Cricket Thread

[waspish]

What; no "hundred"?

;-)

No when it first started watched one game never watched another one shite in Pyjamas

 

[ancoats]

50 over cricket is coming towards the end.Test matches will be next.England are the only country that gets big crowds for tests or attracts them overseas.Its all about bish bash cricket money talks.
The structure is wrong In the summer Mon - Thurs 4 day cricket.
Fri 50 over.Sat and Sun T20 and the 100.Its really not that difficult.

ODI 50 over cricket is needed more than 20/20 or the hundred for Cricketing reasons and not just over entertainment for fans, Yes I get the reasons why with 20/20 and the Hundred, Quick Money, But we have to protect the Sport over Entertainment, Test Cricket Governing bodies has to start saying hold on its a major Sport and we need to get hold of this before we lose players technique with the bat and ball,

Hit or Miss Cricket is trying to creep into Test match Cricket and ODI cricket (Bazball), When Ben Stokes got wiped out vs India the other day everybody took a big breath and looked away, That is what happens when you lose technique and batting time at the crease. it was so ugly, Not only for the England fans and pundits, but the world of cricket was shaken open-mouthed.

Entertainment over Sport, This is what Cricket needs to sort out, Cricket as a major sport or Cricket as a major entertainment like WWE is to Boxing

 

[BringBackSwales]

I love the way South Africa are playing in this World Cup (the Netherlands aberration not withstanding), the team that COULD maybe beat India?

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Not sure if it's been mentioned but Lancashire are apparently close to signing Nathan Lyon for next season.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

I love the way South Africa are playing in this World Cup (the Netherlands aberration not withstanding), the team that COULD maybe beat India?

You just know they’ll choke at some stage.

 

[BringBackSwales]

You just know they’ll choke at some stage.

They might hope that was NL. The power and consistency of their top 6 or 7 puts ours to absolute shame

 

[eastmanc]

Not sure if it's been mentioned but Lancashire are apparently close to signing Nathan Lyon for next season.

Good signing.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Quinton de Kock comes over as a really nice bloke, not a kock at all

 

[BringBackSwales]

Not sure if it's been mentioned but Lancashire are apparently close to signing Nathan Lyon for next season.

For the t20 blast or the county championship? I assume the former, and I hope he has recovered

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

For the t20 blast or the county championship? I assume the former, and I hope he has recovered

For the full season mate. He's just played his first Sheffield Shield game in Oz so he's fit again.