The Cricket Thread

[Spur of the moment]

Thats amazing, but the dive at the end, if her feet are grounded on other side of the barrier when she catches it does that make a difference?
If so, the presence of mind to process that act on it is incredible.

Was watching live. The commentators said the Indian team spent a lot of time practising precisely that catching manouevre to ensure they complied with the rules about keeping their feet from touching the boundary or anywhere beyond whilst in contact with the ball.

They also pondered how much the catcher was helped by the fact the boundary 'toblerone' was missing at that point. However the video replay suggests the catch would still have been perfectly fine.

I've seen some breathtaking catches in my time, going all the way back to Tony Lock for Surrey and England in the 1950s, but that one tops the lot.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

The world has gone mad, England out bowl Pakistan to win with 2 leg spinners in the side.

 

[markysimmo]

This game is looking good tonight
The horns are doing my fooking swede in !!

 

[markysimmo]

England nearly fooked that up !!
White ball whitewash this summer
Now bring on the Indians for 5 tests
Can't wait

 

[markysimmo]

Ok the 100 lets go !!
Not sure what to make of it all

 

[StephenH]

Oh dear.
Do we need the 100?

 

[markysimmo]

Oh dear.
Do we need the 100?

It's literally taking over too !!

I just looked at tickets, it's £30 at Lords and £25 at the Oval, you get a woman's and men's match but its 33 overs or something !!

 

[StephenH]

T20 is fine.
Can’t see the point of the 100.

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

T20 is fine.
Can’t see the point of the 100.

Agreed, it’s one or the other surely?

 

[StephenH]

Agreed, it’s one or the other surely?

T20 for me all the way.
I don’t see the 100 surviving but money will call the shot.

 

[parklane1]

Oh dear.
Do we need the 100?

This.

T20 is fine.
Can’t see the point of the 100.

And this.

 

[awesome dawson]

Test is the only one that matters, the rest is glorified beach cricket.

 

[parklane1]

Test is the only one that matters, the rest is glorified beach cricket.

Amen to that.

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

Stokes! Wow

 

[StephenH]

Now I know it’s the 100 (excuse warning! I’m still resting broken leg in bed)
WTF is the problem with Lords based cricket teams?
They are bloody useless.

 

[markysimmo]

At Trent Bridge on Friday for Day 2 of the 1st test
Weather looking awful, typical
All day in Hooters it is then !!

 

[Diamond Lights]

Thoughts on The Hundred? seen some comments...

We know why it came about. ECB wanting a bigger slice of the pie that they were not getting from T20 County games.

Personally, good to see equal money for women and men's game, but i don't see the necessity of The Hundred. Creating a new version of the sport to make bigger bucks worked for T20 and went internationally, will the BCCI of India or CBA of Australia now go for The Hundred after established T20 programmes? Not sure i see it happening.

 

[Seedy Ron]

I've only seen one game, but apart from the nomenclature (an over appears to be a set?) and the garish graphics on the screen, I couldn't really see why it wasn't just played as a T20 comp.

 

[markysimmo]

England an embarrassment yet again when batting

 

[markysimmo]