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leicsmac

Cricket (None Leicestershire County Cricket Club)

By leicsmac, in General Football and Sport

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sm1

sm1

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25 days of fantastic test cricket squeezed into 6 weeks, kudos to both teams. I'm pretty confident of our chances down under. With all our bowlers fit, we'll blow that lightweight Aussie batting line up away.

Corky

Corky

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Test cricket is alive in these countries but until the likes of the West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh provide meaningful opposition and good crowds happen around the world there are doubts about this format.

 

We cannot live in a bubble.

Leicesterpool

Leicesterpool

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1 hour ago, sm1 said:

25 days of fantastic test cricket squeezed into 6 weeks, kudos to both teams. I'm pretty confident of our chances down under. With all our bowlers fit, we'll blow that lightweight Aussie batting line up away.

I dunno our record down under is terrible, one ashes win in Australia in about 30 years.

CL Fox

CL Fox

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11 hours ago, StanSP said:

Combined XI from the series?

 

Jaiswal

Duckett / Rahul
Gill
Root

Brook
Stokes
Smith / Pant
Jadeja

Bumrah
Siraj
Tongue

 

Duckett

Crawley

Pope

Root

Brook

Stokes

Smith

Atkinson

Archer

Wood

Bashir

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Bert

Bert

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11 hours ago, StanSP said:

Combined XI from the series?

 

Jaiswal

Duckett / Rahul
Gill
Root

Brook
Stokes
Smith / Pant
Jadeja

Bumrah
Siraj
Tongue

This is there or thereabouts I would say, hard to argue with. Would go Duckett over Rahul & Pant over Smith. 

Bert

Bert

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Just now, Tommy Fresh said:

Crawley managed a whopping 6 runs more than Sundar having played a test more lol

It pays when the director of cricket is mates with your old man and said player represents the same county as said director. 

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Tommy Fresh

Tommy Fresh

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Just now, Bert said:

It pays when the director of cricket is mates with your old man and said player represents the same county as said director. 

Wasn't his initial call up under Smith as well, who went to the same school as Crawley (obviously at different times)

 

He was undroppable then, he's definitely not getting dropped with Rob Key being about and with how they play now

AKCJ

AKCJ

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11 hours ago, StanSP said:

Combined XI from the series?

 

Jaiswal

Duckett / Rahul
Gill
Root

Brook
Stokes
Smith / Pant
Jadeja

Bumrah
Siraj
Tongue

Duckett

Rahul

Gill

Root

Brook

Pant (wk)

Stokes (c)

Jadeja

Bumrah

Tongue

Siraj

 

Would be a pretty good side. I'd say that other than Tongue it would be the on-paper 11 too. You'd probably want Archer in there.

 

Surprised to learn of Tongue's stats though. 19 wickets in 3 matches and the lowest strike rate of the series. He and Krishna have that same ability to bowl crap but have a magic delivery up their sleeve.

StanSP

StanSP

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11 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

He and Krishna have that same ability to bowl crap but have a magic delivery up their sleeve.

It's really frustrating isn't it lol

 

Krishna was serving up some absolute rank deliveries but then actually got some pretty big wickets at times! 

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AKCJ

AKCJ

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Frustrating that we've had 25 days of superb cricket locked behind a very high paywall and we're now going to show a mickey mouse competition on freeview.

 

The ECB and Sky have got to find ways to make test cricket more accessible. Kids are going to grow up thinking the only good thing about cricket is 6s.

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CL Fox

CL Fox

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2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Frustrating that we've had 25 days of superb cricket locked behind a very high paywall and we're now going to show a mickey mouse competition on freeview.

 

The ECB and Sky have got to find ways to make test cricket more accessible. Kids are going to grow up thinking the only good thing about cricket is 6s.

Im quite excited for some low stakes cricket tbh....they say every ball counts but I'm not sure every ball matters 

AjcW

AjcW

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2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Frustrating that we've had 25 days of superb cricket locked behind a very high paywall and we're now going to show a mickey mouse competition on freeview.

 

The ECB and Sky have got to find ways to make test cricket more accessible. Kids are going to grow up thinking the only good thing about cricket is 6s.

One test a series on BBC would be nice.

 

I imagine Sky/NOW have the numbers to show it's gone quite well for them this series, as someone signing up to a month pass on a deal (say £19.99 a month) if timed right will have had three tests in this series, the open and the start of the EFL. 

 

You have to remember it's the mickey mouse competitions that get the youngsters hooked, so in that sense they're good... but as you say they then need access to a free test on the BBC or something to then get into cricket as a wider sport. 

 

Test cricket is incredible, but I doubt you'd even find many adults who have time to watch every session on every day, so dipping in and out is always going to be the way to watch it, which might be the best way to attract a younger audience too.


For example a quick deal for the BBC who already had the coverage, to show Day 5's conclussion would have been a quick and easy decision!

 

I think BBC used to have this for Golf where they got to show Saturday and Sunday from Majors.


Why not do the same with cricket where they get to show Day 4 and 5.

AKCJ

AKCJ

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4 minutes ago, AjcW said:

One test a series on BBC would be nice.

 

I imagine Sky/NOW have the numbers to show it's gone quite well for them this series, as someone signing up to a month pass on a deal (say £19.99 a month) if timed right will have had three tests in this series, the open and the start of the EFL. 

 

You have to remember it's the mickey mouse competitions that get the youngsters hooked, so in that sense they're good... but as you say they then need access to a free test on the BBC or something to then get into cricket as a wider sport. 

 

Test cricket is incredible, but I doubt you'd even find many adults who have time to watch every session on every day, so dipping in and out is always going to be the way to watch it, which might be the best way to attract a younger audience too.


For example a quick deal for the BBC who already had the coverage, to show Day 5's conclussion would have been a quick and easy decision!

 

I think BBC used to have this for Golf where they got to show Saturday and Sunday from Majors.


Why not do the same with cricket where they get to show Day 4 and 5.

Do you think it is though? I got into cricket as a 12/13 year old watching the 2005 Ashes. There's no way I'd have even known it was a thing if it was on Sky.

 

Completely agree with regards to showing day 5s. Should be free tickets and free to view.

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AjcW

AjcW

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2 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Do you think it is though? I got into cricket as a 12/13 year old watching the 2005 Ashes. There's no way I'd have even known it was a thing if it was on Sky.

 

Completely agree with regards to showing day 5s. Should be free tickets and free to view.

Same, hooked and never left.

 

I just don't think it's the same at all for this generation. 

Bert

Bert

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Think I watched my first test match around 94/95. Loved it so much I was “ill” for school the next day. Just a shame that the day was washout because back then “if you’re not well enough to go to school, you’re not well enough to play out” lol 

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Chris_OGrady

Chris_OGrady

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1 hour ago, AjcW said:

Same, hooked and never left.

 

I just don't think it's the same at all for this generation. 

Same here. I think it's a complete myth that mickey mouse cricket gets the youngsters hooked. Is there any data to suggest that the Hundred has done that? It's the highest level of sport, and meaning, that people crave not trivial nonsense.

 

I remember watching the launch of t20 in 2003 and quickly losing interest. It was the 2005 ashes that got me hooked. I lost a bit of interest in cricket from about 2013 - 2019, but was brought right back in 2019 with the world cup and Ashes. 

Kopic

Kopic

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I'm currently in Middlesbrough, staying in a shit hotel with shit wifi and a shit tv, so I'm genuinely quite happy to see the hundred on the BBC. I'd be bored shitless without it, now I get to watch this I'm just bored. But happy to watch some cricket in any form whilst I drink myself to sleep. Wish it was on free to air all week, I'll be back to the NCIS omnibus tomorrow.

Foxdiamond

Foxdiamond

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1 hour ago, Lionator said:

Glad that Test nonsense is over. Now for the real cricket, the Hundred.
 

North London Salt and vinegars vs South London smoky bacons in the first game! BUZZING 

Oh that the test cricket was on free to air tv. Currently watching the Hundred which is a bit naff really. My grandson follows London Spirit. As born south of the river of course I prefer the Oval Invincibles.

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