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[Siam]

@Chris-B cricket tournament in Thailand. Funny thing was he was late and people thought perhaps not coming. I was hungover to fuck at breakfast and couldn't talk hungover and sitting miles away from people. Big Gord arrives and sits at my table. Breakfast with a legend and couldn't actually speak.

God I wished @jegga was there to take over!

[Higgins]

Ahhhhh, cricket they way we all remember it!!!!!

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=12225289

[Duluth]

Ireland have started the Test against England well

Eng 36/3

[Duluth]

Root gone

42/4

[Higgins]

Utterly plum that one, just as well Ireland reivewed the original not out call.

[Duluth]

Chaos

Bairstow bowled

42/5

[rotated]

Bairstow gone too - clean bowled.

[Higgins]

42 for 6 but England reviewing

[Duluth]

Haha 42/6

Woakes lbw

[Higgins]

Three LBWs so far, very reminiscent of the visiting team's scorecard in the days when there were not mutual umpires, particularly on the sub continent. One slight difference, all these three today have been utterly plumb.

[Higgins]

The rut continues, 43 for 7!

[Duluth]

I’ve only been watching since the 3rd wicket.

It’s not a minefield. The ball is swinging around a little and Ireland have bowled a good line.

[Higgins]

England have recovered to a certain extent to take the score to 67 for 9.

[NTA]

@Duluth said in Other Cricket:

I’ve only been watching since the 3rd wicket.

It’s not a minefield. The ball is swinging around a little and Ireland have bowled a good line.

Using the slope as well. They're saying Murtagh has a few wickets here playing for Middlesex so he knows how to put it in the right areas.

[Higgins]

England do not get the chance to declare their first innings closed as they lose their last wicket to be all out for just 85 runs shortly before lunch after winning the toss and batting!

[JK]

Ireland goin well in comparison 45/1

England prob still win though due to hitting more boundaries

[Derm McCrum]

132-3 currently. Stirling and Balbirnie paired well - according to the experts. Stirling just went - lbw after 36. Kevin O'Brien comes out.

[Bovidae]

Told ya that England had used up all of their luck!

[Nevorian]

England obviously not trying for a few more diving deflections to the boundary

[KiwiPie]

England are still struggling to find top order batsmen who can cope with the new ball - Roy may blast some runs in the Ashes but generally going for your shots on the first morning will get the slips excited. Bairstow's innings was just weird, being warned for batting so far out of his crease that he was "running on the pitch" and then bowled through the gate with a big drive.