Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:34 am  

John_D wrote:

Pietersen out of the India tour. Root and Compton in.

And Eoin Morgan recalled on the back of a Championship average of 18 since he was dropped for being hopeless on last winter's Pakistan tour.

Just to put that into perspective, Rikki Clarke scored three Championship centuries this year, playing every match for the county champions and averaging 45, as well as taking couple of dozen wickets @ 27. Eoin Morgan is now aged 26 and has scored three Championship centuries in his entire career.

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:27 am  

John_D wrote:

Wonder if that's a sign that Shahzad's move is to become permanent

Having spoken with him a couple of week's ago it would appear that it is dependant on where James Harris decides to go. Can't for the life of me see Harris choosing 2nd division Lancs ahead of moneybags Notts so Shahzad to join Lancs permanently I would say.

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:13 pm  

ICC super-schedulers strike again.
Why not get the bigger teams in the group playing each other first? The way it's going, the little side will be out of it before the major nations meet, rendering all the group games irrelevant. A simple change to the schedule and the games between the full members and the associates would at least have some jeopardy attached.

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:21 pm  

John_D wrote:

ICC super-schedulers strike again.
Why not get the bigger teams in the group playing each other first? The way it's going, the little side will be out of it before the major nations meet, rendering all the group games irrelevant. A simple change to the schedule and the games between the full members and the associates would at least have some jeopardy attached.

Why do they always feel the need for two group stages? Why not just have two groups of 8 and the top 2 from each go into the SF?

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:31 am  

Conroy wrote:

Why do they always feel the need for two group stages? Why not just have two groups of 8 and the top 2 from each go into the SF?

TV coin, innit. Guarantee a certain number of games featuring the big teams - well, India - to the big broadcasters.
They got burned by India and Pakistan getting knocked out of the 2007 World Cup early and are going out of their way to make sure it never happens again.

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Fri Sep 21, 2012 11:50 am  

First proper massive knock of the tournament as Bazza McCullum smacks 123 from 58 balls. Trial by spin? Tell that to the buggers sat on the bank avoiding the shelling.

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:47 pm  

Luke Wright at 3. Nope, don't get it.

Honestly wouldn't mind if Afghanistan won this. They won't, but that's a side issue

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:35 pm  

Luke Wright got 101 not 99. One of his 4s bounced on the blue boundary markers so should have been a 6.

[John_D]

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:44 pm  

Gronk! wrote:

Luke Wright got 101 not 99. One of his 4s bounced on the blue boundary markers so should have been a 6.

Yeah, I thought that. Still, like I was saying, he's obviously the right man for the job *ahem*

Re: cricket - general cricket chit chat thread : Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:36 pm  

Well that was an interesting performance.