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The Ides of March said:
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.
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I don't get the arguement that people with ticket will be annoyed. If you know 100% it is going to rain heavily (as we did yesterday) then starting an hour early won't make them miss any cricket. Rain will still stop play at the same time - you just get an extra hour.

I know for sure that if I had a ticket i would rather them start an hour early if it means actually getting a result from the test
 
MLsfc said:
Agree with this but might have been better to not have a home ashes series and world cup in the same summer as we just don't have enough decent weather!
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There's also the wear and tear, physical and mental on the players of the increasingly congested schedule.
 
MLsfc said:
Agree with this but might have been better to not have a home ashes series and world cup in the same summer as we just don't have enough decent weather!
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Just one of those things. The World Cup won't be back in England for a while so this problem won't crop up for a while.
 
StJabbo1 said:
There's also the wear and tear, physical and mental on the players of the increasingly congested schedule.
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I would say the schedule is appalling. In the height of summer, some counties played precious little cricket. Maybe as much as 10 days without bowling a ball or lifting a bat. With the approaching autumn, the congestion gets ridiculous. 4 sets of 4 day matches in late August to the *** end of September. Throw in the time needed for the T20 knockout and finals day.
 
The Ides of March said:
I would say the schedule is appalling. In the height of summer, some counties played precious little cricket. Maybe as much as 10 days without bowling a ball or lifting a bat. With the approaching autumn, the congestion gets ridiculous. 4 sets of 4 day matches in late August to the *** end of September. Throw in the time needed for the T20 knockout and finals day.
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I didn't mention spectator fatigue in my earlier post, also a factor.
 
StJabbo1 said:
There's also the wear and tear, physical and mental on the players of the increasingly congested schedule.
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I would argue that players played more cricket in the 70s and 80s tan they do now. Every team played each other at least once in the then one división County Championship, there was the B&H 55 over tournament, then the 60 over one plus the JP 40 over matches on a Sunday. And England´s test players at the time, returned to their counties and played.

What has increased is the ludicrous number of 1 day internationals against the normal two touring teams over a 5 match series in a normal summer and a short series of T20s against the same opponents.
 
The Ides of March said:
I would argue that players played more cricket in the 70s and 80s tan they do now. Every team played each other at least once in the then one división County Championship, there was the B&H 55 over tournament, then the 60 over one plus the JP 40 over matches on a Sunday. And England´s test players at the time, returned to their counties and played.

What has increased is the ludicrous number of 1 day internationals against the normal two touring teams over a 5 match series in a normal summer and a short series of T20s against the same opponents.
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Do you still think the Aussies are going to “feast” on Archer?
 
Le Tissier's Laces said:
Absolutely not. I’m not having a go, was just pleased he’s given you cause to change opinion.
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Thanks. Imagine if we lived in a world where one´s views were fixed!! Uh!!!! We tend to have our fixed preferences but they can be either intensified or modified, and at times altered. Perhaps some day, folk on here will look more kindly at two PL sides that are currently not top of the list of favourite other clubs.

One thing for sure is that this test match will be a massive learning curve for Archer. Is he bowling 90 mph most deliveries, or is he pacing himself around the mid 80s and then letting go a really fast one? I don´t pictures here or commentary so I am relying on YouTube, texts and comments from the likes of yourself. In another era, the late and great Malcolm Marshall was a master of this as he matured.
 
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The Ides of March said:
Thanks. Imagine if we lived in a world where one´s views were fixed!! Uh!!!! We tend to have our fixed preferences but they can be either intensified or modified, and at times altered. Perhaps some day, folk on here will look more kindly at two PL sides that are currently not top of the list of favourite other clubs.

One thing for sure is that this test match will be a massive learning curve for Archer. Is he bowling 90 mph most deliveries, or is he pacing himself around the mid 80s and then letting go a really fast one? I don´t pictures here or commentary so I am relying on YouTube, texts and comments from the likes of yourself. In another era, the late and great Malcolm Marshall was a master of this as he matured.
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Mid to late 80s with the odd 94mph steamer
 
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