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General Cricket => Latest Matches => Topic started by: Buzz on September 19, 2020, 11:51:05 AM
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Given the hit and giggle stuff from the UAE is the only cricket we will see over the next few weeks, I thought I would start a thread.
Nice Swan song for MSD this year?
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(Rant alert) I hate how they rebranded a simple six to the “yes bank maximum”. And now commentators (esp Nasser Hussain) love to say “maximum” instead of “six” in other games / series. Don’t know why, but I absolutely hate it.
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Is it available to watch on sky if you don’t have sky sports or BT sports
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On Sky I believe
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Delhi Capitals vs Kings Punjab last night provided a lot of giggle (with dollops of hit and lashings of drama on the side)
- Poor Chris Jordan went for 30 runs in the final over vs. Stoinis (remember the guy who couldn't make contact with him a few weeks ago when Australia just fell short v. England after cruising). Went for 56 in total without a wicket from 4 overs.
- Chasing, Kings are tied with 2 balls remaining. 1 run from 2 balls to win. Instead that man Stoinis takes 2 wickets (from full tosses for added drama). Guess who the last man facing was trying to get 1 run to win ... yep Chris Jordan looking for redemption.
- In the Super over, Kings go 2WW setting the amazing target of 2 off a super over and predictably lose. (The biggest damp squib super over ever only made worse by the comedy chase that took 3 balls to get the 3 needed for victory!)
- Kings are now appealing a short run called against them during the match. Guess who the poor guy was called for the short run? Yep ... Chris Jordan.
It was match where some could do no right (Chris Jordan) - and some could do no wrong (Stoinis 53/21 and 2 wickets for 29 runs ... wickets taken bowling full tosses!) - and the result pretty much was summed up between these 2 players showdowns in the final overs of each innings.
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Kings XI missed out on winning the game in the allocated 20 overs due to an incorrect umpiring call on a short run to add to all that as well.
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Kings XI missed out on winning the game in the allocated 20 overs due to an incorrect umpiring call on a short run to add to all that as well.
Correct - sorry - swapped the DC for Kings in the chase. Corrected OP.
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Enjoyed that Warner dismissal, Ashwin's gonna have a field day
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How do they manage to drag the games out for so long?
Even with the time out break the over rate was 11 overs per hour yesterday in what is supposed to be the faster most exciting format. The score was 53-3 so it was hardly caused by boundaries.
Worse than a test match.
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Also that 'short' run was both hilarious and shambolic
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Wake me up when some proper cricket's back on... Can't believe a World Cup got cancelled to make space for a lousy domestic league.
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Also that 'short' run was both hilarious and shambolic
I kinda don't feel sorry for KXIP given that they lost 4 wickets in 5 balls (final 2 balls of innings and 2 in 1st 3 balls of super over) ... 4 wickets for 2 runs. Crying over the umpire's call for 1 run given the rest of *their* c0ck-ups in that match is just deflection of some poor performances with bat and ball.
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Being an SRH fan, it was really sad to see us lose that game after being in such a strong position. If only Jonny had played out Chahal's last over, he would have done some serious damage against Dubey. Also, Mitch's injury didnt help. What has frustrated me over the last few years is the treatment Nabi gets in the squad. In previous years, we had Shakib so it made sense leaving Nabi out. But now with Shakib not available, surely Nabi should be a shoo in in the XI. He is the top T20 all rounder in the world. Hope Sunrisers come to their senses and give Nabi a continued run which he deserves.
Also, it was great t osee Devdutt Paddikal perform yesterday. He has been identified as a star of the future and he did his reputation no harm with that innings. Lovely fluent hits similar to Yuvi. Hope he goes well for RCB and India's sake.
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Shame about Yashaswi Jaiswal...another wonderful batting talent in this IPL. Could have done the sensible thing of taking a single after the boundary but went for the glory. Read his story during the U-19 world cup. Truly inspiring, his love for the game. Hope he does well in this tournament.
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Is the game even a contest with these ridiculously short boundaries
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Is the game even a contest with these ridiculously short boundaries
Teams have struggled in PSL to score big in Sharjah. I assume as the tournament progresses, the pitches will start to wear out and stroke play will be challenging.
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Is the game even a contest with these ridiculously short boundaries
Haven't noticed in this IPL yet, but last year in the Caribbean Premier league, there were some ridiculously short square boundaries. I think in 1 match it was something like 45m square on one side. School kid boundaries. T20 growing on me ... but not when they dumb the boundaries down.
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The fake crowd noise, is really doing my head in.
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Is this crap still going ?
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Only watched the highlights on sky’s YouTube channel and from what Iv seen the standard of fielding has been very poor, lots of drops and players just not reading the flight and all kinds of comedy fielding.
Was great to see Archer score 20odd from 4 balls as not really seen his batting for England yet come good.
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Somehow, just lost interest in IPL. Find it too artificial now - horrible flat pitches, nothing in it for the bowlers, all made to make batsmen look 'Superman'.
Little I have watched - Rohit Sharma has a fairly protruding belly & was coughing away by the 14th over.
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Rajasthan being hit out of Sharjah by Mayank Argawal and KL Rahul
178-0 off 16
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As I said the other day, Sharjah is nothing but a batsman's game...
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It's boring... Been watching the Rachael heyhoe flint final which has been decent, one sided but decent and got so much time for one if the diamonds batsmen using an early 2010s GM
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Decent fielding from Pooran just now.
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Decent fielding from Pooran just now.
The step change in the standard of fielding has been remarkable. I can't recall a discipline of the game that has improved beyond recognition as fielding has since the advent of t20 cricket
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Again, bowlers graveyard
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The step change in the standard of fielding has been remarkable. I can't recall a discipline of the game that has improved beyond recognition as fielding has since the advent of t20 cricket
Fielding is the only facet to have improved though .. at the cost of bowling and batting.. is a few flashy stops worth that skill fade ?
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Would say ground fielding has improved. The standard of catching in the last two years in international cricket has become worse
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Would say ground fielding has improved. The standard of catching in the last two years in international cricket has become worse
Standard of catching and fielding this year overall in the IPL has been awful
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One of the commentators mentioned the catching the other day, they put it down to the new type of flood lights they use at these grounds in Dubai, they're downward facing lights that go round the whole diameter of the ground*, not your traditional "crane" type lights, the lighting types means that you only get the light source below the light itself and don't get light pollution in the night sky, so if the ball goes above the floodlights into the night sky and then back down into the lights it's very hard to adjust your eyes too it.
*this isn't the case in the current ground.
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ABD’s still got it despite having not played much cricket in the last year.
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One of the commentators mentioned the catching the other day, they put it down to the new type of flood lights they use at these grounds in Dubai, they're downward facing lights that go round the whole diameter of the ground*, not your traditional "crane" type lights, the lighting types means that you only get the light source below the light itself and don't get light pollution in the night sky, so if the ball goes above the floodlights into the night sky and then back down into the lights it's very hard to adjust your eyes too it.
*this isn't the case in the current ground.
Well going point, lot of high catches being dropped in the current IPL edition
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Ever since reading Cricket 2.0 my appreciation for the contribution and strategies in T20 has grown - but that Sharjah ground is starting to do my head in.
Strips are roads and boundaries are so short that you may as well just put a batting cone there and let each batsmen have 2 swings and see who ends up with the most runs.
The thing that really gets to me is the spindoctoresque commentary and respective fans fawning spouting contextless statistics about how amazing the striking/SR/avg is of their favourite batsmen (... at this ground). And getting excited about any new records and tournament stats from this ground!
Come on, hitting sixes on a road with a square boundary at a shade over 50 meters is what U-13s do - let's hold professional cricketers to some form of standard!
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The IPL teams are putting out some good behind the scenes content on their youtube channels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ8p_SQaKIY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ8p_SQaKIY)
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The fake crowd noise is forcing me to watch on mute.
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The fake crowd noise is forcing me to watch on mute.
Not the commentary?
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Not the commentary?
Haha touché. That too. I am wondering if there’s a mandatory “get Coked up before entering commentary booth” policy.
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Haha touché. That too. I am wondering if there’s a mandatory “get Coked up before entering commentary booth” policy.
You mean KP isn't just high on life?
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Not the commentary?
I'd say the commentators signed clauses compelling them to check their brains at the door.
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Oh look, another dull slogfest at Sharjah
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Oh look, another dull slogfest at Sharjah
Yep ... 438 runs in 40 overs ... 14 sixes hit by each team.
Been a few days since the last match there and I was wondering whether it may have changed a bit but it seems not :(
While KKR made 210 in a losing chase, it was pretty brainless batting. 38 dots in their innings.
How do you make 210 runs when going scoreless almost 2 balls every over? So focused on the maximums at this ground that they forgot how to score any other way.
DC had 16 less dots in their innings which pretty much accounts for their 18 run win.
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Ben Stokes returns and Kevin Pietersen leaves. Meanwhile Anrich Nortje has got some wheels.
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I'm only watching highlights but dear god KP is a shocking commentator. Sounds like he's done about a pound of coke every time someone hits a boundary.
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I'm only watching highlights but dear god KP is a shocking commentator. Sounds like he's done about a pound of coke every time someone hits a boundary.
You measure coke in grams and ounces.
Well,that's what Mr Hales told me anyway
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You measure coke in grams and ounces.
Well,that's what Mr Hales told me anyway
Apologies, he sounds like he's done 453.6 grams of coke ;)
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Not sure why people have to be such kill joys! We should commend the commentators for trying to induce a sense of excitement into a game played in an empty stadium. KP's comments would not seem so out of place if the game was being played in a packed Chinnaswamy stadium instead...
We should be glad to be able to view live cricket in such tough times. Instead we choose to ridicule things! Unbelievable!
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There's plenty of commentators who do that in an informed, interesting way without sounding hysterical about minor events in a game.
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If you think KP is bad, Swann is far far worse on the IPL post game shows. Absolute clown
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Gayles just hit an over for 25, magic
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Not sure why people have to be such kill joys! We should commend the commentators for trying to induce a sense of excitement into a game played in an empty stadium. KP's comments would not seem so out of place if the game was being played in a packed Chinnaswamy stadium instead...
We should be glad to be able to view live cricket in such tough times. Instead we choose to ridicule things! Unbelievable!
Agree, people are entitled to their opinion and what they like/dislike, but to be able to watch IPL during these times is really a blessing IMO compared to not having one at all. Some of the games this year have been mind blowing (mi vs kxip maybe one of the best t20 ever). I feel sometimes there is too much focus on the 1% negatives, if any, compared to the 99% excitement the games bring.
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If you think KP is bad, Swann is far far worse on the IPL post game shows. Absolute clown
This I do agree with! :D :D :D
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Stoinis going down the Bairstow route and not removing all evidence of what bat he is actually using??? No G Nics edge stamps and is it SG who have the sticker on the edge near the toe?
(https://i.postimg.cc/ncCxNV3q/4511-C9-F9-4-C8-A-48-D3-BA9-F-62-B99-F318-BE2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/LnKG1SKs)
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That depends on how mischievous you feel.
I’d wager it’s one of Dhawans Kooks
So you are quite possibly correct
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Definitely looks like a kook sticker at the toe
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Wonder why these guys use non-GN bats even after being sponsored by GN. I assume they would get SK made GNs which would be among the best, if not the Indian made GNs. Or maybe the sponsorship only says they need to use GN stickered bats, and they are free to use any bat as long as stickers are right?
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Wonder why these guys use non-GN bats even after being sponsored by GN. I assume they would get SK made GNs which would be among the best, if not the Indian made GNs. Or maybe the sponsorship only says they need to use GN stickered bats, and they are free to use any bat as long as stickers are right?
Maybe just maybe... because all the best bat makers are not just found in Australia and the UK. Most of the sub continent batmakers including those in India have family roots back in Sialkot before partition. Which means some of the batmakers on the sub-continent have been making bats in their families at least since 1948. I remember as a youngster having curved CA bat and it was laughed at as all the English brands had straight blades.. and now everyone is curving bats...
I'd also imagine the sheer volumes of willow purchased by the like of SS and SG means they end up with more of of the top end willow... I'm sure players use bats from all over... if you were a pro.. I am sure you would want to try bats from everywhere...
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If I ever visit India or Pakistan, I would love to visit the factories there and pick out a bat. That would be a great adventure!
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Maybe just maybe... because all the best bat makers are not just found in Australia and the UK. Most of the sub continent batmakers including those in India have family roots back in Sialkot before partition. Which means some of the batmakers on the sub-continent have been making bats in their families at least since 1948. I remember as a youngster having curved CA bat and it was laughed at as all the English brands had straight blades.. and now everyone is curving bats...
I'd also imagine the sheer volumes of willow purchased by the like of SS and SG means they end up with more of of the top end willow... I'm sure players use bats from all over... if you were a pro.. I am sure you would want to try bats from everywhere...
Or maybe just maybe Melbourne have only just come out of months of lock down and he needed something quick, given Dhawan lives in Melbourne I wonder who makes his bats?
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Or maybe just maybe Melbourne have only just come out of months of lock down and he needed something quick, given Dhawan lives in Melbourne I wonder who makes his bats?
Maybe... ;)