The Cricket Thread

So I'm thinking our best line up for the tournament will be:

Masood
Orr
Prest
Weatherley
Albert
Fuller
Howell
Dawson
Wood
Briggs
Wheal

Obviously Vince and Turner are big misses.

 

Agreed. Baker might come in after a game or two if Brad has been leaking a few runs, but I doubt Organ or Middleton will be getting any starts unless due to injury.

 

Three days after my post about an incoming massacre for India, the lively outcome could not be more different with Oz 12 for 3 chasing 500+ for victory. Add to that Kohli's century!!

 

Well done India on a fantastic victory! Just a mere matter of three more victories needed, but when a bear is poked, it is lethal!!

 

Holy crap a team bought a 13 year old at the IPL auction for about $100,000!

 

County Championship fixtures out for next year.

Hants fixtures:

Yorks (H)
Surrey (A)
Somerset (H)
Durham (H)
Notts (A)
Warks (A)
Sussex (H)
Essex (A)
Worcs (H)
Notts (H)
Worcs (A)
Sussex (A)
Somerset (A)
Surrey (H)

Christ Surrey at the Bowl last game of the season. That could be fun! Obviously that game stands out like a sore thumb. Also noticable is that we don't have to trek all the way up to Durham or Yorkshire which is a result. Only play Essex once as well although that is at Chelmsford. I think that's a fairly favourable set of fixtures. Thankfully we play Worcs and Sussex twice.

 

No idea if it's true, because I haven't seen it reported anywhere, but Wikipedia is showing Shayan Jahangir as being part of our squad for the GSL. Not a name I recognise, but it looks like he's a keeper and opening batter for USA, after emigrating from Pakistan.

 

Hampshire beat Rangpur Riders Scores H 132 20 Overs. Rangpur Riders 132 - 8. Match won in a Super Over.

 

Good start for us! Shan Masood instantly showing his class.

 

Just been watching the highlights on TNT. Not great batting or fielding, but decent bowling. So good to see Briggs back in a Hawks shirt.

Sonny was unlucky with his figures. In particular one of his 4s would have been a simple catch for a front-line keeper (it just went straight through Albert).

 

How refreshing to watch how fast the DRS reviews are, compared to VAR. I can only think, it's because there's only one making the decision, and they seem to be all former umpires.

 

TBF decisions are a LOT less subjective in cricket.

 

That's fair. In general they seem to view it once, and don't look for something that's not there. It probably helps, the review takes place for all of us to see.

 

Also, in the main, umpires are generally held in higher esteem than referees. This certainly has much to do with the subjectivity involved in football. It also has much to do with the differring cultures in different sports. I played cricket for many years and never questioned an umpire's decision, even when I knew it to be wrong. The same was true in my short Rugby career. However football was another matter...

 

Just caught up with the Kiwi v England test and see we’re in a great position to win with the Kiwis leading by just 4 runs with only 4 wickets in hand.

 

Good start

 

Baker's first Hants wicket

 

Big wicket for Benny!

 

Solid fielding and bowling for those first 10 overs. Just a lone misfield from Prest which cost an extra run.

 

Feels like 15 to 20 too many