Random Cricket Thread (International Cricket)

[dan08]

shows how messed up these rankings actually are..

Not really. Australia are clearly the best team at the moment.

[Aidan11]

Danesh Ramdin has been appointed new WIs test captain.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Tests against Australia next summer.

Sophia Gardens
Lord's
Edgbaston
Trent Bridge
The Oval

[Gingerfinch]

Tests against Australia next summer.

Sophia Gardens
Lord's
Edgbaston
Trent Bridge
The Oval

Edgbaston returns BUT I won't be able to get a ticket

[SaintPowelly]

Same boring crap again.

Ageas Bowl only gets a NZ ODI.

[Arthur Crabtree]

I'm giving this series a miss. It will be the first Test at TB I've missed for over twenty years.

[Gingerfinch]

I'm giving this series a miss. It will be the first Test at TB I've missed for over twenty years.

Why's that, Arthur?

[Arthur Crabtree]

After the singing of Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory and the military displays at the Ashes last year, I felt that it wasn't an experience I wanted to repeat. And then I forgot and bought tickets for India this summer! Anyway, the aloof behaviour of the ECB since the Ashes last winter has made me regret buying them. So, just consumer choice.

[Gingerfinch]

An honourable man, Arthur

[Arthur Crabtree]

An honourable man, Arthur :salute

Nah. I've still got Sky. I'm trying not to force my reaction to all this stuff, as in recent years, I've found my interests have narrowed quite a bit, and I don't want to just throw another activity away. So however much the ECB alienates me from the game, I'll only give it up if I genuinely lose interest.

I haven't been to The Oval yet, which disturbs the completionist in me.

[Gingerfinch]

An honourable man, Arthur

Nah. I've still got Sky. I'm trying not to force my reaction to all this stuff, as in recent years, I've found my interests have narrowed quite a bit, and I don't want to just throw another activity away. So however much the ECB alienates me from the game, I'll only give it up if I genuinely lose interest.

I haven't been to The Oval yet, which disturbs the completionist in me.

My Dad use to take me to the Oval in the mid-eighties. Think it rained every time.

[Arthur Crabtree]

You used to be able to just turn up to the ground in those days. But I think attendances have peaked here now, and games don't sell out so easily. Partly because of the price. And partly because the side now isn't as exciting as the side of 2000-05.

[Aidan11]

Flower has been appointed Pakistan's batting coach.

Grant Flower, that is.

[Aidan11]

Next month it will be 50 years since Geoff Boycott made his test debut.

[braveneutral]

Just seen a pic of Katy Perry and Boycs. Match made in heaven.