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Comment on December 1st by CricketMatchSp

CricketMatchSp — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:01:58 +0000

So twitter and google account works. Hurray.

Comment on Cricket World Cup Format by braveneutral

braveneutral — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:38:51 +0000

I am definitely in agreement that the format that is currently in place is the wrong one. I remember watching/following the last World Cup and thinking when will this end – which is clearly not the right thing to be thinking about the spectacle of a global sport.

I feel that this is unfortunately what happens with every World Cup regardless of sport (as long as it is a fairly lucrative sport). Whilst I much prefer your format, I was wondering if it was possible to make the gaps between matches more even? Only because I note that India and Australia, just at a glance, have a week between Games 1 and 2 but then between Games 2, 3 and 4 there is a week in total. I am not saying the players can’t handle it as they seem to play more cricket than baseball these days, I was just wondering.

Comment on Jayawardene – a dying breed by sportbloggeradi

sportbloggeradi — Fri, 07 May 2010 07:46:23 +0000

There are indeed debates which are raised by mentioning his statistics abroad. I havent seen him play in bowler friendly countries in test matches as i watched him mostly in India-SRL games played at India or SriLanka. Tough for me to comment on that debate.

However, if i were to comment on him from his innings in India and SriLanka, he is an excellent front foot player on either side of the wicket. On back foot he is much better playing square cut and the glance to third man, rather than on leg side. As far his temperament he has proved it with doubles. Fitness wise he has hardly been injured or retired hurt due to dehydration like some other players. Yes, he has safe pair of hands and IMO his fielding is much improved in past two years.

Comment on Splitting 40 over cricket into 20 over chunks – is it all really necessary? by southwood

southwood — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:14:01 +0000

If the experiment is deemed as success the ECB would replace the current Sunday Clydesdale40 over comp so there would not be any extra cricket to watch.

There is no intention to increase the number of games to be played.

The current 40 over league was retained after consultation with the Counties who wanted it retained because attendances were better than
T20 in many cases and more money was spent on food and beer over a longer period.

The T20 competition would still take place in the 4 week slot in June.

Comment on Splitting 40 over cricket into 20 over chunks – is it all really necessary? by admin

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:58:03 +0000

LOL – I was putting that down to the cold and a desire to get it down on paper asap – you certainly seem passionate about this!

I guess the logic behind it is that if you have a full 40 overs then the conditions may have changed by the time the second team bats – this would even that up to some extent. It is true that too often the toss seems to decide the winner – particularly for an early start in England where there is early juice giving help to the seam and swing merchants …

Comment on Splitting 40 over cricket into 20 over chunks – is it all really necessary? by DurhamRiversider

DurhamRiversider — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:44:39 +0000

Don’t worry i did go to school. I’ll make sure it’s a better effort next time.

Comment on Twenty years of Tendulkar! by Антон Павлович

Антон Павлович — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:31:47 +0000

Точная фраза... I see that lots of journalists including Reobuck are writing about Tendulkar as he completes 20 years in international cricket.....

Comment on Time to change the training process? by sportbloggeradi

sportbloggeradi — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:46:12 +0000

Thanks Dimi.

Yes the specialist coaches can do a world of good for the issue of players being moderately good at everything. I like the idea of specialist coaches because a cricketer can always take coaching from specialist coaches if he wants to excel in a particular skill, be it batting,bowling,wicket keeping or fielding.

Comment on Cricket in North America – the first… and last frontier by OR

OR — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:08:55 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Cricket_Club

This had the best Sherlock Holmes as a member and Boris Karloff as one of the players.

Comment on Cricket in North America – the first… and last frontier by Dimi

Dimi — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:32:48 +0000

Personally I’d say that Canada have more of a future than the USA, both in terms of recent performances and the boards that control the teams.