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Cricket (None Leicestershire County Cricket Club)

By leicsmac, in General Football and Sport

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trabuch

trabuch

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2 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Your sport is fvcking mad 

Part of me loves this, part of me thinks it's just not test cricket. But it's bloody intense.  No, I love it. 

StanSP

StanSP

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3 minutes ago, trabuch said:

Part of me loves this, part of me thinks it's just not test cricket. But it's bloody intense.  No, I love it. 

It is test cricket. Just not what we're used to lol

 

Voll Blau

Voll Blau

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I know in this game the balance is insanely skewed but give me a match where bowlers are ridiculously on top to one where batsmen are any day. Nothing beats a low-scoring thriller.

trabuch

trabuch

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2 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

I know in this game the balance is insanely skewed but give me a match where bowlers are ridiculously on top to one where batsmen are any day. Nothing beats a low-scoring thriller.

I would agree, having been a village bowler, but if you've taken the Friday off work to watch the cricket (and recover from the football) it's a bit of a pisser. I'd like a tad more balance. 

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Finnegan

Finnegan

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4 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

I know in this game the balance is insanely skewed but give me a match where bowlers are ridiculously on top to one where batsmen are any day. Nothing beats a low-scoring thriller.

 

It's funny but I suppose I'd never that about that. Test cricket might be one of the only sports where low scoring is more exciting than high scoring. 

 

If both teams are racking up like 400 scores, the drama is much slower, it's going to be spread out over days. You might have an exciting conclusion but a lot of the action in the middle can be dull af. 

 

But if the match is low scoring and wickets are falling all over the place there's a lot more tension and drama. I can't think of many other sports like that Tbf. 

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AKCJ

AKCJ

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2 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

I'm not sure how anyone can claim that this is a pitch fit for Test match cricket.

2 and a half hours into day 2 and we've just seen the 23rd wicket fall lol 

trabuch

trabuch

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Just now, EastAnglianFox said:

Stokes isn't going to last long is he

 

(Not that anybody has mind)

No. It's simply a question of how many runs he can score in that brief time.

Voll Blau

Voll Blau

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8 minutes ago, trabuch said:

I would agree, having been a village bowler, but if you've taken the Friday off work to watch the cricket (and recover from the football) it's a bit of a pisser. I'd like a tad more balance. 

I think the perfect balance was actually on display in the last World Cup, where ball was probably slightly on top of bat in most games. English conditions lend themselves to a good balance, whereas in other parts of the world you're just prone to extremes in any form.

 

 

8 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

It's funny but I suppose I'd never that about that. Test cricket might be one of the only sports where low scoring is more exciting than high scoring. 

 

If both teams are racking up like 400 scores, the drama is much slower, it's going to be spread out over days. You might have an exciting conclusion but a lot of the action in the middle can be dull af. 

 

But if the match is low scoring and wickets are falling all over the place there's a lot more tension and drama. I can't think of many other sports like that Tbf. 

Yeah, the more a result needs to be forced the less chance there is of a dramatic end - though of course teams being in a position where they need to force results can add to the drama too. The way this game is playing out at the moment is great for casual viewers, but I suspect Channel 4 will be mightily pissed off if this doesn't go into the weekend!

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RowlattsFox

RowlattsFox

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Jonny Bairstow getting a pair after everyone say he's one of our best players of spin lol 

 

Tough for him though, to come in cold on this pitch. 

 

There is always a spinner on a tour who rips through England, and its usually someone who never does it again against anyone else. Axar is the latest. 

trabuch

trabuch

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Just now, RonnieTodger said:

Really tough call but I think he's got it right.

If the rules are benefit to the batsman it's not out. If they are benefit to umpire's call it's out. I'm not sure. Brilliant result for England so I'm not complaining.

RonnieTodger

RonnieTodger

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2 minutes ago, trabuch said:

If the rules are benefit to the batsman it's not out. If they are benefit to umpire's call it's out. I'm not sure. Brilliant result for England so I'm not complaining.

Really, it should be the umpire but I think that slight spike was enough to show it clipped the bat first. Couldn't have been pad before the bat. 

 

As good as it is, I think 3 reviews per team is too many.

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trabuch

trabuch

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2 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

Really, it should be the umpire but I think that slight spike was enough to show it clipped the bat first. Couldn't have been pad before the bat. 

 

As good as it is, I think 3 reviews per team is too many.

Ben Stokes appears to agree. I'm surprised he didn't challenge that. Glad he didn't though.

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trabuch

trabuch

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2 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

That's that then. Have no faith Archer will have any interest in hanging  around lol 

 

 

I would hope not. He might get a couple of boundaries which help the cause.

Vacamion

Vacamion

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If the players were sitting next to the playing surface, this match would already have been finished.

 

Feel sorry for anyone who "gambled" by planning to go on day 3.  

 

 

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