Well done Yorkshire, from a born and bred Notts lad. Clinical win and fitting way to take the title.
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Well done Yorkshire, from a born and bred Notts lad. Clinical win and fitting way to take the title.
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Well done to the White Rose County
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Oh
Dear
This
Year
Has
Just
Got
Better
Lancashire have been relegated
from Division One of the Championship
The Yorkshiremen will celebrate this evening.:D:cool:
Doh, not the best start.
England have a build up and still dont know who would start where, bowl first etc.
A complete mess and embarrassing situation.
Yes, you have to feel sorry for England: meeting a team who are good and know what they are doing in the first game. Looking at the bowling figures it sounds like England had no answer to the Aussie's batting ability.
Cannot accuse Morgan of inconsistency.
Nor the selecgors, they consistently change and faff about with the team line up and order. No wonder team members dont know whats happening. Cant blame the normal fall guy, Cook, this time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swoop
Captain Morgan was certainly a rum choice.
Glad to see you're entering into the World Cup spirit SwoopQuote:
Originally Posted by Swoop
Glad to see you're entering into the World Cup spirit SwoopQuote:
Originally Posted by Swoop
I see you made yours a double Andy!
Seems to be a long drawn out World Cup, unless they make an arse of it against one of the minnows the top eight nations should all qualify for the quarter finals. I'll start watcing when the competition proper starts in mid March
Another great run chase by Ireland to add to THAT one...
National embarassment, being good at cricket, hanging my head in shame here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
Now that battle against France was more like it, roll on Engerland.
Oh no, give me the tactical battle behind cricket any day over the fat people bumping off each other!
Good fightback from Afghanistan after they were 3 for 3
Some people love watching fat people run into each other. "High impact" they call it. I watched sumo a bit when it was on channel 4 years ago. That quickly became boring too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
What a Joke.
Yes, amazing. It's hard to see what they're doing wrong - other than everything!!
What would you change? Captain? We've just tried that.
Coach? All the players?
The management and coaching staff should be held accountable. During the tournament we still do not know what the best team is, where the players are best suited in the batting order, where to place fielders and how to ball tightly. Total disgrace. Cook is not the answer as captain, nor is Pietersen the answer for a credible batsman - before that starts getting banded about.
Broad as captain. Pietersen as coach. That would be fun.
I remember Swann talking about Pietersen's team talks when he was briefly captain: "just f*©king bowl f*©king straight". Genius.
They still only need to beat the jocks, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to qualify for the quarters, surely they can manage that
And with some bad weather expected it may not be the cricket that decides our fate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Head
Ireland with our chests out, England with heads hanging. Just like it was for a few days in 2011.
The reality then and now is that England will go further of course, and the difference is in expectations, but let us enjoy our few days in the sun before reality bites!
Oh dear,
4 years in the planning and this it the best we can do!!!!
England's World Cup woe Lost by 111 runs v Australia, Melbourne Lost by eight wickets v New Zealand, Wellington Won by 119 runs v Scotland, Christchurch Lost by nine wickets v Sri Lanka, Wellington
My 12 wk old daughter thoughtfully woke me up for it. England's bowling was very limp.
Can we have a moderator close this thread?
It's hard to know what to suggest. It was a very flat pitch. Perhaps 305 (or whatever England got) wasn't enough to put the batsmen under scoreboard pressure. Woakes does well when the ball swings, but is next to useless when it doesn't.
Why Mr Park?Quote:
Originally Posted by Witton Park
To put us all out of our misery!Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Misery dom? We beat Scotland. That's a good result for us
Maybe the Rugby and cricket teams should swap sports?
Ever seen the Indian Premier League? They've got cheerleaders, fireworks, confetti and streamers...full mashings. Everything always has to go that way, every sport even darts has become a gaudy spectacle plauged by corporate influence. Potholing and fellrunning are all that's left; to paraphrase Lawrence Dallaglio everything's gone a bit Andrex, and us lot are all that's left to hold the fort from the hoardes of marauding corporations flashing the cash. During his time as Chairman it came to my attention that GB would refuse interviews to magazines because the sport stood to gain nothing, i think this is a precedent worth setting.
Not "us all"!
Though we could get a hole opening later v SA.
When I was a lad it used to be "one hundred and forty" or Oooone Hundred and Eeeiiiighty"Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
Now it's "ooooone hundred and fooooorrrrty" and OOooooooooone huuuuunndrreeeed and Eeiiiiiiiiiggggggghteeeeey"
I used to like those South American football commentators who were employed on the basis of how long they could make the word "goal" last.
I hear Pete Bland is considering employing some cheerleaders at next year's champs races. You heard it here first.
Anyone else on here old enough to remember the International Cavaliers, a touring side who were pioneers of one day cricket in the 60's? I've got a programme somewhere for a Brian Statham XI v the Cavaliers at Southport in 1969 that my dad took me to.
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Sc...04/104414.html
Just found the scorecard on cricketarchive.com, Barry Wood, David Lloyd, Harry Pilling, David Hughes and Farouk Engineer, add Clive Lloyd and that was the core of the Lancs team who dominated the start of one day cricket when I was a lad
Apologies for missing Jack Bond off that list. Jack couldn't bat, couldn't bowl but was a one day captain mastermind years ahead of his time, from memory he took a wonder catch to clinch one of the Gillette Cup finals in the early 70's
"from memory he took a wonder catch to clinch one of the Gillette Cup finals in the early 70's"
Correct - I was there at Lord's v Kent.
Kent were cruising to victory until Jack flew through the air to take the catch.
Someone said, "He's dropped it!" I said, "No, his hat fell off!" :)
After that Kent crumbled and Lancs won.
I think it was the middle one of 3 successive Gillette titles.
Those were the days!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cMfJHQ_bfWk
And here it is. Didn't realise that Flat Jack Simmons was the bowler