2019 Cricket

[Ye Olde Boomer]

unlike the US where you would call yourself world champions despite no playing against other countries

Good point. That's why we're the child that you don't like to talk about.

However, there are two Canadian teams in Major League Baseball...so it's Canada and the States that they must consider to be the world.

Quick edit. I forgot. We're down to one Canadian team.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Test matches are to be reduced to 4 days apparently as:

a) it will help reduce player workloads
b) most matches don't go to 5 days

This a week after plans for yet another ODI tournament involving the Big 3 plus one peasant team were floated.

Cricket really is a basket case of a sport.

From a traditional point of view it would be an immediate no but bearing in mind the county championship is a four day event, it may have some comparisons (even though the board seem to think the championship is now a poor relative to the bish bash format). I can see the merits especially for the bowlers and I'd like to see it have a two year period around the globe in different conditions to see how it affects the game with a proviso that the five day format is not off the table for good

 

[Piece]

Test matches are to be reduced to 4 days apparently as:

a) it will help reduce player workloads
b) most matches don't go to 5 days

This a week after plans for yet another ODI tournament involving the Big 3 plus one peasant team were floated.

Cricket really is a basket case of a sport.

c) to squeeze in more white ball cricket...??

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Curse of the football as a warm up

Rory Burns out of the test series with ankle ligament damage done whilst playing football in warm up

????

 

[Tongo]

Curse of the football as a warm up

Rory Burns out of the test series with ankle ligament damage done whilst playing football in warm up

????

what a shambles. About time Giles banned playing footie as a warm up.

 

[fundy]

Curse of the football as a warm up

Rory Burns out of the test series with ankle ligament damage done whilst playing football in warm up

????

just been reading this, theyll do anything to get Bairstow a game

 

[Deleted member 15344]

just been reading this, theyll do anything to get Bairstow a game

Surely must give Crawley a go ?

 

[fundy]

Surely must give Crawley a go ?

Youd like to think so. This is the ECB led England cricket team were talking about though.......

 

[Piece]

Curse of the football as a warm up

Rory Burns out of the test series with ankle ligament damage done whilst playing football in warm up

????

Well, what a shock that is. Surprised they don't do knife throwing as a warm up too.?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

what a shambles. About time Giles banned playing footie as a warm up.

Apparently he does not agree with it but the coach / Root decide. They've been doing it for years, it is not recent.

I agree with you, it's madness and a stupid way to end a tour.

 

[Tongo]

Apparently he does not agree with it but the coach / Root decide. They've been doing it for years, it is not recent.

I agree with you, it's madness and a stupid way to end a tour.

Time to pull rank!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Time to pull rank!

You'd have thought so. Not as though England are pulling up trees with their test form as it is

 

[Captainron]

Pope, Bess and Crawley in. Archer and Burns are injured and Bairstow dropped

 

[Captainron]

South Africa need wickets early doors on this track and that’s a good start by Philander.
Pitch is a featherbed according to Shaun Pollock and the Kookaburra ball will stop doing much after 30 odd overs.

 

[fundy]

South Africa need wickets early doors on this track and that’s a good start by Philander.
Pitch is a featherbed according to Shaun Pollock and the Kookaburra ball will stop doing much after 30 odd overs.

looks a road, the sort of road were often 40/3 on lol

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I have not seen Sibley bat before. Doing okay so far but I can't believe how much movement he has before the ball is delivered. I know some others do this but to my old school mind it doesn't sit right.

 

[TheDiablo]

I haven't seen much of Crawley before, but I admit to being very confused at the noise surrounding him last summer with what were incredibly underwhelming numbers. In his career 3 centuries and 31 average didn't warrant the hype imo - should be at least 2 more full summers before being considered but I guess that shows just how bare the cupboard is these days ?

Hopefully he's got good people and coaches around him and isn't too effected by being exposed to Test cricket way too early. He looked like a scared rabbit in NZ and that was a scratchy, albeit a good nut that got him.

Denly has 2 years max so there'll be a spot soon enough if he keeps improving.

 

[Captainron]

I have not seen Sibley bat before. Doing okay so far but I can't believe how much movement he has before the ball is delivered. I know some others do this but to my old school mind it doesn't sit right.

As a result he gets very square on and couple that with a dominant bottom hand and you have a good reason to be optimistic as a bowler.

 

[Captainron]

This deck is a batters paradise. 30 minutes of graft upfront and a bit of patience and you should be raising your bat.

 

[fundy]

This deck is a batters paradise. 30 minutes of graft upfront and a bit of patience and you should be raising your bat.

or you can hang the bat out there and nick off having done the hard work