The Cricket Thread. - Page 375

**stardust2003** · August 31st, 2015, 03:30 PM

the bank holiday 20 20 match should be on rad 4 long wave

instead its on 5 live or somewhere.......... with women comentators...

the politically correct BBC have just got to screw everything up

**Oswald** · September 1st, 2015, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by stardust2003

the bank holiday 20 20 match should be on rad 4 long wave

instead its on 5 live or somewhere.......... with women comentators...

the politically correct BBC have just got to screw everything up

In the BBC's defence I think they are actively trying to promote the women's game. Anyway, it gives the male commentators a break between two heavy workloads they've been going through over the past year or so.

**victor meldrew** · September 1st, 2015, 12:39 PM

Reece Topley will join Hampshire at the end of the season a club he has admired from a distance and who can help him achieve his goal of playing test cricket as well as in division one.

It might have helped if you had looked at the county table, as you will probably be playing in division two again next season.

**Oswald** · September 2nd, 2015, 03:05 PM

A serious flare up occurred towards the end of the final Test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo. The main incident involved India's Ishant Sharma who gave a send-off to opener Upul Tharanga - this was his third offence in the Test series. He was subsequently banned for one Test following an altercation with three Sri Lanka players. Also, Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal has also been banned after barging Ishant and team-mates Lahiru Thirimanne and Dhammika Prasad received fines. They both lost 50% of their match fees for their conduct during the clash with Ishant. India won the three test series 2-1.

In other news. Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has pulled out of a deal to play in the Big Bash and will take an indefinite break from the game.

**victor meldrew** · September 3rd, 2015, 01:36 PM

It appears our next tour of Australia will probably be our last test match at the WACA in Perth as a new 60,000 seater stadium will be ready by 2018.

James Sutherland from cricket Australia statement about putting fans first seems some what shallow as the WACA capacity is 24000, surely its about money.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/34136672

**effCup** · September 3rd, 2015, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by victor meldrew

surely its about money.

Has anyone ever straight-out said: it's about the money. We just want to milk even more out of you folk?

... and did (/would) we like it?

There is a (possibly interesting? /personally fascinating) larger picture about the ways in which we fetishise money... kind of a bit like "polite conversation".

**victor meldrew** · September 5th, 2015, 05:11 PM

Yet another spanking, 33 years of ODI rubbish, should have watched the other XI in San Marino, perhaps not.

**Roger Allott** · September 5th, 2015, 07:32 PM

Will Steve Smith ever be asked to give the Spirit Of Cricket lecture?

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**bp666** · September 5th, 2015, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Roger Allott

Will Steve Smith ever be asked to give the Spirit Of Cricket lecture?

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If you are protecting your face or body from the ball, why would you stretch your arm away from your body to block the ball with your hand? Especially when the ball is going away from your body.

**DB83** · September 5th, 2015, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Roger Allott

Will Steve Smith ever be asked to give the Spirit Of Cricket lecture?

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Rather easy for Morgan to state, after the event, that he would have withdrawn the appeal.

But a captain must support his players. If an appeal is made then it really is up to the umpires to make the decision.

Even the pundits could not agree whether that was self-defence or not.

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August 31st, 2015, 03:30 PM	#3741
stardust2003 Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,447 Thanks: 19,907 Thanked 13,923 Times in 1,352 Posts	the bank holiday 20 20 match should be on rad 4 long wave instead its on 5 live or somewhere.......... with women comentators... the politically correct BBC have just got to screw everything up

September 1st, 2015, 12:39 PM	#3743
victor meldrew Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: At the bottom of an empty glass Posts: 15,778 Thanks: 531,920 Thanked 180,041 Times in 15,766 Posts	Reece Topley will join Hampshire at the end of the season a club he has admired from a distance and who can help him achieve his goal of playing test cricket as well as in division one. It might have helped if you had looked at the county table, as you will probably be playing in division two again next season.

September 2nd, 2015, 03:05 PM	#3744
Oswald Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 13,115 Thanks: 51,076 Thanked 282,509 Times in 13,805 Posts	A serious flare up occurred towards the end of the final Test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo. The main incident involved India's Ishant Sharma who gave a send-off to opener Upul Tharanga - this was his third offence in the Test series. He was subsequently banned for one Test following an altercation with three Sri Lanka players. Also, Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal has also been banned after barging Ishant and team-mates Lahiru Thirimanne and Dhammika Prasad received fines. They both lost 50% of their match fees for their conduct during the clash with Ishant. India won the three test series 2-1. In other news. Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has pulled out of a deal to play in the Big Bash and will take an indefinite break from the game.

September 3rd, 2015, 01:36 PM	#3745
victor meldrew Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: At the bottom of an empty glass Posts: 15,778 Thanks: 531,920 Thanked 180,041 Times in 15,766 Posts	It appears our next tour of Australia will probably be our last test match at the WACA in Perth as a new 60,000 seater stadium will be ready by 2018. James Sutherland from cricket Australia statement about putting fans first seems some what shallow as the WACA capacity is 24000, surely its about money. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/34136672

September 5th, 2015, 05:11 PM	#3747
victor meldrew Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: At the bottom of an empty glass Posts: 15,778 Thanks: 531,920 Thanked 180,041 Times in 15,766 Posts	Yet another spanking, 33 years of ODI rubbish, should have watched the other XI in San Marino, perhaps not.