2019 Cricket

[Karl102]

You could have penalised the Windies 100 runs in each test and we still would have been hammered 😂

 

[Mudball]

have a look at this interview by Kohil.. towards the end he talks about how India thinks about Test Cricket.. Some may not stand the guy, but i think he is awesome. i was hoping he played for Surrey this year.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

have a look at this interview by Kohil.. towards the end he talks about how India thinks about Test Cricket.. Some may not stand the guy, but i think he is awesome. i was hoping he played for Surrey this year.

Would be fantastic to see him at Surrey this season. Fabulous player

 

[fundy]

Would be fantastic to see him at Surrey this season. Fabulous player

was last year he was supposed to go to surrey ahead of the eng v ind tour but injury stopped the move, not sure now hes filled his boots over here in tests he'll see any reason to come and play in county cricket sadly

not sure who cant stand the guy (apart from Root lol) would happily watch him bat all day with a cold one and be most content

 

[Tongo]

have a look at this interview by Kohil.. towards the end he talks about how India thinks about Test Cricket.. Some may not stand the guy, but i think he is awesome. i was hoping he played for Surrey this year.

I wasnt his biggest fan but his passion for test cricket and his comments about the 100 have endeared me to him!

 

[Tongo]

was last year he was supposed to go to surrey ahead of the eng v ind tour but injury stopped the move, not sure now hes filled his boots over here in tests he'll see any reason to come and play in county cricket sadly

not sure who cant stand the guy (apart from Root lol) would happily watch him bat all day with a cold one and be most content

Would be great for county cricket if he comes over.

 

[fundy]

Would be great for county cricket if he comes over.

Yup for sure, the old man is a member at Surrey, he was so looking forward to having him for a few games, gutted when it didnt happen.

Theres not a player even close to him in the modern game and I know plenty of good judges who have him up there as one of the best batsman ever because of his ability to do it across 3 different formats

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Would be great for county cricket if he comes over.

The problem is the amount of money he would cost a county - that only leaves test counties and prob only a couple of them , so whilst having players of his ability playing in the County game - I’m not sure how much it will help

 

[HomerJSimpson]

The problem is the amount of money he would cost a county - that only leaves test counties and prob only a couple of them , so whilst having players of his ability playing in the County game - I’m not sure how much it will help

Surrey would definitely be able to help and if he could assist in producing another county championship title I'd say money well spent. Would definitely be worth a trip down to watch him in action. Sun, a few beers and Kohli in full flow. Perfect

 

[Tongo]

The problem is the amount of money he would cost a county - that only leaves test counties and prob only a couple of them , so whilst having players of his ability playing in the County game - I’m not sure how much it will help

It would hopefully get more people through the gates and get the CC some positive interest in the media. There may only be a handful of counties that could afford him but that's no different to many team sports. If Messi wanted to play in the PL only a couple of clubs could afford him.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

The county championship needs a shot in the arm and some positive column inches. The state of the test team and the serious lack of talent coming through (and being given a chance, probably a different discussion) is indicative of a championship starved of quality.

 

[Mudball]

Would be great for county cricket if he comes over.

Isnt it funny.. the architect of India's first Test Series against Australia in Australia in Dec 2018, was not Kohli but Cheteshwar Pujara. I think he made some 700+ runs. How ironic that in his interviews he credited his time playing for Yorkshire as the reason for his Australian success!!. So he wont be playing IPL in 2019 (as there was no buyer) and will be focusing on local List A test in India and County Cricket.

A specialists batsman who can play test and be a match winner.. may not be glamorous as watching IPL or Blast, but seems to work for some. Maybe English cricket need to review this (but try avoid 'doing a Rashid' and drag him back in)

 

[Captainron]

I am one of those who think that the county game needs to be changed. Less games with more riding on them is the way forward.

Use April and May to get rid of the one day and T20 gubbins. June, July and August for County Chanpionship. Three divisions of 6 with promotion and relegation for the top and bottom teams.

 

[Whitapers]

T20 has destroyed the real cricket: test cricket. We're losing to an eighth ranked team now.

 

[Whitapers]

Hopefully the domestic system and stuff will be revamped after this year's World Cup.

 

[fundy]

Hopefully the domestic system and stuff will be revamped after this year's World Cup.

it will be but only at the further expense of county championship for their new flagship hit and giggle farce

 

[fundy]

MetalMickies not gonna be happy (nor are most England fans)

Foakes it seems is fit to play but has been dropped and replaced by Keaton Jennings. WALOFS. Ed Smith and his cohorts should be utterly embarassed

Wood will also get a game (no real shock), will replace Curran if Stokes is fit

 

[Tongo]

England's team is a series of compromises. It should be simple, who's our five best bowlers: Anderson, Broad, Stokes, Ali and Leach. But the selectors want some back up cos the top order dont produce and Rashid keeps getting a gig cos he's Smith's pet pick and the press would have a field day if he was dropped. Leach's control and accuracy would have been much better yesterday as it would have frustrated the batsmen into daft shots.

Long term i can see Foakes being shuffled out of the side. There's already been comments about his place. (Cook was rather disingenuous in my opinion) Foakes wont lose his place due to a lack of form with bat or gloves but a further compromise to get another bowler in and Bairstow will then get the gloves. But they wont want him to bat at 3 with the gloves so another compromise will need to be made. It'll be the wrong decision to ditch Foakes but it'll happen. Quite why England need more than 5 bowlers is beyond me but when they are carrying a couple of bowlers its no surprise.

I'll just put this back out there.......

 

[Lord Tyrion]

MetalMickies not gonna be happy (nor are most England fans)

Foakes it seems is fit to play but has been dropped and replaced by Keaton Jennings. WALOFS. Ed Smith and his cohorts should be utterly embarassed

Wood will also get a game (no real shock), will replace Curran if Stokes is fit

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[Deleted member 18588]

MetalMickies not gonna be happy (nor are most England fans)

Foakes it seems is fit to play but has been dropped and replaced by Keaton Jennings. WALOFS. Ed Smith and his cohorts should be utterly embarassed

Wood will also get a game (no real shock), will replace Curran if Stokes is fit

Speechless!!