[ferocious]

Warner didn’t hang about for long Bazza

[ferocious]

Lost count of how many wickets I seen yesterday
Got up for the finale of NZ v ENG then when that finished put the IND v AUS match on & if my maths is correct 18 wickets in 5 hours play all in
Australia slight favourites going into the days play but imploded with the bat
England got a bit of fortune in bowling twice under the lights with a new pink ball against NZ top order wise decision first day to get 300+ on the board first day then declare to get into the bowling when the lights came on

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by ferocious

Lost count of how many wickets I seen yesterday
Got up for the finale of NZ v ENG then when that finished put the IND v AUS match on & if my maths is correct 18 wickets in 5 hours play all in
Australia slight favourites going into the days play but imploded with the bat
England got a bit of fortune in bowling twice under the lights with a new pink ball against NZ top order wise decision first day to get 300+ on the board first day then declare to get into the bowling when the lights came on

I got up later than you Mr F. Checked with BBC Sport and England had won. So thought I would watch India v. Aus. Couldn't understand why there were some tarts on instead from NZ playing T20 franchise cricket. Took a while to work out that Test had also finished then it was back to the usual Sunday morning shit of watching The Bill. FFS.

[bazzap]

A Sign of the Times



From the BBC Sport website

https://bbc.com/sport/cricket/




Future of Test cricket could be like Wimbledon, says Rajasthan Royals owner Manoj Badale

Here is the gist of it

The future of Test cricket might be short once-a-year events like the Wimbledon tennis tournament, according to Rajasthan Royals lead owner Manoj Badale.

One of the biggest issues cricket faces is the scheduling with some sides playing two series in two different formats concurrently in recent years.

"We can make Test cricket work if we make it more of an event," Badale told the Tailenders podcast.

"We should have it at the same time every year, played between a small set of nations that can actually afford it and Lord's becomes like a Wimbledon, an event that is the diary.

You can imagine the comments underneath the main article.


I did not listen to the podcast where these comments were made




My view


So, basically a Test series between England, India & Australia. Play each other once then some convoluted formula to work out which team has won. Innings a maximum of 90 overs so all over in 4 days to save time. Done & dusted in less than 3 weeks


All to please the 10-15-year-olds in India.


Nearly 150 years of tradition out the window. ODIs gone as well.


No need for first-class cricket like county cricket or the Sheffield Shield. Suburban grade cricket and school cricket probably gone too.


Major and minor league T20 & T10 or "100" tournaments only. Naturally, all are run by the BCCI


This bloke has it all sorted out


There are huge multi-million (billion?) tournys planned in the near future in the USA and Saudi Arabia.


In the USA, Aaron Finch has been lured out of retirement to captain a side based in San Francisco. This series is backed by both Cricket NSW and Cricket Victoria. WTF???? It starts in July, the same time as the Ashes is on.



Finch Signed for Major League Cricket




Something will have to give. Tradition vs money. It is all about content for tv networks. We saw what happened nearly 50 years ago with the Packer circus World Series Cricket.


Money always wins



Dr Grace and "The Don" will be turning in their graves

[Frankie]

Been following that over here Baz. But basically this bloke is just an IPL franchise owner and his comments are just what he would like to see happen with cricket that would see the likes of him coining more money in. However it is still a worry that money will win over tradition. Apparently the 100 Competition (aka The 16.4) will revert to a T20 format this summer as it's been turning into a bit of a disaster. Supposedly it loses money, a number of players have pulled out and traditional cricket fans hate it. Personally I can't be arsed with it as the franchise teams mean absolutely nothing to me. Yet another massive fuck up by the ECB who have downgraded the Ashes so their 16.4 fuck up can dominate the summer cricket schedule. All this in a country where Test Match cricket makes more money than any other format. An Ashes series even more so.

[ferocious]

Refuse to watch the 100 better everyone do the same to help save the test format that’s the sole reason the ashes is being crammed into about 6 week June/July

[bazzap]

Nobody is more surprised than me that Australia won the 1st Test after the way England had played the previous 12 months and the first day of this match.


Many things went our way. The rather generous declaration, the Paki "bowled' on a no-ball, dropped catches etc. Like everyone else, I thought we were gone once Carey was out. Australia, despite their Test record, rarely chases down decent totals.


Obviously, a long way to go yet but, for now, it is time to get the popcorn out and read the comments on the BBC website. Always enthralling reading when England loses a Test match.


I haven't done much reading in the last 12 months

[ferocious]

Yeah Bazza could have been different we made a few costly errors and still think we are light on the bowling front with stokes and mcCullum demanding dead pitches

[Frankie]

It was a very exciting Test match. The declaration on the first day seems mad, but IMO it's just the way Stokes views things. Good total for Day 1 but lost a few wickets, so let's stick the Aussies in and see how they go. Might have worked, but a missed stumping and a no ball probably fucked it all up. Fine margins and I expect a lot more.

Hopefully the Headingley Test goes to Day 5 as could only get tickets for Day 4. Always amazes me watching England play at home and there are large gaps in the stands, when its practically impossible to legitimately buy tickets in advance for any England game.

[Frankie]

Another self inflicted defeat by England. No idea what some of the batsmen were thinking about. Trying to play at every single ball and getting out namely Crawley and Duckett in the Second Innings. Bairstow then decides to go walkabout and loses his wicket. Bit of sharp practice by Carey but WTF was Bairstow thinking about? Over the course of the two innings England conceded 74 runs in extras compared to Australia's 39 runs. So there's 35 of the 44 England were short. I think Australia are the better team but England are capable of beating them, but won't if they continue playing in this shambolic way.