The Cricket Thread

Think it was abandoned . Crap weather proofing .

 

Talksport's cricket debut ended in a very damp squib.

 

That’s a scarily accurate summary of Mark Nicholas! What I like about him from the Channel 5 Test highlights is that at the beginning of the show, when the teams are running out on to the pitch behind him, he always gives the impression that he already knows what’s going to happen in the day’s play.

 

England 278 - 9. Sri Lanka 97 - 5 21.2 overs weather threatening. Up on Duckworth Lewis.

 

SL 140 - 5 29 overs and the monsoon has arrived.

 

Result England win by 31 runs on Duckworth Lewis.

 

It looks like Liam Dawson has picked up an injury and may not play in the rest of the games.

 

Third ODI with Sri Lanka suffering from rain again. England could do with some match time.

 

It's back on. 21 overs now.

 

Sri Lanka scoring fast but then it is virtually a T20.
65-2 after 8 overs.

 

England stepped up. Sri Lanka 114-5 after 17 overs

 

150-9 after 21 overs.

 

England have walked it, again. They really are a good ODI side now, such an improvement on the last WC.

 

Although this was more like a T20.

 

True, but they had to adapt and they did - as is often the case in in rain affected ODI's, its part of the game.

 

Fair point. England will take some stopping at next years World Cup, especially as it's on home soil.

 

Sri Lanka 273 - 7 ic.

 

Turned out to be nice weather for Duckworths, England won by 18 runs after 27 overs.

 

Just seen that Craig White has resigned. Difficult to judge his reign. We won the one day cup this year, so clearly that's a very big tick. But in white-ball cricket generally we don't seem to be the powerhouse we once were, and we haven't really progressed at all in red ball cricket.

Given that he's currently assistant coach at Essex, surely Dimi has got to be a big favourite for the role.

 

CC Div 1 going to 10 teams from 2020 so only 1 goes down next season. Also, overseas players will be banned from the One Day cup from 2020.