The Cricket Thread

[Tony Towner]

Didn't start until Sep 1999. Not guilty!

Open Day!

 

[Sniffer]

There is a Moore and French playing as well. Any relation? Quick search can’t confirm

Don’t think so. Nothing in the articles where other family connections are mentioned.

 

[Carrotdude]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805321439253344374

I mean, we won’t beat India anyway but another brilliant bit of organising here

 

[Tony Towner]

The shorter the form the more it comes down to the day and a touch of luck / brilliance. They were favourites for the last semi, we beat them by 10 wickets. I've no idea how they could have scheduled a reserve day for one semi, but not the other, that has to be unprecedented?

 

[Sniffer]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1805321439253344374

I mean, we won’t beat India anyway but another brilliant bit of organising here

How can you have a world tournament that’s rigged so that one country will play at a set destination as long as they qualify whereas the other qualifiers all have to move to suit them? On top of that there’s different conditions for semi finals whereas one has a reserve day, the other doesn’t? I mean it could have worked against the Indians but it’s an absolute shower of shit by the organisers.

 

[HanDoJin]

Cricket sings the BCCI's tune these days. The IPL would be 9 months long if it were their choice. Probably will be soon enough.

 

[darlowolf64]

Afghanistan win by 8 runs to knock the Aussies out of the T20 World Cup

 

[Tom Hark]

Afghanistan win by 8 runs to knock the Aussies out of the T20 World Cup

No offence to the plucky underdogs, but it does kind of demonstrate what a tinpot format cricket for the masses has become. (You love to see it, though.)

 

[Sniffer]

No offence to the plucky underdogs, but it does kind of demonstrate what a tinpot format cricket for the masses has become. (You love to see it, though.)

They should have beaten them in the 50 over World Cup too. IIRC that was the match where Maxwell performed the almost impossible to see the Aussies to victory.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

This news has not gone down well here.

However channel 9 was funny.

Australia out but look over here at this over where Surrey scored 38! English pitches must be shit. I kid you not

 

[Sniffer]

This news has not gone down well here.

However channel 9 was funny.

Australia out but look over here at this over where Surrey scored 38! English pitches must be shit. I kid you not

38 in an over!

 

[Tony Towner]

No offence to the plucky underdogs, but it does kind of demonstrate what a tinpot format cricket for the masses has become. (You love to see it, though.)

Not really they have the number 1 bowler in the world in the format

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

38 in an over!

5 sixes. 5 wides 3 no balls and the final ball padded back for a dot I think

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Far more of a story than Australia crashing out clearly

 

[sycophantia]

Afghanistan have to be congratulated for the way they've worked their way up the 'league' of cricket nations on a fairly short space of time, es0ecially given their recent history.
Do they play mostly in exile or are they backed by the Taliban government?

 

[Sniffer]

Afghanistan have to be congratulated for the way they've worked their way up the 'league' of cricket nations on a fairly short space of time, es0ecially given their recent history.
Do they play mostly in exile or are they backed by the Taliban government?

Play all games away from home and are based in the UAE. Jonathan Trott is their coach.

 

[Tony Towner]

Trotty has their press on strings. The brassneck of them to complain about cheating

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Knobhead Ollie Robinson just conceded 43 off an over against Leicestershire.

 

[darlowolf64]

37 off the over for Kimber

 

[AndyWolves]

Knobhead Ollie Robinson just conceded 43 off an over against Leicestershire.

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love that he pinched the strike at the end