The Official Cricket Thread

[thompsonsnose]

Bell will fail in this game,and the next, then score a glossy hundred in a dead rubber at the oval once the Ashes have sailed over the horizon.

Then be on the plane for Seth Efrica.

Rinse repeat rinse repeat.

Classy player Bell, zzz lovely to watchzzzz.....

[lifetime fan]

Aussie women are fighting back in the third match at Bristol.

[Champ]

'Batsman'?

[A_S]

Bell will fail in this game,and the next, then score a glossy hundred in a dead rubber at the oval once the Ashes have sailed over the horizon.

Then be on the plane for Seth Efrica.

Rinse repeat rinse repeat.

Classy player Bell, zzz lovely to watchzzzz.....

 

Insert 'Watson' for 'Bell' and that sums it up nicely from this end. 

[lifetime fan]

Insert 'Watson' for 'Bell' and that sums it up nicely from this end.

But without the centuries.

[Spy Bee]

Bell will fail in this game,and the next, then score a glossy hundred in a dead rubber at the oval once the Ashes have sailed over the horizon.

Then be on the plane for Seth Efrica.

Rinse repeat rinse repeat.

Classy player Bell, zzz lovely to watchzzzz.....

If he fails in this test I think he'll be gone.

[A_S]

Voges made 1 today against Derbyshire, with Shaun Marsh on 93no currently. That is a spot up for grabs, despite Voges' form in the West Indies. 

[Son of L8]

Voges made 1 today against Derbyshire, with Shaun Marsh on 93no currently. That is a spot up for grabs, despite Voges' form in the West Indies. 

 

Watson back in!

[Rex Banner]

Watson back in!

Oh God, the man is immortal. He cannot be dropped for longer than 1 match, more lives than a cat.

 

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[lifetime fan]

Watch the cunt take a five for.

[Spy Bee]

David Warner has confirmed that he likes a certain f**tball team that we are all quite fond of.

[A_S]

With luck, the Aussie team will remain unchanged. Here's hoping Rogers isn't forced out and that Nevill rightly gets another chance with the gloves. Mitch Marsh a certainty to retain his spot. 

 

Looking forward to this. A crucial match in the context of the series. It is potentially the last chance for a few Aussie players to be part of a successful Ashes tour. 

[Spy Bee]

I think this is an absolutely vital game. England need to stand up and show some bollocks or else Australia will wipe the floor with them!

[Yozzer]

With luck, the Aussie team will remain unchanged. Here's hoping Rogers isn't forced out and that Nevill rightly gets another chance with the gloves. Mitch Marsh a certainty to retain his spot.

 

Looking forward to this. A crucial match in the context of the series. It is potentially the last chance for a few Aussie players to be part of a successful Ashes tour.

Was listening to Atherton yesterday and he was unconvinced Rogers would make it. Apparently he's still in London having tests. Any news in Australia on Rogers condition?

[A_S]

Was listening to Atherton yesterday and he was unconvinced Rogers would make it. Apparently he's still in London having tests. Any news in Australia on Rogers condition?

 

It's real line ball stuff at the minute, mate. Not good. There was a strong feeling he'd retire after this series, especially if Australia win. Another complication with him is that he can't see a pink ball under lights due to a colour-blindness issue, and the 3rd Test against the Kiwis in Australia later this year is the first D/N Test ever, ruling him out regardless of form. 

[Spy Bee]

They won't take any risks with Rodgers considering what happened to Phil Hughes so recently.

[Yozzer]

Another complication with him is that he can't see a pink ball under lights due to a colour-blindness issue, and the 3rd Test against the Kiwis in Australia later this year is the first D/N Test ever, ruling him out regardless of form.

Hadn't even considered that as a problem. Bit mad that a person is unable to play due to the colour of the ball, wonder if the ICC have given any thought how to solve it?

[A_S]

Apparently he just passed the tests he was put through in the main session before Wednesday, so that's a good sign. 

 

As for the pink ball stuff, they trialed a couple of rounds of the FC competition over here with it and it seemed to go ok. The Kiwis still haven't trailed it so surely there'll be a warm-up game or two in those conditions before that final Test of the series. I'm actually very much in favour of it, as it doesn't alter the actual rules, even if it will have an impact on conditions. 

[mouse1989]

Rodgers is also short sighted? Impressive when you factor in he's also colour blind

[Spy Bee]

Rodgers is also short sighted? Impressive when you factor in he's also colour blind

So to him Oompa Loompas are basically invisible!

[RobbieOR]

Guardian were saying Rogers will play earlier.

[AJBlaikie]

What the fuck have Lancs been up to today? Letting shitcunt score 101n.o and taking 4 wickets too. Poor form that Lancs, very poor form.

[mouse1989]

What the fuck have Lancs been up to today? Letting shitcunt score 101n.o and taking 4 wickets too. Poor form that Lancs, very poor form.

Just saw this on Twitter

 

@LancscricketMEN: Just looked up Bopara's last four one-day innings v Lancs - 75*, 39, 130 and 93* and counting. Ouch! Essex 154-3.

 

Cunt

[Vincent Vega]

Somone needs to tell Sky where to go with this, the city franchise idea is bad enough (Lancashire draw support from the North MIdlands, North Wales, Cumbria, not to mention the towns and cites that used to and still make up Lancashire, I can't see those people getting behind a Manchester franchise in the same way), but marginilising test cricket by not playing it in July, traditionally the best month of the year weather wise, could end up killing it.

 

 

Sky propose £40m deal for city-based Twenty20 league to rival IPL and Big Bash

 

• An eight-team Twenty20 English city league has been proposed
• Competition to rival the Indian Premier League and Australian Big Bash 

 

An eight-team Twenty20 English city league has moved a step closer this week after it emerged Sky have tabled a £40million deal to buy the rights to the ground-breaking franchise competition.

 

Sportsmail understands Sky, who already bankroll English professional cricket to the tune of more than £260million over four years, have proposed a deal for a city-based Twenty20 competition to rival the Indian Premier League and Australian Big Bash.

 

The extra investment, which would be paid to the ECB with a view to launching the competition in 2017, would go a long way towards placating counties nervous about the prospect of losing influence to city franchises.

 

The proposed deal would see the new Twenty20 league shoe-horned into a July window, with a host globe-trotting stars free to ply their trade outside of IPL and Big Bash commitments, while Sky would seek assurances centrally-contracted England players would also be released to play in the newly formed league.

 

Based on the Big Bash model, the proposed English city-based franchise would see matches played at the eight Test venues with two London teams — based at Lord’s and the Oval — plus Birmingham, Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester, Newcastle (Durham) and either Cardiff or Bristol all hosting matches.

 

The new league would mean restricting Test cricket to May, August and even September, while the current Natwest T20 Blast, which has lost much of its allure since it was launched 2003, would continue largely in its current form.

 

The ECB’s new chief executive Tom Harrison is carrying out a review of the structure of the game in England, in conjunction with the counties, with chairman Colin Graves admitting earlier this year that it needed to be looked at ‘from top to bottom’.

 

Both Sky and the ECB declined to comment when approached about this story.

 

[Spy Bee]

It would still get good tv viewing figures, but I think a lot of people wouldn't be interested in actually supporting teams. I watch a lot of cricket without wanting a particular team to win, but I can't see the stadia getting filled.