Cricket Thread

Lancs playing all the quick bowlers with a bit of aggression in the T20, and all the military medium trundlers in the CC, not sure I can work that one out.

Anyway a much needed win tonight.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
It’ll be a stamina issue for the ones that can be arsed to make themselves available for the 4 day games.
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Tbf Aspinwall has had an injury but Blatherwick has been with the CC squad a few times and not been picked, not sure about the Stanley situation tbh.

Just find it a bit frustrating that we have some quickish bowlers yet the 70 odd mph trundlers get picked in the CC.

I watched Blatherwick play for a County 11 last season against the Kiwis and he certainly didn't look out of place.
 
The Stockport Iniesta said:
Tbf Aspinwall has had an injury but Blatherwick has been with the CC squad a few times and not been picked, not sure about the Stanley situation tbh.

Just find it a bit frustrating that we have some quickish bowlers yet the 70 odd mph trundlers get picked in the CC.

I watched Blatherwick play for a County 11 last season against the Kiwis and he certainly didn't look out of place.
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Just that one bad over tonight……
 
Stanley is wheels but sprays it all over the place.
I like Blathers (he's a big Forest fan!) as he can hold a bat as well. Another who lacks consistency with the ball, but definitely an asset.
 
So relieved and pleased for the squad that we got off to a winning start tonight!

Hopefully there's a positive feeling within the club now.
 
Looks like Windies cricket is really in a bad place at the moment. The men got battered yesterday, and it looks like the women are about to lose their 4th ODI in England. I'm of an age where I can remember when the Windies pace attack would scare the shit out of you. Holding, Garner, Roberts, Croft, Ambrose, Patterson and Walsh. Lots of English batsmen must have had nightmares the night before going out to face them the next morning. I'd love to know what those guys (who are still with us) think of what's happened to their team.
 
jimharri said:
Looks like Windies cricket is really in a bad place at the moment. The men got battered yesterday, and it looks like the women are about to lose their 4th ODI in England. I'm of an age where I can remember when the Windies pace attack would scare the shit out of you. Holding, Garner, Roberts, Croft, Ambrose, Patterson and Walsh. Lots of English batsmen must have had nightmares the night before going out to face them the next morning. I'd love to know what those guys (who are still with us) think of what's happened to their team.
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“The bowler’s Holding, the batsman’s Willey.” Brian Johnson.
 
cleavers said:
Obviously, but why is he so slow in format, and then mad quck in another, if he can do that in T20, surely he can score quicker in CC.
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That was a 50 with the highest strike rate in his career at 173, he only One other 50 in his last 15 with a 122 strike rate. He was dropped after 3 games in the Big Bash and sat out the rest. That was likely to be his best performance for 5 years in T20. His usual form is getting a 30+ every 2 games, which is okay at T20 and got him the Hundred and Big Bash gigs last year.

His average is only 6 better in FC than T20, but the bowling is different isn't it, FC they are stacking, T20 they are defending. Lots of balls in FC that you leave would be wides in T20 so don't count, and the fielding restrictions help in t20. Also the bowling resources are scarcer in T20 but batting resources the same, which is what it boils down to.
 
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