Cricket - Matches & General Discussion Thread

[gingerjon]

Line up for the 2024 T20 World Cup

[Gerrumonside ref]

20 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Line up for the 2024 T20 World Cup

I read about Uganda qualifying against the odds in the group with Zimbabwe so congratulations to them.

I really fancy going to a big sports tournament of some kind as a holiday (not necessarily just to follow England).

This would be perfect but for the cost for me currently which I’ve priced up especially in terms of an organised one. 

[Futtocks]

Is anyone doing radio/streaming commentary on the England tour of the West Indies starting today?

[gingerjon]

6 hours ago, Futtocks said:

Is anyone doing radio/streaming commentary on the England tour of the West Indies starting today?

It's on Talk Sport 2.

[Futtocks]

Mitchell Johnson, trying to get into the good books of the world's Cricket fans.

[phiggins]

 Not watched the England game, but looking at the scorecard, surely more questions of buttler? Two spinners going at 4 or 5, yet Jacks doesn’t bowl, while Curran and Carse are carted all over the place? 

[THE RED ROOSTER]

If you want to understand the current situation regarding the County Structure and the read this thread:

https://twitter.com/notthespinner/status/1732322201481687241

[Futtocks]

Cricket still moderately popular.

 

[THE RED ROOSTER]

 

[THE RED ROOSTER]

Lancashire statement on the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjPFbVHAcps

Lancastrian ex-SKY commentator now singing a different tune about the

https://twitter.com/BumbleCricket/status/1736394288735420725

[JonM]

16 hours ago, THE RED ROOSTER said:

 

Special bit of idiocy by Tom Curran there. What on earth could they expect to gain by appealing that?

[gingerjon]

5 minutes ago, JonM said:

Special bit of idiocy by Tom Curran there. What on earth could they expect to gain by appealing that?

How it is only a four game ban is beyond me. Drop kick him out of the tournament at the very least.

[JonM]

2 hours ago, THE RED ROOSTER said:

Lancashire statement on the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjPFbVHAcps

Pretty sensible statement overall. There's very few people in RL administration that I could imagine delivering anything like that. 

[Futtocks]

England unbeaten all year so far.

[Gerrumonside ref]

What are going to be the cricket highlights of this year?

I still feel non plussed about the IPL, Big Bash and the Hundred as I have no team to follow or support in any of them.

Is it a big year in the destiny of Test cricket after Steve Waugh’s recent comments?

I can dream about attending the T20 World Cup in the West Indies but I just can’t afford it really at the moment.

[JonM]

SA v India shortest completed test ever in terms of number of balls.

[Leeds Wire]

As someone who is heavily involved in junior cricket in Yorkshire, I take no pleasure from this; but Yorkshire CCC is in a right heap of trouble.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/jan/06/moral-and-financial-failure-yorkshire-to-allow-colin-graves-back-in-azeem-refiq

[gingerjon]

11 hours ago, Leeds Wire said:

As someone who is heavily involved in junior cricket in Yorkshire, I take no pleasure from this; but Yorkshire CCC is in a right heap of trouble.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/jan/06/moral-and-financial-failure-yorkshire-to-allow-colin-graves-back-in-azeem-refiq

First Christmas in a very, very long time that I specifically requested no Yorkshire CCC stuff. The return of the poisonous Graves, and what it represents, is why.

Any further discussion will be over in politics.

[Leeds Wire]

On 07/01/2024 at 07:54, gingerjon said:

First Christmas in a very, very long time that I specifically requested no Yorkshire CCC stuff. The return of the poisonous Graves, and what it represents, is why.

Any further discussion will be over in politics.

And on it goes...  Rafiq is very busy on Twitter today, for those who care to plough through it all.

He's basically saying that bringing back Graves was the club's intention all along. In other words, they were never truly contrite.

The gloves are well and truly off.

How will this end?

[Leeds Wire]

Crikey, I can't keep up - this was posted 1 minute ago as I type

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/67923441

"Yorkshire CCC sponsor 'reviewing situation' amid criticism of expected return of former chairman Colin Graves"

[Gerrumonside ref]

I’m a Lancastrian but I take no pleasure in what is happening at Yorkshire.

You’d think the right move here would be to move on with a candidate that represents a new start.

Is Yorkshire really so difficult to run that another administrator from within cricket could not be found?

 

 

[gingerjon]

24 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

Is Yorkshire really so difficult to run that another administrator from within cricket could not be found?

 

 

The county owes Graves millions, I believe.

The Yorkshire Post, influential with the right type of people, has been running pro Graves faction stuff for years.

It's embarrassing.

[Leeds Wire]

4 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

The county owes Graves millions, I believe.

The Yorkshire Post, influential with the right type of people, has been running pro Graves faction stuff for years.

It's embarrassing.

The Yorkshire Post is a slight misnomer. Its audience is Sunak territory, away from the old industrial heartlands. It is unashamedly right wing and has seemingly set out to destroy Rafiq.

Rafiq is now fighting back to ask "has nothing changed?" and I suspect I know the answer. 

Yorkshire owe Graves £15 million so he's basically got them in the palm of his hand. Without him they go bust.

Al Murad (I've used them by the way, they are ace) have tonight threatened to pull their sponsorship. Imagine the publicity?

What a mess.

[THE RED ROOSTER]

 

[Moose]

On 10/01/2024 at 11:51, THE RED ROOSTER said:

 

TNT are showing all 5 of the India v England Test series. 
First match starts 4am Thursday 25th January.