Cricket Season Thread

[Halbrowne61]

I always had a plan for the Sheffield Shield.
Wednesday to Saturday max 90 overs per innings, under lights.
A combination of Test and one dayer.
Flat $20 entry fee per game or 4 days for $50 and brewery subsidised beer/ food at really good prices.
Any merit or a waste of time ?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I always had a plan for the Sheffield Shield.
Wednesday to Saturday max 90 overs per innings, under lights.
A combination of Test and one dayer.
Flat $20 entry fee per game or 4 days for $50 and brewery subsidised beer/ food at really good prices.
Any merit or a waste of time ?

Waste of time unfortunately. The only domestic cricket anyone cares about is BBL.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Waste of time unfortunately. The only domestic cricket anyone cares about is BBL.

Pity coz that’s traditionally been the nursery for Test players.

 

[innsaneink]

So this is only on PAYTV im assuming... I can't find it on fta anywhere?

 

[tiger_one]

I always had a plan for the Sheffield Shield.
Wednesday to Saturday max 90 overs per innings, under lights.
A combination of Test and one dayer.
Flat $20 entry fee per game or 4 days for $50 and brewery subsidised beer/ food at really good prices.
Any merit or a waste of time ?

And tie in TV support for exposure, add incentives for attendance, and revive a dying cricket form to its former glory.
What's not to love?

 

[gallagher]

So this is only on PAYTV im assuming... I can't find it on fta anywhere?

Yeah mate

 

[innsaneink]

Yeah mate

CA really is ruining the game here

 

[Halbrowne61]

I think maybe Marcus L. should have been given a spell like Head. He’s mentally stuffed imo.

 

[Mistymuzzle]

I always had a plan for the Sheffield Shield.
Wednesday to Saturday max 90 overs per innings, under lights.
A combination of Test and one dayer.
Flat $20 entry fee per game or 4 days for $50 and brewery subsidised beer/ food at really good prices.
Any merit or a waste of time ?

Terrible idea. Sheffiled Shield is first class cricket. It is the nursery for Test Cricketers. If you give up on first class cricket, just give the game away

 

[Mistymuzzle]

And tie in TV support for exposure, add incentives for attendance, and revive a dying cricket form to its former glory.
What's not to love?

Former glory? When has Shield cricket ever attracted crowds?

 

[Stevec]

Here at the SCG perfect seats directly behind the bowlers arm

Thank you Sean Abbott you rescued us still maybe not enough but well done
Dont understand Jake F M first over 2 windy whooshes a four a six and out
Did anyone tell him its a 50 over game not big bash

 

[Halbrowne61]

Former glory? When has Shield cricket ever attracted crowds?

Thirty or forty thousand when the Don was playing 🤣🤣🤣
Still think it could give the game a lift and still cater for taking your time in a 90 over a day format.
Or maybe it’s a dead duck.

 

[Mistymuzzle]

Thirty or forty thousand when the Don was playing 🤣🤣🤣

nope, maximum of 13K, mostly 7-8K

New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney Cricket Ground, 24-28 Jan 1931

Still think it could give the game a lift and still cater for taking your time in a 90 over a day format.
Or maybe it’s a dead duck.

It would kill first class cricket and therefore kill cricket in Aus & England

 

[Stevec]

Great view of the play yesterday .Thought we were done for at 5-90 never dreamed we'd win by 83 runs .4 of the team had their first ever bat for Australia in 50 over cricket Sean Abbott and runaway MOM 69 runs 3 wickets 2 catches .Weve got a bit of depth with our talent

 

[tiger_one]

Great view of the play yesterday .Thought we were done for at 5-90 never dreamed we'd win by 83 runs .4 of the team had their first ever bat for Australia in 50 over cricket Sean Abbott and runaway MOM 69 runs 3 wickets 2 catches .Weve got a bit of depth with our talent

Sounds like you had a great day ✅

 

[Tucker]

Green is such a frustrating player to me but fair dinkum…his catching is elite and not just in contemporary terms…

 

[Feline Carrier]

Green is such a frustrating player to me but fair dinkum…his catching is elite and not just in contemporary terms…

Capable fielders are worth just as much as a decent bat or bowler these days. Quality in fielders has dropped across the board.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Former glory? When has Shield cricket ever attracted crowds?

Yep. Last time I attended a Shield game (which was the final and a weekend day) there was a modest crowd at Allan Border field, maybe a thousand people. This match included most of the Australian test bowling line-up (NSW) and a number of past and present test batsmen.

The day I attended at St Kilda oval, also the final (this was around 2008?) there was only a couple of hundred people there, tops. Nothing to do with BBL as it was 3-4 years before it existed.

 

[Stevec]

Sounds like you had a great day ✅

My daughter managed to get seats exactly in line stump to stump
Thought our openers played big bash style and not with much success
Smith was scratchy ,Marnus was ok for a while as was Green .
Wicket was holding which was why Short got out
The great thing is our future looks good because we unearth a star in Bartlett in game 1 and don't play him in game 2 and Abbott comes and has a blinder
Josh of course with 3 wickets helped
In fairness the Windies looked a little outclassed

 

[Stevec]

I think South Africa sending a second string test team to NZ is a disgrace because all their top players prefer to make more money playing " hit and giggle " franchise cricket .
The ICC has to redistribute some money to places where test cricket is under threat
Thank you Shamar Joseph for giving test cricket in the Caribbean a much needed shot in the arm