Alex 30462 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Tbh it was all moot as soon as it was announced it might be a venue (because you knew it had already been decided). Faackin' Lahndan bollix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19839 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Still, 60k cricket fans in an English ground for one dayer against the Aussies will be a sight to behold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30462 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Still, 60k cricket fans in an English ground for one dayer against the Aussies will be a sight to behold. Well yeah, it would be nice if that was the demographic breakdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19839 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 New markets and revenue streams blah blah blah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30462 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Taking the game to a new audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19839 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Cricket will look completely different in 15-20 years time. It already does compared to the sport we grew up with, but it's only going to go further down the route of the premier league in terms of sanitisation. Money talks and the purists can protest all they like, unfortunately.Test match cricket only draws crowds in certain grounds in England and Australia. Not even in all the grounds. It's still the pinnacle of the game but most of the rest of the world don't really care anymore. They want cheerleaders and cheesy music played when someone hits a 6.The subcontinent and the shorter forms are the future of the game. The IOC have got a hard on for cricket because they want to tap the second biggest tv market in the world, which isn't really bothered by the olympics.Even though broadcasters still like test cricket because it takes up so much air time, empty grounds are being broadcast around the world, which isn't selling the sport.It's a sport run and watched by old men in blazers and they won't like the disruption to the traditional summer calendar but change is coming. The irony is it's never really going to catch on outside of markets connected with the former British empire. No way are the yanks or the Chinese ever going to suddenly latch on to the game - no matter how it's repackaged. Edited May 5, 2017 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Going to see Durham play Leicestershire at gosforth today. Jennings, Cook and Richardson have all hit tons in the last week so I'm expecting single figures today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30462 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Last time I went there South North were playing Ashington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Sangakkara retiring at the end of the season. Been a joy to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Stokes and then Wood at the end superb for England today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5941 Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 3 hours ago, David Kelly said: Stokes and then Wood at the end superb for England today Chuck in Plunkett's 3 wickets and it makes a mockery of the decision to relegate Durham and have their young un's playing against lesser teams and with worse players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Aye the ECB are cunts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Bowling didn't look great this morning and there must be a fair chance that Woakes is going to miss a large portion of the tournament going off after two overs with a side strain. Was a curious decision to play Ball instead of Rashid and Roy looks woefully out of nick. Could need three chances for the next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 9250 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 11 hours ago, David Kelly said: Was a curious decision to play Ball instead of Rashid Really not sure what anyone sees in Ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Aye I feel the same but would have said the same about Woakes 18 month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Woakes has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament. Massive blow that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Ireland and Afghanistan given test status. Happy to hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30462 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Aye, same here. Incredible the way Afghanistan in particular have risen from nowhere. It's not long ago they were only affiliate members of the ICC (that's two levels below Test status with the likes of Malta, Greece and the Isle of Man). Think Ireland will do ok eventually too as they often seem to punch above their weight when it comes to sport in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 It'll be good to see if Rashid Kahn can have any sort of impact act test level. He looks amazing in T20's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30462 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I see Blowers is retiring from TMS at the end of the season. It won't be the same without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I don't listen to much TMS as I usually have them on the telly but whenever I'm in the car listening to it, it's Blowers I want to be on. Aggers is good but Blowers just sounds like cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30462 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 He was a good wicketkeeper batsman when he was at school and he was telling this story once on TMS (which in typical modest style had to be coaxed out of him) and he was had scored a century at Lord's playing for Eton. Afterwards when he was walking off someone said 'well played'. When he looked up it was Don Bradman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19839 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 The pigeons won't get as much air time now. Sad news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19839 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Ballance recalled against SA He's got a good average in the CC this season but im not convinced he's ever going to be good enough at test level. He's had loads of chances too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19839 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Decent read in the guardian about a potentially exciting new captain but what looks like a familiar cautious approach to selection. It looks like Ballance is going to get another crack at number three https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2017/jul/01/joe-root-england-captain-south-africa-lords-first-test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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