4th test Manchester

[Uromastyx]

Umpires covering their backs here, we give it a chance

What?

 

[mackembhoy]

Why can’t they have a spare day like they did in the old days ?

Wasn't that cos of church on the Sunday?

 

[LJP1786]

How’s it looking @Steak Pie ? Have you headed to the ground yet?

I’d take even an hour today

 

[EchoMan]

Why wait till 2:45? What are they waiting for ?

 

[jaraarrow]

Their used to be a rest day I’m sure ,and if a day was washed out because of the weather they used to play on the rest day instead

 

[mackembhoy]

Still taking the water off, inspect now and it's a no.

If it stays dry we'll start about 2.20.

If their out their the whole time instead of waiting 40 mins.

Will give them a better understanding of what it's like. Than waiting 40 mins and the decide at 2 let's wait another 45 mins like they have done.

If they'd been out before 2 we might have actually got started at 220 like you said.

Gonna be not much drier at 245 than it it as 2.

 

[Kumbuka]

Even if we only get 15 minutes in it’s a huge opportunity. Aussies got 2 wickets and created a few chances in similar circumstances at Edgbaston.

 

[Steak Pie]

How’s it looking @Steak Pie ? Have you headed to the ground yet?

I’d take even an hour today

Game on. Pure white skies but no rain.

 

[Medulla]

Looking at the moment like tomorrow afternoon might be alright but it's really just gaps in a massive system so it's very hard to predict. At present looks like it's going to absolutely hoy it down in the morning and early afternoon so with time to clear might get the evening session.

 

[EchoMan]

This is ridiculous. I’m fuming here. I’d be even more annoyed if I’d paid to be there.

 

[jaraarrow]

I expect some Aussie theatrics when we start up ,slipping ,complaining about the ball etc

 

[Steak Pie]

If their out their the whole time instead of waiting 40 mins.

Will give them a better understanding of what it's like. Than waiting 40 mins and the decide at 2 let's wait another 45 mins like they have done.

If they'd been out before 2 we might have actually got started at 220 like you said.

Gonna be not much drier at 245 than it it as 2.

They've not stopped drying the ground since it stopped raining, just takes time.

Thing I don't get though, is that they have a tarp that covers the whole ground for gigs. So why not for the cricket?

 

[mikemanc]

Got to open with Wood and Woakes

 

[LJP1786]

Game on. Pure white skies but no rain.

Great news. Enjoy the day pal and come on England!

 

[Steak Pie]

Got to open with Wood and Woakes

Agreed. Woody with the wind, Woakes into it.

 

[jaraarrow]

Got to get wood steaming in ,only chance

 

[burb]

Waste of time. Even if we do get a bit of play I can see the Aussies driving a hearse on to the field and messing up the wicket.

 

[sonson]

This is ridiculous. I’m fuming here. I’d be even more annoyed if I’d paid to be there.

What's the solution though? There's a few tweaks you could make around the older conventions around weather but besides that not sure there's much. Also some of the more stuffy victorian things in place around light and weather etc are offset by the modern concern around injury and liability

 

[cfg]

Why wait till 2:45? What are they waiting for ?

Players warming up, same as Headingley

 

[DonaldDownTheWing]

Gets on my tits all this waiting around.