1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

The Cricket Thread

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by TheSecondStain, Apr 11, 2016.

  1. st_brendy

    st_brendy Well-Known Member
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2011
    Messages:
    21,037
    Likes Received:
    9,890
    Have we just not practiced bowling to left handers? Wide after wide after wide. As if we've got runs to throw away...
     
    #7481
  2. ChilcoSaint

    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Feb 8, 2011
    Messages:
    37,239
    Likes Received:
    35,090
    All being well we’ll see off Glos at Taunton on Friday.
     
    #7482
  3. ChilcoSaint

    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Feb 8, 2011
    Messages:
    37,239
    Likes Received:
    35,090
    England lose toss and are inserted.

    Roy caught behind 3rd ball.

    0-1
     
    #7483
  4. ......loading......

    ......loading...... 25 undefeated

    Joined:
    Aug 31, 2012
    Messages:
    8,574
    Likes Received:
    8,261
    England suck at proper cricket, sadly. Bring back the rain!
     
    #7484
  5. Ronnie Hotdog (MLsfc)

    Ronnie Hotdog (MLsfc) Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 22, 2012
    Messages:
    7,204
    Likes Received:
    7,240
    I think this summer is evidence of our massive focus on limit overs cricket. I suppose it should come as no surprise; perhaps a more balanced approach is required
     
    #7485
  6. ......loading......

    ......loading...... 25 undefeated

    Joined:
    Aug 31, 2012
    Messages:
    8,574
    Likes Received:
    8,261
    The fact is that 5 day cricket is the beautiful game, but is it really a spectator sport likely to make big money? Going for a day out at the cricket and seeing a bit of play without a result is much harder to sell than an afternoon of smacking the ball about!
     
    #7486
  7. Ronnie Hotdog (MLsfc)

    Ronnie Hotdog (MLsfc) Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 22, 2012
    Messages:
    7,204
    Likes Received:
    7,240
    Agreed. As much as I love test cricket, I can absolutely see why others may find it a tad dull at times when compared to limited overs - especially amongst the younger audience.
     
    #7487
    ......loading...... and StJabbo1 like this.
  8. Dell1964

    Dell1964 Active Member

    Joined:
    Sep 30, 2017
    Messages:
    414
    Likes Received:
    181
    The "whack 'em about" form of the game evolved from (the purer) bat vs ball on a village green-type of surface. Both sets of skills (in the "longer game") became highly prized and were 'hard earned' by diligence & hours of practice.
    Now, sadly, the "slog-'em as hard & as far as you can" format will, eventually, see the demise of traditional cricket as we know it.
    Schools cricket - declining; Parks League cricket - already gone; Hampshire League cricket - declining; County Cricket - struggling to survive.
    If kids don't get encouraged (and taught!) to play the "traditional game" from an early age the cricket will slowly die...... Maybe to be replaced with a sort of cricketing version of 'english baseball'
    Perish the thought!
     
    #7488
    ......loading...... likes this.
  9. StJabbo1

    StJabbo1 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 14, 2019
    Messages:
    8,238
    Likes Received:
    9,906
    St Johns Wood tube station announcement this morning:-
    "If anyone knows how to get Steve Smith out please report to the England dressing room".
     
    #7489
  10. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 2011
    Messages:
    68,875
    Likes Received:
    24,070
    Australia 71-4
    Smith still in.
     
    #7490

  11. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2011
    Messages:
    12,778
    Likes Received:
    4,686
    You can predict that Smith will be out cheaply in the 5th test if the Ashes is decided by then.

    So rain is predicted to interrupt play today, in the September tests it will be bad light. From my time in the UK, the light can get very dull from 4 onwards, even in the second week of September, so it is likely to impact on the outcome of the Oval Test.
     
    #7491
  12. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2011
    Messages:
    12,778
    Likes Received:
    4,686
    How the West Indies must regret not having capped Archer before England managed to snare him.
     
    #7492
  13. ChilcoSaint

    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Feb 8, 2011
    Messages:
    37,239
    Likes Received:
    35,090
    We use floodlights nowadays Ides!
     
    #7493
  14. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2011
    Messages:
    12,778
    Likes Received:
    4,686
    Floodlights were used in the County Championship in 2015, still didn´t stop play ending early in those final round of matches. if I recall.
     
    #7494
  15. Dell1964

    Dell1964 Active Member

    Joined:
    Sep 30, 2017
    Messages:
    414
    Likes Received:
    181
    Sad but true... ENGLAND have capped 99 (yep, ninety-nine!) players who were NOT born in the UK.
     
    #7495
  16. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2011
    Messages:
    12,778
    Likes Received:
    4,686
    It is only sad for the West Indies that they cannot capitalise on his talents. It is great for England, though, and good luck to him in his international and domestic career. I hope he can stay injury free and transfers his loyalties to Middlesex.

    PS: We also have a foreign born Prime Minister!!
     
    #7496
  17. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 2011
    Messages:
    68,875
    Likes Received:
    24,070
    But that is hardly surprising as we have links with so many countries and so have immigrants from those countries. Throw in the fact that there are financial incentives to playing for England (or GB in some sports) and easy to see why someone who spent formative years here will choose to play for us.
     
    #7497
  18. Ronnie Hotdog (MLsfc)

    Ronnie Hotdog (MLsfc) Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 22, 2012
    Messages:
    7,204
    Likes Received:
    7,240
    Another wash-out then - shouldn't have held it so late in the year.

    Or could have used logic and started at 10am rather than 11am.
     
    #7498
  19. tomw24

    tomw24 Well-Known Member
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2011
    Messages:
    62,293
    Likes Received:
    30,839
    You can't just go straight from a world cup into the Ashes. Players need a break.
     
    #7499
  20. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2011
    Messages:
    12,778
    Likes Received:
    4,686
    Starting at 10pm on a hot day in July is one thing, at 10pm in the middle of August is very different. Add in the people who have paid tickets for the start of play to begin at 11. They would be mightily cheesed off to find out it started an hour earlier.

    I can see you would like to see more flexibility but that is up to the ICC to work out. I suppose that is the beauty of playing cricket in Oz, India, Dubai, West Indies, Sri Lanka, South Africa - the weather patterns are much more predicable.
     
    #7500

Share This Page