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On a disappointing day football wise the Mighty Somerset win to go back to Lords for the RLC final - Tom Banton just getting better and better , another player who will prob be ignored by England

Think hes on the radar, but theres plenty in front of him still for now. Looking like Hants in the final the way Vince is going currently. Mahmood at Lancashire going to be talked about pretty soon the way hes going lately too, decent repeatable action and nibbles it about at decent pace
 

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How can Vince be released from England to play 1 game, but Buttler can’t.... bitter I know, been at the ipl and all that as well... but still
 

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Think hes on the radar, but theres plenty in front of him still for now. Looking like Hants in the final the way Vince is going currently. Mahmood at Lancashire going to be talked about pretty soon the way hes going lately too, decent repeatable action and nibbles it about at decent pace

well thats jinxed Vince good and proper haha
 
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Think hes on the radar, but theres plenty in front of him still for now. Looking like Hants in the final the way Vince is going currently. Mahmood at Lancashire going to be talked about pretty soon the way hes going lately too, decent repeatable action and nibbles it about at decent pace


They have had Lancashire on live both days 😡 but Mahmoud does look very good , him and Archer could be a lethal combination

And you just did one on Vince 😀

Hope he keeps his form up though
 
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Lancs live on tv every day that surrey arent, surely not lol
Only because Yorkshire are not playing 😂

How can Vince be released from England to play 1 game, but Buttler can’t.... bitter I know, been at the ipl and all that as well... but still


I think because Vince didn’t play yesterday.
 

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Did anyone watch the IPL final... what an end to the season.. came down to the last ball and Malinga takes a wicket off the last ball.. phew ..
 

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I had it on a 2nd screen for bits, nicely contrived last ball finish :) They werent too keen to show the replay of the final ball either were they.....

They showed it later.. it was crashing into leg stump. Even if it had not, CSK did not have any reviews left (because, some one ate it up on frivolus review earlier). From what i am being told the bets were on CSK to win.. so surprised at the result.
 

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Well if the Pak series is anything to go by then were going to be seeing a lot of very flat decks for the WC, with a ball that barely has any seam on it. 300 not gonna be close to enough in most games if thats the case :( ODIs fast going the T20 route of no balance between bat and ball sadly
 

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Well if the Pak series is anything to go by then were going to be seeing a lot of very flat decks for the WC, with a ball that barely has any seam on it. 300 not gonna be close to enough in most games if thats the case :( ODIs fast going the T20 route of no balance between bat and ball sadly

I have to say i'm very lukewarm about the World Cup. A passing interest at best.
 
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360 gonna be about 50 short of whats needed lol cant remember a single ball deviating off straight, who'd be a bowler in the modern era lol

It’s not going to be a very good balance at this rate is it. Watched some highlights of previous WC where scores of 250 were very competitive but not now. But this is what it seems gets the crowds in ?
 

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It’s not going to be a very good balance at this rate is it. Watched some highlights of previous WC where scores of 250 were very competitive but not now. But this is what it seems gets the crowds in ?


Surely 230 v 231 with 18 wickets falling is better than this snore fest? I’ve always found wickets falling far more exciting than easy runs on a dead track.
Don’t know if there are any instructions given to the groundsman to produce this type of pitch but it really doesn’t produce a decent match.
 

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lol Bairstow gets 120 off 80 balls with a wagon wheel a 3rd team club cricketer would be embarrassed by, chops one on to his stumps trying to hack through midwicket again before trying to level his own stumps and missing

welcome to 2019 version of cricket where this is lauded as an amazing stunning innings
 

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Totally agree with the comments. ODI cricket has become an extended 20-20 slog fest and no balance between bat and ball anymore. Where is the art in a bowler developing variations and learning to bowl to a field when every batsman simply comes in swing their arms almost from ball one. Also, where is the craft of batting against good ODI bowling and having to nudge and nurdle to keep the scoreboard ticking over to give a total to bowl at. No wonder more and more games these days are either 350+ or all out for 120 and not much inbetween. With test cricket and the county format being allowed to decay and die what future does the game have and are crowds really going to want slog fests
 

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lol Bairstow gets 120 off 80 balls with a wagon wheel a 3rd team club cricketer would be embarrassed by, chops one on to his stumps trying to hack through midwicket again before trying to level his own stumps and missing

welcome to 2019 version of cricket where this is lauded as an amazing stunning innings

Exactly......imagine Viv Richards playing in this modern era, he'd be unstoppable lol
 

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The best ever World Cup game was the very first one in 1975, England v India at Lords. England made 334 in 60 overs which at the time was a massive score. India made no attempt to even chase the score and Sunil Gavaskar batted the entire 60 overs for 36 not out. They finished something like 134 for 3.
 

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Watched Hampshire play Notts on the Isle of Wight today. First time first-class cricket has been played over there in 57 years. Lovely ground at Newclose and a decent first day crowd too.
 
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