Opinion Cricket thread

[SpiderBurton22]

You could replace Wade and Paine with Carey and play one of Pattinson/Swepson/Jhye/Maxy

Why?

We've already got 5 bowlers in the team and have no problems bowling teams out twice.

 

[7577969923]

You could replace Wade and Paine with Carey and play one of Pattinson/Swepson/Jhye/Maxy

Carey is not close to the keeper that Paine is and Paine has been a great captain given the circumstances. As others have said we don't need an extra bowler.

 

[LB2Snake]

He's on Langer's sh*t list.

That impostor should have been moved on a while ago.

Agree he must be on someone’s shit list. Amazed ya don’t rate JL. He’s old school footy type coach. I rate him. Enjoy listening to him also. He could play a bit too.

 

[Hojuman]

Rahane gone ✔ B Lyon C Wade
3 / 109

Pant in.

 

[shinboner magic]

How the **** is Pant batting this high when he couldn’t field.

 

[Hojuman]

How the fu** is Pant batting this high when he couldn’t field.

BCCI rules.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Rahane gone ✔ B Lyon C Wade
3 / 109

Pant in.

About time "Gazza" did something.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

How the fu** is Pant batting this high when he couldn’t field.

BCCI rules.

Yep... & with no strapping or arm-guard of any note.

Hmmm. I guess they got their wish: The better batsman gets to bat & the better wicket-keeper gets to keep!

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

How the fu** is Pant batting this high when he couldn’t field.

ICC intervened on this one.

 

[Mr_Nyah]

So pant is a bad keeper but a good batsman. He drops 2 catches while keeping. He gets hit on the elbow but keeps batting. He is “not fit” to keep (his weaker of the two skills) but he is fit enough to get promoted up the batting order? Something smells fishy

 

[King Corey]

Good to see the MRP are now issuing rulings on cricket injury substitutions.

 

[Nate7]

Good to see the MRP are now issuing rulings on cricket injury substitutions.

Any reason to keep the AFL/MRP front and centre of peoples minds.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Rishabh Pant injury update: Why isn't Pant keeping wickets for India in Sydney Test?

Rishabh Pant injury update: The Indian wicket-keeper batsman got injured while batting against Pat Cummins at the SCG.

thesportsrush.com

It is due to the same injury that Pant didn’t take field in the second innings. Wriddhiman Saha, who had played the first Test in Adelaide, is currently keeping wickets for the visitors. While reserve wicket-keepers weren’t allowed to keep wickets in case of an injury to a wicket-keeper in the past, a modification to rule now allows someone like Saha to replace Pant behind the wickets.

“It was felt that, if the original wicketkeeper was genuinely injured, then a substitute should be allowed to take over, but that the umpires should control the situation to prevent abuse. A substitute still cannot bowl, bat or act as captain,” the MCC had explained in a summary of their amendments to Code in 2017.

Blame the umps and Indian Cricket Council on this one.

 

[ferball]

Only if you give a sh*t about that stuff.

There is a (potentially) very sexist term that ends with the word "batter". But maybe we've matured beyond that cos I've never seen it used in conjunction with women's cricket.

 

[Mr_Nyah]

Don't understand the appeal of Paine: old, average with the bat, below average with the gloves, poor field placements. He must be a heck of an off-field leader to not only keep being picked, but to be the captain.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Don't understand the appeal of Paine: old, average with the bat, below average with the gloves, poor field placements. He must be a heck of an off-field leader to not only keep being picked, but to be the captain.

I had to giggle at this comment on cricinfo:

Bobbe: "Can Saha come and keep for us too?"

 

[Mr_Nyah]

I had to giggle at this comment on cricinfo:

Bobbe: "Can Saha come and keep for us too?"

Ever tried to get a comment through the India firewall on Cricinfo? Impossible. They just screen and refuse to publish anything that doesn't suit the narrative. I used to really enjoy the commentary 5+ years ago, great way of keeping up-to-date on the cricket through the day when you couldn't watch. Now, it's just so India- and England-centric that I barely ever read their commentary.

 

[desie]

Surprised Cameron Green only got one over this morning. Bashing away on a length with his height on a wearing pitch with variable bounce is worth a more extended go.

 

[king rising]

Go on Rishabh son! Visions of Headingley for the Australians!

 

[Gasometer]

They are as likely to collapse in 30 runs but just as likely to win it

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Run rate required coming down towards 3.00 now, so an Indian win is very much possible.

As per India's 1st innings, the 2nd new ball is going to have a large say in their final score.

 

[Gasometer]

Run rate required coming down towards 3.00 now, so an Indian win is very much possible.

As per India's 1st innings, the 2nd new ball is going to have a large say in their final score.

How far off is the new ball?

 

[king rising]

Why would he do that

 

[7577969923]

How far off is the new ball?

Two overs and one wicket as it turns out.

Really poor shot.

All over now.

 

[gokangas]

Pant goes on 97 - stiff not to get the ton. Let's see if that starts the collapse.