England vs BCs ODI series
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A lighthearted general cricketing article with a point or two in there somewhere...
Test cricket's decades-long demise continued at breakneck velocity yet again this month, with many warning that the format is not merely dying, it is dying more, dying faster, and - now that Ireland and Afghanistan are involved - dying in more nations than was ever thought possible. But who is responsible for this planet-wide butchering of the format? Can Test cricket's legitimate offspring - ODIs and T20 internationals - expect their inheritance soon, or will the uncouth, bastard love-children that are the franchise T20 tournaments carve up the estate instead? And just how much dying can Test cricket really do anyway? The Briefing takes you deep.
.... much further down there's also this gem:
The embarrassing dad
Think you had it bad when your parents turned up to check on you in school? Think you suffered when you father cracked terrible jokes in front of friends you were trying to impress? Well, spare a thought for Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who was batting for Guyana in one of the biggest games of his 21-year-old life - the semi-final of the Super50 one-day tournament - when his dad Shivnarine turned up and ruined everything. Tage had worked himself nicely into the innings, having hit 12 off as many balls, before a blunderous straight drive from Shiv ricocheted off the bowler's boot and into the non-striker's stumps. Having run out his son, Shiv would proceed to lose his own wicket soon after, and Guyana would go on to lose the game -
Heard a guy on Radiosport today questioning whether the captaincy is affecting Little Kane.
I'm starting to think there's a case for that - he doesn't look as impregnable as he did in any forms compared to a couple of years ago.
Maybe Hesson needs to lighten his load by, at least, giving someone else the reins in T20 - presumably, Timmy.
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Broken bat. Is that what they call a heavy ball?
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@wairau said in England vs BCs ODI series:
That's funny, Butler goes, right after the commentators were giving him big ups for hitting a six, being on 29 from 22...."How important will this innings be in the context of the match?" ha, not very!
The curse strikes again... The comms are wondering why super Mitch didn't bowl more than 2 overs
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@chris-b said in England vs BCs ODI series:
Looks the sort of pitch where we will need the likes of Kane, Latham and Nicholls to work it around and grind us home.
Surely with this sized chase and no Rossco they won't send Munro out in full death or glory mode?
Does he know how to bat any other way?
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@virgil said in England vs BCs ODI series:
@chris-b said in England vs BCs ODI series:
Looks the sort of pitch where we will need the likes of Kane, Latham and Nicholls to work it around and grind us home.
Surely with this sized chase and no Rossco they won't send Munro out in full death or glory mode?
Does he know how to bat any other way?
He should go out and have a bash. Get away to a flier, and it's easy. Get out, and no major harm done.
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@nzzp said in England vs BCs ODI series:
@virgil said in England vs BCs ODI series:
@chris-b said in England vs BCs ODI series:
Looks the sort of pitch where we will need the likes of Kane, Latham and Nicholls to work it around and grind us home.
Surely with this sized chase and no Rossco they won't send Munro out in full death or glory mode?
Does he know how to bat any other way?
He should go out and have a bash. Get away to a flier, and it's easy. Get out, and no major harm done.
Yup a quick fire 40 or 50 would be a huge boost.
How much dying can Test cricket do?
