Cricket Thread

[MillionMilesAway]

Nice idea but I don't really understand the logic. Does the colouring of the lines mean something and there's only 17 HQ grounds shown, which don't look 100% either.

I tried working out what they'd done too.

The circles are not the home grounds (Essex, Durham, Leicestershire)

Not sure what the lines are - I assume just a pleasing railway line connection if one wanted to visit them all.

There's a couple of misspellings too.

 

[balotellishaircut]

Manchester Originals are really poor at batting, don’t usually watch this form of cricket.

 

[jazzy]

Manchester Originals are really poor at batting, don’t usually watch this form of cricket.

That's because it isn't cricket

 

[nmc]

Just seen their score (I don't watch that shitshow of a competition). 86? Off 100 balls? That must be one of the lowest totals in the history of the Hundred. I know pitches vary, bowlers can have good days and bad days, ditto batsmen but what would be classed as an okay score off 100 balls; 120 - 140?

Went to the game… totally unprofessional outfit Manchester Originals.

 

[M18CTID]

Proper blew that in the end. I’ve got tickets for the game against the Superchargers a week on Sunday - freebies thanks to the Sky VIP ballot - but I can see it being a dead rubber by then!

 

[jimharri]

Went to the game… totally unprofessional outfit Manchester Originals.

Looks like they shit the bed, going by the coverage on the Sky Sports app.

 

[liamctid]

Matthew Mott steps down as white ball coach

Matthew Mott steps down as England Men’s white-ball Head Coach

Mott will be replaced by Assistant Coach Marcus Trescothick, who has been appointed on an interim basis

www.ecb.co.uk

Two years until the next T20 World Cup and three years until the next ODI World Cup, seems like a good time to make a change - need to start looking at the next lot of players too I think, Ali, Wood, Jordan, Bairstow, Buttler, Rashid from the squad from the last World Cup will all be 35 or above come the next one.

 

[heslops barnet]

Actually, I'd take issue with the idea that Boycott was always boring. Yes, sometimes he was. I saw him construct some brilliant innings, with some excellent stroke play.

Certainly took the shine off the new ball…..

 

[heslops barnet]

Yeah, I think Lancs score too slowly in all formats at the moment and it costs us chances to win more games.


The Parkinson delivery where he stopped a certain boundary was probably the nail in the coffin though, along with the run out.

Sutton being badly injured meant we were doomed after that.

Jennings always a slow starter, not suited to the white ball game….

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Jennings always a slow starter, not suited to the white ball game….

True, but he generally catches up if he gets going.

I’ve been a bit disappointed in Bell this season so far. He looked good when he broke through, but he’s not got many runs and is slow in getting them.

Think we needed an overseas batter far better than Bruce to teach our youngsters as well as get some decent scores.