Just to suit England, all the remaining matches in the Cricket World Cup will last for one hour per innings!
Don't get me started!! However the blame for all this lies at the top - Paul Downton and James Whittaker must go from the ECB - in the last 18 months they have: totally mis-handled the KP situation done nothing about the "KP tweets" by Stuart Broad left a good man like Alistair Cook hanging out to dry (took all the flack over KP etc) then sacked him 3 months before the World Cup presided over strange selection decisions (e.g why did Balance not play a Tri-series or warm-up game then replace Bopara in the WC???) continually go for what they perceive as "safe" selections when the rest of the world select batsmen who can hit the ball and bowlers who can bowl at the death selected a coach who (to be harsh) has already failed in the job once - the only assumption I can make is that he will always say "yes" to Whittaker and Downton They have ensured that we have arrived at a WC totally unprepared - we only had 4 years to get it right! Oh - and the rain off Australia and Bangladesh means that Bangladesh get a point - that plus our abysmal net run rate caused by the 2 massacres could come back to hurt us big time
Smhbcfc. Feel free to let all the pain out on here. Become an honorary Irish or Scottish for bthis world cup?
Anyone who watched the Big Bash will know that batting skills have moved on, leaving English batsmen stuck in the past. 20/20 skills have now moved into the 50 over game......how long before the four day game sees batsmen clouting the ball to all corners? Same goes for the fielding...that's gone up another notch. Some of the boundary fielding, especially off potential 6s, was truly amazing. England were catching up, but now everyone's accelerating away.
Spot on Pirate - most other countries have moved the 20/20 batting philosophy into the 50 over game - now 300+ is not always a winning score. Alex Hales (is in the squad), Jason Roy and James Vince - 3 names who should be in that side
You think it's bad in the UK, try living here and going to work every time we get hammered, not good!! I agree the ECB are to blame, awful tactics, even worse selections. We need KP in the team, and why has Ben Stokes not got a look in, all the Aussies are asking me after he had a good spell in the Big bash (20-20) league here. The England management and board are so bad they make Dunfraud and the Sagheads idiots look competent!!!!
Wiz - No Helmet or Chest Guard - people talk about bravery on the pitch - they should show them this!
Amazing the way he never rubs the hits. What a man. And he gives the bowler back a bit as well. That is when men like him were truly hard. I reckon Flinty would be the same if he was batting against Holding.
'No Helmet or Chest Guard' Back then you batted totally different facing bouncers. 2 choices - You ducked or stayed inside the line - now they just stay in line square on. Today, watching some of 'ours' face the rising ball makes me grimace - pure village.
Not sure about that. 15 overs = 60-70 runs for England. 15 overs, approx 45 balls faced = 135 runs for McCullum on his own!
Then maybe they should show them the video of Phil Hughes... No helmets and chest/shin guards isn't bravery, it's stupidity.
You could try not giving a **** about cricket If an Australian tried winding me up about our cricket team he'd be wasting his time. It's probably the only sport I can't stand to watch, so boring...
Back then Shiny helmets did not exist In a bizarre way less people got hit on the head because you made sure you got out of the way. Phil Hughes is an interesting case in point - his technique actually made him vulnerable to short pitched bowling
I hate cricket and know first hand that cricket balls hurt when you catch one in the mouth, so since the age of 13. But is it not the same if those players played in today's day and age they would be more hurt as bowlers improve with better techniques? Like rugby, the fatties are now out as it's about speed and power in the athlete's now playing.
'But is it not the same if those players played in today's day' Equally : It wouldn't be the same for today's players playing back then with no guards or helmets. It would be carnage, they don't have the technique to cope without lids. 'they would be more hurt as bowlers improve with better techniques?' Are you serious ? There aren't quick bowlers today to compare with Tommo or Lillee. Or for that matter the likes of Hall,Griffiths and numerous other West Indians.
I started the comment saying how much I dislike cricket, so in answer to your "are you serious" question yes I am. Because I hate it that much I don't know anything about it. Hence why I asked the question. Dur brain
RODney 'But is it not the same if those players played in today's day and age they would be more hurt as bowlers improve with better techniques' Is not a question, it's a statement. Adding a question mark is grammatically - 'Dur brain'. Especially as you went on to liken it to : 'Like rugby, the fatties are now out as it's about speed and power in the athlete's now playing'.
