Cricket

[martonrover]

4 hours ago, matt83 said:

 

He’s been involved at Lancs throughout my entire memory of cricket. Legend as a player fairly ordinary as a coach. Few good young uns coming through so defo needs fresh idea’s especially with all the dressing room is toxic rumours. 

I’d love Lancs to go and get someone with experience elsewhere like Langer or even Stuart law if they are hell bent on a Lancs connection. Like you say no doubt it’ll be an easy internal appointment  

When the director of cricket says we’ve had “a sustained period of success over the last seven years.” That is very very very worrying indeed and not obvious what success he’s even referring to. Joint 2nd least successful county since the turn of the century. 

Agreed on nearly everything you’ve said.

My one bone of contention is re - Stuart Law.

He was a disaster at Middlesex, and  I’m pretty sure he was also fired by an Aussie team.

I was sat next to Ethan Bamber’s Dad during the Middlesex game, and “disaster” was the exact word he used to describe Law’s tenure.

Good players don’t always make good coaches.

I don’t even think Chapple is the main problem.

Chilton is the problem, as is the obvious lack of ambition (or focus on cricket) of the hierarchy.

Edited September 30, 2023 by martonrover

[chaddyrovers]

Anyone think Phil Simmons would be good choice?

[chaddyrovers]

Cricket world cup has started. 

England off to ok start. 69 for 2  off 14 overs with Malan and Bairstow out. Root and Brook at the crease. Stokes out injured. 

New Zealand team seems short of a bowler or 2 to me

[wilsdenrover]

That went well…

[chaddyrovers]

bad day for England. 

Bairstow, Brook and Livingstone gave their wickets away. Root played well. 

Lets just win the next game now

[chaddyrovers]

India vs Australia should be great match today and just starting

South Africa batted fantastic yesterday, 

[matt83]

Not watched a lot of this World Cup although I saw the saffas weren’t playing games with 49 ball century from Markam.

Only watched the nz highlights. We were battered to be fair but can’t believe how few fans were there for effectively the opening ceremony. Indian cricket fans most passionate in the world. Do me a favour. They’re passionate about India and India battling and even more specific batsmen but nothing else. I appreciate bigger stadiums but there is a billion of them and no one was there. In a World Cup outside of Durham most grounds here would be minimum 90% full for most fixtures. 

[AllRoverAsia]

I haven't yet got into this WC.

I stopped watching the England game when Livingstone did his hallmark spoon shot and got bored with India v Losers a couple of hours ago.

It still early doors though and hope my interest returns for the "big" games at least.

[Mattyblue]

Difficult to get into when you have a huge group stage that goes on for nearly SIX weeks!

Edited October 8, 2023 by Mattyblue

[chaddyrovers]

10 hours ago, matt83 said:

how few fans were there for effectively the opening ceremony. Indian cricket fans most passionate in the world. Do me a favour. They’re passionate about India and India battling and even more specific batsmen but nothing else. I appreciate bigger stadiums but there is a billion of them and no one was there. In a World Cup outside of Durham most grounds here would be minimum 90% full for most fixtures. 

The stadium hold 135,000 fans so you were never going to fill that stadium. 

The cricket organisers said they were 45k tickets sold 

[matt83]

The bcci must be Burnley fans because they’ve added a serious multiplier to that figure. Didn’t look more than a few thousand to me. 

[chaddyrovers]

agree there

They should have had India as the first game vs Australia instead

[Riversider28]

It’s a shame we can’t have a “Venkys Out” presence when games are played in Pune. 

[Ewood Ace]

Striking parallels between this World Cup and the 1936 Olympics in the way that it has been hijacked by the hosting nationalist government for political purposes. But all it has shown so far is that under Modi's Hindu Nationalist government India is not capable of hosting such an event, the organisation has been a shambles.

Edited October 9, 2023 by Ewood Ace

[Mattyblue]

23 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

The stadium hold 135,000 fans so you were never going to fill that stadium. 

 

How about not playing it there then?

[matt83]

Dharamsala has a backdrop to rival any cricket ground in the world but the outfield looks like a cabbage patch. 

[AllRoverAsia]

A bottle job.

Livingstone .... FFS on what basis is he selected. Crap.

[jim mk2]

From the first ball of the match that was a shit performance from England. Embarrassing to watch and made ourselves a laughing stock.  Following on from the Ashes failure we could now fail to qualify for the qualifying stages of the World Cup. Butler should resign. 

[oldjamfan1]

Australia are really struggling as well. Almost as bad as England. 

[AllRoverAsia]

25 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Australia are really struggling as well. Almost as bad as England. 

The Aussies read that!

[AllRoverAsia]

11 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

From the first ball of the match that was a shit performance from England. Embarrassing to watch and made ourselves a laughing stock.  Following on from the Ashes failure we could now fail to qualify for the qualifying stages of the World Cup. Butler should resign. 

And we haven't played the big boys yet.

[chaddyrovers]

England World cup squad for me is unbalanced with 6 pace bowlers and only 1 main spinner in the squad. 

We should have only taken 4 pace bowlers and at least 2 frontline spinners. 

my world cup squad would have been, 

Bairstow, Brook, Malan, Root, Stokes, Buttler, Livingstone, Ali, Jacks, Rashid, Dawson, Curran, Willey, Wood, Carse 

[oldjamfan1]

18 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

England World cup squad for me is unbalanced with 6 pace bowlers and only 1 main spinner in the squad. 

We should have only taken 4 pace bowlers and at least 2 frontline spinners. 

my world cup squad would have been, 

Bairstow, Brook, Malan, Root, Stokes, Buttler, Livingstone, Ali, Jacks, Rashid, Dawson, Curran, Willey, Wood, Carse 

Livingstone has never, ever done anything to suggest he should be anywhere near an England 50 over squad. 

[oldjamfan1]

29 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

The Aussies read that!

Aye, I should know better really lol

[chaddyrovers]

55 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Livingstone has never, ever done anything to suggest he should be anywhere near an England 50 over squad. 

Averaging 33 at 50 over cricket with England..that's batting at 6 or 7.