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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!
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@daffy-jaffy they've been dominant all series. But man, it's been hard batting - 6 an over is good going over there. Ball turning heaps I presume - I saw a bit of one last weekend.
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Woah. Great start to the new WTC cycle for almost everyone. (except the 2 who played)
England and India docked two WTC points apiece for slow over rates during the first Test in Nottingham.
The teams now take two points each out of the Test match, instead of the four they would normally get for a draw under the new points system for the 2021-23 WTC cycle.
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@rapido that's brilliant.
Can anyone enlighten me as to why the over rate is the sole responsibility of the fielding team? The batsmen can soak up a lot of time delaying the bowlers at times - why is that not penalised?
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@delicatessen from memory, the umpires make a report to the match referee that takes into account the batsmen and any other reasons why the bowling team might not have been able to keep up with the over rate and the referee then makes a final decision on what action to take.
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My issue with the Hundred is that they invented a completely new format of cricket out of thin air for the sole reason of shortening a T20 to fit within a broadcasting window. T20 was originally designed to be over in two and a half hours but it just got slower and slower and slower.
By checking back on scorecards, for the original T20 international between NZ and Aus, the NZ innings was over in under 70 minutes. With a 10 minute break, the game slotted into 2.5 hours. For a recent T20 international, an innings was over 100 minutes. That means a game would struggle to complete in under 3.5 hours. How did teams get away with it?
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Youtube video of the above comment by Mikedogz. Absolute gold from Jarvo.
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@donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
Kemar Roach and Jayden Seales steer the West Indies home by one wicket.
that was a cracking finish. Almost fell over chasing 168. 3/84 quickly becomes 7/114. WEll done to the last wicket pair to get them over the line. Amusingly, the key scoring shot in the 17 run stand was a 4 between first slip and keeper! Not sure if 1st was standing wide, but that's cruel for the bowler.
Low scoring tests are better than high scoring tests.
