Ali also has the latest from the England camp (before this match was kiboshed)
England v Pakistan: first menâs T20 cricket international rained off â live | Cricket![]() Key events Ali also has the latest from the England camp (before this match was kiboshed) Itâs now absolutely pongoing it down here in South London. âNeâer cast a clout till Mayâs outâ as my old man might say. âIâm watching the IPLâ my older brother in LeedsLeedsLeeds texts. Bet Englandâs players are glad they had to fly back for the start of this series. Ahem. If you have a cricket shaped hole in your life this evening then you could do a lot worse than listen to this new podcast helmed by Surreyâs redoubtable Jon Surtees and The Rest is Historyâs Tom Holland. Flick the TV on to see Ian Ward, Eoin Morgan and Stuart Broad riffing whilst the apocalypse closes in behind them: Oh. Yas bringing us all back down to earth. Early call on the result tooâ¦
Jimmyâs seen off eight PMs! EIGHT. Name âem⦠Zain Malik emails in, in short â he wants a roof. Somebody build Zain a cricket stadium in the UK with a lid on it. Ok? Done. âIsnât it just classic cricket that we still let a bit of rain ruin everything? I mean, itâs 2024, and weâre still acting like itâs the 1800s with rain delays and abandoned matches. Youâd think the ECB would have realised by now that fans and teams canât take any more of these washouts. Itâs like waiting for England to win a World Cup â oh wait, that did happen in 2019, or did it? Miracles can happen! Covering cricket in North America, where sports happen rain or shine, it does feel a bit like weâre stuck in the past. In England, the rain is practically a team member, always ready to step in and take the match away. Weâve all seen the brilliant spectacle of The Docklands in Australia, right? Sure, itâs had its quirks and flaws in the BBL, but at least it gives cricket a fighting chance against the weather. Imagine that in England â a roof over Lordâs, turning it from a soggy mess into a plush, climate-controlled paradise. Picture it: a cricket stadium thatâs the Rolls Royce Dawn of venues. The rain can pour all it wants outside, but inside, itâs all plush seats, perfect lighting, and uninterrupted cricket. Who wouldnât want that? So ECB, if youâre listening, itâs time to get with the program. Stop letting the rain win! Give us a cricket stadium where the only thing getting soaked is the pitch in champagne after another glorious game of the beautiful sport.â This is a four match T20I series with the second game due to take place at Edgbaston on Saturday. Iâve just fired up a few weather websites and the forecast is much better for that one and into next week. Both sides of course are tuning up for next monthâs T20I World Cup in the Caribbean and AMERICA. A shame not to see the return of Jofra Archer for his first bowl in international cricket in 14 months and his first run out in an England shirt of any kind on English soil since the Ashes Oval Test of 2019. Ali Martin has the latest on his return below â Archer was going to be in the starting XI today. Bloody rain! As the sounds of D:Ream drown (!) out the election announcement outside Number 10⦠another seemingly forgotten musical act are featured in this weekâs Spin newsletter by Ben Bloom â United Colours of Sound â anyone?
This is very much the vibe at Headingley: And this⦠Preamble![]() Hello and a soggy welcome to Headingley and the OBO of the first T20I between England and Pakistan. Or not as the case seems to be. Just as I type the officials have seen fit to abandon the match. The puddles on the Yorkshire outfield looking deeper than the ones on Rishi Sunakâs suit shoulders ⦠itâs election on and cricket off. Things can only get wetter. Iâm going to hang around for a bit to see if thereâs any flutterings of news out of Headingley, please do drop me a line if you are out there and fancy keeping me company for the next hour or so? Source link Posted: 2024-05-22 18:33:52 |
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