It’s in Leeds, not Manchester, silly!
Great effort by the Yorkies chasing 213....
Unfortunately it went the way I expected but a brave effort from the young lads given the task at the end. A great game of cricket. We let it slip though. Lancs win by about six inches.
They were cruising,m and were inches away from winning it.
Was there tonight as well. Surrey have been so good so far.
With the emphasis on the so far.
No, not yet, they have a “fair and well-founded” case which will go to employment tribunal at the end of October
Yep, saw that later but looking good.
Saw a documentary many years ago along the same lines, about the relative "success" of students born in October/November (I.e. older in their year group) in terms of their eventual prowess as athletes.....This is a really interesting study in how birth dates has disproportionately had an effect on cricket development. Not sure what to make of it other than being born in April is the reason I now realised that hindered me from playing for England
Study reveals birth dates have disproportional effect on cricket development | The Cricketer
Relative Age Effects in Male Cricket, suggests that poor policies at the ECB have created a lottery which disproportionately shapes developmental potential and fails to optimise talentwww.thecricketer.com
Get involved, Brentford!Quarter-finals today in Prague, my team on 3rd, i won't be playing but you might spot me in the support staff, got a bees top on
4x T10 games starting from 8am your time:
Our opponents today (the purple team) managed to attract some high-class attention earlier in the week!
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Do you go and watch County matches?
I don’t think there is anything wrong in thinking out of the box. I don’t agree with all the above but staying with the status quo isn’t an option that will help English test cricket longer term. There has to be change especially with The hundred seemingly here to stay and dominate a large proportion of the summer calendar.Don't even think about it
NO NO NO
County Championship matches could be played overseas for first time as ECB mulls radical overhaul
Exclusive: The United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka and the West Indies are among the countries who could host County Championship matches abroad
County Championship matches could be played overseas for the first time in the competition’s history under plans set to be discussed as part of the England & Wales Cricket Board’s High Performance Review.
The radical idea would see all of the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka and the West Indies emerge as potential hosts, with the hope being the move would ease pressure on the domestic schedule and help improve England's spin bowling.
Another idea being mooted is to create a new regional, ‘best v best’ series for red-ball matches as part of attempts to help England players bridge the gap to international cricket.
The High Performance Review group has so far focused on general principles but will now focus more on specific recommendations about the future of the game in England and Wales, beginning with a meeting on Monday in which some of these ideas could be broached.
I went to see Day 3 of Middlesex v Leicestershire earlier this year. Sat in the lower Mound in the back row with my partner who works in cricket (has previously scored for domestic matches in Australia, scored for Windies, works with all the big broadcasters, etc.), so he's very keen to get people into cricket and all formats of the game. Whatever they feel works for them, etc.
You do get some very odd people watching county cricketI went to see Day 3 of Middlesex v Leicestershire earlier this year. Sat in the lower Mound in the back row with my partner who works in cricket (has previously scored for domestic matches in Australia, scored for Windies, works with all the big broadcasters, etc.), so he's very keen to get people into cricket and all formats of the game. Whatever they feel works for them, etc.
Obviously we're lacking in younger crowds coming to county (quite often we'll be the youngest people there in our early-30s, and more often than not I'll be the only woman in a stand sometimes). On this particular day, there were two guys who'd brought along their children (three girls, probably no older than 7-8). The kids were able to stay seated for a couple of overs, before they started playing games in the stand (which mostly involved changing where they were sat). Because it was county, half the shops and eateries were closed, there was no matchday stuff for kids, etc. This annoyed one particular guy (armed with the half the internet/the Cricinfo website condensed into an unreadable and inaccurate-source-of-information-once-published publication called the Playfair Cricket Annual, which should be banned at all grounds, frankly), who decided to shout at the children and the dads with, "This isn't a creche."
Mr "This isn't a creche" then proceeds to read the Daily Express for at least 5 overs, only looking up to glance at the score at the end of each over, completely missing a spell of bowling from Shaheen Afridi, and a wicket. When the kids start running around in the stands again, he mutters something under his breath, at which point I tell him that, "This isn't a library." So he moves to the other side of the stand, across the aisle, to continue to read his paper. He's only really watching the game again in the last couple of overs before the day's play concludes...
TL;DR - I do go and watch County matches, and the cricket's great, but then spend my time largely getting annoyed some of the people that turn up. Something will happen, then I tell them that they're the reason nobody goes to County games, and suddenly I'm the enemy.
That looked like pretty much every test against Pakistan in the 1990s.
Mate the Wasim & Waqar combination in the 90s was the best fast bowling combination ever …
Used to love watching Waqar for Surrey at The Oval!! Outstanding!!
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He deserves a farewell game but I think this sums up his first thought is the team.Morgan set to retire from international cricket. A bit surprised considering T20 World Cup coming up.
Morgan set to retire from international cricket
England's World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan is set to retire from international cricket.
You??!!
Yes my first ever one as well!
Excellent work!!
Thank you.Excellent work!!
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Which channel is this on?
One of the Indian Channels.
Thoughts with 