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England N Z - First Test
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Time for some proper cricket after the hit&giggle fest of the last couple of months - be a treat to be able to settle down and watch a match evolve over a decent period of time.
England really should win - but NZ are by no means a pushover and the day/night nonsense (pink balls anyone?) will level the teams down a bit I think.
Good pre-match analysis from Aggers here :
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ sport/c ricket/ 4342799 9
So it's TMS on the radio, Sky on the TV and a glass of malt in hand - the build-up is from midnight and the match starts at 1am
Cheers my dear old things ...
SDxx
England really should win - but NZ are by no means a pushover and the day/night nonsense (pink balls anyone?) will level the teams down a bit I think.
Good pre-match analysis from Aggers here :
http://
So it's TMS on the radio, Sky on the TV and a glass of malt in hand - the build-up is from midnight and the match starts at 1am
Cheers my dear old things ...
SDxx
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Let's hope that England can get off to the same sort of start that Scotland did against the Windies earlier today:
http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ sport/c ricket/ 4348367 1
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Starts 8.00a.m here, more civilised time to watch than in the UK. Will watch on Sky too via streaming link. No point in having TMS commentary as the time delay between stream and live commentary is often more than one delivery.
South Africa v Australia follows on afterwards - will be good to see how Rabada gets on.
South Africa v Australia follows on afterwards - will be good to see how Rabada gets on.
You're absolutely right Jim - and of course in Test Matches there is (usually) time to finish the match even if the weather intervenes at points along the way.
Pyjama Cricket seems very resistant to the obvious 'come back tomorrow and finish the match' solution - or even to abandon and reschedule the match. I suppose it's all about money and no-one cares that much about 'the spirit of the game' these days.
If the Windies had been behind, I wonder if the administrators might have tried a bit harder to get the last few overs in somehow ... ?
Pyjama Cricket seems very resistant to the obvious 'come back tomorrow and finish the match' solution - or even to abandon and reschedule the match. I suppose it's all about money and no-one cares that much about 'the spirit of the game' these days.
If the Windies had been behind, I wonder if the administrators might have tried a bit harder to get the last few overs in somehow ... ?