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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Oct 15, 2015 12:24:17 GMT
What an absolute joke. The ICC should be regulating pitches. Notts got a fine for the pitch the laid on against India last year I recall.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2015 12:42:48 GMT
What an absolute joke. The ICC should be regulating pitches. Notts got a fine for the pitch the laid on against India last year I recall. Like Athers just said, cricket should be equal between bat & ball. This pitch most definitely isn't. |
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Post by supergas on Oct 15, 2015 16:02:21 GMT
The only way it will spin is if the players run all over it, and they all carry bottle tops in their pockets ! The Pakistani bowler has got a warning for running down the pitch, he's been spoken too again about it. This might sound stupid but the way it's going & the way Cook is batting, dare I say the world record could be on..? 953? Even if we tried we'd never get there... |
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Post by supergas on Oct 15, 2015 16:07:02 GMT
What an absolute joke. The ICC should be regulating pitches. Notts got a fine for the pitch the laid on against India last year I recall. Like Athers just said, cricket should be equal between bat & ball. This pitch most definitely isn't. He's slightly missing the point that Test Cricket is a 5-day challenge...when he was playing he'd have been quite happy to win the toss and have a bat... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2015 8:56:18 GMT
The Pakistani bowler has got a warning for running down the pitch, he's been spoken too again about it. This might sound stupid but the way it's going & the way Cook is batting, dare I say the world record could be on..? 953? Even if we tried we'd never get there... I'm talking about Lara's 400* He's over half way there already, 1 day and 2 sessions to go, 7 wickets, Root looking ominous on 70 odd and all this on the flattest of all pitches. England will just bat & bat. You never know... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2015 9:01:30 GMT
Lunch on Day 4, and eleven wickets in total have fallen. The only way they will get Cook out is if he gets bored !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2015 11:10:24 GMT
Lunch on Day 4, and eleven wickets in total have fallen. The only way they will get Cook out is if he gets bored ! Cook has been on the field for over 22 hours now!!! *WOW!* |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2015 11:21:17 GMT
Lunch on Day 4, and eleven wickets in total have fallen. The only way they will get Cook out is if he gets bored ! Cook has been on the field for over 22 hours now!!! *WOW!* He was off the field for ten minutes for a finger injury to be treated when England fielded. A right slacker in my opinion. Tbone says 'drop him' ! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 12:50:25 GMT
If England win this, it must go down as one of the best wins ever!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 12:58:20 GMT
After those first 4 days we had 7-77 in a session!
86 more runs to win with 16 overs remaining!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 13:05:48 GMT
ooohhhhhhh the boys are going for it!! Butler out, root with an almighty swipe outside off-stump!
5 runs-per-over required, only the light can save Pakistan.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 13:18:30 GMT
35-3...
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Post by supergas on Oct 18, 2015 13:49:58 GMT
ooohhhhhhh the boys are going for it!! Butler out, root with an almighty swipe outside off-stump! 5 runs-per-over required, only the light can save Pakistan. only the light and timewasting...the light rules are a farce, but slow over-rates is one if the other things slowly strangling Test cricket...you have to bowl 15 an hour in Test matches (can't remember what it is in ODI and 20:20), so forget fines and suspending the captain, penalize the bowling team say 10/15/20 runs for each over not bowled at the end of each period of play...on-field penalties would kick some life into them... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 14:08:57 GMT
ooohhhhhhh the boys are going for it!! Butler out, root with an almighty swipe outside off-stump! 5 runs-per-over required, only the light can save Pakistan. only the light and timewasting...the light rules are a farce, but slow over-rates is one if the other things slowly strangling Test cricket...you have to bowl 15 an hour in Test matches (can't remember what it is in ODI and 20:20), so forget fines and suspending the captain, penalize the bowling team say 10/15/20 runs for each over not bowled at the end of each period of play...on-field penalties would kick some life into them... What I can't understand is, in a day-night ODI they'll play through dusk and into darkness under the lights. The lights were on yesterday, yet they still came off in OK light. Why can they play when its completely dark in a ODI yet come off in semi-light(under same lights) in a test match? The red & white ball can't be that different, can it? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 14:17:06 GMT
ooohhhhhhh the boys are going for it!! Butler out, root with an almighty swipe outside off-stump! 5 runs-per-over required, only the light can save Pakistan. only the light and timewasting...the light rules are a farce, but slow over-rates is one if the other things slowly strangling Test cricket...you have to bowl 15 an hour in Test matches (can't remember what it is in ODI and 20:20), so forget fines and suspending the captain, penalize the bowling team say 10/15/20 runs for each over not bowled at the end of each period of play...on-field penalties would kick some life into them... I just re-read your post, and the point you made about slow over rate is a good one. Average it out how far behind you are and fine them with runs, not money. That's an excellent idea! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 14:22:02 GMT
I also like Ricky Pontins idea about the toss. You don't have one, the away side decide whether to bat or bowl. So the home side can't prepare a pitch in their favour.
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Post by supergas on Oct 18, 2015 18:01:36 GMT
I also like Ricky Pontins idea about the toss. You don't have one, the away side decide whether to bat or bowl. So the home side can't prepare a pitch in their favour. Can't agree on that one, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka would never get to bat first at home, the away team would pick a side based on the fact they're guaranteed to bowl last, etc etc...it removes too many variables for me... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 18:10:04 GMT
I also like Ricky Pontins idea about the toss. You don't have one, the away side decide whether to bat or bowl. So the home side can't prepare a pitch in their favour. Can't agree on that one, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka would never get to bat first at home, the away team would pick a side based on the fact they're guaranteed to bowl last, etc etc...it removes too many variables for me... That's the point, bowl last means bat first. The home groundsman wouldn't make it so batsman friendly. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 18:20:38 GMT
Can't agree on that one, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka would never get to bat first at home, the away team would pick a side based on the fact they're guaranteed to bowl last, etc etc...it removes too many variables for me... That's the point, bowl last means bat first. The home groundsman wouldn't make it so batsman friendly. Nope, totally disagree. Even if a pitch is prepared for the home team then they only have a 50/50 chance of getting it right. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 18:23:35 GMT
That's the point, bowl last means bat first. The home groundsman wouldn't make it so batsman friendly. Nope, totally disagree. Even if a pitch is prepared for the home team then they only have a 50/50 chance of getting it right. England play India at home, what sort of pitch is the groundsman going to make, a seamer friendly green pitch, or a flat dust-bed? |
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