Cricket Thread

Got the womens' ODI on at the moment (no football, see?). Don't usually watch the womens' game, to be honest. I have to say, it's pretty pedestrian in comparison to the mens' game. And some of the fielding is, let's be kind, average. Also, the atmosphere seems nearly non existent.
 
jimharri said:
Got the womens' ODI on at the moment (no football, see?). Don't usually watch the womens' game, to be honest. I have to say, it's pretty pedestrian in comparison to the mens' game. And some of the fielding is, let's be kind, average. Also, the atmosphere seems nearly non existent.
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It’s really just like the men’s game used to be. That is, a different game.
Chasing 200 in 40 overs was deemed very difficult, as was 250 in a 55 over game.
First men’s World Cup, in 1975, India needed an impossible 345 in 60 overs to beat England. Sunil Gavaskar carried his bat for the full 60 overs, as India finished on 132/3. He scored 36 off 178 balls!
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
It’s really just like the men’s game used to be. That is, a different game.
Chasing 200 in 40 overs was deemed very difficult, as was 250 in a 55 over game.
First men’s World Cup, in 1975, India needed an impossible 345 in 60 overs to beat England. Sunil Gavaskar carried his bat for the full 60 overs, as India finished on 132/3. He scored 36 off 178 balls!
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Yes, I remember that well. Hilarious. Somebody was reported to say to him:
“It’s supposed to be about quick scoring, Sunny.” He was a very self absorbed character. Not well liked by his contemporaries.
 
jimharri said:
Would that have been a record run chase in the CC? Without googling it, I can't imagine there's been too many chases over 500,successful or otherwise.
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Not just the CC. It was an agonising end to an astonishing effort that, if successful, would've been the highest winning run chase by any team anywhere in the world in the history of first-class cricket by a country mile! Current record resulting in a win is 541/7, although the highest 4th innings total ever was England's 654/5 (chasing 696) against South Africa in the "Timeless Test" of 1939. It lasted 10 days and England may well have gotten over the line if the team didn't have to fuck off to Cape Town to catch their boat home!
 
There is a lovely article on James Anderson on today’s BBC Cricket page. Jimmy is about to play his last test for England this week. The greatest swing bowler the world has ever seen with every nuance in his action. His body position, his wrist, his grip, his finger pressure all subtly changed to produce the delivery needed.
And, of course, his not outs. We will miss Jimmy.
 
KS55 said:
There is a lovely article on James Anderson on today’s BBC Cricket page. Jimmy is about to play his last test for England this week. The greatest swing bowler the world has ever seen with every nuance in his action. His body position, his wrist, his grip, his finger pressure all subtly changed to produce to delivery needed.
And, of course, his not outs. We will miss Jimmy.
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Imagine how many wickets he could have taken if he’d played more regularly between 2003-8. He could have had a thousand test wickets. (Or be long since retired through injury…)
 
Love cricket, especially test cricket and love Jimmy but this ‘retirement test’ thing is an absolute joke, especially as he doesn’t want to finish yet.

If they don’t want to pick him anymore, think he should retire from test cricket and want to go in a different direction, especially with the Ashes in mind, that’s entirely their prerogative and fair play to them, but this is professional sport not some Sunday afternoon benevolent society.

Not only that, what happens if he takes 5-50 and 4-25, does he suddenly get picked for the second test or does he stay retired?
 
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