The Cricket Thread

[fundy]

Sir Viv is 70 today.
One of the cricketing gods as I was growing up. Still looking pretty good.

he was THE cricketing god for me when i grew up. fortunate enough to see him play many times and the reason a lot of us had Slazenger V100 bat

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I was lucky enough to be there for his 189 against England at Old Trafford. Imperious is the word to describe him and that innings. Awesome another.

Has anyone walked out to bat with more of a swagger? Fabulous cricketer.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Sir Viv is 70 today.
One of the cricketing gods as I was growing up. Still looking pretty good.

Some of my early memories of cricket were of him at Somerset with along with Garner

People will never forgive Roebuck for the way he treated him and Garner - also lost us Botham

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Remember getting his autograph at the Oval after a Sunday JPL game. He only made 30 odd in the match but looked a different class. Same when I met Joel Garner (and the biggest hands I've ever seen on anyone). Richards on form was sublime. He would bludgeon bowling long before all these modern day strokes but could also do the hard stuff and dig in

 

[Deleted member 3432]

he was THE cricketing god for me when i grew up. fortunate enough to see him play many times and the reason a lot of us had Slazenger V100 bat

An even more intimidating sight was the 'master blaster' wielding an Stuart Surridge Jumbo in the 1st half of his career.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

An even more intimidating sight was the 'master blaster' wielding an Stuart Surridge Jumbo in the 1st half of his career.

Imagine the destruction he could have brought down on bowling attacks if he had the use of one of the modern bats ?

 

[IanM]

Sorry I don't see the relevance as we are discussing the Women's World Cup (or at least I was - but everyone seems to keep trying to compare with the men's game).

But please go ahead - however, no former players, this is about the modern athletic professional game!

You have a point about the more recent improvements, off the top of my head, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Hayle, Rahkeem Cornwall and several Sri Lankans whose names escape me!

In the 80s I used to report for pre season still playing football.....those who didn't were puffing a bit. It was only the bowlers who bothered. It is different now.

But don't say the women are not skilled. They are.

 

[IanM]

Viv Richards cannot be 70!

Blimey.

 

[greenone]

Sorry I don't see the relevance as we are discussing the Women's World Cup (or at least I was - but everyone seems to keep trying to compare with the men's game).

But please go ahead - however, no former players, this is about the modern athletic professional game!

Rakeem Cornwall

 

[Wilson]

he was THE cricketing god for me when i grew up. fortunate enough to see him play many times and the reason a lot of us had Slazenger V100 bat

My V500 was my pride and joy, I found it in the sports shop by my Dad's work, I reckon they told him he either had to buy it for me, or I had to stop coming in and shadow batting with it.... I also won a massive poster of Sir Viv at Cricket Camp, that was on my wall for ages.

 

[Mudball]

Aren't there plenty of examples of male cricketrs of the 'wrong' body shape. I think Samit Patel's name has been brought up a few times in this category. Wasnt there a windies big lad who took a sharp catch at slip in some WC game and the commentators could not stop laughing. Cant remember the name.

Does that make any one of them less skilled >> NO.
Does it hinder them from doing the best (against a field of more athletic counterparts) >> highly likely.

Like other sports, Cricket has changed. Gone are the days when you love to see David Boon (hero & villain in equal measure) stride up to the crease and do what he does best. Now in the world of Kohli fitness, everyone is raising the bar. Those dives and sharp catches whlle jumping over the boundary ropes dont happen easily. I was reading somethiing about Kohli's fitness. His goal was not to be the best cricketer body out there, but he wanted to match up against the Ronaldo & Nadals of the world.

 

[Neilds]

Aren't there plenty of examples of male cricketrs of the 'wrong' body shape. I think Samit Patel's name has been brought up a few times in this category. Wasnt there a windies big lad who took a sharp catch at slip in some WC game and the commentators could not stop laughing. Cant remember the name.

Does that make any one of them less skilled >> NO.
Does it hinder them from doing the best (against a field of more athletic counterparts) >> highly likely.

Like other sports, Cricket has changed. Gone are the days when you love to see David Boon (hero & villain in equal measure) stride up to the crease and do what he does best. Now in the world of Kohli fitness, everyone is raising the bar. Those dives and sharp catches whlle jumping over the boundary ropes dont happen easily. I was reading somethiing about Kohli's fitness. His goal was not to be the best cricketer body out there, but he wanted to match up against the Ronaldo & Nadals of the world.

Dwayne Leverock from Bermuda - now he WAS a big lad!

 

[evemccc]

Aren't there plenty of examples of male cricketrs of the 'wrong' body shape. I think Samit Patel's name has been brought up a few times in this category. Wasnt there a windies big lad who took a sharp catch at slip in some WC game and the commentators could not stop laughing. Cant remember the name.

Does that make any one of them less skilled >> NO.
Does it hinder them from doing the best (against a field of more athletic counterparts) >> highly likely.

Like other sports, Cricket has changed. Gone are the days when you love to see David Boon (hero & villain in equal measure) stride up to the crease and do what he does best. Now in the world of Kohli fitness, everyone is raising the bar. Those dives and sharp catches whlle jumping over the boundary ropes dont happen easily. I was reading somethiing about Kohli's fitness. His goal was not to be the best cricketer body out there, but he wanted to match up against the Ronaldo & Nadals of the world.

Exactly

Increased money to a sport doesn’t always add universally positive things, but the standard of play - and fitness - goes up. It may take one player to raise the bar - but soon once the ceiling has gone up, everyone follows

It has been proved throughout different sports - Hendry in snooker, Sampras and Graf in tennis, Tiger in golf etc
The drinking culture in the late 80s and early 90s at Arsenal has been publicly spoken about plenty by Tony Adams, Paul Merson and Ray Parlour before Wenger came in.
In cricket Jonty Rhodes in the mid 90s used to be the standout athletic fielder - now that’s the standard

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Forgetting the male cricketers with extra pounds on them, let’s not forget there may be a heap of medical reasons for that appearence. Many women appear to have more on them at certain times of the month, and I know my youngest (has Chrones) often looks like she has more on her when she has flare ups or that monthly time.
Perhaps judging a female form on models or your ideal woman isnt the right way.

 

[Neilds]

looks like England aren't going to be having a change of fortune in the Test in WIndies - Root in at No 3 in 3rd over

 

[fundy]

Good to see nothings changed........

 

[Piece]

???????

 

[greenone]

I see Overton has been preferred to Mahmood. Probably because he lengthens the batting rather than being more likely to take wickets. ?

 

[fundy]

I see Overton has been preferred to Mahmood. Probably because he lengthens the batting rather than being more likely to take wickets. ?

long while since England picked bowlers on their bowling not batting ability

 

[fundy]

24 overs in a session sigh.........