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« Reply #120 on: July 25, 2021, 02:54:18 PM »
Nice to see some Red Ink Kit on the big stage today, even if it was for only a handful of balls!
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #121 on: July 25, 2021, 04:24:26 PM »
Quote from: Jimbo on July 25, 2021, 10:28:21 AM
When you're that good it's all about a bat that you feel good with

And when you're not.
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #122 on: July 25, 2021, 07:18:47 PM »
Wouldn't it be great to be so in the know that you were able to tell all the 'in the know' people that actually all the top players don't get their bats made by Keeley at all? (Perhaps don't even tell them? Just nod at them and smile smugly?)
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #123 on: July 26, 2021, 11:23:43 AM »
For all the negative comments against The Hundred on this forum, it looks like the tournament has had a very good start. High pace games, big names and good cricket on display. Lot of positives so far. Especially love the slow over rate penalty. Also great to see young new talent both in mens and womens cricket. The 5/10 set for a bowler is interesting too.

More Power to The Hundred!
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #124 on: July 26, 2021, 01:25:51 PM »
the overseas drop outs due to covid has enabled many young county players the opportunity which is great. It has in turn depending on which way you look at it devalued the Royal London or again given a chance to young upcoming players.

 I thought it would go ok as at the end of the day its a cricket game just with some funky stuff and it will improve further too.  The pitch yesterday at Old Trafford was a not a good one for the kids wanting sixes.

T20 blast needs to go back to being on the clock as the games have been taking too long.
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #125 on: July 26, 2021, 01:50:49 PM »
crowds are smaller than for 2020 right? and many of the tickets are being given away for free???   

Women's cricket will be all the better for being on the air. Men's.. open to debate.
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #126 on: July 26, 2021, 03:50:07 PM »
Difficult to get head around the new rules. Would have been better if they just made it a 18 ov or 15 ov game with same cricket rules, but these 5 balls overs and 5/10 balls just doesn't feel like cricket. Not sure how much the format contributed to the success, if they just had a 15 over format, believe it would have had the same level of success while still feeling like cricket.
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #127 on: July 26, 2021, 08:16:40 PM »
That’s absolute cracker of a game of cricket! Regardless of format that is a great piece of entertainment!
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« Reply #128 on: July 26, 2021, 08:22:50 PM »
And all for free on YouTube.

Whatever the ugliness of the ECB cash grab, that was a top match.

Hales must have felt good taking down Stokes.
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #129 on: July 26, 2021, 09:12:02 PM »
Much to my surprise, I am quite enjoying the hundreding. It doesn’t mean I think it is needed though.
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #130 on: July 27, 2021, 09:26:00 AM »
What a game last night! Alex Hales seem to be struggling but came through in the end for Trent Rockets! Brilliant hand played by Rashid Khan too. There seem to be a few moans about the pitches taking turn too early in the tournament, but I am loving it as such pitches can produce low scoring thrillers like yesterday!
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #131 on: July 27, 2021, 09:44:15 AM »
Quote from: Alvaro on July 26, 2021, 08:22:50 PM

Hales must have felt good taking down Stokes.

The same teammate he turned his back on down in Bristol that night and ran off into hiding
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #132 on: July 27, 2021, 11:35:14 AM »
That's the one.
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #133 on: July 27, 2021, 07:58:13 PM »
The worst thing about the hundred is the fact that KP commentates on it.
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Re: Breaking News: ECB to dumb down cricket even further...
« Reply #134 on: July 27, 2021, 09:14:56 PM »
I'm so old - I've tried to watch, but I get confused by the graphics on the screen, and whatever I see, I can't get past the fact that:

for another 20 balls, this could simply be a 6 team franchise T20 competition on terrestrial telly.

I just don't get it.
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