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ScottParko

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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #75 on: December 06, 2020, 11:04:11 PM »
Monday’s game is off too, completely off from what I’ve read so even if things get sorted there will only be 2 matches now not 3. Although that would be 2 more games than I’m expecting to actually happen.
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« Reply #76 on: December 07, 2020, 07:55:23 AM »
Surprised they've cancelled games over a single positive SA player and then two hotel staff testing positive - it's a very different approach to other sports where things have carried on with individual cases isolating or being removed from the tour/bubble/etc. If one positive test potentially cancels a whole tour then spending a million quid (as the ECB apparently have done) on a tour is a massive gamble!
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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #77 on: December 07, 2020, 08:30:06 AM »
Quote from: edge on December 07, 2020, 07:55:23 AM
Surprised they've cancelled games over a single positive SA player and then two hotel staff testing positive - it's a very different approach to other sports where things have carried on with individual cases isolating or being removed from the tour/bubble/etc. If one positive test potentially cancels a whole tour then spending a million quid (as the ECB apparently have done) on a tour is a massive gamble!

... to add.  I understand the 2x hotel staff was the trigger point for the players to be tested which then yielded 2x positive players and consequent cancellation of the ODI.  Whether they were infected by those hotel staff or AN Other we will never know :-(
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« Reply #78 on: December 07, 2020, 10:03:58 AM »
Well it started with 2 SA players testing positive before it all started, then another player/2 members of hotel staff and now also 2 members of the England party have tested positive but they suspect they could be inaccurate results. And I think that is the key point, the uncertainty over the results. If they don’t feel confident with what the tests are coming back with then they can’t continue.
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« Reply #79 on: December 07, 2020, 10:05:05 AM »
And they’re clearly concerned with how this has happened when they’re meant to be in a tight biosecure bubble. They need to find out where the ‘holes’ are in this bubble.
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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #80 on: December 07, 2020, 11:15:31 AM »
Haven't the players been allowed more freedom in this bubble compared with the IPL and English summer?
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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #81 on: December 07, 2020, 12:25:54 PM »
They’ve been allowed on the golf course over the road.

Sky reporting the tour is off, waiting on confirmation.
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« Reply #82 on: December 07, 2020, 12:33:37 PM »
Always going to be cancelled unfortunately but players safety is paramount.

the SL tour....I can only see a neutral venue with a hotel there or very near happening..can’t see much else

RSA board look like taking a big hit money wise when it gets confirmed.
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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #83 on: December 07, 2020, 12:39:20 PM »
Quote from: ppccopener on December 07, 2020, 12:33:37 PM
Always going to be cancelled unfortunately but players safety is paramount.

the SL tour....I can only see a neutral venue with a hotel there or very near happening..can’t see much else

RSA board look like taking a big hit money wise when it gets confirmed.

It is a real shame if, as it appears to be the case, the tour will be cancelled because the SA Board didn't put in place the necessary measures to ensure the safety of the players.  Hopefully it is a wake up call to other Boards that this needs to be done properly so we don't have any other tours falling apart in this way   
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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #84 on: December 07, 2020, 12:57:27 PM »
Quote from: SD on December 07, 2020, 12:39:20 PM
It is a real shame if, as it appears to be the case, the tour will be cancelled because the SA Board didn't put in place the necessary measures to ensure the safety of the players.  Hopefully it is a wake up call to other Boards that this needs to be done properly so we don't have any other tours falling apart in this way   

Absolutely it is a shame. Beautiful grounds and facilities and we are good to watch , not sure how strong SA would of been.

The ECB got everything right and the hoo ha over archer breaching the bubble was safety and massive money invested in doing it.

Dunno what anyone else thinks but I would question whether the environment needed can actually be done in many countries.

Sri Lanka? Hope I’m wrong just cannot see us touring there now...unless it’s in the UAE maybe...I dunno this tour will have repercussions I think for future ones
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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #85 on: December 07, 2020, 01:31:14 PM »
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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #86 on: December 07, 2020, 02:13:23 PM »
Phew!  No more " bowling into the pitch" until next year.
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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #87 on: December 07, 2020, 04:09:42 PM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on December 07, 2020, 02:13:23 PM
Phew!  No more " bowling into the pitch" until next year.
I’m not really sure what the issue is with this terminology? It is pretty evident what is meant by it.
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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #88 on: December 07, 2020, 04:37:50 PM »
Quote from: Mtown Don on December 07, 2020, 04:09:42 PM
I’m not really sure what the issue is with this terminology? It is pretty evident what is meant by it.

All bowling is into the pitch. Unless it's a full toss.

It's more a case of me generally finding modern commentary a bit much,  I think. 

But there were some funny ones in the olden days too. "Hitting it on the up" used to be heard a lot. A batsman is always hitting it on the up.  When would he ever be hitting it on the down?  (Thanks to Graeme Fowler for highlighting this.)
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Re: SA vs Eng series
« Reply #89 on: December 07, 2020, 04:56:48 PM »
I wouldn't rule out some on here hitting the ball on the down.. The forum seems a broad church of standard. :-)
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