Cricket Discussion - Part 2

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If it is a 3 day game I would expect Warwickshire to declare overnight. If that happens it will spare those Durham bowlers some real pain. That pitch must be a belter or the Durham bowlers are worse than average.

Just had look and it is a four day match so maybe the Durham pain will continue for a little longer? Also noticed that Scott Boland is one of the bowlers,he has 0/54. Another Durham bowler is Matthew Potts who has played Test cricket for England he has 0/88.
 
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lol @ the IPL franchise that paid $quillions for The Big Show and Cam Green - Green has been dropped and in his most recent game Maxi got a duck (his third in six innings), had 17 hit off his one over and dropped a catch. He's only scored 32 runs in those six innings and their franchise is rank last.

Still, they'd be crying all the way to the bank as that other great showman used to say.
 
raptalia said:
If it is a 3 day game I would expect Warwickshire to declare overnight. If that happens it will spare those Durham bowlers some real pain. That pitch must be a belter or the Durham bowlers are worse than average.

Just had look and it is a four day match so maybe the Durham pain will continue for a little longer? Also noticed that Scott Boland is one of the bowlers,he has 0/54. Another Durham bowler is Matthew Potts who has played Test cricket for England he has 0/88.
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A Kookaburra ball is being used instead of the Dukes.
 
Warwickshire collapsed on day 2, before declaring at a precarious 3 for 698 :). They then bowled Durham out for just 517, and then enforced the follow on - it's 2 for 12, heading into the final day.

The other game that caught my eye - Northamptonshire declared at 6 for 552 against Middlesex. But at stumps on day 3, Middlesex is 2 for 553: the 3rd wicket partnership is already worth 350.
 
Derek Underwood was possibly the most accurate bowler I ever saw. In 86 Tests over 16 years 'Deadly' had an economy rate of 2.10 runs per over.

He had a brisk pace for a spinner but could drop his pace when required. An outstanding player for sure.

Sad to note his passing.
 
raptalia said:
Derek Underwood was possibly the most accurate bowler I ever saw. In 86 Tests over 16 years 'Deadly' had an economy rate of 2.10 runs per over.

He had a brisk pace for a spinner but could drop his pace when required. An outstanding player for sure.

Sad to note his passing.
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I can recall Underwood bowling to Greg Chappell in a test in England in the mid 1970's, and when Chappell played forward to a ball that was pitched on a good length it bounced straight up and hit him in the throat.

No wonder they called him Deadly Derek!
 
My favourite Derek Underwood story comes from the 1974/75 Ashes series in Australia. On day 1 of the First Test, Lillee and Thomson had wreaked havoc on the Pommy top order, and it appeared certain that they'd be dismissed for a very low score. But then Underwood strode to the wicket, and he proved to be a much tougher nut to crack. He frustrated the Aussies for well over an hour, until skipper Ian Chappell finally threw the ball to the man with the golden arm, Doug Walters.

Dougie's first ball was a waist high full toss outside off stump. Underwood's eyes lit up, and he tried to smash it through the off side. However the ball connected with the outer half of the bat, and the man at cover was presented with a straightforward catch. The Aussies congregated around Walters to congratulate him - Dougie just holds up a hand and says, "Thanks boys. But I really think that most of the credit needs to go to Underwood here - a lesser batsman wouldn't have got a bat to that."
 
philreich said:
My favourite Derek Underwood story comes from the 1974/75 Ashes series in Australia. On day 1 of the First Test, Lillee and Thomson had wreaked havoc on the Pommy top order, and it appeared certain that they'd be dismissed for a very low score. But then Underwood strode to the wicket, and he proved to be a much tougher nut to crack. He frustrated the Aussies for well over an hour, until skipper Ian Chappell finally threw the ball to the man with the golden arm, Doug Walters.

Dougie's first ball was a waist high full toss outside off stump. Underwood's eyes lit up, and he tried to smash it through the off side. However the ball connected with the outer half of the bat, and the man at cover was presented with a straightforward catch. The Aussies congregated around Walters to congratulate him - Dougie just holds up a hand and says, "Thanks boys. But I really think that most of the credit needs to go to Underwood here - a lesser batsman wouldn't have got a bat to that."
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No, he would've said, "One for none - you bloody bewdy!"
 
philreich said:
English County Championship last night - Durham wins the toss and puts Warwickshire in to bat. At stumps, it's 1 for 490.......
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I think I’m right in saying they’re using Kooka’s in the first part of the season and Dukes in the back half
 

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Australian selectors have rejected the temptations offered by precocious talent Jake Fraser-McGurk and will rely on a core group of established cricketers in a bid to become the first nation to be world champions in all three formats of the sport at the same time. David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (capt), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis.
 
Holden Hillbilly said:
Australian selectors have rejected the temptations offered by precocious talent Jake Fraser-McGurk and will rely on a core group of established cricketers in a bid to become the first nation to be world champions in all three formats of the sport at the same time. David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (capt), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis.
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Steve Smith too...

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'Tailored approach': Smith axed as Australia unveils T20 World Cup squad

Steve Smith is left out of an Australian World Cup squad for the first time since 2012 as Australia's 15-man provisional squad is named.
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Holden Hillbilly said:
Australian selectors have rejected the temptations offered by precocious talent Jake Fraser-McGurk and will rely on a core group of established cricketers in a bid to become the first nation to be world champions in all three formats of the sport at the same time. David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (capt), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis.
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Bit of a shame not too include him. I imagine the grounds in the Caribbean will be pretty small.
I'm glad Smith didn't get a look in.

I'd have JFM in over Stoinis, Inglis, and Green. His ability to score so rapidly is only matched by Head and maybe Tim David. Not striking at 150-200, but rather 200-300.

I'm curious to see if some of the high scoring if the IPL translates to the World Cup.
 
Been watching a bit of the IPL as games start at 6pm here and they're included on my cable package.
Must say Stoinis has won me over a bit, has played some good knocks and bowled ok amongst some of the massive scores that have been happening.
Green shows glimpses but still pretty inconsistent.



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Just finished watching "The Test" on Prime.
Have to say that the Aussie team are a lot less arrogant than they have been in the recent past.
Labuschagne is probably the only one who annoys me a bit but he is a bit different anyway.
Cummins definitely seems like a decent leader.
The one who made me laugh was Travis Head, definitely a bit of a lad and doesn't take himself too seriously.
Marsh also came across well, very candid when talking about his ups and downs.
Khawaja was the interesting one, to me he always came across as pretty intense but he definitely had more personality than a few others in the squad.




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philreich said:
Today is a day of celebration - the IPL is finally over. It's been going since March 22.

Yay - now we're straight into the T20 World Cup. Any risk of seeing some proper cricket any time soon???????
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I hear you and ironically the game was over after the 2nd over of the 1st innings
 
SEN Cricket Commentator Bharat Sundaresan has been joining Whateley on Tuesday's for the last few weeks to discuss the IPL, ever since Jake Fraser-McGurk started going berserk.

He discusses the Australian players form who played in the IPL and going to the IPL. Said 5 are in strong/good form - Starc, Cummins, Head, Green and Stoinis, heading into the WC.

He reckons the final was watched by about 700 million people across TV and digital platforms as the IPL now has 2 broadcasters.

Haha, at the end he gives his interpretation to holding the ball, given Whateley's and others discussion about it for the last week or so. He says his simple understanding is footy is that it's a game of perpetual motion, so if you are impeded in any way, to that perpetual motion, you get penalised - pay holding the ball.


 
RussellEbertHandball said:
SEN Cricket Commentator Bharat Sundaresan has been joining Whateley on Tuesday's for the last few weeks to discuss the IPL, ever since Jake Fraser-McGurk started going berserk.

He discusses the Australian players form who played in the IPL and going to the IPL. Said 5 are in strong/good form - Starc, Cummins, Head, Green and Stoinis, heading into the WC.

He reckons the final was watched by about 700 million people across TV and digital platforms as the IPL now has 2 broadcasters.

Haha, at the end he gives his interpretation to holding the ball, given Whateley's and others discussion about it for the last week or so. He says his simple understanding is footy is that it's a game of perpetual motion, so if you are impeded in any way, to that perpetual motion, you get penalised - pay holding the ball.


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It’s an interesting discussion - surely the man playing the ball has to be protected ie. given an opportunity to dispose of ie. prior opportunity

Change that and you sort of upend the basic nature of the game.

From an umpiring view point - this stuff just kills us in terms of recruiting
 
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