me in it, whereas the 2s have lost 6 on the trot now
Honourable members of the selection committee, reinstate me to the 2s where I belong goddamnit

thought the plan was to become a bowlshomosapien and that batting was for brainlets? did I miss another narrative shift

zachy IQ on par with j dog

watched the grand budapest hotel last night and thought it was pretty good

>omg Nick Cage? Wes Andrson? heckin kinooooo
/cric/? more like /reddit/

>>149491921
That was before I batted fairly well in my last couple of matches (albeit against relatively shite bowling - wayward kids and slow but straight older guys)

Would still prefer being a bowlshomosapien thoughever

If they insist on putting me in the 3s then I'd quite like to have a bowl because I think I'd take wickets pretty easily at that level (literally just bowl straight and the batsmen will get themselves out within a few balls), but the captain tries to give everybody a game and lets anybody who didn't bat have a bowl

>NOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CANT LIKE FILMS THAT OTHER PEOPLE LIKE
grow up

... i drive iykwim haha

Pewdiepie is pretty based these days
Released a video a couple months ago showing how good life is if you run Linux rather than Microsoft and just released a new video showing how to completely get out of the Google ecosystem
He could easily cost both these brands a few million users

the pseudosphere be like
>ong this be some seriously subtle use of the language of cinema rn frfr

not an academic subject. taste can't be taught in a classroom. bard has a film studies A level but the neek thought dune was good

Darcie Brown

>>149492349
the blue filter represents how depressed he is about being shot

colour seems off desu

/COUNTY/ Championship: round 10, day 1
BBC have live text and radio feeds, also streams on the ECB website

>Division One

Hampshire v Worcestershire
https://youtu.be/1butFCsTPsA

Somerset v Nottinghamshire
https://youtu.be/XogRpZGTQkY

Surrey v Durham
https://youtu.be/RPgqwYMH-m8

Warwickshire v Sussex
not up fuck them

Yorkshire v Essex
https://youtu.be/S7_OIbQyy6E

>Division Two

Derbyshire v Lancashire
https://youtu.be/YCpKtbXjUBc

Glamorgan v Gloucestershire
https://youtu.be/glt-m5u_qNk

Kent v Northamptonshire
https://youtu.be/GaVbGJb0Yx0

Leicestershire v Middlesex https://youtu.be/7na06VVT8C4

>>149492641
tabla x

If I win lotto i'm going on a hunting safari and going to kill an Giraffe like my hero Glenn McGrath.

seems strange to shoot a giraffe of all things

>>149492728
The giraffe I’ve had tasted pretty good tbf

nz sport has really fallen off the map and it's sad
>combat sports
all our big guns have either retired, are losers, or are retired losers
>league
warriors are on a losing streak which will see them fail to make the 8
>rugby
is probably our... 5th most popular sport right now? no one cares
>motorsport
liam "loseson". not even scott dixon wins anymore
>football
our claim to fame is some part time plumber or whoever the fuck he is scored a goal against some brazilians
>golf
we had an old guy nearly win a tournament until he choked at the end and lost
>cricket
don't even remember the last time we played. do we still have a team?

>>149492939
>combat sports
not something a small country like NZ will be consistently good at. we will only have a star or two at most at one time and gaps between stars are to be expected. be happy we had a star at all.
>league
we have players all over the league (look how good Hughes was today) and the warriors is made up of a lot of non-maori polys and some aussies. thats "NZ's team" but it's not a NZ team. our league players are good.
>rugby
this is definitely the sad one. not sure what the solution is besides making some radical changes to the game (and I'm not even sure this would work)
>motorsport
don't care about this enough to be able to comment
>football
stronger than its ever been. Chris Wood was the 5th top goalscorer in the EPL last season. if you look at the all whites squad, the majority of them are playing in top leagues in Europe.
>golf
Ryan Fox won two PGA events this year, made the cut in 75% of the PGA events he played and made top 20 in ~45% of PGA events played. other golfers playing in other key tours. Lydia Ko obviously goated
>cricket
3-0 win in India. Sizeable pool of quality young players coming through, likely to be a top 3 team through 2027-2031

If you don't watch sports just say so

luv me a birra moretti

>>149493077
Anyone know who currently holds the Agar-Ravindra Trophy?

you know when they have to include 'sport' in what it's called it's clearly not a sport. also if you don't call it soccer your country is brown

20 mm max hangs done
Time to go watch cricket

keep it in /cg/ you dreary toothpick-armed bore

>>149493131
are you trying to say that sportsball and watersports aren't sports?

ol bingo wings sweaty and seething in the heat

>>149492427
The cinematography in Dune is undeniably kino
Villeneuve is a master of cinematography, this is well known
The film itself is ordinary, but it's a worthy cinematic spectacle

For me, it's the Grooving High (American vintage made in Japan)

won't be watching 28 years later after the truthnuke from the brains in the family

Come on zimbabwe

bet you don't even know what cinematography means lol

>>149493328
Fortunately it was covered in my A-level in Film Studies (Final grade? A) (Topic of my coursework mini thesis? Park Chan-Wook's Vengeance Trilogy)

A level coursework is totally rigged
It's basically marked in advance, they will just give the Neek the high grade automatically
If they don't consider you a neek you are basically capped at a certain % whatever you write

you'll have a hard time finding anything that ISN'T rigged in current year

Can't say I give a fuck who wins out of Yorkshire or Essex it's just a means for me to not be stuck inside my rented accommodation really

zachy next year: v6 is rigged

me¿ twas the spirituality and allegorical depth of Au hasard Balthazar (1937)
plain x

for me it's the 8th reply ITT (2025)

>>149492641
>dat pic
we could OF had a fifth day of proper criccy innit¿

>>149492275
linux is dogshit if you run an os with systemd and these days it's as comped as win

>>149493511
GOTTEM
>>149493514
MANY such cases

>>149493511
who's in it fella¿

>>149493481
betting on v10 + monster drinks™ sponsorship

never >> me again fat

i will defo climb v6, even though the vast majority of climbers never do
already climbed asterisk v6

>>149493778
up and atom fella x

really strong smell of poo in here

>>149493774
see >>149493789

smelt it dealt it
'nuff said x

parsiq probably breaking even before this welsh weakling manages a v6 lmao

>Test matches all start at midnight australian
>Hit and shit starts at 10am
Grimest tour for a while

grimest, grimmest, or most grim champ

grire (grim + dire) even

weaklings don't do 22 bw pull-ups 4th set
I am naturally strong and that's blindingly obvious
just have no flexibility whatsoever. Thanks mum

>>149493850
Doesn't matter, you are all 3

>>149493892
yoga will fix you up fella
t. knower

>>149493833
And batting as bad as the fucking battering my dad used to give me after the pub

>>149493913
I don't know mate
flexibility is so genetic
I'm not even sure stretching makes a difference
you can certainly make yourself stronger through progressive overload, not sure you can actually make yourself more flexible lol. You probably can and I'm exaggerating really
hate stretching too. Just not fun at all

>>149494029
give it a whirl, fella. commit to a six month routine (min) and see the difference yourself
suggest trying iyengar yoga, think of it as your only way to v10

brb† LOTS to do around the ol farm
maybe not†

walking to the cricket
Clifton is leafy

>>149494369
You're hours late fella, you've missed a whole session

Australia was populated when somebody screamed, poof of the word, aboard

>>149494405
was bouldering in the morning innit mate
does it matter? Not sure it does

seems it's an absolute pancake anyways
Scarborough tier
don't think I've missed much

Going to go watch 28 years later

>>149495518
You're not that late, it was only one session you missed

probably going to be like looking in a mirror for certain man kek

only good zombie movie is [rec]

>>149496026
lgm

>>149496027
dire taste
it's shaun of the dead btw

pegg has never worked for me

>tfw you manage a non-asterisked v6 28 years later

man this almost as much fun as bouldering

think maybe Essex are batting quite well
not sure it's that flat

>>149496466
jealous of the missus' folding chair looks super plush, ask her what brand it is

>>149496065
only zombie film that makes sense.
zombies themselves aren't heavily gimmicked, they just move slowly and bite the living.
UK setting means almost no guns, the refuge Shaun picks out happens to be the only place nearby with a gun. so the zombies have a more level playing field against people who only have melee weapons for defence.
actual crisis doesn't last longer than a day because the army steps in and that's that. its not dragged out over a long period just to have a TV show. this is what would happen.
like really, despite being a comedy, this is the only zombie flick that makes sense.
cricket bat.

just seen zachy on the yorkshire stream. thought the spaghetti arms thing was just a meme but he's looking really skinny now. is it hiv/aids?

reckon the Yorkshire '''''spinner'' ''''''''''bowling'''''' as I type this post into my Google pixel 7, needs to do more 20mm max hangs to ensure more rips and revs on the ball

>>149496946
this would be such a cruel meme if I was actually skinny..think about it. Luckily I'm very muscular and strong

What ale they got on at the beer tent spacker?

>>149497110
you didn't look that way on camera mate but maybe it's just something to do with the angle

hazy day
And some others
Neek

this spinner is absolutely garbage
looks like club cricket

just went for a large black country new road after Isaac wood left the band

oh wait it's dom bess
lol
genuinely didn't realise

someone having a physical health episode at the ground
if I was a conspiracy theorist I blame the vax

watch out for those zoomers saying you have massive arms mate. wouldn't want that to happened again haha. definitely happened last time haha *winky face*

Worcestershire absolutely flying
Draw looms

why are they using this soulless logo and team name in an FC match?

up front zoomer chads tell it how it is

Worcestershire vs Hampshire
Ah yes, reddit: the fixture

actually >we (Hampshire) invented cricket so you really should stop seething at us - but then again it's probably because we all have tree trunk arms down here

2 gay zoomers saw zachy's bare chest and twiglet arms and called him hench and bard's sister is statistically the greatest university challenge contestant of all time. oh and also bard himself saved 100k by buying cans of beer from the Londis in Balham. just believe /cric/ ok?!

Hampshire is an objectively awful county sorry mate
T.can do 25 pull ups 1st set

cam on glammy

zachy is basically Steve stiffler
and Hampshire tarq mclovin

don't even like observing this bullying desu
. Quite brutal to watch

sussex is known as a gay county
don't think the average Hampshire chad will have any problems dealing with those poofs tyvm

172-1
Reckon the Yorkshire bowling line-up isn't that good lads

https://youtu.be/Xee_2r-5L2U?si=zwIPBFKK0zcLKpL-

So elite

just bounced
seen enough

something within me finds yuzu street food genuinely offensive

just get five guys instead

i prefer food that has flavour mate

Chicken tikka masala + laccha paratha

Shame to see Westley go, Cox has looked tetch as he has done recently but they drive away on his second nice enough though. Hopefully he’ll baz it a bit to get the extra batting point and make the dorkies weep

ffs Elgar

Bard is fucked up like me
Because his parent's separated

Thank God for rich parents

yeah yeah, just stop ducking him and agree to the boxing match (livestreamed) already

I would never duck that neek
Bard would not last two minutes in a ring against me

>>149498371
Not sure, you're right that it has no place outside of pyjama cricket
Suspect it's just an error
I don't like the "Rapids" nickname at all desu, yankified garbage nickname with no historical precedent

>>149498768
I have about £245k cash now I think

> have about £245k cash now I think
So one hundreth of my grandfathers wealth
fascinating

think they're called the rapids because of the severn, which I believe you can kayak through so it does make some sense
using it as a team name is very yank and (therefore) cringe though agreed

Met Cameron Winter at the The Haunt, Brighton in 2021
Really chill dude, considering he is a musical genius

more of an Isaac Wood general

>>149502623
Can't all be born into wealth and then proceed to grow that wealth via the accumulation of property and rent seeking, during the most fortuitous set of economic circumstances

At least I know that every penny I've saved has come from my own labour

I do not need to subjugate the humble working man

>>149502786
Well yeah it's because of the proximity of the ground to the river
But the nickname was concocted in the last couple of decades to be more franchise friendly than the existing nicknames (Royals, Pears)
I reject it entirely - I am a man of tradition, not marketing

>>149502999
Cry me a river mate
I would take begin to take you seriously if I didn't know you were a tarq anyway. Your family literally rent out a boat

>>149503077
What a bizarre allegation, we have never owned a boat
Maybe a typo for flat?
Sure, parents rented out the annex to the family home when we all lived there, but it's not like I've seen any of that money - all the money they had went into each of them buying new houses for themselves after the divorce

>I am a man of tradition, not marketing
*shills / partakes in The Hundred and watches every Worcs T20 game like a good little consoomer*

BARD
is this the kinda league you play in fella¿ looks bosh ngl
https://youtu.be/Gr_Yr5BN2_A

bard's parents paid for his neeky uni education and also gave him some money that he attributes to his ''''''''100k''''''''' savings when living in donedon

so true

https://youtu.be/RDp61U9zTj0?si=QJQWbQgNDFQj5dZS

Toil looms

any betting man in? free money

>>149503246
That sort of thing, but that match looks a higher standard than my club's 1s play at (and I've been bouncing between the 1s and the 3s, so the 3s standard is way worse)

Faced probably 2 or 3 80mph bowlers when I used to play 1s 14 years ago, when my club was better, but I doubt there's many in their current league who bowl above 75mph

Club cricket is an incredibly comfy institution in the UK though, I don't think any other country has quite the same thing (although they need to bring back cooked teas between innings to make it full comfy again)

>>149503256
Not true, I'm still paying off my student loan, like most people
Gran (F) gave me a loan for my master's, which I paid back within a year because I don't like being in debt to anyone
Parents did provide me with a top-up to my living fees while I was doing my undergrad, but I've had nothing from them since

Z-dog playing chess makes me uncomfortable

we want a zachy v countystreams chess match. make it happen lads

I'm no Alireza Firouzja
But I have potential

>the 35yo bouldering and chess prospect

>toil looms

HOLY SHIT
TURN ON CNN
RUSSIA HAVE MOVED INTO ESTONIA

Daily reminder
Never punch anyone
Absolute clout behavior

Just nigger things
Go back btw >>>/pol/

>>149506055
every time
what is it with these socioeconomic issues causing people to do such a thing

we don't use that word in this general so also take yourself back to >>>/pol/

Just four miles separated the childhood homes of Sam Winter and Rakeem Miles - yet their upbringings in south east London could not have been more different.

Childhood photos show Sam spending his formative years in a stable, nurturing home, while images of Rakeem at the same age hint at a life already veering off course.

it's another absolute scorcher lads
climate's gone

rakeem miles should get the death penalty

unfortunately zachy turns into a /pol/ incel when drunk

>>149506626
can we add "b wording later" to this list

>>149508909
unfortunately you can't do 7 pull ups when drunk, or sober
Fat neek

>fat neek

>think konstas is a DEI wog selection
>first one here to bring attention to his one-dimensional "skillset"
>totally fucking useless
>all of a sudden makes the rest of the world seethe
>forced to boost him wherever I can now
>make nonces cry and block me on twitter over it
Next 20 years will be a creative challenge I guess

>>149512901
need more picks like Beau Webster

>>149512901
don't worry, it will be 80% BIC(hads) in 5-10 years

Lee & Perrins Worcestershire Sauces™

>>149512901
No one in /cric/ was seriously calling Konstas the next great batspersons
>>149513147
yeah based. he's been a great addition, looked super comfortable in his first test vs India.
got a little worked over in the first innings vs windies but I still think he's quality

It'd be foolish to get carried away either way after one test on an indifferent pitch and it's very rare to get called up if you are actually shit, I'll reserve judgement

CRICKET?

>>149513761
true as well
Carey and head were on some podcast yday saying 60 on that pitch was like scoring a double hundred on a normal pitch

>>149513800
sorry.

This realistic zombies argument is ridiculous, it's zombies you nerd. It's like arguing that the only good sci fi is hard, it's sci fi. Or why dragons shouldn't be able to fly according to real world physics, have you seen a flying dragon irl, maybe you did but was it real, again maybe

wtf are you on about irish

>>149506808
>while images of Rakeem at the same age hint at a life already veering off course
me irl yet i've never killed a cunt
almost like race is more than skin deep
fuck the cricket news media

>>149514437
he is not a real bogtrotter, SAAR.

this whole website is an AI bot testing ground now

>Hot rod rocks glasto about ukraine
1. wow so brave
2. supports the idf
3. doesn't rock shit, it's more controversial to say you prefer russia over ukraine or palestine over israel

>>149515935
meant SASR some of you cunts are alright don't drive to work tomorrow iykwim haha

good morning criccas what cric we watching today?

>>149516447
applied for a podcast yet?

imagine a podcast about cricketing

>>149516693
unrelated but imagine a /cric/ podcast

>>149516693

Is this the last day of Brit 4chan?

why?

>>149516693
BBC do at least 3 different ones.
>TMS podcast
>Tailenders
>No Balls
Telegraph had one with Tuffers and Vaughny
Sky have at least one
Cricketer magazine does one I think.

>>149516811
Internet safety Act or whatever it’s called that meant to ask you for all your details before going on any “porn websites” meant to be enforced by July wasn’t it?

That said I just saw an bunch of news articles from April that said ofcom weren’t getting any replies from 4chan kek

>>149492641
/COUNTY/: REPORTS & HIGHLIGHTS POST for day 1 of round 10.

>Division One

Hampshire
v Worcestershire 456/3.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c74znj7ln34o
https://youtu.be/SkDbe286q-I

Somerset 275/6.
v Nottinghamshire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c8d6gplp7p1o
https://youtu.be/9T83VLMZW0Y

Surrey 407/3.
v Durham
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c9vre8lxz99o
https://youtu.be/m1vsXmGDXaQ

Warwickshire 372/7.
v Sussex
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c89egw3y4p9o
not up fuck them

Yorkshire
v Essex 248/3.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cvg4n3zd744o
https://youtu.be/T2CK2n2eNcY

>Division Two

Derbyshire
v Lancashire 367.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cvg6p5jr8e7o
https://youtu.be/bWJxhCwsPhI

Glamorgan
v Gloucestershire 279/7.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cgmw87dw7neo
https://youtu.be/zgHgluj5Kyc

Kent 325/4.
v Northamptonshire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c39zjke7vl2o
https://youtu.be/wu3oqKyG1b0

Leicestershire
v Middlesex 336/5.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cx2jvyzye4ko
https://youtu.be/EZrhP1Y7rY8

>typing all that at 9am on a monday
does countrystreams have a job I wonder

>>149516894
he's a civil servant so it's a made up laptop thumbing job

glad I have a real job

prefer the term laptop fingerer

/COUNTY/ Championship: round 10, day 2:
BBC have live text and radio feeds, also streams on the ECB website

>Division One

Hampshire v Worcestershire
https://youtu.be/HOn-1agR4ao

Somerset v Nottinghamshire
https://youtu.be/ZYfCd2ub_bU

Surrey v Durham
not up fuck em

Sussex v Warwickshire
https://youtu.be/lxVnbeAa6G4

Yorkshire v Essex
https://youtu.be/gNll0mOXp-U

>Division Two

Derbyshire v Lancashire
https://youtu.be/Foi252chwqA

Glamorgan v Gloucestershire
https://youtu.be/3kdeautG9Wo

Kent v Northamptonshire
https://youtu.be/_wN__p5Pbb8

Leicestershire v Middlesex
https://youtu.be/KCitqveeTIc

>he still can't copy and paste
literally takes 3 minutes because I'm not a weak-wristed poof and can type at a decent pace and not 1 wpm like you, and I often do half of it early and wait for the late ones to put them up, in which case I save a draft in my emails and just copy and paste enter later when I get the chance.
>have a job
I work but it doesn't require me to literally be working every single second tied to a ball and chain. I can "get away" with posting on online mongolian basket weaving forums. There's been plenty of times I've late posted and not posted them for various reasons.

Why am I even bothering to reply to a bot?

>>149516894
doesn't need to work, he's on benefits because he has the 'tism

>>149516878
RIP Wayne ;_;
>>149517110
BOSH
tabla x

>>149516825
unenforceable innit

What is a west indie

music genre innot

>>149517128
too many sponges like that these days
hate to see it

Reckon the ideal batsman should be innumerate so as to not experience the pressure of approaching a milestone score

BOSH >>149516878
RIP Wayne ;_;
and tabla x

>replying to his own posts again
sad cunt spacky.

>>149516825
that just means it's going behind the Great British Firewall in the near future

>le zachy man bad!
lmao he really has countysperg mentally imprisoned since that bullying sesh at the last meet (to anyone slightly masculine it was just light banter thoughbeit)

no it's not zachy it must be a bot no real person could possibly make fun of his big beautiful posts

>>149517575
meanwhile countysperg has the most bot-like behaviour ever, trying to make every new thread as soon as bump limit is reached and mindlessly typing out his long streaming posts that nobody cares for. proper weirdo

inb4 I'm zachy replying to himself

Sussex victory looms

>>149517116
Keep up the good work fella
and stop replying to the "he types it all out" comments lol

I saw a brief clip of Peter Lalor talking about how Usman Khawaja won't talk to SEN because they fired Lalor for talking up about "babies dying every day" and thought Usman was taking a based anti-abortion stance
turns out he's just a fool that cares about irrelevant battles around the world

Imagine how easily we would have demolished Australia in recent years if we'd have just picked Sibley instead of Crawley and Cook instead of Archer

if you're known by a name on /cric/ you're instantly cringe. imagine how much better this place would be without zachy, bard, micksperg, sebshit, countyshit and the rest. the best posters are the humble anons who talk about the cricket (me and a couple of others)

Surrey ticking along nicely

>>149518838
95% of the posts talking about the cricket are from me and countystreamslad
This board has so few posters that you get given a name as soon as people start to recognise your posts, because of your writing style, the team you support, or something like that
If you've not yet been given a name I can only assume it's because your posts to date have been dreadfully boring

I am known by many names

And I go by many names also
Some people know me as hope
Some people know me as the voice that you hear when you loosen the noose on the rope

i don't believe countyGOD types it out each time

Might have a taxpayer-funded nap this afternoon
It's simply too hot to work today, even in my cool ground floor flat
No wonder the denizens of warm climates never developed civilisation

can confirm it's another absolute scorcher today
just hit 33c (this converts to like 53c in Aus)

Why are Surrey still batting now that Sibley is out?
Prioritising higher ever team score rather than getting the win?

Still got a long way to go before surpassing Yorkshire's 887 against Warwickshire in 1896

at least they don't have 5 wickets and 10 overs left while nudging it around for singles lol

>>149519295
Sensible and unselfish way to bat when the fella at the other end is going at a strike rate of 200+

has any team made 1000 in FC cricket
I did it on Brian Lara Cricket 2005 a few times - against Shane Warne as well :)

>Sensible and unselfish
more like cowardly and safe desu

Alexa, tell me about the last match played at Birmingham. what was the pitch like, toss results, first and second innings scores and the match result
tabla x
>i don't talk about criccy
lmoa

800 up lads

k noted x

>>149519353
Can't disagree with that lmao, wicket-keeper (who I enjoyed some really sterling banter with) was trying to goad me into more big shots, but I said to him "Fuck that, I'm protecting my average, fuck the team"

>>149519473
Not you, but I agree fella
Keep up the good work

>>149519564
tabla x

full blown paedophile

we all agree that 33c in the UK feels about as hot as 43c anywhere else
buildings were not designed for it

been alright with my portable AC

21C in England is equal to 48C in Australia, in terms of pure sensory experience

Durham will be feeling confident after having taken 9 wickets in that innings

Could they bounce back for an improbable victory? Only tim will tell

been to many parts of Australia and the only hot place is Brisbane. everywhere else is basically cooler than England given how much AC they have. NT idk because I didn't go there but that might be hot too

>820/9d
game's gone

The Surfer (2024) uses the intense and oppressive heat of Australia as a clever motif, mirroring the psychological breakdown of Nic Cage's character

It's only hot at 23c when you retards close your houses up to keep the heat out. It's warm not hot.
I've also been to Brisbane

>just open up your houses

with all the urban youths we have about nowadays? no thanks

>>149520191
The air outside is hotter anyway

Alexa, for the WTC 2025-2027 test cycle, list the number of tests played each by the big 4 four -- India, Australia, NZ and South Africa
tabla x
>don't talk test criggy
kkekKkkk

Durham should be automatically relegated
criminal that

never seen snow never seen a domestic cat outside never seen a talented local comedian never taking your opinions seriously

>>149520338
you couldn't make it up

Australia are going to get the bazzing of a lifetime this winter

†summer
‡doubt

Just get an AC unit bros

>>149520723
GOORKHA LA
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-25/the-surprising-locations-of-snowfall-outside-australian-alps/102385638

>>149520723
>>149520747

Fat dire yank hours just got started lads

>w-we have snow mate
>here's an article full of photos from the 1800s where it happened in some remote corner once

watching Wimbledon

opinion on AI linespersons fella¿

too hot to climb today

>>149520807
k noted
let us know when you will be done, fella x

Just not true though is it? Climbing is a hot country sport

>>149520914
thought bouldering gymnasiums had central AC¿
huh

he's looking for every excuse in the book now
>more of a chinups man now
>my ex might see me
>too hot
just admit v6 has taken the win

>>149520952
some have embraced this more than others

going to be 24 degrees at 10pm what in the fuck

don't watch test
don't care about test
never will care about test

>>149521046
bbbBBBAASED HABIBI
I
B
I

>>149521037
>According to research published in 2014 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, excess heat generated by a city’s worth of air conditioners can increase the outside temperature by 1 to 1.5 degrees Celsius at night
we can blame the one guy on /cric/ who got a portable AC. ruined it (with a handful of normies) for everyone else

just played my first game of chess with zero misses or blunders

alri DOMMARAJU

its so hot i think im gonna die bros

played an atrocious game afterwards nvm

sweating like a pig me

the general vicinity of my groin is red raw

sometimes nothing quenches the thirst quite like a designer cider

got way better at chess

alri Wilkins Ciderla

still not convinced it's a better sport than Pokemon showdown

'ted

>>149520747
The weather here is pretty nice desu. It's not too hot during summer and the winters are bearable. Flash floods are a pain in the ass where I live tho

how the actual fuck am i meant to sleep in this weather

put the fan on a middle to high setting, only wear boxers
it's pretty comfy desu - gets a bit cold even

>>149521384
>no missus
thought you'd be pretty used to that by now zachy mate haha x

aha x

being able to play passable chess is a good life skill desu

no it isn't, it's never tested and the best players just become twitch virgins

>twitchy virgin
zachy mastered this step before he even got into chess haha x

zachy, let's be real, you'll never be good at chess. consider the following:
you're not virginy enough to get decent because you have to put in 5+ hours a day based on current standards. you might have been 'decent' in the 90s before the Queen's gambit and youtube made chess overly saturated. the best you could be given your lifestyle is slightly below average - also I imagine you don't have the best memory for stuff like board positions
you can still play for fun but pokemon is probably as good a use of your time at this stage of life

bit grim we're losing to Worstershire
glad bard not been gloating much though, probably busy with toil for once
as I said we were lost without Abbot having a decent partner - needed Abbas or someone who can hold an end

man in the mirror is about cricket

>>149522991
>>149523910
haha done him twice, one for each toothpick
(actually there's probably a third toothpick between his legs as well haha x)

>summer
>willow
>making a (bowling) change
>take responsibility for your own actions in order to help the team

>>149525266
I simply amn't the gloating type
Particularly because we'll still be relegated either way
Did call out Hampshire's likely struggles early on thoughever, losing Abbas and Vince is a big blow and you didn't really replace them

r8 my wagon wheel from thweekend?

looks like really shit bowling, no offence
were they not aware they can bowl deliveries that aren't half volleys?

>>149526690
Not sure how you can intuit the bowling from that desu
Please note the two forceful front-foot cuts for four, from balls that were slightly wide and back of a length
The six over long on was a half volley thoughever, I'll admit it

https://youtu.be/FYy0in1QNrU?si=qBDEkx2iMSUd0SV9
>>149525990
Reckon I’d get you out first over with some reasonably well placed offies

>>149525766
>>149523910
>>149523177
>>149522991

>>149522582
jelly ngl fella x
where would someone setup a farmhouse in हाम्रो नेपाल these days¿

>>149521004
ah k

>>149525990
not bad ngl
conspicuous lack of straight drives fella, tis my favourite shot to play tbqh x

Suspicious lack of front foot cuts in that wheel

>>149527306
Where would you reasonably place them?

>>149527762
A straight drive with a nice straight bat is one of the finest cricketing shots known to man (it's either that or the cover drive), but - alas - one that has eluded me

>>149527952
wtf I but two forceful front-foot cuts for 4, the proof is right there

>front-foot cut
no such thing for any batsman worth their salt
literally a tailender shot. cuts and pulls are by definition back foot shots

>>149528084
I’d get you three outside off let you tonk the fourth one then straight (topspin) middle stump if you play at it or lbw if you’re cowardly. If you survive that you’ll get stumped on the last

>bard
>coping with any form of spin
lmaooooo

>>149528084
i play them effortlessly ngl x
and the pull shot another fave

>>149521046
you disgust me

>>149525990
where's the square cut¿

>>149528084
>front foot cut through extra cover
not sure thats a cut fella

>>149516570
no but steven WAV iykwim haha

>>149517128
he's not me retard

Nice bbc aesthetics http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/skills/newsid_3263000/3263831.stm
Free Glastonbury

watching cricket later

Wednesday is cricket. It's Monday night now. Got a whole day tomorrow

>>149519038
should call to question the safety of electric vehicle batteries in general
anytime a vehicle or battery goes up in flames it's almost always thanks to renewable energy

>>149529607
technically I wasn't wrong

>>149529713
Wish there were more cars being released like the Jimny (except not so gay looking)
It's got essentially the bare essentials when it comes to electronics
Don't need all that woke shit in my car tbqh

>>149529745
for me it's an ole holden commy

>>149529713
on the contrary i fully support EVs being used by indians

Really hope India wins the toss and has a bowl

when does the cricket start?

>>149530694

>>149530694
what's her handle? haha

>>149527708
Somewhere close to civilization but also out of view from it iykwim, not some place totally cut off from the world. I'd love to buy a farmhouse up in ghandruk or dhampus in Pokhara, the only problem is I'm not a gurung haha

Just woke up

>>149531778
ghandruk looks like a nice area, is Nepal much cleaner than India? looks like you guys know how to respect your environment and communities but I could be wrong

slop slop slop

is cricket more exciting than football or rugby?

>>149535201
can you guys just focus on becoming truly elite at rugby
the world yearns for a strong South American team
thanks

>>149531469
@avneetkaur_13

>>149535139
remember that 811 like it was yesterday

>>149528119
Sorry for being an innovator
Sorry for party rocking

>>149528251
If you give me four balls I can tonk before getting me out then I probably won't mind returning to the pavilion after the fifth with a humble 18 to my name, would be better than my current average
Don't tend to come down the wicket to spinners, only pacemen

>>149528370
Do struggle a bit against spin ngl
Just never used to face it as an opener so didn't really develop shots against it
Been working on my reverse sweep in the nets

>>149528535
Fancy a game on Saturday?

>>149528610
Bowling simply wasn't right for it

>>149528637
Yeah it is, bringing the front foot into play changes the direction of the cut somewhat

>>149529161
kahteem

Had to break that into two posts because apparently the system believes that the humble 7-reply post is spam

Reminder
all posts should
be exactly 3 lines

spin in this country is just a guy who bowls slow

>>149536493
do you think the hook and pull should continue to be known as two distinct shots?

a pull is just a horizontal drive

bit of cricket trrivia: all off-spin wristspinners are chuckers

>>149535201
I think what's exciting about cricket isn't directly comparable to what's exciting about rugby and soccer. Cricket, in particular test cricket, scratches a different itch.
Cricket like the fruits of summer,
the stone fruits and berries.
The most exciting thing about cricket is the anticipation that it will be on and when it is on that it will end.

>>149536581
reminder for all
all posts should be a haiku
of 3 lines, cricket

Peaks and pits of Pride month?

>the most exciting thing about watching cricket is knowing it will end
powerful

cricket is good in short intervals
like 20 overs a team

>>149537165
meant 20 overs a game btw

>>149537191
S7 was the pinnacle of cricket

>>149536956
who's this and why do his arms look like that

Imagine how comfy county cricket would be if every Sunday you had a full round of one-days fixtures, and a Match of the Day style highlight show on Sunday evenings

So sick
So tired
So done

/cric/ is pretty based for bullying zachy into self-improvement
shame that he chose to pick up the gayest "activity" ever in the world ever and ever

>>149537212
what about cricket max?

>>149537251
my names not max

Anyone got a stream for Zim v SA?

>Zim 72/5 against Saffa B
Grim

>>149536956
such a tragedy that a young man (36) would waste away before our eyes.

Hi, please don’t choose an OP image with grass in it next time, I am trying to find /tennis/ and your thread has confused me multiple times.

>>149537233
So sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing you were still here

>>149537311

found a good image for the next op

tennis is cricket's sister sport (fast bowling and serving are basically the exact same mechanics)
remember certain man - before he made r/bouldering his home page - would play it often

>>149537325
Wimbledon will be over before we get to a new bake

>>149537323
wouldn't mind observing her exercise from a short distance away (directly behind her on a seat iykwim haha)

who is the cricket equivalent of famous tennis player e.raducanu?

>>149537366
did well initially and has been shit and unreliable ever since?
archer I guess

indians have won the toss have have elected to deposit their waste in the ganges

>>149537382
Phil Hughes?

bouldering later

having a poo later (probably)

Already had two poos today

Seems excessive

having 5 guys later (probably)

kek what a NOBODY can only get a media shot by positioning himself next to Beckham

>>149537501
reminds me of this

show the average bloke on the street a picture of an England player and they'd struggle to name them
in fact throughout history the only somewhat recognisable ones were probably Botham and Flintoff and I'd say < 20% of the public of their time would recognise them

if i can turn heads at the Perth Steam Works i have no reason to doubt that a test cricketer can't do the same in the street

anyone of you fellas gonna hit up wets when you're in town with the barmy army?

>>149537596
disgusting
glad I have retained my purity

>>149537596
get none of this faffing about at the PSW

the PSW meme never took off mate
just cut your losses and let it go
don't be cringe like bard and micksperg shilling 'rum' and 'iykwim hahah' as old men

was 28 years later any good then?

fuck up spaccy
https://archive.4plebs.org/sp/search/text/perth%20steam%20works/page/4/

I am a hideous human being, without a conscience, uncaring, couldn't give a damn about anybody

I don't think that's true at all, I think you're probably quite a nice man but have been misled by some bad decisions made earlier in your life - including finding this website which has been bad for your outlook on life

miss this nigga like you wouldn't believe

Glenn McGrath was fairly good but overrated because he was able to stat pad in an era of second rate batsmen. Phil DeFreitas was better.

thougheverbeit McGrath's action was almost as bad as Bumrah's lmao

not seeing that, mcgrath single handedly won the first test of the 2005 ashes series. took about an hour to get his fifer before the end of day 1.

>>149538062
Remember when Renshaw straight up shat himself while batting in Pune

Rob Key has such a private school face

better than the private school face, toothpick arms, and AIDS physique combination

And of course he's married to someone called Fleur (the most private school girl's name going)

whats with all the huge scores in the county championship?

/cric/ is a private school general mate (unless you're from Australia)

>>149538330
It's mostly due to using a Kookaburra ball for this round of fixtures (as well as the last one, and the next two). All cricket fans think it's a dumb idea, because that ball is known to do fuck all in English conditions. However, Rob Key and the ECB in their wisdom decided that county players need to use the Kookaburra instead of Dukes for a handful of fixtures every year, so that bowlers get used to it and will be better at taking wickets in Australia, meaning we may eventually win an overseas Ashes. Slight issue with the plan is that England players typically play between 0-2 matches for their county every year, and pretty much everybody currently slogging away with the Kookaburra ball has no chance of ever playing for England.

On top of that, we've also had a heatwave recently, and that makes things even easier for batsmen and tougher for bowlers.

CAM ON GLAMMY

a man drives a car, a slave rides the bus

Two little mice fell into a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn’t quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out.

>>149531922
The population density of our hills is not that high and there isn't a lot of stress on the natural environment which makes living there pleasant if you're loaded on cash. The bigger cities are pretty shit but it's not anything that can't be fixed with a bit of economic development. The land area of Delhi is the same as that of my home district (1 of 77 districts in the country) but Delhi's population is more than that of our entire country which makes things worse for them in terms of cleanliness.

>>149538933
Source?

>>149539073
Which is better, Everest Base Camp trek or Annapurna circuit? And can you find me the best possible prices?

bard can do trail running, canoeing, mountain climbing etc because he's Irish who, unlike the Welsh, actually do have athletic genes

>>149539385
My most extreme sport is probably fieldsmanning desu
Think I cracked a rib on Saturday diving like a maniac for some ball I was nowhere near, winding myself in the process
Hurts a little bit to breathe now, which is unfortunate because breathing is something I've become accustomed to

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025/07/01/andrew-flintoff-i-rejected-obscene-money-be-wrestler-wwe/
he actually got quite far it sounds like.

>>149539423
Faggot

finally got the bloody red in the cave

>>149539333
I'd go for Annapurna Base camp. It's better in every aspect. All Everest Base Camp has is the novelty factor of Everest being the tallest mountain in the world. I don't really know any agencies or guides because locals can just go wherever that want, it's mandatory for tourists to have guides tho. "Nepal High Trek" is a name that's thrown around a lot but I can't vouch for them.

>>149539333
>>149541175
Fuck me, you were talking about Annapurna circuit, not ABC. That's good as well, I'd still pick that over EBC trek every single time. Stop by some ghandruk homestays on your way there.

>>149537485
trip on zoe quinn iykwim haha

absolute scorcher once again today lads
bit sick of it tbg. when people say it's lovely and warm they mean about 31-32c not 34-35c (converts to 60c in Aus)

for me it was an absolute perth scorcher once again today innit lads iykwim haha

>>149506808
meant just four rakeem miles

we're more of a tropical rainforest sorta country

reckon we're more of a topical raiinborest bought a county champ

despite what everyone on /cric/ said I'm now starting to think the climate change ''''''meme'''''' wasn't in fact a meme

ynr they tried to change it to climate boiling but backed down because it's retarded
just like forcing experimental gene therapy on everyone even though it was never tested and took a day to produce and they never answered for their crimes

I am deeply in love with the English bowler Lauren Bell

>>149542838
i'd bowl 'er

>>149542860
oops meant boner i hardly know her iykwim haha

>>149542989
i'd seek help iykwim haha

>>149543056
haha ikwym haha iykwim haha
shan't seek help thougheverbeit iykwim haha

>>149542838
has she got her liquor licence?

>>149543056
FUCK didn't even realise /we/ reached 10k posts last time i saw it was only over 9000 iykwim haha
>>149543114
no but steven chardonnay

>>149543056
saddest part is he tried to deploy his 10s of VPNs to shill it when it was new but nobody (except bard the neek) else has ever posted it lmao

Another wicket for my gorgeous wife

>>149541175
>>149541215
Thanks lad, I'll look into it. Fancy commissioning an auto-rickshaw for me, and then driving it with my friend and I from Kathmandu to Goa?

Is this the gooner general?

it's the yfo general so get out

Make me you fat cock-sucking pedo faggot nigger

If you aren't following the crivket fuck off

Britzos won't like that

Currently watching some cricket. Anyone else?

no mate, pretty sure there's no live cricket happening

griggid :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

B I R M I N G H A M
https://youtu.be/pZcMp40ZMwc?si=og5Jtwx0-ZgbaNe6

https://youtu.be/77R1Wp6Y_5Y?si=DQISaCPCKcg352lM

>>149543618
Need david goggins tier legs to pull that off haha. Plus Goa's pretty outdated. Nobody goes there now.

>>149543286
is micksperg in the thread with us now toothpaki?

>>149550168
>goes
meant goas iykwim haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rlFEhYJlIM

3 wins in a row

It's no exaggeration to say I could probably 1v4 the rest of /cric/

bell st maccas in 15 minutes chqmp

Cricket on today lads

saw a sexy blonde with a huge arse on the worksite today. boss is rorting me never hiring any for our company.

Cameron Winter- heavy metal is so good

walking to toilering

just paid hopefully my last ever months rent,ever (was a half month actually)

>>149554665
fuck I need a poo

>>149554193
this but with the word "no" before the word "cricket"

Dick Winters - band of brothers is so good iykwim haha

It's no exaggeration to say zachy will probably never do 1 v4

already done about a million mate

is origin or tonight?

was implying without the asterisk

v4 in Sheffield is nom asterisk

wait so this whole time I've been laughing at zachy for not being able to do a v5, he's never even done a v4?

>>149550680
uhhh yes?
micksperg is always in the thread, usually with his many VPNs (unless someone posts a webm of his fat arse pushing a button at a BBL game and then he'll vanish for 10+ hours and later claim he was just drunk lmao)

Cricket today lads. Going to be a good day I can tell

>India will win the toss and bowl first
>Jaiswal will make less than 10
>Pant will get out between 90 and 100
>Stokes will get injured
>Crawley will drop a catch
>India will be dismissed before the end of the day
>England will finish the day 1/38

Have a feeling cowardly Derbyshire are just going to bat out the day slowly to get a draw.
Lancs going to get robbed again

England will rig the toss so India wins and bowls first

India will take the ball because they think Headingley was doctored

>>149555061
Origin is next week

>>149555686
Origin is my gas supplier. Didn't realise they sponsored cricket.

Is the truth that England won the first test easily despite choosing the wrong choice?

>>149555689
Your gas will be coming next week please have tea and coffee available on request

>>149555719
>coffee

Is the truth that India were simply incapable of taking enough wickets to win the first test?

How can a toss be rigged? Ask a magician

No Bum for India

England have won the toss

>>149555768
England have rigged* the toss

>we'll av a bowl again please innit m8, worked the last time guv
fucks sake how stupid can they be

>>149555771
It was a double sided coin. Stokes may be an average captain, but he is a brilliant magician.

>>149555771
Yes because they knew India would bowl first because India know it’s doctored and would of bowled

>Usually it's a good batting surface and it looks the same
>yeah gizza bowl please then lads
spazball at its finest

First wicket within the first 4 overs, total under 15

>1st test, not rigged toss on doctored pitch
>2nd test, rigged toss on doctored pitch
I wonder where they go from here, soft balls maybe

I’m astounded they dropped Bummy

/crug/

Is there rugby on?

>India gets their tail skittled twice
>makes it even longer
Does a second spinner make sense on this wicket? England aren't even playing one.

>>149555803
>/Crug/
>Batsman plays a solid defensive shot
>Silly Mid On fielder spear tackles him into the ground

>>149555811
NRL maybe.

>>149555820
Nah, tomorrow should be. The Lions are in Australia maybe it's that

>>149555827
Never watched it desu. Seems like more of a NSW thing.

>>149555783
bazball is about the chase
the thrill of the hunt

>>149555815
the brum wicket turns a bit of turn but 2 spinners is more common at OT or The Oval
jeets are hooping it goes to late on day 4 or into day 5 I guess but you don't often get that with bazball so they should have just played another medium pacer

>>149555834
I thought England preferred to chase because they don't trust their bowlers to take wickets in the fourth innings.

>>149555844
everyone knows you want to chase in one dayers mate

>No Anderson
>No Broad
I don't know how they've taken any wickets tbqhwymaf

>>149555848
Not cricket. Keep the off-topic discussion to a minimum or I will tell the custodian.

Haven't watched a whole one dayer since the wc final

Everything is just filler till the Women's Hundred starts

Reckon India will want to win this test to keep the series alive

>>149555865
Yeah, hundred kilos.

new
>>149555880
>>149555880
>>149555880

>>149555865
which snack are you gunning for

>>149555892
McCoy's lifelong