MillionMilesAway
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That was a fun competition - Sunday's game.
First match I went to was Glamorgan vs Hampshire - Hampshire's opening pair were Barry Richards and Gordon Greenidge, and Andy Roberts opened the bowling.
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That was a fun competition - Sunday's game.
First match I went to was Glamorgan vs Hampshire - Hampshire's opening pair were Barry Richards and Gordon Greenidge, and Andy Roberts opened the bowling.
jimharri
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True. But I was actually referring to the Ashes. It's usually six tests, isn't it?The sixth Test this summer was Ireland at Lord’s in early June.
Gabriel
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Not sure about that. England’s three Tests against Sri Lanka next summer are scheduled to start on August 21st.The ECB want the England players in the hundred, so the end of July is going to be the cut off point for test matches from now on. No International one day cricket vs the aussie's for the first time since probably the one day game took off. It's all down to the hundred.
Gabriel
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It has been at different times, especially from the 1970s onwards, though the most recent 6 Test series was 1997. I think there would be huge demand for a return to the 6 Test format. England has plenty of grounds crying out for the opportunity to host a Test, and Hobart has shown that it, too, can host a Test.True. But I was actually referring to the Ashes. It's usually six tests, isn't it?
MillionMilesAway
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Not sure about that. England’s three Tests against Sri Lanka next summer are scheduled to start on August 21st.
An effect of the T20 world cup being in June/July?
July = WI series of 3 tests
Followed by Sri Lanka
The Stockport Iniesta
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I bet the hundred starts earlier then? Or gets binned off.Not sure about that. England’s three Tests against Sri Lanka next summer are scheduled to start on August 21st.
Gabriel
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Indeed. I think that’s scheduled to be played in June, though I’m less sure about where. The West Indies and USA?An effect of the T20 world cup being in June/July?
July = WI series of 3 tests
Followed by Sri Lanka
Gabriel
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If only. Quite depressing to think that the Test summer is already over on July 31st and that there are no County Championship fixtures until September.I bet the hundred starts earlier then? Or gets binned off.
MillionMilesAway
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Indeed. I think that’s scheduled to be played in June, though I’m less sure about where. The West Indies and USA?
yes, that's right. The Hundred will either not happen or be in parallel with tests.
After Sri Lanka, the Aussie white ball team are over here.
cleavers
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As you say the hundred is an abomination.I still miss the 40 over competition.
It's the very worst of franchise cricket, with players you expect to play for your local team, playing for some other "local" team, with no relevance to it's actual location, it's just a weird gimmick, hopefully will die a death soon enough. I've not watched any of it, and I won't, an awful degradation of real cricket, that even short versions of normal cricket haven't plumbed the depths of.
Worse still, the whole cricket season now revolves around it, to suit the school holidays.
In a single word "shite".