The Cricket Thread

[jd1981]

the current World Cup format is a drag and end up with numerous dead rubbers.
Could so easily have a 16 team tournament divided into 4 groups then QF, SF & Final.
Means less dead rubbers more knock out cricket. But they won’t do it as it probably means less games and revenue.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

the current World Cup format is a drag and end up with numerous dead rubbers.
Could so easily have a 16 team tournament divided into 4 groups then QF, SF & Final.
Means less dead rubbers more knock out cricket. But they won’t do it as it probably means less games and revenue.

Won't do it in case India don't get out of the group, meaning they only have 3 games.
This format guaranteed 9 games for revenue.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

125/0 and 157/1 to 209 all out for Sri Lanka.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Awful collapse. They were ripping Australia to bits early on.

 

[Sniffer]

Dick Ayres selected for a Lions camp. He burst on the scene with a few wickets but faded in the final few games of the season. Have the BBC got this wrong and it is the other Ollie Robinson selected?

Josh de Caires called up to England Lions squad for first time

Josh de Caires, the son of former England captain Michael Atherton, earns his first call up to the England Lions squad for a winter training camp.

www.bbc.co.uk

Edit -Yes its the Durham Ollie Robinson.

Ten new faces among players called up for England Lions winter training camp | The Cricketer

England Lions name 21-strong squad for winter training camp in UAE, 10 new faces - Balderson, Bashir, Coles, de Caires, Lawes, Mousley, Parkinson, Patel, Price, Turner | The Cricketer, cricket news

www.thecricketer.com

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

No, think it's the chunky lad.

Not anywhere near the thinking for white ball cricket it seems and hasn't played since the Ashes, so makes sense, especially as his fitness appeared to have gone to shit again.

Edit: Or not! He definitely hasn't played for months though.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

This tournament really needs a close game. Every match is very one sided so there isn’t a lot to get excited about yet.

 

[jd1981]

It’s been boring as fuck as said before this format is a drag. The only remotely exciting thing has come at our expense.

 

[Tony Towner]

You moan about this, the bloody rugby world cup has been going on since about March. It's ruining the Corrie scheduling.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

SA are 47/4 against the Netherlands, still need 194 more to win in 30 overs. Massive tail too with either Rabada or Maharaj at 8.

 

[Sniffer]

Klaasen gone. 89/5

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

145/7 and it's Miller gone.

Just the bowlers left, 101 off 70 needed, Dutch huge favourites now

 

[darlowolf64]

145/7 now... This will be a huge shock and a brilliant victory for Netherlands

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

147/8. Surely all over

 

[darlowolf64]

9 down

 

[darlowolf64]

That is surely a bigger shock than England's defeat

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

It is, Afghanistan qualified automatically and obviously would be more favoured in Asia, plus SA looked good before today whereas we didn't particularly before Sunday

 

[Wolftone]

didnt they beat them in the T20 previously?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Put down some criminally easy catches, let NZ off the hook

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

We did get the divine comedy of Kohli bowling absolute pies though