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2019 Cricket

sussexhacker said:
I’m not so sure he’s a class act

I think he’s just overly media trained to come across how he does
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What?????? Not a class act?
Think as he is currently ICC ranked Number two batsman in the world (behind Smith) in Test Matches, Number one in the ODI rankings, and Number 10 in T20 rankings, he isn't there just because of his media training!!!!!

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SteveJay said:
What?????? Not a class act?
Think as he is currently ICC ranked Number two batsman in the world (behind Smith) in Test Matches, Number one in the ODI rankings, and Number 10 in T20 rankings, he isn't there just because of his media training!!!!!

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I mean class act as a bloke

I’m quite aware of how incredible a batsman he is
 
Caught the highlights of the New Zealand v India match if only to see the wicket after some comments on here. What's that all about?

Despite that good performance and 5-45 by Jamieson very tidy in his second test match. New Zealand seemed to show the pitch doesn't have too many demons by the close. It seemed to me, that India, very much England seemed to have done recently have got out playing poor shots. Is this another example of the IPL, too many ODI's and a worldwide disregard for test matches having a negative effect on technique for the longer format
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Caught the highlights of the New Zealand v India match if only to see the wicket after some comments on here. What's that all about?

Despite that good performance and 5-45 by Jamieson very tidy in his second test match. New Zealand seemed to show the pitch doesn't have too many demons by the close. It seemed to me, that India, very much England seemed to have done recently have got out playing poor shots. Is this another example of the IPL, too many ODI's and a worldwide disregard for test matches having a negative effect on technique for the longer format
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Thats how they prepare wickets in NZ now, they have to leave longer grass on them initially otherwise they are beyond dead and get deader. Whats strange is actually how little movement off the seam there is on a wicket so green, you see one like that in England and the batting side isnt getting to a 100!

Sadly theyre still on the slower side, bounce is relatively limited and they flatten out more than any other wickets in world cricket these days

Was a really good article on cricinfo before the first test about it, very enlightening, think they said they left the grass at 18mm for that test (its 12mm for this one and youd expect 4 or 5mm in England!)
 
fundy said:
Thats how they prepare wickets in NZ now, they have to leave longer grass on them initially otherwise they are beyond dead and get deader. Whats strange is actually how little movement off the seam there is on a wicket so green, you see one like that in England and the batting side isnt getting to a 100!

Sadly theyre still on the slower side, bounce is relatively limited and they flatten out more than any other wickets in world cricket these days

Was a really good article on cricinfo before the first test about it, very enlightening, think they said they left the grass at 18mm for that test (its 12mm for this one and youd expect 4 or 5mm in England!)
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do they still use drop in pitches?
 
Maybe at a couple then but the majority of New Zealand’s international venues are cricket grounds first and foremost and I would assume they are genuine pitches
 
ICC continue to push womens cricket, huge push that its mega important etc, yet theyre holding a world cup where there are no reserve days for the semi finals! Probably best the ICC dont look at Thursdays forecast for Sydney after the last lot of group games were washed out
 
Looks like England and Australia could be dumped out without a ball being bowled if it’s as biblical as they’re predicting. Buffoons

If that happens then there is no chance of them break the single best attended women’s sporting event record as the Aussie public won’t come out to watch India v SA.
 
watched the Aus Vs New Zealand the other day and the standard was so much better, only saw a couple of dollys dropped by NZ, stadium looked fullish, though it did look like mostly school children, who i presm got in free, unlike some of the other games where comp empty

I'm still wondering how the prize pots for womens game is funded, noticed today the ECB announced equal prze for mens and womens in the new 100.
 
patricks148 said:
watched the Aus Vs New Zealand the other day and the standard was so much better, only saw a couple of dollys dropped by NZ, stadium looked fullish, though it did look like mostly school children, who i presm got in free, unlike some of the other games where comp empty

I'm still wondering how the prize pots for womens game is funded, noticed today the ECB announced equal prze for mens and womens in the new 100.
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It will be subsidised by money made from the men's game, same as in football and rugby. Women's cricket can not stand on its own feet in professional terms right now.
 
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