Big Cricket Thread

[THE A5]

make that 5 now off 1.5 overs

 

[ep2018]

Finding this BBL season most enjoyable. Crowds are up and the season is close. Looking forward to next season onward with less games and a finals format where 5th doesn't make finals in an 8 team comp.

 

[THE A5]

He’s quite lucky this performance with 5 no balls didn’t come in Australia or England. The crowd would be laying into him hard.

Had Shanka caught out at 18.4 over mark. Shanaka then went on to score 26 more runs

 

[Carbine Chaos]

He’s basically auditioning for a stint at the Hurricanes.

 

[MrKK]

tbh there isn't really a great time to play there. Its a rubbish stadium (at least it was when I was there circa 2014ish).

Its amazing how 10+ years ago the big cricket matches (NY Test, Boxing Test, Tri-Series finals) were all played at Sydney and Melbourne because they had the two biggest stadiums (same as the four neutral tri series matches usually being palmed to Perth/Adelaide/Bris/Hobart).

Fast forward to 2023. Adelaide Oval and Perth Stadium are far superior venues, larger capacities, more modern. Still can't get a look in for preferred dates (AO in fairness did get Pakistan vs India 2015 WC as well as a semi-final for the World T20).

Re the Ind v Pak WC game in Adelaide, when the state associations got together to bid for matches everyone was busy trying to get Aus games and the SACA head was the only one to realise the coup of getting that game instead.

They'd learned their lesson by the time the T20 WC came around.

 

[Truckosaurus]

india v sl t20 game has a siren that goes off when there's a no ball free hit.

Sounds like the most irritating innovation in sports since the vuvuzela.

 

[Farang83150]

Hello and welcome back to the scg, business as usual with the covers on!

 

[Mop]

Time to ban the SCG from Tests.

 

[KBLT]

If it were anywhere but Sydney, the New Year's Test would've been moved to another city years ago.

 

[KBLT]

Yesterday in the NZ v PAK test

 

[ioppolo]

Yesterday in the NZ v PAK test
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And he was bowled this very ball

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Time to ban the SCG from Tests.

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If only there was a major city in Australia that almost never sees rain in January.

 

[Mop]

If only there was a major city in Australia that almost never sees rain in January.

If a test match is played in Perth but no one goes, did it happen?






Fair cop. I was filthy about us missing out on tests the last few years after having the Afghanistan number cancelled, but when we get the piss poor crowds that we did even on the weekend days we only have ourselves to blame.
I mean, I didn't go either, but I was meant to be working that whole test - it fell terribly for me, but I got the Vid anyway, so I can maintain my moral high horse.

Yes, we get good BBL crowds, but I fear that the Perth public likes the bastardised Pyjama cricket, not the top shelf stuff.

Give the New Years test to Adelaide, a true cricketing city.

 

[Mop]

Cool, so we're basically looking at no play today.

**** you Sydney you campaigner

 

[Bender_]

Lame

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

If a test match is played in Perth but no one goes, did it happen?






Fair cop. I was filthy about us missing out on tests the last few years after having the Afghanistan number cancelled, but when we get the piss poor crowds that we did even on the weekend days we only have ourselves to blame.
I mean, I didn't go either, but I was meant to be working that whole test - it fell terribly for me, but I got the Vid anyway, so I can maintain my moral high horse.

Yes, we get good BBL crowds, but I fear that the Perth public likes the bastardised Pyjama cricket, not the top shelf stuff.

Give the New Years test to Adelaide, a true cricketing city.

I think people in Perth know when they’re being given the shaft. Getting a test against a woeful West Indies side in November, right after a much higher profile event (T20 World Cup) and a somewhat higher profile event (England ODI series), made it pretty clear that they were just tossing the scraps to Perth. Adelaide has the advantage of day/night play and the other cities are hosting matches during school holidays. Perth hosts a boring, poorly-advertised test match against a bad side in November/early December and people are surprised that the crowds are small.

 

[ioppolo]

The size of Optus makes it look far, far worse too.
I went on Friday and there was a decent enough crowd in, but it gets lost in that colosseum.

 

[ep2018]

If they ever moved the NY test from Sydney (they wont) it would be to Adelaide. Perth seem to get the scraps and CA wonder why crowds are down.

 

[Farang83150]

Off come the covers so time to take an early lunch break...does the MUA control cricket in Oz these days!

 

[Rowan18]

Time to ban the SCG from Tests.

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Or they could move it to the time of year where it doesn't get as much rain. SCG should have the opening test in November and Perth the New Year's test (not much rain here in early Jan).

 

[Rowan18]

If a test match is played in Perth but no one goes, did it happen?






Fair cop. I was filthy about us missing out on tests the last few years after having the Afghanistan number cancelled, but when we get the piss poor crowds that we did even on the weekend days we only have ourselves to blame.
I mean, I didn't go either, but I was meant to be working that whole test - it fell terribly for me, but I got the Vid anyway, so I can maintain my moral high horse.

Yes, we get good BBL crowds, but I fear that the Perth public likes the bastardised Pyjama cricket, not the top shelf stuff.

Give the New Years test to Adelaide, a true cricketing city.

Nah, Perth people would flock to a test against a good opponent, scheduled at a reasonable time. Don't give us a shit, second rate team (Windies) and start it on a bloody Wednesday. The test was over before we even got to the weekend!

The BBL crowds show that there are plenty of people who like cricket. But I can't see any city getting a good crowd in the middle of the week on a workday.

 

[Mop]

Or they could move it to the time of year where it doesn't get as much rain. SCG should have the opening test in November and Perth the New Year's test (not much rain here in early Jan).

That's actually my line of thought. The SCG is a hell of a ground. I love its characteristics, the weather just lets it down again and again.
I love that Test Cricket is so protective of tradition, but numbers do not lie - Sydney and January don't mix

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

The size of Optus makes it look far, far worse too.
I went on Friday and there was a decent enough crowd in, but it gets lost in that colosseum.

To be honest, for test matches the WACA should host matches against every country except for India and England. None of the other countries are a big enough draw.

 

[Mop]

If they ever moved the NY test from Sydney (they wont) it would be to Adelaide. Perth seem to get the scraps and CA wonder why crowds are down.

Nah, Perth people would flock to a test against a good opponent, scheduled at a reasonable time. Don't give us a s**t, second rate team (Windies) and start it on a bloody Wednesday. The test was over before we even got to the weekend!

The BBL crowds show that there are plenty of people who like cricket. But I can't see any city getting a good crowd in the middle of the week on a workday

The problem is for when they decide the supposed A grade opponents only get three tests, two of them are a lock for Melbourne and Sydney.
Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth fight it out and from a logistics point of view, Brisbane makes sense as the third wheel. When it's a four test series, it comes down to them or us.

Adelaide pull good crowds. Even in the cold - they love their day night test. Rightly or wrongly that's our competition.

 

[THE A5]

If this happened here we’d be hearing “move the test” from the NSW dickheads such as Kerry O’keefe, Malcom Conn and Peter Lalor