The Cricket Thread

[pokerjoke]

Good game today
Had to feel sorry for India’s bowler bowling the last over,absolutely getting battered by his 2 teammates telling him how to bowl it.

 

[Imurg]

I get that they play the T20s in the evening so they can get the crowds in (none today though) but if the dew coming down starts to p,at havoc with the ball and the field it doesn't make much sense to me.
As there were no crowds today they could have switched the time, saved electricity and not had an issue with the ball getting damp....
Seems illogical...

 

[Tongo]

I get that they play the T20s in the evening so they can get the crowds in (none today though) but if the dew coming down starts to p,at havoc with the ball and the field it doesn't make much sense to me.
As there were no crowds today they could have switched the time, saved electricity and not had an issue with the ball getting damp....
Seems illogical...

TV. Lets face it, the players are just pawns now. T20 (when it was Twenty20) may have been created to entice people to the ground but TV has hijacked it. Hence why we have 'time outs' which are not even thinly veiled attempts to shoehorn in as many adverts as possible. As long as people are watching, and they are in India, then the playing conditions are way down the list of priorities. Otherwise why is there two day gaps in between each match? You could play two games one after the other, for instance, but that would mean one match not taking place in the TV prime time slot.

 

[Blue in Munich]

What. A. Catch.

Absolutely brilliant by Chris Jordan.

 

[fundy]

What. A. Catch.

Absolutely brilliant by Chris Jordan.

Some catch from Roy that

 

[Mudball]

What a freak catch...

Bumbles in Manchester, Nasser in London, DK in Chennai and the match in Ahmedabad... all going very seamlessly. Work from home taken to next level. is this the future of commentary...

 

[Blue in Munich]

Some catch from Roy that

Granted he needed the back up to make it work, but the hard graft was by one man.

Any chance India will declare so it remains a contest...

 

[fundy]

Granted he needed the back up to make it work, but the hard graft was by one man.

Any chance India will declare so it remains a contest...

225 and we chase it down with a ball to spare be ideal

 

[Blue in Munich]

225 and we chase it down with a ball to spare be ideal

If it's 225 then they are declaring.

 

[Mudball]

It is 224.. looks like 1 short of the GM choice

 

[Blue in Munich]

Going well then...

 

[fundy]

Sounds like Archer missing most if not all of the IPL due to his elbow injury, not sure that fits a lot of peoples stories........

 

[Imurg]

Maybe England should have taken a T20 approach to the Test Matches...they score more runs......

 

[Lord Tyrion]

And......it's all gone wrong. Very difficult to maintain that sort of scoring rate.

 

[Blue in Munich]

And......it's all gone wrong. Very difficult to maintain that sort of scoring rate.

Not for the Indians it wasn't.

Blew the series when we failed to convert the 4th game.

 

[3offTheTee]

How come Kohl is allowed to keep going off?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

How come Kohl is allowed to keep going off?

Because they are playing in India with home umpires and it’s Kohli

 

[fundy]

Because they are playing in India with home umpires and it’s Kohli

Just because its Kohli was sadly enough

 

[Mudball]

Just because its Kohli was sadly enough

... and injury... ‘niggle’ is a new word I learnt this series ..

 

[USER1999]

Does 'niggle' mean I am bored now, can I go and sit in the dug out, and have a chat with my mates, while some lesser numpty stands out in the bundu?