General cricket thread

[Amirhussain]

I found the highlights on crictime for the India match.

[dav123a]

What channel are the highlights on ? He scored 50 off 18 the second fastest in ODI and the 3rd time he has done it.

[Amirhussain]

It was one of the Indian channels, Star Life UK.

[Amirhussain]

dav123a said:

What channel are the highlights on ? He scored 50 off 18 the second fastest in ODI and the 3rd time he has done it.

Found these highlights;

http://crickethighlights1.com/cricket-highlights/p...

[dav123a]

Asia cup final today SL 100/2 chasing 261. Pretty even at the minute Jayawardene still there at having just been dropped on 26.

[dav123a]

Pretty straight forward win by SL. Watched part of SL innings , Pakistan will be disappointed ground fielding was sloppy , and bar Ajmal none of the bowlers created any pressure.

[Amirhussain]

Yeah bowling was a let down, normally we can rely on it to win us matches, but not yesterday, congrats to Sri Lanka though, had a great tournament.

Think Umar Gul is finished, been struggling for a while now with his bowling.

[dav123a]

Gul seems to have lost his way he was a world class bowler , at 29 he can still come back though.
SL players seem to heading a pay stand off again, they have also signed an agreement with Afghanistan to help out. Good to see the test match teams helping out the minnows of the game. I think more boards should do this , help the game expand and try and bring more countries into the test match arena.

[dav123a]

World 20/20 just around the corner , the qualifiers are having warm up games and a shock as Zim lost to HongKong. Although only a warm up they seem miles away from getting test match status back. The 90s team they had must seem like a lifetime ago. I read the domestic game is a total mess. Players not paid and a real struggle to organize games or any kind of first class structure.

[Fishtigua]

What a Norbert!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/26585499

[dav123a]

A warm up 20/20 v windies today and an easy win for them. The batting failed to fire once again. If only we had someone with the fire power to put big totals on the board. In unrelated news the ECB have locked the door to a KP return. Giles Clarke says move on he isn't coming back.

[dav123a]

The county season is nearly on us , Durham are playing MCC in Abu Dhabi still slightly strange this game isn't at Lords. Who do PHers think will be county champions this year. I'll kick it off I'm going with Yorkshire , I thunk some of the England boys will end up back at Headingley more than last year.

[Black can man]

Just browsing through the summers county fixtures & have noticed loads of county championship games starting on a sunday,


Seems a good idea to me .

[dav123a]

Traditional county v uni matches to start the season. Trott played scored 4 out offering no shot to a left armer I hope he does play again for England. Meaker finished with figures of 6 overs 6for 6 a start to the season like that will see him playing for England. Cook spoke briefly about KP situation seems as if there is a gagging clause but he did say shortly he would be able to say what went on and why he was dropped. What ever it was it was this story will run and run. Dropping him will haunt the ECB for a good while yet.

[Black can man]

I'm looking forward to seeing Meaker bowl for Surrey this year , he has a lot of pace,

[suthol]

Black can man said:

I'm looking forward to seeing Meaker bowl for Surrey this year , he has a lot of pace,

You need more than raw pace, still need to be doing something with it to succeed beyond the first season

[Black can man]

suthol said:

You need more than raw pace, still need to be doing something with it to succeed beyond the first season

Indeed he's not the tallest of bowlers but he is rapid, very skiddie

[dav123a]

First day of the county fixtures today.

[dav123a]

First day of the county fixtures today.

[hornetrider]

Joe Root has been named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year

What am I not seeing? For me he's shown some promise, but he hasn't done enough to establish himself.