Cricket

[ToffeeTim]

3 drops, all easy enough for this level

Missing Stokes leadership out there.

 

[Rita_Poon]

RIP Graham Thorpe, very sad.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I think they just said its 35 drops now in the series between both teams. That's a lot for test match players

 

[Rita_Poon]

Jaiswal helped along to a half century. Well played England, some fine stuff... :/

 

[ToffeeTim]

Very out

Waste of a review

 

[Rita_Poon]

Very out

Waste of a review

I'm on highlights now so not following, have I struck again?

 

[Rita_Poon]

No, Sudharsan.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I'm on highlights now so not following, have I struck again?

LBW

Was hitting middle and leg

 

[Rita_Poon]

Dawson, managed to get in the way of it and lose it, could have wiped his face off.

Crawley with seemingly much easier catch. Tired minds, tired bodies.

 

[jaspercabbage]

Dawson, managed to get in the way of it and lose it, could have wiped his face off.

Crawley with seemingly much easier catch. Tired minds, tired bodies.

And the supply teacher in charge on the pitch.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Woakes out of the ashes. Feels like the end of his test career. Sad to see. Seems a really nice guy

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

RIP Graham Thorpe, very sad.

For me personally, the most heartbreaking death of someone I've never met. He was my hero as a young kid. I wanted to bat just like him, I still play the pull shot with his iconic leg swivel.

As an adult, I relate to all of his health issues, and have gone through the same stages of hopelessness and frailty, and nobody not even your closest family can help you. The saddest story. What a cricketer though, if he played today you'd add 10 runs to that average and he'd be playing in any T20 league he wanted.

 

[Rita_Poon]

For me personally, the most heartbreaking death of someone I've never met. He was my hero as a young kid. I wanted to bat just like him, I still play the pull shot with his iconic leg swivel.

As an adult, I relate to all of his health issues, and have gone through the same stages of hopelessness and frailty, and nobody not even your closest family can help you. The saddest story. What a cricketer though, if he played today you'd add 10 runs to that average and he'd be playing in any T20 league he wanted.

He'd been repeatedly unwell for a while, under a cloud he couldn't shake, wife and children. My heart is lowest because I keep thinking of the train driver.

It was nice hearing fond memories of him from former team mates. TV and radio today. The push for the 'Mind' charity is good as well.

 

[Charro]

For me personally, the most heartbreaking death of someone I've never met. He was my hero as a young kid. I wanted to bat just like him, I still play the pull shot with his iconic leg swivel.

As an adult, I relate to all of his health issues, and have gone through the same stages of hopelessness and frailty, and nobody not even your closest family can help you. The saddest story. What a cricketer though, if he played today you'd add 10 runs to that average and he'd be playing in any T20 league he wanted.

Same.

Was something about the way he batted that captivated me as a kid.

Watching England in that era was pretty bleak but Thorpe was always great to watch. He was so stylish.

Read an interview with his wife and it sadly sounds like he was completely gone.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

He'd been repeatedly unwell for a while, under a cloud he couldn't shake, wife and children. My heart is lowest because I keep thinking of the train driver.

It was nice hearing fond memories of him from former team mates. TV and radio today. The push for the 'Mind' charity is good as well.

I've had chronic depression for a decade now, three malaise comes and goes, you do the best you can, I'm sorry for his family who as they said felt helpless to fix him, and it's true, some birds aren't meant to be caged. I'm really really glad more is spoken about him of late because he really was a bloody good cricketer, one England's finest. Averaging mid 40s in that era in that team.