Out if they catch it one handed off the pavilion wall now.Brookbonds73 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:45 pm I think New Zealand might declare in October, give us a bit of a chance.
Out if they catch it one handed off the pavilion wall now.Brookbonds73 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:45 pm I think New Zealand might declare in October, give us a bit of a chance.
I think we need to join the fray, my learned.palerider wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 3:26 pmOut if they catch it one handed off the pavilion wall now.Brookbonds73 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 2:45 pm I think New Zealand might declare in October, give us a bit of a chance.
I believe that you're right my learned friend.Brookbonds73 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 5:09 pmI think we need to join the fray, my learned.
My googlies are legendary and you're a dab hand with the willow.
We'll have it done and dusted by lunch, a quick wash n brush up and a night of devilish debauchery with some wenches I've had locked away for special occasions is on the cards.
Splendid show.palerider wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 5:59 pmI believe that you're right my learned friend.Brookbonds73 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 11, 2022 5:09 pm
I think we need to join the fray, my learned.
My googlies are legendary and you're a dab hand with the willow.
We'll have it done and dusted by lunch, a quick wash n brush up and a night of devilish debauchery with some wenches I've had locked away for special occasions is on the cards.
I was legendary in my time, tickling the balls on my leg side.
I think a good session on B&Q's finest the night before and we'd be more than a match for any Kiwi oik. I've emailed the ECC to offer our services and have anticipated our selection at Headingly by booking luxury suites at Leeds Hilton that both have adjoining S&M dungeons so we can entertain the cricketing totty no doubt quite moist having watched our heroics.
What a turn around!palerider wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:23 pm Bazball ? What a load of old tosh !
Four successive big run chases ? Beating the England record today ?
I used to love an elegant foward defensive. I'd politely clap a decisive leave outside the off stump. I'd cheer some pitch-prodding to waste time in pusuit of a rearguard action draw.
Game's gone to ratshit.
I dunno tbh. Some things....If it ain't broke don't fix it.terrya1965 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 1:36 pmWhat a turn around!palerider wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:23 pm Bazball ? What a load of old tosh !
Four successive big run chases ? Beating the England record today ?
I used to love an elegant foward defensive. I'd politely clap a decisive leave outside the off stump. I'd cheer some pitch-prodding to waste time in pusuit of a rearguard action draw.
Game's gone to ratshit.
Pure Entertainment.
From being the whipping boys(one win in 17) to the Harlem Globe Trotters(4 in a row,chasing down massive totals) in a couple of months..
Well done Brendon McCullum and Stokes for changing the mentality of the players.
Bairstow and Root have been sensational.
Long may it continue.
Are your memories fading? Surely it was the 179, as the 169 went up Ley Street and it would have been quite a long walk through Valentines Park where the cricket ground was and still is, I think you'll find! My old man always called it Cranbrook Park, no doubt as it was on Cranbrook Road. Being from Ilford Lane, I was a connoisseur of the above routes and the 193 which went to such posh places as Romford and Hornchurch, back in the day.palerider wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:34 pmI dunno tbh. Some things....If it ain't broke don't fix it.terrya1965 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 1:36 pm
What a turn around!
Pure Entertainment.
From being the whipping boys(one win in 17) to the Harlem Globe Trotters(4 in a row,chasing down massive totals) in a couple of months..
Well done Brendon McCullum and Stokes for changing the mentality of the players.
Bairstow and Root have been sensational.
Long may it continue.
As a lad I used to get the 169 to Cranbrook Park Ilford, the spiritual home of cricket.
A tennis ball game on the outfield before battle commenced....Seeing what Mum had put in your packed lunch....Ham sandwiches, crisps, a bit of cake. A bottle of brasso to wash it down with......
Aaah.
Halcyon days.
My memory is fucked Dan. It was Valentines Park but I'm sure it was the 169 but I concede, the years may have taken their toll.. And yes, I saw Keith Boyce in his pomp. Amazing player.dorsetdano wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:25 pmAre your memories fading? Surely it was the 179, as the 169 went up Ley Street and it would have been quite a long walk through Valentines Park where the cricket ground was and still is, I think you'll find! My old man always called it Cranbrook Park, no doubt as it was on Cranbrook Road. Being from Ilford Lane, I was a connoisseur of the above routes and the 193 which went to such posh places as Romford and Hornchurch, back in the day.palerider wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:34 pm
I dunno tbh. Some things....If it ain't broke don't fix it.
As a lad I used to get the 169 to Cranbrook Park Ilford, the spiritual home of cricket.
A tennis ball game on the outfield before battle commenced....Seeing what Mum had put in your packed lunch....Ham sandwiches, crisps, a bit of cake. A bottle of brasso to wash it down with......
Aaah.
Halcyon days.
Going back to the cricket, did any of you ever see Keith Boyce in his prime. Saw him score well over a 100 in one session at Ilford, when apparently I'm told he was as pissed as a fart, but said he kept seeing the ball as if it was as big as a beach ball. What a cricketer he was, pretty fast opening bowler, bloody good lower order batsmen and a stunning fielder. Threw the ball faster and flatter than anyone I've ever seen - went like a proverbial rocket.
By the way some achievement by England in the last four tests, coming from behind in each test and getting 20 wickets in all 8 innings. Looking at the first posts on this thread, we all clearly saw it coming......
Me too . Not sure Essex ever had a better all rounder .palerider wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:40 amMy memory is fucked Dan. It was Valentines Park but I'm sure it was the 169 but I concede, the years may have taken their toll.. And yes, I saw Keith Boyce in his pomp. Amazing player.dorsetdano wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:25 pm
Are your memories fading? Surely it was the 179, as the 169 went up Ley Street and it would have been quite a long walk through Valentines Park where the cricket ground was and still is, I think you'll find! My old man always called it Cranbrook Park, no doubt as it was on Cranbrook Road. Being from Ilford Lane, I was a connoisseur of the above routes and the 193 which went to such posh places as Romford and Hornchurch, back in the day.
Going back to the cricket, did any of you ever see Keith Boyce in his prime. Saw him score well over a 100 in one session at Ilford, when apparently I'm told he was as pissed as a fart, but said he kept seeing the ball as if it was as big as a beach ball. What a cricketer he was, pretty fast opening bowler, bloody good lower order batsmen and a stunning fielder. Threw the ball faster and flatter than anyone I've ever seen - went like a proverbial rocket.
By the way some achievement by England in the last four tests, coming from behind in each test and getting 20 wickets in all 8 innings. Looking at the first posts on this thread, we all clearly saw it coming......