Big Cricket Thread

[Ochre]

Tossing up Maxwell v Starc for the final spot. They better not do this to me again.

 

[Ochre]

Tossing up Maxwell v Starc for the final spot. They better not do this to me again.

They did it again.

 

[RookiePick]

Smith with a score. Nice

 

[KBLT]

Marnus and Smudge tonning up feels like a small part of the world is back to the way it should be.

 

[kane249]

Aussies have put up the white flag

 

[Truckosaurus]

Jayasuriya's enjoying his Test debut.

 

[Goroyals22]

Marnus and Smudge tonning up feels like a small part of the world is back to the way it should be.

Nah Australia burning reviews with both bat and ball and collapsing in less than two sessions on a pitch the bowlers just bowled 200 overs on is more the Aussie way.

 

[Dazzler9]

Chandimal literally spent one ball in the 190s. The only way that is possible is with consecutive sixes. Fair effort.

Also, 0:53. Good to see Rioli at the cricket.

 

[Spoon_Man]

Aussies just pulled an Eagle's 4th quarter special..

 

[Ochre]

Would've won in 3 days if we'd played Maxwell.

Awful effort but happy for Sri Lanka considering how well they played and the circumstances over there.

 

[Truckosaurus]

The President's finally resigned, they won the Test by an innings - everything's coming up Sri Lanka!

 

[Into The Black]

Nah Australia burning reviews with both bat and ball and collapsing in less than two sessions on a pitch the bowlers just bowled 200 overs on is more the Aussie way.

Not seen much Aussie cricket eh ?

 

[FKASC]

Chandimal literally spent one ball in the 190s. The only way that is possible is with consecutive sixes. Fair effort.

Also, 0:53. Good to see Rioli at the cricket.

Lol I saw him in the crowd and considered posting it here

 

[THE A5]

Aussies are beyond ****ed in India

 

[matthew_s]

Aussies are beyond *ed in India

All I care about is not letting Kohli ton up.

 

[THE A5]

h

All I care about is not letting Kohli ton up.

he'll do **** all while the rest will

 

[kane249]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/farmers-paid-5-a-game-to-stage-fake-indian-premier-league-that-fooled-russian-gamblers/news-story/8682690e0d2309d02ca424c65e48d357

 

[RookiePick]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/farmers-paid-5-a-game-to-stage-fake-indian-premier-league-that-fooled-russian-gamblers/news-story/8682690e0d2309d02ca424c65e48d357

When you are half a gallon of vodka deep it looks a lot more plausible.

 

[WCE_phil]

TBH it's also reasonably plausible when you consider the limitations Russians have in relation to outside media and everything else at the moment. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Russian on the inside spruiking it either. Lot of desperate day to day types in Russia desperate for a quick buck at the moment.

 

[Truckosaurus]

Well they went to more effort than the guys in India calling me and pretending to be Microsoft, you have to respect that.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Reckon Head would still get out to their spinners tbf.

 

[matthew_s]

Reckon Head would still get out to their spinners tbf.

Would have rolled the test team for under 100 yesterday

 

[Truckosaurus]

Stokes' ODI retirement should prompt change, but won't

Players will be stretched thin and some won't have the luxury of choice that Stokes does

www.espncricinfo.com

[Insert standard rant about sports administrators shortchanging the game to satisfy their own greed here]

 

[Keys]

Stokes' ODI retirement should prompt change, but won't

Players will be stretched thin and some won't have the luxury of choice that Stokes does

www.espncricinfo.com

[Insert standard rant about sports administrators shortchanging the game to satisfy their own greed here]

Agree that sports administrators generally are incompetent bastards who fail to realise that less is more

Players are part of the problem too though. Complain about demands on their body but then run off to the IPL for a big payday (admittedly some don’t)

The IPL and the money it earns has changed the game not least because that money has shifted the balance of power to India away from England and Australia

Things aren’t going to get any better

 

[Ochre]

Agree that sports administrators generally are incompetent bastards who fail to realise that less is more

Players are part of the problem too though. Complain about demands on their body but then run off to the IPL for a big payday (admittedly some don’t)

The IPL and the money it earns has changed the game not least because that money has shifted the balance of power to India away from England and Australia

Things aren’t going to get any better

Stokes has skipped this year's IPL and is skipping the Hundred too, but regardless, I can't blame a player for taking 6-7 figures for six weeks work, especially considering the IPL is arguably the highest standard short form cricket in the world these days.

I think you're going to see a lot more of separate red ball/white ball teams playing at the same time, like the Poms recently having a ODI squad playing the Netherlands whilst the NZ test series was going on.