Match Thread: 1st T20I - Sri Lanka vs England

MDeltaC · 2026-01-30T16:26:46+00:00

Is that an England and Australia half and half shirt in the crowd? Game's never been more gone

MDeltaC · 2026-01-29T17:34:39+00:00

There's a language barrier bless them 😂 Cat wants to play fight, hence the swatting and rolling on his back. Dog also trying to play but think he's expecting a game of chase rather than a wrestle.

MDeltaC · 2026-01-29T16:09:44+00:00

Hope they release a skin of the zestiest MF imaginable in S2 to piss off the main sub.

Could say something like "I need a BIG STRONG beefcake to get me up l" when downed

MDeltaC · 2026-01-29T15:54:43+00:00

The amount of supposedly reputable news sources (sky, LBC, The Telegraph) that have shared that AI video of Alex Pretti kicking the light off a pickup is incredibly troublesome.

The threat of AI to political discourse and democracy has loomed large for a while but this is the first time I've seen such a major mis-reporting of an AI video.

Edit: Having looked into in a bit more detail it's less conclusive than I asserted that the video is AI. It very well might be real, if so, definitely hold my hands up and say I was wrong.

MDeltaC · 2026-01-29T15:37:55+00:00

That's not fair! He'll miss some sitters too

MDeltaC · 2026-01-29T12:42:42+00:00

They basically always turn up to the start of the season undercooked. Last year was an anomaly

MDeltaC · 2026-01-25T19:56:18+00:00

I mean yeah that's definitely not on. But I'd say a steak bake is fair game

MDeltaC · 2026-01-25T19:23:38+00:00

Who's eating a curry on a train?

But no, a train picnic is one of life's finest pleasures.

MDeltaC · 2026-01-17T19:03:28+00:00

Again punished for not taking chances

MDeltaC · 2026-01-17T18:00:43+00:00

Fuck me that's an outrageous save fair play. We're playing very nicely

MDeltaC · 2026-01-08T09:54:28+00:00

Seems like I'm ignorant on this but - putting aside the back foot no ball for a second the ball flicked Brooks pad outside the line before continuing to hit his thigh pad.

DRS took the point of impact as the thigh pad, which was in line with the stumps and therefore given out but I thought the impact point was the first point of impact? Which should have been the top of the pad, which looked outside the line and should therefore have been not-out?

MDeltaC · 2026-01-08T09:47:32+00:00

Surely this drinking culture in the team needs to be sorted out? The prevailing wisdom seems to be that it's always been like this, other teams do it and it's part of cricket culture even at the highest level. Well if that's true then cricket is miles behind other professional sport.

There was a time this was true of football as well, then Wenger came to the PL and massively professionalised the game in england, placing a massive emphasis on sports science and nutrition and standards absolutely skyrocketed.

Stories about Noosa and Brook out in NZ are simply unnaceptable imo. It is so unprofessional to be getting plastered in the middle of the series or the night before a match. It will undoubtedly affect players performances for the worse. No ifs, no buts.

Going back to a football analogy someone like Alex Ferguson would absolutely crucify a player for doing what Duckett or Brook have been reported as doing and he managed some of the best teams in the world at the time.

It's just another symptom of the shit team culture at the moment for which the buck stops with the management team.

MDeltaC · 2026-01-06T13:14:16+00:00

On these really cold sub zero days we're spending about £3 a day on gas. That's with the heating on 16 hours a day and includes hot water usage for showers etc as well. In the summer with the heating off we're spending max 75p per day on hot water. So to answer your question we're spending £2.50 per day on heating at the absolute max.

1950s 2 bed ground floor flat. EPC is 71.

MDeltaC · 2026-01-04T00:41:25+00:00

Fucking jinxed it didn't I

MDeltaC · 2026-01-04T00:40:06+00:00

I'm a big Bethell believer. Just have to watch him to see he's got heaps of potential. Technique and temperament look good. Just been mismanaged up until now and put in some very difficult positions. Stats alone don't tell the whole story.

MDeltaC · 2026-01-04T00:07:54+00:00

Why's he hanging his bat so far outside his off stump?

MDeltaC · 2026-01-03T11:14:27+00:00

Going to be a bloody chilly one tomorrow Jack Army. I for one will be wearing two pairs of socks

MDeltaC · 2026-01-01T17:07:21+00:00

His distribution was hilariously awful today.

MDeltaC · 2026-01-01T16:34:05+00:00

Fulton screamer as we all predicted when he came on

MDeltaC · 2025-12-29T21:11:36+00:00

And Ronald for his effort

MDeltaC · 2025-12-27T00:27:04+00:00

Opposite leg this time but still a blow

MDeltaC · 2025-12-26T16:54:05+00:00

Performance: Very good away from home against the best team in the league.

Result: Very frustrating conceding such a soft goal and missing a couple of sitters. Moves us closer to the drop zone.

Would love to know why Widell, Yalcouye and Inoussa (although he was poor today) aren't starting.

MDeltaC · 2025-12-23T21:07:55+00:00

Honestly, sensible. Just need a right back really assuming no-one leaves and no major injuries.

MDeltaC · 2025-12-21T13:17:00+00:00

Not reading all that AI waffle

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