The Cricket Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

The hundred is if not dead certainly in intensive care. I would be happy to push for no franchise cricket during the English or Australian test windows. We are the only two that make money at it so everyone else can fit around us.

 

[Tredman]

Like Tony says though it’s players which will ultimately decide. If they can make 10 or 20 times more playing franchise cricket it’s hard to see why they would choose Test cricket.

 

[Carrotdude]

I’m sadly resigned to the fact that cricket will be almost only T20 in 10 years time.

 

[Johnny75]

I’m sadly resigned to the fact that cricket will be almost only T20 in 10 years time.

I think T20 and Test will learn to coexist together but it'll be a football season type deal.

Sadly it'll be ruined by the Indian Cricket Board. The ICC need to get some bottle and get these twats in line.

 

[Tredman]

I'm far too lazy to check but I wonder how much of the ICC's funding comes from the BCCI

 

[Johnny75]

I'm far too lazy to check but I wonder how much of the ICC's funding comes from the BCCI

And there's the issue right there.

It shouldn't matter but it does. If cricket does go the way of franchises having all the power then may as well say goodbye to cricket in 10 years here in England.

The BCCI are scumbags and people should know they are worse than FIFA and UEFA combined.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

They aren’t doing it for the young Indian fan. They are doing it to carve up all the money for themselves. If they start going full on cunt I would hit the competition with the same threats of sanctions that Packer cricket got. Trouble is the money is different these days so the stick isn’t big enough.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Jonny Bairstow back today

Yorkshire bowled out for 106 so he managed to get stranded on 20*.

Lost the last eight wickets for 55 runs and last five for 16 runs.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

6-24 and counting for Rushworth. Hants 34/7 and Warks still lead by 147.

 

[leedswolf]

Official Statement: Jofra Archer

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[Carrotdude]

Good luck stopping franchise cricket taking over the world

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Quelle surprise.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Jimmy has been off the field all day for Lancs. Please be ok...

 

[Carrotdude]

That would be a nightmare.

In more positive news, Steve Smith was plumb lbw for 3 after getting away with being plumb lbw for 0. Hope he keeps that up.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

That is salmon trout, as they say.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1657038054526185475

 

[Sniffer]

He didn't like the decision.

 

[Tony Towner]

Age aside, it doesn't sound too bad

Official Statement: James Anderson

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[Deutsch Wolf]

Possible team vs Ireland if we don't take any risks with fitness?

Crawley
Duckett
Pope
Root
Brook
Bairstow
Foakes
Woakes
Robinson
Broad
Leach

Wood isn't injured but you shouldn't need him here. Then I suppose it becomes a Pope/Brook/Bairstow shootout for who drops out when Stokes is back. Or Foakes I suppose but I wouldn't go down that road.

Woakes at Lord's has 27 wickets @ 11.33

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Telegraph running with Bairstow going back to being first choice keeper. Not happy at all with that.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Retrograde step