Cricket Thread

[ancoats]

It was Parky last year and the one test then being dropped helped his rapid decline.

10 years ago it was Simon Kerrigan at the Oval, his debut so the Aussies targeted him, dropped his career slipped away.

Surely the ECB won't ruin another spinner.

They will never learn the ECB, Why drop somebody after one poor test, it takes time and many lessons about mistakes that make you a better player, As for Rehan Ahmed one very good game and dropped,

ECB and the England test squad/coach and captain is still the good old boys club,

 

[heslops barnet]

I put the convicts in the same bracket as scousers……..both cunts

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

I don't think he could say anything else really, but given he's England's best player and the one on whom any chance of victory is built, he should play where he's most comfortable. Has Brook ever played at 3 for Yorkshire? I guess Bazball calls for someone who can carry the fight to the opposition, but I still think there is a place for someone who can drop anchor at 3.

Brook has always batted at 5 for the tykes I think, haven't ckecked though.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Tried to do the same with England ... had to cheat.

Strauss
Trescothick
Vaughan
Root
Pietersen
Stokes/Flintoff hybrid
Bairstow
Giles
Simon Jones
Broad
Harmison

Tried to base it on how they were/are at the time. No place for the Jimmy of 2023 sadly.

That looks about right. But I’d pick Flintoff of 2005 over Stokes without any hesitation.

I think people forget just how good Freddie was as a bowler before his injuries.

 

[Gabriel]

Brook has always batted at 5 for the tykes I think, haven't ckecked though.

That’s what I thought. All of the players involved have tended to enjoy better fortunes in positions 5-8.

 

[BlueHammer85]

It’s ruining football. Diving, feigning injury, time wasting, claiming everything is their ball, moving the ball further forward at set pieces, swearing at the officials… football is nowhere fucking near as good as it should be because of all this shit. I despise all of that part of the game. Just shows every player who does it up to be weak and that they aren’t good enough to win without it.

If I didn’t come from Manchester and didn’t have City, say I lived in some random town with no footy team, I wouldn’t bother watching football. It’s really just a game for tarts, cheats and cunts.

Good post but will respectfully disagree.
I’d love football to live in a perfect world where players all played fair and didn’t dive etc - but it’s never going to happen.
personally it’s the governing bodies that could easily stamp this out.
Let’s go on your examples -

Diving

Much less reduced now thanks to VAR but still players try it and persist - should be a separate panel of say ex pros to vote on whether it was a ‘clear’ dive = 5 match ban. ‘Theoretical’ dive = 3 match ban.
Would stamp it out much more and no player would bother.
Whilst the punishment is just a yellow card some players will continue to do it. Don’t blame them.

‘feigning injury’
- if it’s during play, then PLAY ON and wait for the whistle under all circumstances, no more of this kicking out of play for sportsmanship as it doesn’t resolve the issue long term.
- if a player is deemed to have faked the injury to waste time by the officials - then they double the amount of time he was wasting for extra time.

claiming everything is their ball

Not a lot you can do about this one , especially considering everyone in the stands does the same thing. Down to the officials to ignore all that - which they do.

moving the ball further forward at set pieces

Instant yellow card.

swearing at the officials

Instant red card

+++

Such simple solutions that would eradicate 80% of what is for many ruining football.
Rather than relying on players to ‘play in the spirit of the game’ - change the laws instead.

 

[Postman Pep]

That looks about right. But I’d pick Flintoff of 2005 over Stokes without any hesitation.

I think people forget just how good Freddie was as a bowler before his injuries.

Not me ! Never forget this over .... also a reminder that no balls are not all bad.

 

[Edghill OG]

Tried to do the same with England ... had to cheat.

Strauss
Trescothick
Vaughan
Root
Pietersen
Stokes/Flintoff hybrid
Bairstow
Giles
Simon Jones
Broad
Harmison

Tried to base it on how they were/are at the time. No place for the Jimmy of 2023 sadly.

Flintoff has to be in. Man of the series. Could probably get in on his bowling alone. Jones is often forgotten about but he was superb back then.

 

[M18CTID]

I think that was the end of his series after getting clattered around Edgbaston in the previous test.
Just checked only played 2 more tests in Bangladesh. Last ever innings was that 201 not out!

Ha ha - that double century was mental. Wasn’t he nightwatchman in that one as well?

 

[Postman Pep]

Flintoff has to be in. Man of the series. Could probably get in on his bowling alone. Jones is often forgotten about but he was superb back then.

Yep.you are right. Was going with Stokes the batsman and Flintoff the bowler but Fred was great with the bat in that series too.