The Cricket Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

It's a total piece of shit in terms of equipment, I wish the ICC would regulate properly and make Southern Hemisphere teams use a proper ball. Makes for terrible cricket on the whole.

Oz would tell them to do one

 

[Tony Towner]

Sick of hearing Strauss spout this shite. None of the top International players are interested and neither are investers. It'll continue to have a lads on the piss audience, but nobody is really interested in a sporting context

https://twitter.com/x/status/1778464275721564646

 

[Kenny]

Strange storm clouds appearing over the Brisbane area...

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

it’s absolutely laughable to think the hundred can be rated above the big bash.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Warks absolutely rattling along today against Durham (who have all of Potts, Boland and Carse playing, so a good standard attack).

224/0 (40.2 overs)

Yates 102* (118)
Davies 113* (126)

 

[Carrotdude]

Kookaburra ball still by any chance?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yes I believe so for this round (and then some more later in the summer)

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yates finally gone for 191 off 205 balls. 344/1, with 30+ overs left we could conceivably hit 500 in a day here.

 

[Tony Towner]

Sir Liam of Longbridge

Since this, Norwell hasn't played a single First Class or List A game and is now out again with a torn pec for several weeks. Such a shame

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

200 for Davies

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

England Watch, Week Two, Day One

Essex 421/6 vs Kent

J Cox 67

M Parkinson 26-1-110-2

Hampshire 305/6 vs Lancashire

L Dawson 61*

Nottinghamshire 305/6 vs Worcestershire

H Hameed 11
B Duckett 9
J Clarke 105

Somerset 285 vs Surrey 42/0

T Banton 1
J Rew 3
C Overton 0
S Bashir 10*

G Atkinson 19-5-57-3
J Overton 13-3-45-0
D Lawrence 7-0-35-0

C Overton 4-0-15-0
S Bashir 4-2-8-0

Warwickshire 490/1 vs Durham

R Yates 191

M Potts 18-1-88-0
B Carse 13-0-95-0

Yorkshire 326 vs Gloucestershire 28/2

J Root 2
H Brook 26
M Fisher 20

M Fisher 5-3-5-1

Leicestershire 326/8 vs Sussex

T Haines 2-0-13-0
J Carson 16-5-40-1

Northamptonshire 311/3 vs Middlesex

J De Caires 20-1-79-1

 

[Tony Towner]

Runs aplenty again. The Kookaburra experiment is so flawed, although ironically the players it's there to benefit have all failed today. Birmingham in April isn't comparable to Brisbane in November in any metric. Completely pointless

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'm quite happy for it to be flagged as a quite obviously awful piece of equipment that hopefully one day gets chucked, but it is spectacularly pointless.

There's no reason for Australia or whoever to be weirdly defensive about it - it's obviously just shit. Use a proper ball.

The gaps to fill are all in the bowling when it comes to July and we finally play a Test. Crawley, Duckett, Pope (shouldn't be but he is for now), Root, Brook and Stokes are all absolutely nailed on if fit. Bairstow or Foakes will keep almost certainly and they're both flawed in different ways.

So you're looking at who the spinner is - Leach one would presume if he gets back to fitness and is bowling anywhere near reasonably - then three seamers. Jimmy will probably be one then it's any two from Woakes, Wood, Tongue, Robinson, Potts, Cook or Atkinson, depending how they're shaping up. Hopefully they've forgotten about the dreadful hunchback Overton twins and I doubt Curran will play Test cricket again. Mahmood doesn't seem to be anywhere near fitness and we've already said Archer will be at best white ball only in 2024.

I know he actually retired a few months ago now but it's still going to be odd not having Broad around. 2007 was the last home summer he wasn't involved in Tests, 2005 was the last summer he played 0 England games.

 

[Tony Towner]

At least Bashir is getting a game in this round

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

The Dukes is universally hated here. Seen as doing far too much for far too long and unbalancing the contest between bat and ball on favour of the bowler.

They probably also think Broad and Jimmy have shared in the company though!

 

[jd1981]

I mean it’s a ball so very much based on how the person using it handles it.
Main reason the ball swings a lot in England is due to conditions overhead which the Aussies have been pretty poor at handling for over 20 years now.

 

[Tony Towner]

I mean it’s a ball so very much based on how the person using it handles it.

That's not really true

The cricket ball comparison: SG vs Kookaburra vs Dukes explained | Cricket News - Times of India

Cricket News: Avid cricket fans will know this, but a lot of people might not be aware that the cricket balls used in different countries for Test cricket are diffe

www.google.co.uk

 

[jd1981]

That's not really true

The cricket ball comparison: SG vs Kookaburra vs Dukes explained | Cricket News - Times of India

Cricket News: Avid cricket fans will know this, but a lot of people might not be aware that the cricket balls used in different countries for Test cricket are diffe

www.google.co.uk

Well it is a good bowler adapts as do good batsmen

 

[Carrotdude]

I get that the Dukes ball in early season over here can be a bit too weighted in favour of the bowlers - I don’t think it’s a good thing when big standard 70mph seamers are taking five wicket hauls for example. But the kookaburra seems too far the other way. Only slight positive is the spinners seem to be doing better and being used a lot more than they normally would in April.

 

[jd1981]

I get that the Dukes ball in early season over here can be a bit too weighted in favour of the bowlers - I don’t think it’s a good thing when big standard 70mph seamers are taking five wicket hauls for example. But the kookaburra seems too far the other way. Only slight positive is the spinners seem to be doing better and being used a lot more than they normally would in April.

The ball does a lot but it’s not impossible to play, reality is the red ball should be a universal design. Nevertheless I’m not subscribing to the idea it’s impossible to play against.