******Cricket Thread******

[bigstanhibbert]

Anyone watching Windies v Saffers in T20?

Windies scored 258-5 (Charles118 off 46)

Saffers 102-0 off 6 overs (de Kock 70 off 25 balls so far)

They have just said this is the highest score in a power play by a test playing nation

 

[crooky]

IPL starts later today.

Quite a few tweaks to the rules this year. Too many for me to mention but I'm sure they'll make sense when the matches start.

One thing that stands constant is the FOC, MS Dhoni is still captain of Chennai.

Can anyone name all these captains? I'm struggling with a few in the middle on the 2008 front and can't name half of the current lot!

 

[MillionMilesAway]

IPL starts later today.

Quite a few tweaks to the rules this year. Too many for me to mention but I'm sure they'll make sense when the matches start.

One thing that stands constant is the FOC, MS Dhoni is still captain of Chennai.

Can anyone name all these captains? I'm struggling with a few in the middle on the 2008 front and can't name half of the current lot!

2023:
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni
Delhi Capitals: David Warner (leading in the absence of Rishabh Pant)
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (leading in the absence of the injured Shreyas Iyer)
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (missing from line-up)
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (for the first match, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the side)

 

[MillionMilesAway]

IPL starts later today.

Quite a few tweaks to the rules this year. Too many for me to mention but I'm sure they'll make sense when the matches start.

One thing that stands constant is the FOC, MS Dhoni is still captain of Chennai.

Can anyone name all these captains? I'm struggling with a few in the middle on the 2008 front and can't name half of the current lot!

2008:
Deccan Chargers. VVS Laxman
Royal Challengers Bangalore. Rahul Dravid
Rajasthan Royals. Shane Warne
Punjab Kings. Yuvraj Singh
Chennai Super Kings. MS Dhoni
Delhi Capitals. Virender Sehwag
Kolkata Knight Riders. Sourav Ganguly
Mumbai Indians. Sachin Tendulkar

(thanks to google!)

 

[Dr Jacoby]

IPL starts later today.

Quite a few tweaks to the rules this year. Too many for me to mention but I'm sure they'll make sense when the matches start.

One thing that stands constant is the FOC, MS Dhoni is still captain of Chennai.

Can anyone name all these captains? I'm struggling with a few in the middle on the 2008 front and can't name half of the current lot!

2008 (left to right) - I think it’s: Gilchrist, Dhoni, Tendulkar, Kumble, Sangakkara, Warne, Gambhir and Ganguly.

 

[crooky]

2008 (left to right) - I think it’s: Gilchrist, Dhoni, Tendulkar, Kumble, Sangakkara, Warne, Gambhir and Ganguly.

That sounds good to me.

I always forget about Kumble. For whatever reason I think he's from an older generation.

Sangakkara I'm blaming that one on the ropey picture quality!

 

[MillionMilesAway]

2008 (left to right) - I think it’s: Gilchrist, Dhoni, Tendulkar, Kumble, Sangakkara, Warne, Gambhir and Ganguly.

I think the 2008-captioned picture is actually 2010

I'd not have recognised many of them, or realised Ganguly was that tall!

 

[crooky]

2023:
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni
Delhi Capitals: David Warner (leading in the absence of Rishabh Pant)
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (leading in the absence of the injured Shreyas Iyer)
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (missing from line-up)
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (for the first match, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the side)

If you got all of them without Google considering all the swaps you mentioned then you truly are an expert.

Didn't have a clue who the KKR player was. Makes sense with the swap.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

If you got all of them without Google considering all the swaps you mentioned then you truly are an expert.

Didn't have a clue who the KKR player was. Makes sense with the swap.

Not a chance! I've not even heard of some of them!

 

[crooky]

I think the 2008-captioned picture is actually 2010

I'd not have recognised many of them, or realised Ganguly was that tall!

I think you're right. Look at Warne's shirt.

(Best kit for me out of that lot is 2019 or 2014)