Cricket - Matches & General Discussion Thread

[Gerrumonside ref]

37 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Got TMS on the radio. This is an unexpected treat (so far)!

Rohit Sharma starting to find his stride and accelerate at 125-3 in the 29th over.

Run rate creeping up, a breakthrough not desperate, but would keep us back on top.

[Gerrumonside ref]

Catch taken and the partnership is broken as Rahul goes for 39

[Gerrumonside ref]

India collapsing now to 183-7 in the 42nd over.

Edited October 29, 2023 by Gerrumonside ref

[Futtocks]

229 for 9 at the end of the innings.

Now let's see if England can remember how to bat.

[Futtocks]

1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

229 for 9 at the end of the innings.

Now let's see if England can remember how to bat.

England just lost 4 wickets for 9 runs. So I guess not.

[Irish Saint]

Top four look nailed on  and still two weeks of fixtures to go.

[Futtocks]

Eurgh.

[17 stone giant]

Are they showing England matches on the Comedy Channel yet?

It's so bad there's no point doing anything but laugh.

129 all out!

Maybe they're making the point that they don't like playing cricket for 50 overs.

[DavidM]

Give us credit , when we lose we really lose

[17 stone giant]

13 hours ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

India on the rack against England’s bowling attack this morning.

40-3 after 12 overs, Kohli already gone for a duck, Woakes instrumental.

No, you are not seeing things. 

12 hours ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

a breakthrough not desperate, but would keep us back on top.

12 hours ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

Catch taken and the partnership is broken as Rahul goes for 39

11 hours ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

India collapsing now to 183-7 in the 42nd over.

Edited October 29, 2023 by 17 stone giant

[Gerrumonside ref]

8 hours ago, 17 stone giant said:

Well we were at that point tbf

[Gerrumonside ref]

There’s a slight chance that Sri Lanka won’t chase down 358 vs India.

Now 35-8 but were 14-6…

[Farmduck]

Just a tangential note, I don't follow cricket closely but I just checked the Guardian scoreboard for this game. It's a bit confusing when they show the Indian batting card with Loku Marakkalage taking all those wickets but then you look at the Sri Lankan bowling figures and Loku Marakkalage doesn't exist. They gave all his wickets to some guy named Dilshan Madushanka. Doesn't seem very fair.

[THE RED ROOSTER]

Saturday and the chance for Australia to end England's involvement in the World cup (technically) and the Champions Trophy. A prospect almost as good for Aussie Cricket fans than waking up next to fellow Aussie Margot Robbie.

No Mitchell Marsh and No Glenn Maxwell whose golfing exploits have ensured that The Big Show is again a no show. This kind of reminds me of Adelaide 2002 when I was regaled with" How easy do we have to make it for you" when we lost an ODI to a sub-par Australian XI.

Any chance Ben Stokes will be dropped. His swipe against India alone should cost him his place, to Harry Brook but England's main problem is the "bits and pieces players" who bat a bit, bowl a bit but not to great effect at either namely Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone to which sadly on the evidence of this tournament you can add Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes. Curran and Livingstone neither of which play much Red Ballk cricket are living proof of the arrested development that happens in a cricketers careerrt whenn you follow the T20 cash rather than woprk on the findamentals of your game. Are either of these better now than when they first started out internationally?

English Cricket will take a deserved financial hit if they do not qualify for the Champions Trophy with less allocated revenue from the ICC falling behind Australia. Anyone care or is this just a chance to rest inbetween Franchise tournaments ?

[17 stone giant]

31 minutes ago, THE RED ROOSTER said:

Anyone care or is this just a chance to rest inbetween Franchise tournaments ?

I don't care. I'm done with 1 day cricket now. It had its time, but I've moved on. Thanks for the memories (although to be honest I have very few, because I've never been an avid follower of it).

[Just Browny]

I think one day cricket is great, but this competition has largely been a massive disappointment, with flogging even when two good sides have come together.

Afghanistan and Netherlands have been two bright spots; they play each other today 

[gingerjon]

5 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

I think one day cricket is great, but this competition has largely been a massive disappointment

Nobody learnt the lessons from the last one in England - as England won in a classic final and everyone seemed to forget what a slog the tournament was and how it both didn't really capture anyone's imagination and, more crucially, didn't always sell that many tickets.

[Gerrumonside ref]

I’m still looking forward to the prospect of an India vs South Africa final from a neutral perspective.

I think another problem is we have many people conditioned to enjoy T20 now where exciting finishes are much more common than 50 overs.

Personally even though I can enjoy T20, I believe more can be made of the World Test Championship than it’s current guise/format.

Although maybe the time for that has passed sadly…

Edited November 3, 2023 by Gerrumonside ref

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

I’m still looking forward to the prospect of an India vs South Africa final from a neutral perspective.

I think another problem is we have many people conditioned to enjoy T20 now where exciting finishes are much more common than 50 overs.

Personally even though I can enjoy T20, I believe more can be made of the World Test Championship than it’s current guise/format.

Although maybe the time for that has passed sadly…

It feels like this tournament has had even fewer close finishes than previous 50 over tournaments. Working from home, I've had TMS on the radio most days and, while it passes the time pleasantly, I haven't been gripped by the game being described very often.

Edited November 3, 2023 by Futtocks

[Gerrumonside ref]

5 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

It feels like this tournament has had even fewer close finishes than previous 50 over tournaments.

Yes, I’ve had it on in the background at home while working and enjoyed seeing the cricket grounds in India and the vibe of the India matches in particular with the sea of blue merchandise.

I hope it can be resuscitated in the public eye because while T20 is exciting at times, it lacks the pure strategic battle of the longer forms and the chance to see bowler/batter duel that is my love of the sport personally.

I understand though that England’s disheartening showing makes it harder for some to rally around it.

 

Edited November 3, 2023 by Gerrumonside ref

[17 stone giant]

Test Match Special: BBC renews audio deal with Cricket Australia for away tours until 2026-27 - BBC Sport

Excellent news. Love listening to TMS. I know someone else would probably have stepped in instead, but that might have meant ad breaks. This way there won't be any interruptions - not even from the shipping forecast!

[gingerjon]

6 hours ago, Futtocks said:

It feels like this tournament has had even fewer close finishes than previous 50 over tournaments. Working from home, I've had TMS on the radio most days and, while it passes the time pleasantly, I haven't been gripped by the game being described very often.

Literally a couple of games have been worth paying attention to.

There's a lesson for rugby league in there in believing that reducing numbers increases competitiveness of individual games.

[Futtocks]

26 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Literally a couple of games have been worth paying attention to.

There's a lesson for rugby league in there in believing that reducing numbers increases competitiveness of individual games.

I'm hoping for a few zingers in the knock-out stages, but even that won't make up for the procession of processions that have made up most of this tournament.

[17 stone giant]

So out of 34 games played so far, there have only been a handful of good ones?

Not exactly a positive endorsement of 50 over cricket.

Even more so when you consider that some of the remaining 11 group games probably won't have much riding on them.

[tim2]

12 hours ago, 17 stone giant said:

So out of 34 games played so far, there have only been a handful of good ones?

Not exactly a positive endorsement of 50 over cricket.

Even more so when you consider that some of the remaining 11 group games probably won't have much riding on them.

It's a format designed to engineer the end of 50 over cricket. If RL did a World Cup of a single group of 10 counties all playing each other at a game a day we'd rightly call it completely bonkers.