Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Oh the outfield?! Different from the pitch in cricket. Yeah. Can see that sometimes. Landing heavily on a knee while trying to slide to stop a ball can lead to digging in and perhaps injury.
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Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
ICC prep or not, that was an Indian friendly deck.
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
predictable
Grizzly
Well-known member
I fear you may have missed my use of satire. Odd, as I am usually as subtle as a grizzly bear in a bottle shop.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Some of the players need to have a look at their technique when sliding - they tend to jump quite high into the slide and come down at more of an angle so dig into the turf more.
Also, apart from cutting the outfield, I’m not sure what else groundsmen do to the outfield so not sure how they can influence the softness of the turf
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
Have full grass outfields, and not huge patches of sand.
Grizzly
Well-known member
I did that early in my career, and found that the ideal technique was to put my hands in my pockets and let some other sod chase it!
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Good start by Bairstow and Malan this morning, hopefully they can keep it going and we can properly start our World Cup campaign
Piece
Tour Winner
Was a cracking start, just faltered in the last 10 overs. Posted a decent score and that really should be enough.
Norrin Radd
Tour Winner
296/2 after 40 overs then 66/6 in the last ten . 
3offTheTee
Tour Rookie
Good win for SA today against The Aussies. Expect CaptainR may be having a few scoops and thought he may have been on here by now.
Great result btw
Great result btw
Australia were awful. Which was good to see.
Some interesting third umpiring today in that game with an Aussie been given out gloved behind when his hand was off the bat.
2blue
Journeyman Pro
Off the bat but touching the other glove that was holding the bat ..... it seems. Thus 'connected' it was said.
Mudball
Assistant Pro
Saw the highlights of the SA v Aus match.. stadium seems empty.. it was all supposed to be ‘sold out’
SA was brilliant.. they deserve a WC at some point - provided they don’t choke.
Good to see the Aussies down, but they always start slow and suddenly find their mojo after group stages.. (but have to watch out for the NRR)
SA was brilliant.. they deserve a WC at some point - provided they don’t choke.
Good to see the Aussies down, but they always start slow and suddenly find their mojo after group stages.. (but have to watch out for the NRR)
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Excellent win for us but a big slice of luck in losing the toss! Batting second on there was tricky as hell. We look good at present but there are a couple of good teams waiting for us. I’m just wanting us to secure a top 4 spot as quickly as possible. Then we get nervous
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
best fans in world cricket they say, lots of empty stadiums so far say otherwise................
Mudball
Assistant Pro
It’s not the fans that are the problem.. the organisers have been shambles.. still can’t get tickets. It’s a long tournament and I suspect it will fill uo
Tomorrow India - Pak tickets in the black market are eye watering
fundy
Ryder Cup Winner
Funny how the ticket problems dont exist when India are playing...............
Mudball
Assistant Pro
Not completely true.. it is still shambles and the black market is thriving. But today have a heat wave, sweltering 35 C... so expect some more people in the second inning.
It is not just tickets for the Ind-Pak match, but also hotels... So people are booking 'full body check up' at hospitals - cheaper than hotels
Hospital beds, scalped tickets and illicit booze: India sets up for Pakistan
Fans have been booking medical procedures to guarantee a bed for the night while the price of admission and alcohol have rocketed in ‘dry’ Ahmedabad
