Cricket Season Thread

[Yossarian]

anyone see the warne vs samuels??

stupid act from samuels and even a bigger brain fart from warne.

I liked it. Added some colour to an otherwise bland competition.

Just on the big bash, surely the Thunder rival GWS and the Suns for the title of worst professional sporting team in Australia, they are a dead set joke. Apart from Khawaja, Nannes and Gayle would anyone else get a start at another team? Even Gayle has been very poor this season (apart from tonight). They are basically a team of shield rejects.

I was thinking the same thing last night as I watched the debacle unfold. 2 for and coasting, went and had a shower and they're 6 for and sinking! Mark Cosgrove looked like he'd swallowed an entire sheep. Seriously why not get that guy from Bermuda to guest for them next season?

0 and 7 and didn't come close to winning any of them. If Usman Khawaja wasn't in the side it would have been worse. After him and Gayle got out nobody looked capable of putting bat on ball in a meaningful consistent way. It was just catching practice apart from Mark Cosgrove taking the most ill-advised run in Australan cricket history. Bloke couldn't outrun a turtle with a bung hammy and yet he took off for a second with the throw coming in. Mark Waugh sounded like he wanted to go downstairs and give him a spray in person.

 

[tig_prmz]

dont get all the hatred towards T20, it brings the crowds in most countries, however in australia, test cricket is probably still the most popular.

happy, t20 is a test of your athletic ability, your speed in decision making, your ability to respond to a situation rapidly and most of all your fielding ability. i love watching t20 as much as i love watching test matches. but these days no one has the time to watch 8 hours of a test day.

 

[Glen_McWilliams]

Mark Waugh sounded like he wanted to go downstairs and give him a spray in person.

He's probably not the best person to give advice in that field. I can remember being at the WACA and seeing him getting run out taking on Tom Moody's arm. What made it worse is that he was attempting to run 4, off a no ball. A real "what was he thinking?" moment.

 

[happy_tiger]

dont get all the hatred towards T20, it brings the crowds in most countries, however in australia, test cricket is probably still the most popular.

happy, t20 is a test of your athletic ability, your speed in decision making, your ability to respond to a situation rapidly and most of all your fielding ability. i love watching t20 as much as i love watching test matches. but these days no one has the time to watch 8 hours of a test day.

3 hours isn't a test Prmz

5 days is a test

I understand the importance of Twenty20 , but I don't have to watch it and won't

I reckon the way to make both ODI's and Twenty20 more bowler friendly is to add a 4th stump Make the batsman be creative without playing these shots they wouldn't think to play when trying to save a Test Match

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

dont get all the hatred towards T20, it brings the crowds in most countries, however in australia, test cricket is probably still the most popular.

happy, t20 is a test of your athletic ability, your speed in decision making, your ability to respond to a situation rapidly and most of all your fielding ability. i love watching t20 as much as i love watching test matches. but these days no one has the time to watch 8 hours of a test day.

It's cricket-lite TP. The game is engineered to penalise the bowlers so that batsmen can wow the crowd with some wild shots and rack up scores in excess of 180 runs in 20 overs. 30 years ago 250 runs was considered a winning score in ODI cricket, teams are going close to that in 20 overs.

Test is cricket is just that: a test. It requires all 22 men to be on their game for five days straight. It requires patience, endurance and most importantly technique. T20 is a deliberately dumbed down format to appeal to those don't have the attention span to watch the pure form of the game. Call me a traditionalist but cricket was never meant to have pyrotechnics, dancers/cheerleaders and booming music.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Not to mention how you can win from impossible positions and even fight out draws from unlikely positions like SA did in Adelaide. Test cricket is more absorbing and is more of a roller coaster. More often then not the best team wiill always win. It will always be the superior form of the game. 20/20 is a fashion. Its fashionable to be in to 20/20 and to say you are going to a game. It might look good but theres no substance to it. Tbh its total garbage

 

[tig_prmz]

it's not about being a traditionalist.. i know i would still rather put my hard earned towards watching a day of test cricket with mates rather than go to a T20, but that's not the point im making.

bowlers still make their mark in T20 just like batsmen do. malinga, tait, nannes, narine, ashwin are just a few to name. bowlers get punished when they bowl bad.. just like it is in a test match.

as for happy's point.. it has nothing to do with how long a test game is… in t20 everything happens at a rapid rate.. it may not be a test of your endurance skill, but it shows your natural ability.. i.e. how good u time the ball, how much strength you have, how good your fielding is etc.

GNR.. did u see the T20 WC final? that was winning from an impossible situation. did you see the last ODI between india and paki?

dont get me wrong, i think a test match is the purest form of cricket, but t20 has its merits, which more than outweigh its negatives.

all this "im a traditionalist" is BS. cricket is cricket at the end of the day. t20 is as much of a test of your cricketing skill as in a test match.
you can like test over t20 but u cant call t20 a BS

 

[stryker]

Test cricket is like a degustation banquet
ODI is like a $10 snitzy at the club and a couple of beers
T20 is like a bigmac meal deal.

There is a time and place for all of them but I certainly get more excited for a degustation than a bigmac. It is far more satisfying.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

Test cricket is like a degustation banquet
ODI is like a $10 snitzy at the club and a couple of beers
T20 is like a bigmac meal deal.

There is a time and place for all of them but I certainly get more excited for a degustation than a bigmac. It is far more satisfying.

Yes but sometimes all of the food at the banquet is off. Watching a cricket super-power beat up on a 3rd rate, 3rd-World country for a few days is boring as hell, thankfully they are normally over in 3 days. Sri Lanka were never gonna get even close to beating the Aussies in a Test this summer.
Bring on the footy :righton:

 

[tig_prmz]

Test cricket is like a degustation banquet
ODI is like a $10 snitzy at the club and a couple of beers
T20 is like a bigmac meal deal.

There is a time and place for all of them but I certainly get more excited for a degustation than a bigmac. It is far more satisfying.

i have no problems with your opinion. you understand that there is a time and place for all, but some of the above comments were ignorant of the merits of a T20 game.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Test cricket is like a degustation banquet
ODI is like a $10 snitzy at the club and a couple of beers
T20 is like a bigmac meal deal.

There is a time and place for all of them but I certainly get more excited for a degustation than a bigmac. It is far more satisfying.

Yes but sometimes all of the food at the banquet is off. Watching a cricket super-power beat up on a 3rd rate, 3rd-World country for a few days is boring as hell, thankfully they are normally over in 3 days. Sri Lanka were never gonna get even close to beating the Aussies in a Test this summer.
Bring on the footy :righton:

SA made up for it. The test summer wasn't a total right off

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Test cricket is like a degustation banquet
ODI is like a $10 snitzy at the club and a couple of beers
T20 is like a bigmac meal deal.

There is a time and place for all of them but I certainly get more excited for a degustation than a bigmac. It is far more satisfying.

i have no problems with your opinion. you understand that there is a time and place for all, but some of the above comments were ignorant of the merits of a T20 game.

Yep… Can't wait to see a poorly timed Warner ramp shot in the first over of a Test match... :unamused:

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Test cricket is like a degustation banquet
ODI is like a $10 snitzy at the club and a couple of beers
T20 is like a bigmac meal deal.

There is a time and place for all of them but I certainly get more excited for a degustation than a bigmac. It is far more satisfying.

Yes but sometimes all of the food at the banquet is off. Watching a cricket super-power beat up on a 3rd rate, 3rd-World country for a few days is boring as hell, thankfully they are normally over in 3 days. Sri Lanka were never gonna get even close to beating the Aussies in a Test this summer.
Bring on the footy :righton:

SA made up for it. The test summer wasn't a total right off

Spot on GNR, and I think we're up for a touch up at the hands of the Sri Lankans in the ODI's anyway with the squad they've picked. Might be our turn to cop a hiding today.

 

[Gary_Bakerloo]

5 days is a test

Actually, a 5 test series is the true test of a cricketer's ability.

Variable conditions and the opposition has time to sort you out.

 

[Peaches]

And so now starts the ODI's.

A different looking Australian side that gives a few players an opportunity. Finch didn't take his and now Khawaja has been run-out. George Bailey gets his chance now in the national team.

I don't understand the selectors views of preparing for the 2015 World Cup and not playing Hussey and then picking Haddin. You either play both because they are part of the best 11 or you don't and play Paine or Nevill.
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[happy_tiger]

5 days is a test

Actually, a 5 test series is the true test of a cricketer's ability.

Variable conditions and the opposition has time to sort you out.

True Gary

 

[tigermaniac]

Not to mention how you can win from impossible positions and even fight out draws from unlikely positions like SA did in Adelaide. Test cricket is more absorbing and is more of a roller coaster. More often then not the best team wiill always win. It will always be the superior form of the game. 20/20 is a fashion. Its fashionable to be in to 20/20 and to say you are going to a game. It might look good but theres no substance to it. Tbh its total garbage

You get cricket from all over the globe all year round. If you have foxtel and continuously get cricket coverage it eventually bore's you to death. The only reason i watch cricket now is to get out of the heat. To me only the ashes series is something to look forward to. Another factor for me is once McGrath and Warne retired cricket died, standards where set high in that era. Tennis is another sport that foxtel killed. With Rugby League, the off season is unbearable but well worth the wait as it adds to the hunger we have for the game.
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[GNR4LIFE]

Not to mention how you can win from impossible positions and even fight out draws from unlikely positions like SA did in Adelaide. Test cricket is more absorbing and is more of a roller coaster. More often then not the best team wiill always win. It will always be the superior form of the game. 20/20 is a fashion. Its fashionable to be in to 20/20 and to say you are going to a game. It might look good but theres no substance to it. Tbh its total garbage

You get cricket from all over the globe all year round. If you have foxtel and continuously get cricket coverage it eventually bore's you to death. The only reason i watch cricket now is to get out of the heat. To me only the ashes series is something to look forward to. Another factor for me is once McGrath and Warne retired cricket died, standards where set high in that era. Tennis is another sport that foxtel killed. With Rugby League, the off season is unbearable but well worth the wait as it adds to the hunger we have for the game.
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I'll watch test cricket no matter whose playing. To me its just like footy, just because WT's aren't playing doesn't mean i have no interest.

 

[happy_tiger]

Not to mention how you can win from impossible positions and even fight out draws from unlikely positions like SA did in Adelaide. Test cricket is more absorbing and is more of a roller coaster. More often then not the best team wiill always win. It will always be the superior form of the game. 20/20 is a fashion. Its fashionable to be in to 20/20 and to say you are going to a game. It might look good but theres no substance to it. Tbh its total garbage

You get cricket from all over the globe all year round. If you have foxtel and continuously get cricket coverage it eventually bore's you to death. The only reason i watch cricket now is to get out of the heat. To me only the ashes series is something to look forward to. Another factor for me is once McGrath and Warne retired cricket died, standards where set high in that era. Tennis is another sport that foxtel killed. With Rugby League, the off season is unbearable but well worth the wait as it adds to the hunger we have for the game.
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I'll watch test cricket no matter whose playing. To me its just like footy, just because WT's aren't playing doesn't mean i have no interest.

I'm with you GNR , could watch a whole day of a Test (if I had the time ) try and watch a one day game (Like last night ) and I'm asleep within 10 minutes

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Well I didn't see that coming last night. Was quite a belting the Aussies game the Sri Lankans… the Sri Lankans did themselves no favours with three run outs.