Cricket Thread

Get rid of ODIs. We've won our World Cup now.

Concentrate on Tests, T20 and Crisp Cricket.
 
This from captain Brook seems very smug and unaware.

More from England captain Harry Brook, on how he wants his side to play: "Go out there and bang it, score as many runs as possible then go and take wickets as quickly as possible. Simple as that. Look to take wickets throughout then be aggressive with the bat and put pressure on their bowlers."

On the bowling performance: "I thought we bowled nicely. Obviously, Sonny Baker got a bit of tap at the start but the way he kept trucking in and giving 100% was awesome to see. That's exactly what we ask from our bowlers.

So swing the bat on any pitch without waiting to see what happened. I haven't seen how Brook got run out.
As for " we bowled nicely" - Baker went for nearly 50 off 4 overs. Handwaving that away is almost performative in its lack of critique.
 
Excellent article in The Guardian about the history of the cricket scorecard. All its intricate abbreviations to tell the story of a game. I remember the hand-written ones in fine caligraphy that the BBC used to put up on the screen after every wicket. "Boycott, c. Engineer b. Simmons, 0" is a good one to imagine.
The article goes on to say how scorecards have gone high-tech today of course with a vast array of statistics that can do your head in and which Bill Frindall would have been amazed at.
 
We're going to fall further and further behind in 50 over cricket over the next decade or so if the current schedule, with the Hundred at the same time as the one day cup, continues.

Our aim over the next 2 games needs to be to try and bat the full 50 overs, I'm sick of batters throwing their wicket away like they would in a T20 match.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
I'd not realised that today's match is 20/20. South Africa in a hurry.

I don't know who Sonny Baker is, but it's not going well as an opening bowler. Astonishing that he got a third over.
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Jimmy rates him. God knows why. I can’t think of exactly who he reminds me of, but we’ve had plenty like him in English cricket.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Amazing innings from Bopara in the T20. 105 off 46 balls, especially in a 14 over game.
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Have to be honest; I've never understood the hype about Bopara. I don't think he ever really reached the heights consistently for England. I always got the feeling that there was more to come from him. But that was some knock. Even the Surrey fans were willing him on at the end.


Shooting off at a tangent; am I the only person who thinks that Sam Curran has the appearance of someone who you'd like to catch asleep on a train?
 
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