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Post by redshank on Sept 5, 2024 12:59:24 GMT
Going to the Oval in a few days time, praying for the weather. Last Test I saw live was the 1st Ashes Test at Edgbaston day 5, Test cricket is England is unmatched The ultimate offering of the ultimate sport.Love watching any nation play Test cricket. |
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Post by dohnut on Sept 5, 2024 18:22:36 GMT
Going to the Oval in a few days time, praying for the weather. Last Test I saw live was the 1st Ashes Test at Edgbaston day 5, Test cricket is England is unmatched The ultimate offering of the ultimate sport.Love watching any nation play Test cricket. Not always redshank, many years ago went to Galle to watch Zimbabwe play Sri Lanka. Muralitharan on 799 wickets or some milestone, Zimbabwe on the ropes. Zimbabwe stonewalled, scored at a stupidly slow rate and zero wIckets fell. Lovely setting, utter tosh day. Staying at a lovely hotel some miles from the stadium, the train ride the highlight. A day by the pool more entertaining. The next day Zimbabwe collapsed and Murali got his record. Annoying. |
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Post by Thor on Sept 5, 2024 19:36:28 GMT
He was a chucker and no one can convince me otherwise.
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Post by dohnut on Sept 5, 2024 19:45:27 GMT
He was a chucker and no one can convince me otherwise. His action was very strange that’s for sure. |
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Post by redshank on Sept 6, 2024 10:31:58 GMT
Just watching the Test match from the Oval on TV and saw the new young England bowler being given his England cap.As said by Atherton this is quite new.I think it is a good thing and hope the new tradition stays.I believe his mum was in the circle having a little cry which was very charming.
Sorry I can't give the young bowlers name.
Josh Hull 6' 7" 20 years old Leicester fast bowler.Unusual for England to pick young raw players as our players take longer to mature into Test Match players.Other countries play them much younger,but this is a pick with the 2025 winter Ashes tour in mind.An excellent Idea if we are to have any hope of bringing back that tiny urn that is so sought after and so mind blowingly furiously fought over.
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Post by dohnut on Sept 6, 2024 11:19:30 GMT
Just watching the Test match from the Oval on TV and saw the new young England bowler being given his England cap.As said by Atherton this is quite new.I think it is a good thing and hope the new tradition stays.I believe his mum was in the circle having a little cry which was very charming. Sorry I can't give the young bowlers name. Josh Hull 6' 7" 20 years old Leicester fast bowler.Unusual for England to pick young raw players as our players take longer to mature into Test Match players.Other countries play them much younger,but this is a pick with the 2025 winter Ashes tour in mind.An excellent Idea if we are to have any hope of bringing back that tiny urn that is so sought after and so mind blowingly furiously fought over. Must be the new thing. Sri Lanka had a nice mini presentation to a bowler prior to the first test. Presented his cap by a famous SL player. Then went on to make a 50. Will definitely be in Australia for the 25/26 Ashes in Perth (hopefully at my age). If all goes well a flight to Sydney/Melbourne or wherever to see another game. And Mrs dOh wants to come too. She’s only ever seen the 100s and T20 and really fancies a game or two is Aus, seeing our family in Perth as well. Win/win. Jeez she is even taking an interest in the current series. Never thought I’d see the day when she watched cricket on TV. |
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Post by billk53 on Sept 6, 2024 11:26:03 GMT
England going nicely at 5 runs/over....so the umpires have decided that the light is too bad to continue. Cricket shoots itself in the foot yet again.
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Post by redshank on Sept 6, 2024 11:47:38 GMT
Just watching the Test match from the Oval on TV and saw the new young England bowler being given his England cap.As said by Atherton this is quite new.I think it is a good thing and hope the new tradition stays.I believe his mum was in the circle having a little cry which was very charming. Sorry I can't give the young bowlers name. Josh Hull 6' 7" 20 years old Leicester fast bowler.Unusual for England to pick young raw players as our players take longer to mature into Test Match players.Other countries play them much younger,but this is a pick with the 2025 winter Ashes tour in mind.An excellent Idea if we are to have any hope of bringing back that tiny urn that is so sought after and so mind blowingly furiously fought over. Must be the new thing. Sri Lanka had a nice mini presentation to a bowler prior to the first test. Presented his cap by a famous SL player. Then went on to make a 50. Will definitely be in Australia for the 25/26 Ashes in Perth (hopefully at my age). If all goes well a flight to Sydney/Melbourne or wherever to see another game. And Mrs dOh wants to come too. She’s only ever seen the 100s and T20 and really fancies a game or two is Aus, seeing our family in Perth as well. Win/win. Jeez she is even taking an interest in the current series. Never thought I’d see the day when she watched cricket on TV. Dont care for Australia much,such a strange land.I have been there and the only reason I would return is to see an Ashes series.Hope you get there dohnut,must be fantastic watching an Ashes series there always my dream since those 50s and 60s radio TMS which you only got in stages with mostly listening to static.I will watch it on Tv of course. |
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Post by dohnut on Sept 6, 2024 12:31:52 GMT
Must be the new thing. Sri Lanka had a nice mini presentation to a bowler prior to the first test. Presented his cap by a famous SL player. Then went on to make a 50. Will definitely be in Australia for the 25/26 Ashes in Perth (hopefully at my age). If all goes well a flight to Sydney/Melbourne or wherever to see another game. And Mrs dOh wants to come too. She’s only ever seen the 100s and T20 and really fancies a game or two is Aus, seeing our family in Perth as well. Win/win. Jeez she is even taking an interest in the current series. Never thought I’d see the day when she watched cricket on TV. Dont care for Australia much,such a strange land.I have been there and the only reason I would return is to see an Ashes series.Hope you get there dohnut,must be fantastic watching an Ashes series there always my dream since those 50s and 60s radio TMS which you only got in stages with mostly listening to static.I will watch it on Tv of course. Strange. Not a place I would choose to live but having toured by car much of the coast line and experienced New Year in the outback it has its charms. Perth is a very nice place, very American in the new bits, quite English in the older bits. But the climate too hot for me. |
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Post by dohnut on Sept 7, 2024 11:51:41 GMT
Interesting talk about a pink ball to allow games to continue in poor light. As for England, pushing on and a decent run rate. Tricky conditions.
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Post by redshank on Sept 9, 2024 9:39:06 GMT
Not for Sri Lanka it seems.
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Post by dohnut on Sept 9, 2024 11:35:18 GMT
Not for Sri Lanka it seems. They are doing exceptionally well. On for a good win. Puts Englands second innings into perspective. |
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Post by billk53 on Sept 9, 2024 12:14:19 GMT
Just this minute done it. Nissanka looks a real prospect - 64 in 1st inns, 127 no in the 2nd
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Post by redshank on Sept 9, 2024 16:41:36 GMT
Good to see a revival in Sri Lankan cricket,hope it has given good cheer for the people of that troubled Island.
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Post by brentwoodo on Sept 11, 2024 22:46:15 GMT
Only found out a few seconds ago that cricket is to be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics as a T20 event for both men and women.
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Post by bigron on Sept 11, 2024 22:53:47 GMT
Only found out a few seconds ago that cricket is to be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics as a T20 event for both men and women. Let's hope we play better than we did tonight against the Aussies ☹️ |
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Post by dennisrofe on Sept 12, 2024 14:11:05 GMT
He was a chucker and no one can convince me otherwise. 100% agree about Muttiah Muralitharan and would think that with all the modern technology that he would not be allowed to bowl nowadays. First time I watched him on tv I thought his action, something wrong there. Sometimes his arm was fairly straight and sometimes he threw the ball with a really bent arm. I had an excellent frame by frame slow motion on my video and studied it and showed quite clearly how his action varied from ball to ball. Boycott and many other famous cricketers voiced concerns about his bowling action including Indian great Bishen Bedi ......''"If Murali doesn't chuck, then show me how to bowl," Bedi said in the interview. "How can you call it bowling? He (Muralitharan) has no followthrough and he makes no use of his shoulders. "Murali's arm doesn't go up at all. I have a picture of him bowling somewhere. He looks like a good javelin thrower." www.espncricinfo.com/story/muralitharan-s-action-compared-to-javelin-thrower-by-bishen-bedi-113902 |
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Post by dohnut on Sept 12, 2024 15:07:25 GMT
He was a chucker and no one can convince me otherwise. 100% agree about Muttiah Muralitharan and would think that with all the modern technology that he would not be allowed to bowl nowadays. First time I watched him on tv I thought his action, something wrong there. Sometimes his arm was fairly straight and sometimes he threw the ball with a really bent arm. I had an excellent frame by frame slow motion on my video and studied it and showed quite clearly how his action varied from ball to ball. Boycott and many other famous cricketers voiced concerns about his bowling action including Indian great Bishen Bedi ......''"If Murali doesn't chuck, then show me how to bowl," Bedi said in the interview. "How can you call it bowling? He (Muralitharan) has no followthrough and he makes no use of his shoulders. "Murali's arm doesn't go up at all. I have a picture of him bowling somewhere. He looks like a good javelin thrower." www.espncricinfo.com/story/muralitharan-s-action-compared-to-javelin-thrower-by-bishen-bedi-113902 Agree. I know at the time his action was analysed and he finally got the OK but that decision didn’t get the support of all by a long way. It would take a lot to convince me his action was within the laws. My view is that those in power took the soft option, not wanting to invite trouble. Easier to just say they couldn’t find fault than to justify where it lay and cause argument. |
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Post by mujtahido on Sept 12, 2024 15:12:30 GMT
I played s bit of cricket in my younger days and was a decent bowler.For me it would be easier to bowl a ball naturally rather than run up and throw it.I can't see wh advantage would be gaiex by throwing
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Post by Thor on Sept 12, 2024 15:36:29 GMT
100% agree about Muttiah Muralitharan and would think that with all the modern technology that he would not be allowed to bowl nowadays. First time I watched him on tv I thought his action, something wrong there. Sometimes his arm was fairly straight and sometimes he threw the ball with a really bent arm. I had an excellent frame by frame slow motion on my video and studied it and showed quite clearly how his action varied from ball to ball. Boycott and many other famous cricketers voiced concerns about his bowling action including Indian great Bishen Bedi ......''"If Murali doesn't chuck, then show me how to bowl," Bedi said in the interview. "How can you call it bowling? He (Muralitharan) has no followthrough and he makes no use of his shoulders. "Murali's arm doesn't go up at all. I have a picture of him bowling somewhere. He looks like a good javelin thrower." www.espncricinfo.com/story/muralitharan-s-action-compared-to-javelin-thrower-by-bishen-bedi-113902 Agree. I know at the time his action was analysed and he finally got the OK but that decision didn’t get the support of all by a long way. It would take a lot to convince me his action was within the laws. My view is that those in power took the soft option, not wanting to invite trouble. Easier to just say they couldn’t find fault than to justify where it lay and cause argument. they actually changed the laws for him,.they moved the angle of degree outwards so as to accommodate his action. |
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