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Postponed 2nd ODI is on now. Oz batting were 45 - 6 at one stage, now 97 - 7 after 27 overs.
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Anyone watched the Hundred? The cricket is sort of exciting ‘cos it’s all balls out from the word go but I just can’t watch it. The fucking comms are just level 3 cheerleaders for “the product”, so much so that it makes my blood twist.
Just ugh.
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@catogrande I've heard of it but not taken much interest.
What are the rules?
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@booboo said in Other Cricket:
@catogrande I've heard of it but not taken much interest.
What are the rules?
Isn't that the ten overs of ten balls?
But - with different names for everything, so that the tweeter generation can understand it.
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@catogrande said in Other Cricket:
Anyone watched the Hundred? The cricket is sort of exciting ‘cos it’s all balls out from the word go but I just can’t watch it. The fucking comms are just level 3 cheerleaders for “the product”, so much so that it makes my blood twist.
Just ugh.
Enjoying it a bit when I had expected to hate it, although I've been muting the "commentary". There have been some decent, entertaining, close games. Despite the jigling around in format, it is still the familiar battle of bat against ball and fielders. A run chase is still a run chase. The shortened format will reward most teams with a set of very tight, disciplined bowlers.
I don't have a team yet, leaning a bit towards Birmingham Phoenix but that sound like a run down cinema in Selly Oak.
It's been getting biggish TV ratings, but I suspect that is because there always was a good section of the UK who liked Cricket and wanted it back live on free-to-air TV rather this being a wonderful new format.
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@booboo said in Other Cricket:
@catogrande I've heard of it but not taken much interest.
What are the rules?
Each team faces a hundred balls. Hence the name.
Bowlers can ball five or ten ball spells. Most are five.
Change of ends every ten balls.
Bowlers can bowl a maximum of 20 balls.
First 25 balls are a power play with only two fielders allowed outside 30 metre circle.
After a catch, the non-striker remains at the bowlers' end.
No balls worth two runs.
Each side gets one tactical timeout.
Apart from that, it is Cricket as normal. Some of the more radical suggested changes such a scrapping LBW or doubling scores for boundaries at the end of an innings, never materialised.
Three problems from the first round. The games are meant to be done and dusted inside two and half hours, but are taking a bit longer than that. Not obvious what penalties there are for slow bowling. The white card that umpires produce every five balls is just bizarre, has been widely ridiculed and should be ditched. Too much of the TV coverage has basically been propaganda saying how wonderful every aspect of The Hundred is.
That said, the organisers will be delighted so far. Lots of close games. A lot of media coverage despite it clashing with the start of the Olympics. Very respectable TV audience figures. More kids than normal in attendance, especially at the womens games.
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@dogmeat said in Other Cricket:
Whats the fucking point?
They've changed a few words and some numbers so that dim people (sorry, children) understand.
Base 6 is too complicated for starters. I've said this before but decimalisation of cricket, in a country that still uses statute miles? I mean really? The whole thing is bloody idiotic. -
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They've simplified it by making more synonyms, jargon, and slight rules variations because it was too complicated for youths and minorities coz of the jargon and rules.
TBH. A franchise cricket T20ish league was going to be a success of sorts, regardless. Just need to be on FTA TV and for the clubs/counties/franchises whatever to be a bit
less racistmore welcoming to Asians.I do like the experimentation with bowling 2 consecutive overs/set/fives (whatever the jargon is) from one end. Could help other cricket forms (in terms of over rates).
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@dogmeat Yep. I assume the the ball is weighed in a standard number of hobbits?
The pitch length must also be in measured in short faggots. I believe that would actually be very close to what we use now (22).
Wonder why they changed the name?
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@dogmeat This is an excellent long read from last June on the origins of The Hundred.
The birth of The Hundred: Bitterness, bullying accusations & betrayal – Almanack
No issue in cricket in recent times has been more divisive than the launch of The Hundred. Prior to the tournament’s postponement because of the coronavirus pandemic, Nick Hoult told the story behind its creation in the 2020 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Nick Hoult is chief cricket correspondent of...
Whilst the launch of The Hundred has been a relatively success within England. A flaw in the ECB's thinking is that the new format is never going to usurp T20 as the established brand of shortened Cricket internationally.
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FYI - there is ball by ball commentary of the Engand v India test series on SENZ, for the insomniacs and night shift workers.
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@daffy-jaffy said in Other Cricket:
FYI - there is ball by ball commentary of the Engand v India test series on SENZ, for the insomniacs and night shift workers.
Nice. You know it never even occurred to me anymore to even think was likely and scan the dial.
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@daffy-jaffy said in Other Cricket:
FYI - there is ball by ball commentary of the Engand v India test series on SENZ, for the insomniacs and night shift workers.
it's great - listened to the first half hour the other night. A pleasant surprise. I love cricket on the wireless... feels timeless
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Bangladesh has just beaten Australia 4-1 in a T20 series. In the last game Bangladesh scored 122-8 then bowled Oz out for 62 in 13.4 overs!
