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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 12, 2024 9:53:51 GMT
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Post by redstriper on Aug 12, 2024 10:17:43 GMT
Very sad and a bit too close for me, we lost a good friend who was the same age. Same illness, same family situation, no financial worries and even looked similar just 2 years ago. It's terrible when people who have so much going for them take this route, it's impossible to comprehend and difficult to come to terms with.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 13, 2024 16:41:34 GMT
Fancy getting such a bad injury whilst playing in the piece of shit that is the Hundred🤮
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Post by baconburger on Aug 13, 2024 17:26:11 GMT
The Hundred is dire isn't it. I thought due to the bad return last year they were going to call it a day. Also who on earth thought putting the scores on screen like that was a good idea? It's confusing to regular cricket watchers, let alone newbies to the game that this idiotic form of cricket is allegedly trying to attract. Surely this will be it's last year. Makes the Stanford 20/20 look like a decent event. This season has been really bad news for The Hundred particularly with the franchise sell off later this year. Whether it's the ball or the pitches it's a disaster for attracting viewers either on TV or in the grounds. it's everything that put 20/20 watchers off established brands of cricket. We want loads of runs, loads of 6's not watching batsmen struggling to get the ball off the square.
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Aug 13, 2024 18:28:24 GMT
The Hundred is dire isn't it. I thought due to the bad return last year they were going to call it a day. Also who on earth thought putting the scores on screen like that was a good idea? It's confusing to regular cricket watchers, let alone newbies to the game that this idiotic form of cricket is allegedly trying to attract. Surely this will be it's last year. Makes the Stanford 20/20 look like a decent event. This season has been really bad news for The Hundred particularly with the franchise sell off later this year. Whether it's the ball or the pitches it's a disaster for attracting viewers either on TV or in the grounds. it's everything that put 20/20 watchers off established brands of cricket. We want loads of runs, loads of 6's not watching batsmen struggling to get the ball off the square. Tbh mate I don't even want loads of runs. I want proper cricket. The Hundred is cricket for 10 year olds who don't like cricket. Get rid of it.
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Post by baconburger on Aug 13, 2024 19:26:14 GMT
This season has been really bad news for The Hundred particularly with the franchise sell off later this year. Whether it's the ball or the pitches it's a disaster for attracting viewers either on TV or in the grounds. it's everything that put 20/20 watchers off established brands of cricket. We want loads of runs, loads of 6's not watching batsmen struggling to get the ball off the square. Tbh mate I don't even want loads of runs. I want proper cricket. The Hundred is cricket for 10 year olds who don't like cricket. Get rid of it. Maybe that’s what you think of 20/20 but lots of people like it. The Hundred has pretty pointless differences. As the UK’s premier franchise tournament I want it to stay and thrive but wouldn’t object at all to it becoming a standard 20/20 franchise tournament. 100 balls or 20/20 this isn’t what people who watch it want to see, low scores, isolated boundaries. I thought it must be the pitches but L Livingstone suggested last night he thinks it’s the ball. Said it has a very pronounced hard wearing seam. Why do they have to try to be different. Just mimic the IPL.
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Aug 13, 2024 19:51:22 GMT
Tbh mate I don't even want loads of runs. I want proper cricket. The Hundred is cricket for 10 year olds who don't like cricket. Get rid of it. Maybe that’s what you think of 20/20 but lots of people like it. The Hundred has pretty pointless differences. As the UK’s premier franchise tournament I want it to stay and thrive but wouldn’t object at all to it becoming a standard 20/20 franchise tournament. 100 balls or 20/20 this isn’t what people who watch it want to see, low scores, isolated boundaries. I thought it must be the pitches but L Livingstone suggested last night he thinks it’s the ball. Said it has a very pronounced hard wearing seam. Why do they have to try to be different. Just mimic the IPL. 10 ball overs etc isn't cricket. Re t20 it has its place as a midweek, after work piss up on a Thursday night kind of role. Test cricket and ODI cricket is just fine. No need to dilute the game with something that requires less skill and brain capacity. Promote the sport in its truest form.
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Post by baconburger on Aug 13, 2024 20:32:06 GMT
Maybe that’s what you think of 20/20 but lots of people like it. The Hundred has pretty pointless differences. As the UK’s premier franchise tournament I want it to stay and thrive but wouldn’t object at all to it becoming a standard 20/20 franchise tournament. 100 balls or 20/20 this isn’t what people who watch it want to see, low scores, isolated boundaries. I thought it must be the pitches but L Livingstone suggested last night he thinks it’s the ball. Said it has a very pronounced hard wearing seam. Why do they have to try to be different. Just mimic the IPL. 10 ball overs etc isn't cricket. Re t20 it has its place as a midweek, after work piss up on a Thursday night kind of role. Test cricket and ODI cricket is just fine. No need to dilute the game with something that requires less skill and brain capacity. Promote the sport in its truest form. Sort of aloof attitude you get from so many traditional cricket fans. Can’t bear that there is a format that they disparage that more people want to watch. I have no wish to see the end of test or ODI cricket, I just don’t want to watch them, happy for folk to have the choice to do so.
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Post by spitthedog on Aug 13, 2024 21:31:09 GMT
Fancy getting such a bad injury whilst playing in the piece of shit that is the Hundred🤮 I agree. Our Test players should be playing County Cricket between Tests, not this runaround malarkey. But County Cricket seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. Just not surprised about this injury at all.
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Aug 13, 2024 22:52:52 GMT
10 ball overs etc isn't cricket. Re t20 it has its place as a midweek, after work piss up on a Thursday night kind of role. Test cricket and ODI cricket is just fine. No need to dilute the game with something that requires less skill and brain capacity. Promote the sport in its truest form. Sort of aloof attitude you get from so many traditional cricket fans. Can’t bear that there is a format that they disparage that more people want to watch. I have no wish to see the end of test or ODI cricket, I just don’t want to watch them, happy for folk to have the choice to do so. But more people don't want to watch it? We've just played a test series against one of the worst ranked sides in the world and sold out the first few days of every test. The vast majority of English cricket fans want to see test cricket succeed more than any other format and id also argue the vast majority of English cricket fans don't think the obscene amount of short format cricket being played is remotely sensible. I'm not sure how you could disagree with that? Good piece by Nasser around some of the issues surrounding the multiple formats of the game all being crammed in to a summer. Resulting in the England captain getting injured, pitches being shite, players getting exhausted and dire scheduling. x.com/skycricket/status/1823418170834620918?s=48&t=NobCBzZCJRE1F-1an4hdBA
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Post by baconburger on Aug 14, 2024 6:33:43 GMT
Sort of aloof attitude you get from so many traditional cricket fans. Can’t bear that there is a format that they disparage that more people want to watch. I have no wish to see the end of test or ODI cricket, I just don’t want to watch them, happy for folk to have the choice to do so. But more people don't want to watch it? We've just played a test series against one of the worst ranked sides in the world and sold out the first few days of every test. The vast majority of English cricket fans want to see test cricket succeed more than any other format and id also argue the vast majority of English cricket fans don't think the obscene amount of short format cricket being played is remotely sensible. I'm not sure how you could disagree with that? Good piece by Nasser around some of the issues surrounding the multiple formats of the game all being crammed in to a summer. Resulting in the England captain getting injured, pitches being shite, players getting exhausted and dire scheduling. x.com/skycricket/status/1823418170834620918?s=48&t=NobCBzZCJRE1F-1an4hdBAMaybe 20/20 franchise cricket should just buy/build its own stadiums and allow the rest of the game to stand on its own two feet. It’s obvious without reading NH’s views that there are those issues. It’s virtually impossible for a player to play all formats without having to make choices over which games to play and which games to miss. It’s equally annoying when star players disappear from franchise tournaments part way through or not be available until a certain date. I have no answer to that because making players choose to either fully commit or not play would end up depriving one format or the other of some brilliant players. At the end of the day I’m sure the decisions will be mainly financial.
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Post by professorplump on Aug 14, 2024 7:14:11 GMT
I think the problem is that the ECB are trying to shoehorn too much into a limited period. I'm an old traditionalist and I don't like T20 or the Hundred but I accept that there has to be a place for it in the modern game. I believe the domestic season should consist of the County Championship, a 50 over Cup and one short form event, either the T20 Blast or the Hundred. I think it's telling that no other country has copied the format of The Hundred so I would ditch it and expand the T20 Blast, allowing the BBC or another terrestrial broadcaster to cover it.
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Post by spitthedog on Aug 14, 2024 7:28:40 GMT
I’m not against T20 and all that but the England Test players should not be playing this type of cricket in between Test Series. The ECB should be writing this into their contracts and paying them enough to cover it. It’s ridiculous. They are our elite Test Cricket players. This a huge blow for Stokes and England. It affects the balance of the side significantly. He was only just getting back to full Test fitness and bowling properly for the first time for a few years. At his age this is a huge setback and I doubt he will make the Test Series in Pakistan. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the beginning of the end of his Test Career as a fully fit all rounder tbh
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Post by professorplump on Aug 16, 2024 7:03:30 GMT
I watched a bit of the West Indies vs South Africa test match last night. Two mediocre teams playing on a substandard pitch in front of almost no crowd. Test Cricket is in grave danger of dying in some parts of the world.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 19, 2024 18:26:58 GMT
So looks like the team will be Duckett Lawrence Pope Root Brook Smith Woakes Atkinson Bashir Potts Wood
That looks a very lightweight batting side
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Post by cheadlepotter on Aug 19, 2024 18:51:35 GMT
So looks like the team will be Duckett Lawrence Pope Root Brook Smith Woakes Atkinson Bashir Potts Wood That looks a very lightweight batting side There’s not a lot in the tail is there. I’d still expect us to beat Sri Lanka though.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 19, 2024 18:52:58 GMT
So looks like the team will be Duckett Lawrence Pope Root Brook Smith Woakes Atkinson Bashir Potts Wood That looks a very lightweight batting side There’s not a lot in the tail is there. I’d still expect us to beat Sri Lanka though. Of course, hoping to skittle them. I like Potts tbf
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Aug 19, 2024 20:19:11 GMT
Thank God the Hundred is over. What is that shit? Absolutely ghastly tournament which tragically looks set to continue next season via billionaire Indian investment groups.
So much for it being there to bring new English viewers to the game... TV viewing figures were down again this year.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 19, 2024 20:21:02 GMT
Thank God the Hundred is over. What is that shit? Absolutely ghastly tournament which tragically looks set to continue next season via billionaire Indian investment groups. So much for it being there to bring new English viewers to the game... Viewing figures were down again this year. The game as we know and love it is rapidly going down the pan. This is not progress I’m afraid
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Aug 19, 2024 20:29:06 GMT
Thank God the Hundred is over. What is that shit? Absolutely ghastly tournament which tragically looks set to continue next season via billionaire Indian investment groups. So much for it being there to bring new English viewers to the game... Viewing figures were down again this year. The game as we know and love it is rapidly going down the pan. This is not progress I’m afraid It's really sad. Like I was watching the final out of total disbelief at how shit it is and how it's barely the same sport. Meanwhile the West Indies were hosting South Africa in a test series to a crowd of barely a few hundred.
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Post by cheadlepotter on Aug 19, 2024 20:39:03 GMT
The game as we know and love it is rapidly going down the pan. This is not progress I’m afraid It's really sad. Like I was watching the final out of total disbelief at how shit it is and how it's barely the same sport. Meanwhile the West Indies were hosting South Africa in a test series to a crowd of barely a few hundred. To be fair the crowds at their t20 WC weren’t up to much either. I watched their first game and there were far more empty seats than not. I’m a fan of all three formats (but not that Hundred shite) because they offer different styles and standards but if I had to pick one it would always be Test cricket.
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Post by scfcbiancorossi on Aug 19, 2024 20:46:37 GMT
It's really sad. Like I was watching the final out of total disbelief at how shit it is and how it's barely the same sport. Meanwhile the West Indies were hosting South Africa in a test series to a crowd of barely a few hundred. To be fair the crowds at their t20 WC weren’t up to much either. I watched their first game and there were far more empty seats than not. I’m a fan of all three formats (but not that Hundred shite) because they offer different styles and standards but if I had to pick one it would always be Test cricket. The idea of a t20 English Premier League to replace the Hundred and the Blast would make a lot of sense. Frees up space in the calendar while not creating unnecessary forms of cricket.
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Post by professorplump on Aug 20, 2024 0:44:39 GMT
To be fair the crowds at their t20 WC weren’t up to much either. I watched their first game and there were far more empty seats than not. I’m a fan of all three formats (but not that Hundred shite) because they offer different styles and standards but if I had to pick one it would always be Test cricket. The idea of a t20 English Premier League to replace the Hundred and the Blast would make a lot of sense. Frees up space in the calendar while not creating unnecessary forms of cricket. The problem is if a new EPL was franchise based and it replaced the Blast, a lot of counties would struggle to stay in business. At the moment they get a share of the profits from the Hundred but if it was to be sold to an Indian or American investor that would probably stop. In the short term the ECB would have the money from the sale but in the medium to long term there would be a lot of problems for the counties.
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Post by professorplump on Aug 20, 2024 0:46:37 GMT
So looks like the team will be Duckett Lawrence Pope Root Brook Smith Woakes Atkinson Bashir Potts Wood That looks a very lightweight batting side Call me old fashioned but I would rather replace Crawley with a specialist opener. That said, we might get away with it against Sri Lanka.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 20, 2024 10:13:29 GMT
Woakes is officially the 2nd best all rounder in the country then? I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if he was looking at stats but I'm a little disappointed someone younger hasn't been given the opportunity.
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Post by professorplump on Aug 22, 2024 1:05:43 GMT
Didn't see much of the first day but a nice tribute to Thorpe before the game started.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 22, 2024 6:45:53 GMT
At 6-3 I was just grateful Sri Lanka came up with a half decent score in the end considering the situation. Not a Test Match to set the pulses racing.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Aug 22, 2024 10:43:16 GMT
What a great watch/listen the Nathan Lyon masterclass is
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Post by oggyoggy on Aug 22, 2024 17:28:07 GMT
Decent test this. We will probably have a decent lead, but the pitch could benefit them bowling in the 4th innings. Big first session tomorrow. In fact, big first hour.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 22, 2024 17:44:42 GMT
Not much interest in this game but we’re doing ok for a team in transition and some injuries so far this summer. Smith looks a shrewd pick
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