England in the 90s

[blockerdave]

Hahaha flood light cricket in the 90’s!!! Good solid batting from Gooch and Hick, proper Blockerdave style! Patch or no patch you are consistently very good with the bat. Bar a few collapses in the past...

I have my moments, but I don’t feel good. Gooch is averaging around 40, everyone else mid-low 20s.

 

[ASTER01]

Hahaha flood light cricket in the 90’s!!! Good solid batting from Gooch and Hick, proper Blockerdave style! Patch or no patch you are consistently very good with the bat. Bar a few collapses in the past...

Hinch is eee better than 10x

 

[blockerdave]

Hinch is eee better than 10x

I’ve often said the same...

 

[Ed Smith]

I agree entirely

 

[blockerdave]

This game is heart-breaking.

Bat a whole day and only lose 3 wickets, with an unbeaten centurion: dreams of 500. Lose 3 wickets in the first hour of day 2, both batsmen on 0: will I make 300?

 

[blockerdave]

Thanks to a 40-odd 9th wicket stand by Pringle and Defraitas I dragged myself up to 320, disappointing given I was 230-odd for 3 at the end of day 1.

NZ replying well, early on in 2nd session of day 2

 

[blockerdave]

England take a commanding 101 run lead on first inns after New Zealand collapse from 162/3 to 219 all out.

Helped along their way by a piece of God-tier shithousery from Chris Lewis to remove Murphy Su’a

 

[Dutch]

God-Tier Shithousery!!!! 100 bonus pints!

 

[blockerdave]

Not much time but still plugging away.

having been smashed in the first test I’ve set NZ 374 to win in 2nd test. Start of day 5 an they’re 183/4 - tense.

This morning however I have had: AI player caught out in the infield (yay!), and AI player coming out of the crease to the spinner (triple yay!).

will post vids of both.

 

[blockerdave]

Posted in the vids thread

 

[blockerdave]

Just had the Ai come down the track to the spinner and hole out to deep mid off!! The greatest dismissal I’ve had in c19!

Amazing. Vid later.

 

[blockerdave]

Here it is, a wet dream for me and @Langeveldt

 

[Ed Smith]

Love that

 

[Wealey]

Here it is, a wet dream for me and @Langeveldt

anything that you could point to that would suggest what triggered it?

 

[blockerdave]

anything that you could point to that would suggest what triggered it?

i think the advice I got to put drift and flight at 65 has helped - since that I’ve had a few occasions of the batsman leaving the crease.

seems to be only when the batsman is well in though (reasonable I guess).

the ball was also shocking, so I guess the batsman’s eyes lit up and he went after it!!