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@Cyclops
Remember when McGrath and Gillespie sort of did to us with the bat what Bumrah and Sami just did to England with the bat?Well, we also didn't last 2 sessions or in fact even make a hundred. 71 all out.
But, I guess your point stands, They would have been ashamed of that.
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@kiwipie said in Other Cricket:
@catogrande What happened - 8 down with a lead of only 180, England had that game in their hands. Although take Root out of that batting order and they will lose every game at the moment.
Newish ball, England on a roll, fast bowlers on v tail enders. So what’s the plan?
No slips, bowl short, few fielders in wicket taking positions, so the plan must have been to leak a few runs, release the pressure and give them some confidence. If those tactics had been employed by Pakistan in those circumstances we’d be thinking match fixing.
Appalling captaincy.
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@rapido said in Other Cricket:
@Cyclops
Remember when McGrath and Gillespie sort of did to us with the bat what Bumrah and Sami just did to England with the bat?Well, we also didn't last 2 sessions or in fact even make a hundred. 71 all out.
But, I guess your point stands, They would have been ashamed of that.
Yeah there are a couple of moments of utter ignominy but that's kind of the point. This is about low as a test team can go without getting bowled out for 26.
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That day goes to show how bloody impressive that sixth day in the WTC from the Black Caps was. Similarly poised in similar conditions and they bottled it.
Yes England's batting is a bit of a rabble but it was their bowling that blew it in one mad session.
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it's getting very very messy in Australian cricket
They aren't doing to well, and so the coach is in the gun, most especially because it appears the modern player cannot relate to being given a few home truths about their performance.
There is a definite split appearing in the Aus cricket family, with the new guys on one side, and pretty much everyone else on the other.
Cricket Australia have given Langer their dreaded full confidence.
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@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
it's getting very very messy in Australian cricket
They aren't doing to well, and so the coach is in the gun, most especially because it appears the modern player cannot relate to being given a few home truths about their performance.
There is a definite split appearing in the Aus cricket family, with the new guys on one side, and pretty much everyone else on the other.
Cricket Australia have given Langer their dreaded full confidence.
I’m sure they’ll redeem themselves ( assuming it goes ahead ) by putting a fucken awful English side to the sword later this year.
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@mn5 said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
it's getting very very messy in Australian cricket
They aren't doing to well, and so the coach is in the gun, most especially because it appears the modern player cannot relate to being given a few home truths about their performance.
There is a definite split appearing in the Aus cricket family, with the new guys on one side, and pretty much everyone else on the other.
Cricket Australia have given Langer their dreaded full confidence.
I’m sure they’ll redeem themselves ( assuming it goes ahead ) by putting a fucken awful English side to the sword later this year.
like clockwork, things go wrong over winter when they head overseas, but magically heal themselves when they get back on the flat flat tracks of home
their major problem is their last home series they lost quite badly.
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@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@mn5 said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
it's getting very very messy in Australian cricket
They aren't doing to well, and so the coach is in the gun, most especially because it appears the modern player cannot relate to being given a few home truths about their performance.
There is a definite split appearing in the Aus cricket family, with the new guys on one side, and pretty much everyone else on the other.
Cricket Australia have given Langer their dreaded full confidence.
I’m sure they’ll redeem themselves ( assuming it goes ahead ) by putting a fucken awful English side to the sword later this year.
like clockwork, things go wrong over winter when they head overseas, but magically heal themselves when they get back on the flat flat tracks of home
their major problem is their last home series they lost quite badly.
I think they’d beat that Pom team anywhere to be fair. That batting line up in particularly screams ordinary despite one obvious exception ( who isn’t even quite as good as our Kane )
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@mn5 said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@mn5 said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
it's getting very very messy in Australian cricket
They aren't doing to well, and so the coach is in the gun, most especially because it appears the modern player cannot relate to being given a few home truths about their performance.
There is a definite split appearing in the Aus cricket family, with the new guys on one side, and pretty much everyone else on the other.
Cricket Australia have given Langer their dreaded full confidence.
I’m sure they’ll redeem themselves ( assuming it goes ahead ) by putting a fucken awful English side to the sword later this year.
like clockwork, things go wrong over winter when they head overseas, but magically heal themselves when they get back on the flat flat tracks of home
their major problem is their last home series they lost quite badly.
I think they’d beat that Pom team anywhere to be fair. That batting line up in particularly screams ordinary despite one obvious exception ( who isn’t even quite as good as our Kane )
yeah that series should be a bloodbath. But the Aussie order ain't that great either. I just think Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc and Lyon will take the required number of wickets to make it comfortable.
Smith will get runs, and enough other guys will score along the way to get more than enough
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@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@mn5 said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
@mn5 said in Other Cricket:
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
it's getting very very messy in Australian cricket
They aren't doing to well, and so the coach is in the gun, most especially because it appears the modern player cannot relate to being given a few home truths about their performance.
There is a definite split appearing in the Aus cricket family, with the new guys on one side, and pretty much everyone else on the other.
Cricket Australia have given Langer their dreaded full confidence.
I’m sure they’ll redeem themselves ( assuming it goes ahead ) by putting a fucken awful English side to the sword later this year.
like clockwork, things go wrong over winter when they head overseas, but magically heal themselves when they get back on the flat flat tracks of home
their major problem is their last home series they lost quite badly.
I think they’d beat that Pom team anywhere to be fair. That batting line up in particularly screams ordinary despite one obvious exception ( who isn’t even quite as good as our Kane )
yeah that series should be a bloodbath. But the Aussie order ain't that great either. I just think Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc and Lyon will take the required number of wickets to make it comfortable.
Smith will get runs, and enough other guys will score along the way to get more than enough
The others guys include Labuschagne and Warner, Root certainly doesn’t have a supporting cast like that.
His strike bowlers are fucken ancient too.
Australia have a few journeymen too but England are full of them.
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How the hell are our guys doing in the Hundred? Haven't seen anything recently, which makes me think they're not doing great.
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Glamorgan win the 1-day Cup
Get in
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@delicatessen said in Other Cricket:
How the hell are our guys doing in the Hundred? Haven't seen anything recently, which makes me think they're not doing great.
Some of the Kiwis did perform.
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@bovidae said in Other Cricket:
@delicatessen said in Other Cricket:
How the hell are our guys doing in the Hundred? Haven't seen anything recently, which makes me think they're not doing great.
Some of the Kiwis did perform.
Oh righto thanks. Missed that 'un I did.
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Just watched the final of the hundred.
Dumbed down, simpleton cricket with big easy graphics, win predictors, straight forward rules & lots of pointless crowd entertainment.
My 9 year old son absolutely loved it and was cheering loudly for a team he had no affinity with snd knew what was going on the whole way without questions for me.
Food for thought.
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@majorrage said in Other Cricket:
Just watched the final of the hundred.
Dumbed down, simpleton cricket with big easy graphics, win predictors, straight forward rules & lots of pointless crowd entertainment.
My 9 year old son absolutely loved it and was cheering loudly for a team he had no affinity with snd knew what was going on the whole way without questions for me.
Food for thought.
Hitting the target market then. Kids and simpletons.
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@snowy said in Other Cricket:
@majorrage said in Other Cricket:
Just watched the final of the hundred.
Dumbed down, simpleton cricket with big easy graphics, win predictors, straight forward rules & lots of pointless crowd entertainment.
My 9 year old son absolutely loved it and was cheering loudly for a team he had no affinity with snd knew what was going on the whole way without questions for me.
Food for thought.
Hitting the target market then. Kids and simpletons.
Yep, gateway to the true form of the game. I started with ODI as a teenager, and then got into Test cricket later. Eyeballs means money, and ultimately that supports tests
So I'm good with it
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@nzzp said in Other Cricket:
Yep, gateway to the true form of the game. I started with ODI as a teenager, and then got into Test cricket later.
You played test cricket. Impressed.
You might have meant watching of course.
If these are the kids being bought into the realm, will they be able to learn base 6? And have an attention span of 5 days?
Yes, the more that watch the better though, and it is a financial support for our guys that NZC can't afford to pay all that well.
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My gripe with the Hundred is similar to @KiwiPie’s - rather than fix the horrendously slow over rate deterioration of T20’s and improve the graphics, they’ve created yet another format.
Fast forward a decade and the eventual return of bowler/captain conferences after every delivery and we’ll need to introduce the Fifty.
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Had the Hundred been a success?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/58295400
A balanced piece but it is in the interest of the BBC to say "yes, it has been" as they have some of the broadcasting rights.
