General cricket thread

[Amirhussain]

If you thought Jade Dernbach was bad.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5erwf8fgM

[BlackLabel]

Flintoff looking to make a comeback and may play for Lancs in this season's T20 tournament.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27396177

http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/co...

The last T20 Flintoff played was 5 years ago, June 2009. For Lancashire v Derbyshire at Derby - he took 2 wickets and hit 93 off 41 in a win, and was man of the match.

A few weeks later he retired from all cricket.

Edited by BlackLabel on Tuesday 13th May 17:31

[Amirhussain]

I'm guessing when he retired, he got a payout from his insurers, if he is to return to cricket, will that affect him in any way?

[BlackLabel]

Amirhussain said:

I'm guessing when he retired, he got a payout from his insurers, if he is to return to cricket, will that affect him in any way?

That's an interesting point - he was only 31 or 32 when injury forced him to retire and England pay their cricketers very well - up to 400-500k a year if you're a regular in all of the formats. He'd also just signed an IPL contract with Chennai worth $1.6m a year for 3 years. And then there is sponsorship. So his injury cost him a lot of money and any payout therefore must have been significant.

[5pen]

Former NZ batsman Lou Vincent has admitted involvement in corruption and agreed to provide evidence of spot-fixing - including the English county game.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/10832310/...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/10834997/...

This is one of the matches under investigation...
http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/en...

Mal Loye has also confirmed that Vincent approached him about fixes during their time together at Lancashire in 2008.

...this Lancashire match is the one mentioned in the Telegraph report
http://www.espncricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engi...

[Amirhussain]

Uh Oh.

[BlackLabel]

Starts tonight.



"T20 Blast: Extended group stage for revamped competition
Big names, big hits and coloured kits can only mean it is Twenty20 time again for county cricket, and the England and Wales Cricket Board has given the competition a makeover for 2014.

With a snappy new title in 'T20 Blast' and the majority of games taking place on a Friday night, the competition has also been rescheduled to spread out the fixtures.

BBC Sport looks at how the competition will work and previews the players and teams to watch. "

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27442189

[BlackLabel]

Candidate for the best catch ever imo, by Kieron Pollard yesterday in the IPL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDd84I1AQpM

[hornetrider]

BlackLabel said:

Candidate for the best catch ever imo, by Kieron Pollard yesterday in the IPL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDd84I1AQpM

That's a cracker alright!

[spikeyhead]

hornetrider said:

BlackLabel said:

Candidate for the best catch ever imo, by Kieron Pollard yesterday in the IPL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDd84I1AQpM

That's a cracker alright!

It was an amazing catch.

Yesterdays win by Mumbai Indians was also probably the most amazing T20 match I've ever seen.

[Amirhussain]

Flintoff back for Lancashire for the T20 blast, could be playing next week against Yorkshire.

[Challo]

Amirhussain said:

If you thought Jade Dernbach was bad.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5erwf8fgM

Got to feel for him a bit. A few of those where not bad balls Batsman was just swinging and they connected. After that he felt the pressure and wilted.

[hornetrider]

Amirhussain said:

Flintoff back for Lancashire for the T20 blast, could be playing next week against Yorkshire.

Can't help but think it's a bad idea.

[Amirhussain]

hornetrider said:

Amirhussain said:

Flintoff back for Lancashire for the T20 blast, could be playing next week against Yorkshire.

Can't help but think it's a bad idea.

Yeah same, want him to have a good game, but got a feeling his gonna be taken apart....

[dav123a]

He is a long time out if the game , not sure how his knees will.stand up to bowling again.
Yorkshire openers put on 375 for the first wicket. Broke all kinds of records , a great comeback after being bowled out for 136 in the first innings.

[spikeyhead]

Amirhussain said:

hornetrider said:

Amirhussain said:

Flintoff back for Lancashire for the T20 blast, could be playing next week against Yorkshire.

Can't help but think it's a bad idea.

Yeah same, want him to have a good game, but got a feeling his gonna be taken apart....

Will his knees fall apart before his action does?

[Amirhussain]

Hashim Amla named as the new South African test captain.

[dav123a]

Quite a few new players in the team to SL I thought ABDV would have got the job. Smith and Kallis are big boots to fill.

[hornetrider]

Seen KP's new column?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/kevinpiet...

Me, me, me me me, me. I am awesome. Do things like me. Cook isn't a good captain (implied by glowingly praising Clarke's).

Next.

[The jiffle king]

hornetrider said:

Seen KP's new column?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/kevinpiet...

Me, me, me me me, me. I am awesome. Do things like me. Cook isn't a good captain (implied by glowingly praising Clarke's).

Next.

"I wish my friends in the England dressing room well"......