The Cricket Thread

[Tony Towner]

Naturally. They just run cricket nowadays. They are the biggest curse on the game, which is why I was glad the Aussies beat them in the 50 over final

 

[Tony Towner]

The Hundred really is the gift that just keeps giving

https://twitter.com/x/status/2024496358221025412

 

[jd1981]

You’d like to think everyone would get sick of India’s antics and just refuse to play them. Won’t happened due to the financial loss, the way all tournaments are manoeuvred to suit them. ICC pitches at world cups basically being BCCI pitches, worst kept secret that India call all the shots.
Reality is from an England, SA and NZ view point Australia is the big one not India.

 

[Tony Towner]

The Ashes will always be a bigger event than a series against India, but if they play each other in a tournament final I'd rather the Aussies won. Aussies are brash, arrogant and annoying, but India are bullies, using their financial muscle to get their own way and have zero interest in the good of the wider game. ICC haven't stood up to them for years and now it looks like the ECB won't either.

 

[jd1981]

The Ashes will always be a bigger event than a series against India, but if they play each other in a tournament final I'd rather the Aussies won. Aussies are brash, arrogant and annoying, but India are bullies, using their financial muscle to get their own way and have zero interest in the good of the wider game. ICC haven't stood up to them for years and now it looks like the ECB won't either.

Tend to agree goes against every natural fibre in body wanting Australia to win a game but for the good of the sport India not winning is a good thing.
Reality is India doesn’t care less about what the rest of cricket thinks of them.