Chris2K Posted December 19, 2020 Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 Gotta love the Indian team getting absolutely humbled. Their lowest test score ever and the lowest score since 1953 in test cricket. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METALMAN Posted December 19, 2020 Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 36!!! oh my god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METALMAN Posted February 2, 2021 Report Share Posted February 2, 2021 this is great news https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/02/channel-4-wins-rights-for-england-test-cricket-tour-of-india 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 They don't seem to be using Mambo No. 5 as the theme tune. Shame. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugobomb Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 Joe Root is a bit good at this cricket stuff isn't he? Sibley has had a good day so far as well but Root is having a great 2021 so far. Still, my less optimistic side says a couple of quick wickets and India will end the day on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted February 5, 2021 Admin Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Bobfoc said: They don't seem to be using Mambo No. 5 as the theme tune. Shame. They just ran it over the closing sequence! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 This pitch is the epitome of what kills test cricket, nothing in it at all for the bowlers and the batsmen feast out for five days, usually to appease the Indian fans who turn up to see Kohli/Tendulkar/Gavaskar bat, and literally leave the ground if they get out. Not taking anything away from Root's innings, but if there's no fair contest between bat and ball the match offers little interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Turns out that pitch fell apart fairly quickly, then seemingly magically became flat again overnight. One of the big advantages to playing at home is having a ground staff willing to work/not work on the pitch dependent on what the home team's situation is, we do the same here. Thankfully that didn't last and Jimmy's mega over and Leach got us over the line. Huge win given India's record at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 Sometimes it's safe to say that lessons aren't being learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugobomb Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 Root takes his first 5-fer! India 145 all out (lead of 33). Then England lose 2 wickets in the first 3 balls of their 2nd inning! This match is mad. Genuinely feel like setting India a target of 100-120 would make England slight favourites 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted February 25, 2021 Admin Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 I missed those two wickets whilst going to make breakfast, sods law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 And 66-6 almost certainly points to this being a two day test match. There's so much talk of it being "thrilling" and "tense" and "dramatic", but I still fall under the category that this is a garbage pitch that makes a mockery of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lusophone Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 How is it that this pitch is somehow even worse than the last one? 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 I would say because the ground staff saw how bad England were against spin in the last match, and doubled-down to create an even more spin-friendly one. In the process they made it impossible for their own team to bat on as well. The stupid thing is that if this was a County Championship game there would be fines, points deductions and suspensions handed out left, right and centre, but despite this being a far worse pitch in a far more important match, this is India so nothing will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted March 6, 2021 Admin Report Share Posted March 6, 2021 Fucking hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 The pitch from the third test has been given an "average" rating by the Indian match referee and Indian umpires, so there will be no investigation or punishment. Meanwhile my club team once got docked 3 points in the league for a pitch that scored 10 out of 20 in the umpires' review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chris2K Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 Devon Conway played against the team I scored for over a decade ago. One of our players made 293, he made 8, but only one of them has a test century on debut. Jack Leach was also in the opposition, took 0-78, and got reverse-swept for 6 four times in a row. https://corsham.play-cricket.com/website/results/1305373 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyIncognito Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 32 minutes ago, Chris2K said: Devon Conway played against the team I scored for over a decade ago. One of our players made 293, he made 8, but only one of them has a test century on debut. Jack Leach was also in the opposition, took 0-78, and got reverse-swept for 6 four times in a row. https://corsham.play-cricket.com/website/results/1305373 He's usurped one of our old overseas at the top of the order, but Blunders will no doubt take Watling's place after the final. Is there anyone more underrated than Watling over the last generation of test match cricketers? Has been a class act for NZ for so long. Can't think of many who have averaged as much as he has both batting and keeping in the top 6 in recent years, perhaps Sangakkara back in the 00s when he kept though seems De Kock is finally moving up the order. One of Conway's old clubs collapsed pre-Covid in 2019, Vauxhall Mallards who were in the EAPL and were pretty much always in the top tier. Ridiculous to think what should be an amateur cricket club can spend themselves into oblivion but I suppose that's unfortunately the way the game is going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2K Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 Oh absolutely. In the leagues around here the amount of spending on players, usually former county players looking for a payday, is insane. One spends £35,000 a year (for playing and coaching) on someone who barely played a game for Gloucestershire, others spend over £50,000 on their entire team, often paying for them to travel from hours away to play in a village that has a population of under 100. But they also win the league, so it works I guess. I should note that the league has no prize money. It's not even just players either. Before I quit because social anxiety is fun, I got £20 a game for scoring and team managing, meanwhile the same club as the 35k player was paying their scorer £100 a game, plus petrol and food/drink expenses. If it gets to that level, it's gone mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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