MCC v v Rest of the World XI at Lord's, Jul 5, 2014

TedWard · Postby **TedWard** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:21 pm

http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cric ... 13653.html

A chance for any russian primadonnas to go and see the GOAT doing what he does best - especially if they are not doing anything else during wimbledon finals....

Katto · Postby **Katto** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:38 am

a misnomer or should I say false advertising for both teams
neither would be filled with current squads

SuperGLS · Postby **SuperGLS** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:44 am

Sehwag had to find a way to England in case India needs him I see.

I imagine Finch and Read must be fairly excited to be part of that team.

raja · Postby **raja** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 3:16 am

Will be great if we could see Sachin and Lara together at the crease.
And Warne and Murali bowling from two ends.

I expect ROW to win this easily. They have the much better side, though MCC has Chanderpaul.

andy · Postby **andy** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:16 am

should be a great exhibition, and a good event to see. Shame il only be watching it on tv.

Boycs · Postby **Boycs** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:39 am

Very excited about this. Am going on a stag do over the weekend so will have to record it though

Going South · Postby **Going South** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:16 pm

Rest of world.? Haha ha ha what a joke

raja · Postby **raja** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 6:17 pm

I see Tamim Iqbal in the ROW side.
That's one smart way of getting the large number of Bangladeshis in England interested.

Could've got a Saffer in there too. Seems to be the only country missing out.
Maybe Ntini in place of Tino Best.

SuperGLS · Postby **SuperGLS** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:11 pm

SGGH wrote:Very excited about this. Am going on a stag do over the weekend so will have to record it though

What is a stag do?

Boycs · Postby **Boycs** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:57 pm

SuperGLS wrote:
SGGH wrote:Very excited about this. Am going on a stag do over the weekend so will have to record it though

What is a stag do?

When the best man of the groom takes him out for a party in the weeks leading up to a wedding.

Verity · Postby **Verity** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:56 am

Tendulkar and Warne look old and ran down, both look 10 years older then what they are, look like shit.

SuperGLS · Postby **SuperGLS** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 2:05 am

Ah ok. We call that a bachelor's party. Stag do sounds a lot cooler.

Verity, I think retirement does that to most people!

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:52 am

It's started.

Lee bowls a pretty decent first over.

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:58 am

Pretty ordinary first over from Gul.

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:19 am

Veeru gone! Bowled by Lee.
Some good shots but Lee has the last laugh.

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:20 am

Tamim in. NOW it's worth being called a Rest of the World side. :-)

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:22 am

I'm pretty fond of Tamim Iqbal. He batted beautifully in England a few years ago. Was very consistent.

TedWard · Postby **TedWard** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:25 am

KPs in! and batting at lords!!

The crowd loves him.

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:26 am

Gilly gone. Stumped by Read off Ajmal.
KP in. Big cheer. :-)

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:34 am

Tamim gone. Ajmal is just too good. :-)

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:43 am

KP beaten. Ajmal gets him!

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:46 am

Lala comes and goes.
Ajmal is on fire.
Not what we want in a match like this. :-)

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:53 am

Ajmal is spoiling the fun by taking too many wickets. :-)
Sachin should just remove him from the attack. For now.
Let the score at least get to 150 or so.

Asim · Postby **Asim** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 11:29 am

SRT would have enjoyed captaining a spinner who takes wickets outside of India too

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:41 pm

Sachin comes on to bowl. And the crowd roars! :-)

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 12:54 pm

100 for Yuvi.
Always a pleasure to watch.

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:16 pm

Siddle and Warne at the crease.
Lee bowling.
Like Victoria vs NSW. :-)

Asim · Postby **Asim** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:21 pm

Lee just made Cook the happiest man in this world.

Maybe Warne should have worn long slevees for some extra protection.

Lee has been known to bowl intentional beamers maybe that was one too.

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:24 pm

293/7 then. Very good score, thanks to Yuvi. Decent support from Collingwood and Siddle.

Dravid took a sharp catch in the slips. Was really good to watch. :-)

Asim · Postby **Asim** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:42 pm

Shane Warne has a suspected broken hand after being hit by a Brett Lee beamer

afghankhan · Postby **afghankhan** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 1:45 pm

Lee Idiot.

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 2:02 pm

Lee has spoilt the fun for the crowd. Everybody was keen to watch Warne bowl.

GpeL · Postby **GpeL** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:05 pm

Does the stag get to shag?

SuperGLS · Postby **SuperGLS** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:20 pm

Video of the beamer.

http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list/201 ... lee-beamer

Cookie shows how to captain. Just slip some money to Mr. Lee with a handshake and a wink. Job done.

SuperGLS · Postby **SuperGLS** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:22 pm

Also, what is Finch on about? Doesn't he know he needs to get out because people came to watch Dravid and Lara bat?

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:38 pm

Sachin gone.
Lara to the crease.
Finally the moment I've been waiting for. :-)

Asim · Postby **Asim** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:48 pm

WOW! Lara on the crease, moment everyone has been waiting for.

raja · Postby **raja** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 3:53 pm

The last time I watched Lara bat, he was out first ball in an ICL game.
Hope he hangs around longer this time.

TedWard · Postby **TedWard** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 6:31 pm

What did Strauss say on air that he needed to apologise for?

SuperGLS · Postby **SuperGLS** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:09 pm

Hah. Finch. Probably thinking "these guys like Dravid, Lara, Tendulkar, Gilchrist, KP... were they ever as good as me?" This young man likes batting in England.

TedWard wrote:What did Strauss say on air that he needed to apologise for?

Just a bit of the c-word it looks like.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/con ... 57789.html

Verity · Postby **Verity** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:08 pm

Why didn't Warne bowl

Verity · Postby **Verity** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:18 pm

Just seen the Beamer, shocking ball by Lee

karanbest4 · Postby **karanbest4** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:35 pm

heres the video of the Beamer

Ankur · Postby **Ankur** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:27 am

Lee bowled a beamed today?

He had beamer issues all through out his career.

Verity · Postby **Verity** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:35 am

Lee never did have a lot of thought or control to his bowling, his only real strength was his speed.

Katto · Postby **Katto** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:54 am

his lateral direction is ok, not so much the vertical direction
Tait is the opposite

no surprise this match was dominated by current players

just shows the level of drop off when even great players retire

Ranjith · Postby **Ranjith** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 6:20 am

Verity wrote:Just seen the Beamer, shocking ball by Lee

i dont think its shocking anymore. We have all seen enough of Lee to realize that this is customary for him during the death overs..pretty consistent fellow!

Katto · Postby **Katto** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:11 am

not shocking

but in aussie bogan linguistics 'shocking' can simply mean 'really bad'

many murders have been committed in Australia. the English language has been one of the victims

TedWard · Postby **TedWard** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 9:29 am

Footage from Gillies helmet cam is up on the Lords youtube page now.

Cherry · Postby **Cherry** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:05 am

Good match, nice blend of young and old chaps.